These are the five oldest existing political parties in Africa

4. Kenya African National Union – 1944

The Kenyan African National Union (KANU), formerly the Kenyan African Union, was founded as momentum gathered in Kenya for independence. But the party was also founded in accordance with Luo and Kikuyu ethnic interests in the face of European colonial misrule.

KANU was the lead organization rallying people to push for independence as was conceptualized by Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta.

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