Democracy
The active and meaningful participation of citizens in public affairs is the distinguishing feature of democratic societies, which are judged by the extent to which governments open up to citizen involvement in public affairs and the space they give for citizens to hold the government accountable. It is because of this that citizens in East Africa Community and Africa in general continue to demand increased space for participation. (Open Society Foundation)
A democracy cannot exist without the presence of a political party. From a broader perspective, a political party is a means via which the people can speak to the government and have a say in the governance of any country. The presence of the political party is a healthy situation for the nation. It gives people a choice to make a more evolved and effective decision.
The Political Parties Act, 2011 Sec (38) establishes the Political Parties Liaison Committee at the National and County Level. The principal function of the Political Parties Liaison Committee is to provide a platform for dialogue between the Registrar, Electoral Commission and political parties. Office of the Registrar has sustained the structured dialogue between political parties and the Electoral Commission on issues relating to the electoral process in East African Community Countries through various workshops.
MLFO’s Intervention Solutions
MLFO collaborates with election institutions, to build the capacity of political parties and Political parties Liaison committees, civil society organizations and local and international election observers to ensure a democratic society. We do this through offering Training and Consultancy. In the following areas among others.
| # | MLFO Counsultancy Services |
| 1 | Political party strategic plan |
| 2 | Party nomination rules |
| 3 | Party manifestos |
| 4 | Campaign strategy |
| 5 | Political Parties inclusion strategies |
| 6 | Development of MERLA Framework |
| 7 | Development of Institutional Policies, such as HR policies, Communication policies, social media policies, strategic plans, Finance policies, volunteer policies, gender violence policies, Child protection policies, Procurement Policies etc |
| 8 | Development of organisation reporting framework |
| 9 | Development of IEC materials |
