Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu, in a special gazette notice yesterday, indicated that Party for Reforms and Development (PDR) wanted to be renamed United Democratic Alliance (UDA). The party was also seeking to change its symbol from a bull to a wheelbarrow, according to the changes in the gazette notice of Number 11254, issue no 237 of December 28. The re-branding of PDR could be seen as Ruto’s strategy to begin forming a party for his first presidential bid. The changes that were occasioned in March threw the party into a whirlpool, escalating a fallout that had begun immediately after elections. Ironically, the party was established as Party of Action (POA) in February 2012 by Tuju before Ruto took it over.

Source: Daily Nation December 28, 2020 21:56 UTC