Political Laws: Prohibition of ethnic or religious parties in Kenya

Section 13 of the Kenya political Parties Act
Prohibition of ethnic
or religious parties
etc.
14. (1) The Registrar shall not register a political party which—
(a)  is founded on an ethnic, age, tribal, racial, gender, regional,
linguistic, corporatist, professional or religious basis or
which seeks to engage in propaganda based on any of these
matters;
(b) uses words, slogans, emblems or symbols which could
arouse ethnic, age, tribal, racial, gender, regional, linguistic,
corporatist, professional or religious division;
(c) has a constitution or operational ethic that provides in any
way for discriminatory practices contrary to the provisions
of the Constitution or of any written law;
(d) accepts or advocates the use of force or violence as a means
of attaining its political objectives;
(e) advocates or aims to carry on its political activities
exclusively in one part of Kenya; or
(f) does not allow regular, periodic and open election of its
office bearers.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a political party is formed
on an ethnic, age, tribal, racial, gender, regional, linguistic, corporatist,
professional or religious basis if its membership or leadership is
restricted to or includes only members of a particular ethnic, age, tribal,
gender, regional, linguistic, corporatist or racial group, profession or
religious faith or if its structure and mode of operation are not national
in character.