National Alliance Party of Kenya

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The National Alliance Party of Kenya (NAK) is a political party in Kenya. In December 1991, only days after the repeal of Section 2A of the Kenyan constitution, which restored the multiparty system, Mwai Kibaki left KANU and founded the Democratic Party (DP) of Kenya. He finished third in the presidential elections of 1992, and second (with 31% of votes) in those of 1997.

In preparation for the 2002 elections, the Democratic Party (DP) became the "National Alliance Party of Kenya" (NAK), by merging with around thirteen other smaller parties. NAK allied itself with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to form the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) umbrella coalition party. On 27 December 2002, the last legislative elections, NARC won 56.1 % of the popular vote and 125 out of 212 elected seats. NAK itself took 66 of these seats. At the presidential elections of the same day, NARC supported Mwai Kibaki, who won 62.2 % of the vote and was elected the third president of Kenya.