{"id":159875,"date":"2026-04-06T16:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/why-we-folded-paa-party-and-joined-uda-speaker-kingi"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:50:58","slug":"why-we-folded-paa-party-and-joined-uda-speaker-kingi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/why-we-folded-paa-party-and-joined-uda-speaker-kingi","title":{"rendered":"Why we folded PAA Party and joined UDA Speaker Kingi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong> <\/span>Senate Speaker Amason Kingi said the reason why he folded his Pamoja African Alliance Party was the assurance from President William Ruto that the PAA manifesto will be implemented under UDA.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why we folded PAA Party and joined UDA   Speaker Kingi\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HBMiKuYBtF4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Kenya<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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