- Ideologically speaking, Kenya’s three main political parties do not pass the ideological test. The parties are unsurprisingly still relevant because political ideology is one of the least determining factors when Kenyans chose to support or join a political party. This is explained because political parties are more of tribal alliances rather a conglomerate of persons with the same ideology, and as such voting in Kenya is largely influenced by tribal loyalty more than any other factor such as political ideology, corruption, security or governance. Kenya is in the 21st century, but party political ideology will not carry much weight, when the voters determine the future of Kenyans on…