Two-time presidential candidate Mohamed Abduba Dida is set to lose his position as the national chairperson of the Alliance for Real Change (ARC) party.

According to a notice published in the Kenya Gazette dated Friday, June 20, 2025, the Alliance for Real Change notified the Registrar of Political Parties of their intentions to change some party officials.

In the notice, Badi Ali was presented as the national chairperson, taking over from Abduba Dida, deputised by Emma Helga Ochieng, Caroline Wanjiru Maranga and Winfred Kaparo.

“IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 20 (1) (c) of the Political Parties Act, Cap. 7D, the Registrar of Political Parties gives notice that Alliance for Real Change intends to change its party officials as follows:” the gazette notice signed by Ann Nderitu read in part.

Seven-day notice

According to the Kenya Gazette, Nderitu issued the notice on May 26, 2025, and gave members seven days to communicate any reservations regarding the proposed changes.

“Any person with written submissions concerning the intended changes by the political party shall, within seven (7) days from the date of this publication, make their written submissions to the Registrar of Political Parties,” it added.

The notice did not immediately reveal if the changes had been effected since the seven days had lapsed.

Dida’s story

Born in Wajir Town in 1975, Dida is renowned for his teaching career, where he taught English literature and Religion at Dadaab Secondary School in the North Eastern region, and later Lenana School, Nairobi.

In 2009, he resigned from teaching to enter business. Four years later, he took a stab at the presidential race in the final lap, announcing his candidacy a month before the election on the ARC party ticket.

Dida attempted to vie for a second time in the 2017 elections, this time around campaigning for change across all sectors of the country. He finished fourth.

Recently, Dida made headlines after it emerged that he had been convicted in the US and later released.