The EFP was established in March 2017 by politicians from
Mandera County including Senator Billow Kerrow and MPs Mohamed Huka and Fathia Mabub after they had left the
United Republican Party and the
Jubilee Alliance. The party was officially launched in
Nairobi in April. In the
2017 general elections, the party won five seats in the
National Assembly. It is a member of the
Kenya Kwanza alliance. The EFP regards itself as the sister party of
South Africa's
Economic Freedom Fighters. ==References==