Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta is to convene Jubilee Party National Delegate Conference (NDC) bringing together expelled officials on Monday at Ngong Racecourse.
By doing this, Uhuru is defying the legal mandate to resign from politics as he is expected by law to have retired as a leader of a political party.
The conference was to be held at Bomas of Kenya, but the venue was reported unavailable due to scheduled routine maintenance.
“Notice is hereby given that the venue of the Jubilee NDC has been moved to Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi,” Uhuru Kenyatta announced in a notice dated May 20.
Moreover, the last-minute change of venue comes following a sustained onslaught by Jubilee party lawmakers having since shifted allegiance to President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance-led Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
The group led by East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP Kanini Kega replaced Jeremiah Kioni as Secretary General pending the convening of an NDC to formally constitute the party’s leadership.
They also expelled vice chairpersons David Murathe and National Treasurer Kagwe Gichohi who was suspended for two years.
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As such, the Kanini Kega-led faction which controls all of Jubilee’s elected Members of Parliament dismissed Kenyatta’s intended NDC as inconsequential.
This even as Kioni termed alleged attempts to deny his faction venue for the NDC as an “expensive experiment on multiparty democracy.”
Furthermore, Kioni claimed Kenya Kwanza was attempting to interfere with the Jubilee party.
“The Kenya Kwanza regime wants to take away this jealousy-protected right. The Jubilee Party NDC scheduled for May 22 remains on course,” he said.
