Former Kieni Member of Parliament Kanini Kega-led Jubilee faction has kicked out Uhuru Kenyatta as their party leader
During National Executive Council held on Tuesday 2nd May 2023, the faction retired former President Uhuru Kenyatta from active politics replacing him with nominated MP Sabina Chege.
Mr Kenyatta, had wrote letter to members calling them for a National Delegates Convention on 22nd May, 2023 that now stands suspended as preliminary reports has anything to go.
It’s rumoured that 22 out of 28 Jubilee NEC members voted to oust Mr Kenyatta as Jubilee Party leader appointing former Murang’a Women Rep Sabina Wanjiru wa Chege as acting Party Leader.
The faction cited Section 6(1) of the Presidential Benefits Act, 2003 which requires a retired president not to hold any office in a political party for more than six months after ceasing to hold office.
Mr Kenyatta handed over power to President William Ruto on September 13, 2022.
“That the office of the Party Leader of Jubilee Party is thereby declared vacant. That pending the convening of a Special National Delegates Convention, Sabina Chege will be the acting party leader of Jubilee,” said Mr Kega
Mr Kenyatta had last Friday convened a NEC meeting where he controversially fired Jubilee Chairman Nelson Dzuya and Executive Director Wambui Gichuru using undated letters of resignation they had allegedly signed when they were appointed.
In a previous interview, Jubilee Vice Chairman David Murathe argued that the Act being cited by the Mr Kega-led team does not hold water because the Constitution is supreme.
“Every Kenyan has a right of political association and that is clear in the Constitution of Kenya 2010,” Mr Murathe had noted
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