Jubilee delegates question their party status within the Azimio coalition
Jubilee delegates question their party status within Azimio coalition as they push the party's exit from Raila's led coalition
Jubilee delegates question their party status within Azimio coalition as they push the party’s exit from Raila’s led coalition.
A group of Jubilee delegates from Nairobi have expressed concerns about the status of their relationship with Azimio La Umoja One Kenya.
The delegates who spoke at a press conference in Nairobi want the party to leave the Raila Odinga-led coalition within the next 14 days.
Led by former Jubilee candidate for Makadara constituency Mark Ndungú who was formally endorsed as the new chairman of the party, they cited political deceit and selfishness.
“We want to leave Azimio because people from ODM feel like Azimio is their entity and they actually don’t consult Jubilee Leaders,” Ndungu said.
“They have frustrated Jubilee leaders in Nairobi and we are not aware of the coalition agreement. In fact, we are not respected in the Azimio coalition,” he stated.
The Jubilee delegates mentioned that they have collected more than 10 signatures to push the initiative for Jubilee Party to cut ties with the Azimio coalition.
They outlined a series of events in which the Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta-led party was shortchanged in terms of sharing plum coalition positions.
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The leaders are irritated by Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, whom they accuse of openly disparaging the party while ignoring the coalition’s Union.
“Sifuna must respect Jubilee and stop insulting us. You insulted our SG Kioni calling him a liar but we want to tell you, you (ODM) are the biggest conmen,” he stated.
This is even as they insisted that they will not participate in the halted public consultation staged by Odinga saying it will hurt the businesses in the city.
“We will not be used this time round. Let Raila take demonstrations to Ugenya or Kisumu. We will not accept demonstrations in Nairobi,” he said.
The delegates from Nairobi thanked President William Ruto and his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua for appointing former president Uhuru Kenyatta as a peace leader in war-torn DRC.
“We will not attend their meeting. Let the President William Ruto administration deliver on their mandate they got office the other day,” Ndungu noted.
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