President Uhuru Kenyatta has been allegedly “overthrown” by rebels as Jubilee Party leader.
The team, which led by Kanini Kega has “replaced” him with Sabina Chege.
The rebels have been wrestling to take over the party from the current SG Jeremiah Kioni.
Kega has been contesting the SG position with Jeremiah Kioni.
Kioni noted they have 28 members, and today they held a meeting comprising 22 members with 3 apologies; “hence our side is the majority.”
‘Hence, we resolved that the upcoming meeting constituted by Uhuru goes against our party’s Constitution.”
Kega cited the constitution saying a retired president should not be involved in any politics, six months after leaving office. “From the time he left office, his time lapsed in March 2023.”
Kega, who is the EALA MP noted that President Uhuru ceased from being the Jubilee party leader hence he cannot run any party affairs.
“The statement that he delegated concerning the convention of the meeting is null and void based on the Constitution. According to the party constitution, I as the Secretary-General ought to be the one convening such a meeting.”
Kega further said that the NEC Committee resolved that Sabina will serve as the acting party leader until the time they convene a National Delegates Convention (NDC) where they will select the leader who will run the party moving forward.
“The purported NEC meeting was not issued by the Secretary-General as required by the party constitution. It did not have a quorum as it had seven members as provided under Article 23 of the party constitution, three of whom are suspended pending the internal dispute resolution process. The three are Kioni, Murathe and Kagwe Gichohi.” Said Kega.
The legislator also thrashed reports of resignations from party officials that were presented to the Registrar of Political Parties claiming that they were fake.
The meeting also suspended Uhuru’s upcoming NDC meeting scheduled on May 22, 2023.
Kega blamed former head of state of misconduct and referred his case to the national disciplinary committee for further action.
He detailed that the Jubilee party would issue a notice convening an NDC pursuant to resolutions of NEC dated February 10, 2023.
