Jubilee Party disowns legislators meeting in Naivasha
Jubilee Party secretariat has disowned the meeting organised by allies of Deputy President William Ruto and insisted it was a privately organised forum.
The party’s secretary general Raphael Tuju said the caucus was not a Parliamentary Group meeting as claimed by its organisers and that Jubilee Party had nothing to do with it.
“For the avoidance of doubt, this is to clarify that such a meeting cannot and will never qualify to be referred to as a Parliamentary Group (PG) meeting,” said Tuju.
Tuju’s statement came as unconfirmed reports said President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto met at State House, Nairobi yesterday.
Sources claimed the meeting was planned on Sunday during the installation of a new AIC bishop in Nairobi.
However, State House spokesperson Kanze Dena Mararo declined to comment on the allegation when we reached her.
Emmanuel Tallam, the deputy director in the Deputy President Press Service, refuted the claims, insisting Ruto had spent morning hours at his Karen office before moving to his town office.
Party constitution
In his statement, Tuju said a PG meeting can only be convened by the party leader or any other person designated by him to chair it as stipulated under article nine part seven of the party constitution.
“Any resolutions of any meeting not convened in accordance with the provisions of the party constitution are therefore not official party resolutions,” Tuju ruled.
Tuju’s position is likely to add more friction in Jubilee, coming only hours after more than 100 MPs allied to Ruto converged in Naivasha where they made several resolutions.
At the end of the meeting, the convenors announced a series of meetings they said were meant to raise awareness on the BBI report.
Reading the resolutions at the end of the retreat, Elgeto Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murokomen said despite being humiliated in the recent Mombasa rally, they were going to organising future BBI rallies across the 47 counties.
“We propose additional rallies to facilitate greater participation and inclusivity, so as to promote a wider understanding of the BBI document and its capture of people-centered issues,” Murkomen said.
