Turns out the Jubilee Asili Party is just another name for the Tangatanga
faction of the Jubilee Party. Ainabkoi MP William Chepkut is not mincing his
words about this.
Details emerged Thursday that Deputy President William Ruto formed a new
party, unimaginatively calling it Jubilee Asili, at a time when he is clearly
unwanted in the Jubilee party.
But Chepkut is not convinced that the new party will take the nation by
storm as imagined, observing instead that it is just a house to accommodate
Ruto's disgruntled allies who have so far been homeless and left to operate as
Tangatanga, going right ahead to christen the new party with an old name:
Tangatanga Club.
"Jubilee Asili is the new Tangatanga Club in town," he said in
a tweet after the details leaked.
The existence of the party was revealed by communication strategist and
close Ruto ally Dennis Itumbi who claimed that it has even established an
office within Nairobi. In a tweet, Itumbi said that Ruto used the party offices
to hold a meeting with his allies who have been rudely ejected from
Parliamentary Committees by the Jubilee Party over their misguided allegiance.
"DP William Ruto currently meeting all the recently dewhipped
Legislators at The Jubilee Asili Centre. Message - let us now play our role on
other matters now that you are free of Parliamentary Leadership
responsibilities. Move from...BOARDROOMS and interact with the Hustler
Nation," he wrote.
This development comes at a time when President Uhuru Kenyatta's wing of
the Jubilee Party seems to be doing everything within means to frustrate Ruto
and his allies, with the DP being accused of defying Uhuru. This has seen his
allies kicked out of parliamentary leadership positions over refusing to toe
the party line. It is no secret that the DP has been affected in no small
way by the ongoing purge of his lieutenants.
However, he has remained largely silent on his troubles, leaving all the
talking to close allies like Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen and his
counterpart Aaron Cheruiyot of Kericho.
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