The ruling Jubilee Party seem to be headed for another round of trouble and controversies as the Raphael Tuju has once again surfaced.
For sometime now, a number of Jubilee members have claimed that Raphael Tuju is an enemy of progress being used to block William Ruto’s 2022 Presidential bid.
It has often been said that apart from Raila Odinga and his allies, Tuju is another biggest headache in Ruto’s Uhuru succession plan.
The back scenes tussle between Ruto and Tuju is fuelled by their aspirations to control the Jubilee political machine ahead of 2022.
Tuju is a close confidant of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his family and he runs the show at Jubilee Headquarters which Ruto has unsuccessfully fought to control.
A number of leaders allied to Ruto have time and again called for elections to be held in Jubilee so as to help do away with characters like Raphael Tuju
A number of MPs allied to Ruto have threatened to impeach party secretary general Raphael Tuju whom they accused of being the architect of the discord rocking the ruling party.
Speaking in Mwatate on Saturday evening, nominated Senator Millicent Omanga tore into Tuju saying they would strip him of his position for allegedly making unauthorised remarks over party.
Raphael Tuju is a close confidant of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his family and he runs the show at Jubilee Headquarters which Ruto has unsuccessfully fought to control.