Do you like the war between Jubilee Party Vice Chairman David Murathe and Deputy President?Well if you do then yo should be aware that the war recently heightened with new hits and new political friends raising their voice in the big issue.
Mr Murathe, first raised a storm late last year by claiming there was no pact in Jubilee to guarantee the Deputy President becomes automatic candidate.
He has yet again vowed to do anything to stop deputy President William Ruto from succeeding President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022.
And this include moving to the Supreme Court if need be. The latest onslaught is bound to rock the Jubilee boat even further.
“Nobody can be deputy president for more than two terms. Why does it (Constitution) say that? Because another article also says nobody can be president for more than two terms. And if the President is not there, who becomes the President? His deputy,” said Mr Murathe, citing the law on the roles of the Deputy President and how they are elected.
Well as usual in the game of unpredicted politics Ruto got an unpredicted friend Miguna Miguna during the storm.
Miguna Miguna took twitter to defend Ruto claiming that we may not like Ruto but he has the right to pursue his political ambitions legally without Kenyans being suffocated by Uhuru Kenyatta’s cow-dung called David Murathe
We may not like @WilliamsRuto but he has a right to pursue his political ambitions legally without Kenyans being suffocated by @UKenyatta‘s cow-dung called David Murathe. The Supreme Court allowed ICC-indictees @UKenyatta and @WilliamsRuto to vie in 2013. https://t.co/PnMu6QNLZe
— Dr. Miguna Miguna (@MigunaMiguna) January 5, 2019
At the same time, Mr Murathe dangled a proposal to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) asking its chairman Mr John Mbadi, to join Jubilee to form the Jubilee National Coalition ahead of 2022.
The statement also came at a time that Mr Mbadi and Senate Minority leader Mr James Orengo maintained that opposition chief Mr Raila Odinga will seek the presidency in the next General Election.