The Deputy President William Ruto is using all means possible to make the 2022 dream become a reality.
A section of Jubilee politicians have been aligned to the Tangatanga team under the leadership of DP Ruto. The few legislatures from Mt. Kenya have always been used as tools to attack the President.
But from the look things DP Ruto has used his access to billions to make them fall for him.
But speaking in Nairobi, Jubilee MPs – who were joined by their colleagues from ODM, Wiper and ANC – dared Ruto to quit the governing party and form his own campaign vehicle ahead of the 2022 General Election.
Maina Kamanda (Nominated), Joshua Kutuny (Cherangany), Peter Mwathi (Limuru), Paul Koinange (Kiambaa), Wambugu Ngunjiri (Nyeri), Maoka Maore (Igembe North) and Mercy Gakuya (Kasarani) said they would not allow the party to be demonised because of the actions of a few.
Mr Kamanda also accused Ruto of using his money to woo leaders from central Kenya in a bid to stoke a rebellion against President Kenyatta in his own backyard.
“If Ruto thinks that recruiting a few leaders from the central region will help him win votes in 2022, then he is wrong. The constituents are staunch supporters of the President. It is time he understood that central region vote is under the lock and key of Uhuru Kenyatta,” said Kamanda.
And as a pointer to the escalating tension between the Uhuru and Ruto camps in Jubilee, the MPs said Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen, a close ally of the DP, would be targeted for removal from his Senate seat for fighting the war on corruption.
The Jubilee MPs joined up with opposition MPs Robert Mbui (Kathiani), Sam Atandi (Alego Usonga), Caleb Hamisi (Saboti), Godfrey Osotsi (Nominated) and Anthony Oluoch (Mathare) at Joyous Celebration Church in Limuru.
Mr Oluoch dismissed claims by Ruto’s allies that ODM leader Raila Odinga was using last year’s ‘handshake’ to rock Jubilee. He instead accused the DP of fighting the unity deal between Uhuru and Raila.
“If it has come to a point where you cannot respect this Government then leave and go form your own party and start the journey for the 2022 General Election,” said Oluoch.
Separately in Nairobi, a group of ODM MPs said the country was united in the fight against graft and warned that they would take ‘drastic action’ against the DP.