The march 9th handshake between Uhuru and Raila Odinga will keep emitting sparks until the 2022 politics are over but the way in between will be a rocky and bumpy one if the current wave of political attacks will go on.
The political war of words seems to be centered on political ideologies and the current wave of fighting corruption where the attacks are being directed to the DP-William Ruto who his supporters say id being targeted for the sole reason of being in the race during the 2022 elections.
The Deputy came to the rescue of the supporters and Jubilee party in general as he tried to calm things down assuring them the party was intact despite the ongoing attacks and corruption allegations.
The Deputy President, William Ruto asked Jubilee supporters not to panic over the current state of political affairs. Ruto said what was being witnessed in the party was a passing cloud that should not worry supporters.
Responding to some leaders who had expressed concern over wrangles in the Jubilee Party occasioned by the National Super Alliance (NASA), the Deputy President assured Kenyans that the leadership of the ruling coalition was intact.
The leaders present told former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and ODM MPs to first sort out the mess in NASA before poking their nose in Jubilee affairs.
“Those lecturing us in Jubilee on development should first sort out the mess in NASA. The Opposition is in tatters and should stop importing their confusion to the Jubilee Party,” said Ruto.
The 10 MPs present at the meeting and Governor Ferdinand Waititu said the Opposition was scheming to sabotage the Jubilee agenda with eyes on 2022 politics.
The leaders said the Opposition was now using the Raila-Uhuru Kenyatta handshake to cause confusion and political storm in the ruling party, thus undermining the implementation of the Big Four agenda of manufacturing, housing, food security and healthcare.
The MPs were Kimani Ichungwah (Kikuyu), Jeremiah Kioni (Ndaragwa), John Kiarie (Dagoretti South), Charles Kanyi (Starehe), Aisha Jumwa (Malindi), Kimani Ngunjiri (Bahati), Jungle Wainaina (Thika Town) and Benjamin Mwangi (Embakasi Central).
They said the Opposition has come up with the ‘corruption narrative’ to tarnish the image of the Jubilee Party ahead of the 2022 General Election. Ngunjiri said the handshake should not be used to fight or undermine the Deputy President.
Kanyi and Kiarie said they would not allow those in Opposition to use the handshake to undermine the leadership of the Jubilee Party. Kiarie said development should be carried out alongside the fight against corruption.
Kiambu Governor, Ferdinand Waititu told Odinga to first clear his name over the disappearance of Sh3.5 billion under the then Kazi Kwa Vijana program that was under his watch when he was Prime Minister.
The governor told Jubilee to be cautious while dealing with the Opposition leader, saying his history of destroying political parties was clear.
Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa who has since been ousted from Raila-led ODM party castigated Jubilee competitors were unfairly criticizing the Deputy President because of 2022 politics.
She said she was confident that President Kenyatta would support the Deputy President in 2022.
The leaders said voters in Central and Mt Kenya will back the Deputy President for the top seat in 2022 but a section of them are opposed to the idea of supporting the DP in the elections.
