Jubilee leaders have ruled out pre- and-post-election pacts between the yet-to-be launched megaJubilee Party and smaller parties that refuse to merge with it.
Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen said on Saturday the Jubilee Party will not form a coalition government with any political party after the 2017 polls. “If you can’t dissolve your party, you will not have a place in the Jubilee Party,” he said.
Murkomen urged political parties in the Rift Valley that refuse to fold up to join Jubilee to field presidential candidates, instead of waiting to welcome defectors, who will be defeated in nominations. Kanu, National Vision Party and Chama Cha Mashinani have said they will not dissolve to join the Jubilee Party. They are led by Baringo Senator Gideon Moi, former Cabinet minister Nicholas Biwott and Bomet Governor Isaac Rutto.
Murkomen said the new Jubilee Party will be launched at a delegate’s conference in Nairobi next month. He spoke during a wedding ceremony attended by Biwott in Keiyo South.
Ainabkoi MP Samuel Chepkonga accused some politicians of running briefcase parties for “speculation purposes”. “The days of operating many parties awaiting defectors from bigger parties are over,” he said.
