Uhuru convenes Jubilee party meeting amid wrangles

Uhuru said they will receive status report from the National Executive Committee during the convention.

In Summary
  • Jubilee party has recently made headlines after wrangles were witnessed over party leadership.
  • Eala MP Kanini Kega and Jubilee secretary general Jeremiah Kioni have both laid claims on the leadership of Jubilee party.
Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta
Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta
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Jubilee Party leader and former President Uhuru Kenyatta has convened a delegates convention on May 22 at the Bomas of Kenya.

The party is set to meet to review formulate and approve Jubilee party policies.

In a gazette notice, Uhuru said they will receive a status report from the National Executive Committee during the convention.

"Pursuant to articles 8.1 and 10.1 of the Jubilee Party Constitution, notice is hereby issued for Special National Delegates Convention to be held on the 22 of May 2023," the notice read.

During the meeting, the Jubilee party will consider and approve any other matters.

The Jubilee party has recently made headlines after wrangles were witnessed over the party leadership.

Eala MP Kanini Kega and Jubilee secretary general Jeremiah Kioni have both laid claims on the leadership of the Jubilee party.

This is despite the Political Parties Tribunal ruling that Kega was lawfully installed as the party's SG.

This was decided at a meeting convened in Naivasha on February 10.

It said the resolution to suspend Kioni reached at the National Executive Committee meeting still stands and referred Kioni to the party's internal dispute resolution mechanism to address his opposition to Kega's takeover.  

Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta, who visited the offices said they were going to solve the party's issues internally.

"We have our mechanisms as a political party with which to solve our problems and we shall solve and we shall have our meetings and the party's membership will decide the party's future," he said.

"We don't need to be governed or be pushed by police. We will peacefully make our decisions because we are peaceful people who wish to live in a peaceful country."

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