(KDRTV)-President Uhuru Kenyatta has allegedly instructed his party marshals to spare Deputy President William Ruto in the ongoing clean-up and crackdown to sideline those defying party wishes
According to the Jubilee Party Deputy Chairperson and close ally to the President David Murathe, President Uhuru wants the Members of National Assembly who wanted to impeach his deputy to stop the course
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According to our previous reports, there were schemes to impeach DP Ruto before 2022
David Murathe who has recently been ‘representing’ the president on matters politics, said that Mr. Kenyatta is still respecting their friendship with William Ruto.
“Uhuru is a patient person and keeps friendship be it lond-termed or current one. He wants his allies not to commence any strategy to chase away Ruto from the party or office, ” Murathe told the Standard paper
Previously, Moses Kuria who is a close ally to the Deputy President said that Kanini Kega had drafted a bill to impeach William Ruto.
— NoReferendumBeforeElections (@HonMoses_Kuria) May 21, 2020
Ongoing Jubilee party clean-up and crackdown has seen Senate majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen and majority whip Susan Kihika ousted from their positions
The ax was extended to the Deputy speaker Kithure Kindiki and the crackdown is going after the Jubilee party committee members who defied party orders
The Senate has resolved to impeach Sen. (Prof.) Abraham Kithure Kindiki as Deputy Speaker. 54 Senators have voted for the motion while 7 voted against. The Tharaka Nithi Senator vacates the leadership office. #SenateLive pic.twitter.com/AdgGmPLFan
— Senate of Kenya (@Senate_KE) May 22, 2020
The Jubilee party chairman Irungu Kang`ata admitted that truly Kithure Kindiki had no sin but the party just saw it wise to oust him
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It alleged that his position will be now taken by Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party