NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – Jubilee Vice Chairman David Murathe says the party will soon hold a National Delegates Conference (NDC) where they will endorse the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga as their preferred Presidential candidate in the August general elections.
Speaking during a meeting between Odinga and leaders from Murang’a, Murathe indicated that this is due to the fact the Jubilee does not have its own presidential candidate.
‘We will hold a National Delegates Conference where you all know that our party leader is President Uhuru Kenyatta. At that NDC, we shall ask our delegates to pass a resolution that our Presidential candidate be Raila Amollo Odinga under the Azimio La Umoja movement,” he stated.
Jubilee had in November last year postponed the NDC due to President Kenyatta’s tight schedule since it fell on the day he was to issue the State of the Nation Address in a joint sitting of the National Assembly and Senate.
It is also one of the most-awaited political events this month, as reports indicated that the party was planning to officially kick out Deputy President William Ruto and his allies for criticising the government and the party from within.
Ruto is Jubilee’s Deputy Party Leader, but he has been marketing and campaigning under his United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party which he says will be his 2022 vehicle to the presidency.
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