Monday February 23, 2015 -
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy, William Ruto, could be in for a
rude shock following the formation of Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP) on
whose ticket Uhuru is set to seek re-election as President in 2017.
This is after Kalenjins rejected the new party saying they were not consulted.
Led
by Bomet Governor, Isaac Ruto, Rift Valley politicians and Deputy
President William Ruto’s URP members asked Kalenjins not to rush into
joining JAP.
Ruto
noted that their Kikuyu counterparts in Nairobi were not being honest
and sincere about JAP and that they were taking Kalenjins for fools by
deciding for them without proper consultations.
“We
only hear of this party called JAP but we have not been asked for our
opinion about it. We shall not accept people in Nairobi to make
decisions for us,” said Ruto in the presence of the DP’s spanner boy and
Elgeyo Marakwet Senator, Kipchumba Murkomen.
Similar sentiments were echoed Kuresoi South MP, Zakayo Cheruiyot, and Deputy Speaker, Lorna Laboso.
According
to Cheruiyot, Kalenjins will not follow Kikuyus blindly like before and
that’s why they will only join JAP after an assurance that Ruto will
succeed Uhuru in 2022.
“We
should not follow leaders blindly without questioning some of the
decisions they make on our behalf. We left ODM because we were being
treated as outsiders and now they are telling us to join JAP. They must
assure us that they will support Ruto in 2022, otherwise, there is no
deal,” said Cheruiyot.
On her part, Laboso said Kalenjins were shocked to learn of JAP because they were not privy to its formation.
“We
would be lying if we said we were not disappointed by the lack of
consultation. However, we understood after it was necessitated by the
upcoming Kajiado by-election to field one candidate, among many other
reasons,” said Laboso.
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