Kalembe Ndile Spills on Uhuru - Ruto Deals That Have Gone Unfulfilled

by Miriam Musyoki on Tuesday, 21 August 2018 - 7:40 pm

Former Kibwezi Member of Parliament Kalembe Ndile on Thursday threatened to walk out of the Jubilee party following what he termed as a failure on the part of the presidency.

Kalembe revealed details on the deals that had been struck between President Uhuru Kenyatta, deputy president William Ruto and those who defected from Opposition parties during the 2017 elections season.

The former MP threatened to walk out of the ruling party if the president failed to give him a government job as agreed on the alleged deal.

"I was promised a job in government once Jubilee captured the second term but now I have been left in the cold.

[caption caption="Former Kibwezi MP Kalembe Ndile during a past address to the media"][/caption]

"To make matter worse I’m more learned than some of the cabinet secretaries who were appointed without toiling for Jubilee," he lamented.

The politician went on to lay bare the internal wrangles within the party which he blamed on the presidency having relinquished their reins at the party's leadership.

"In Jubilee we have a faction that supports DP Ruto, the other one is behind President Uhuru and the third one is loyal to Mr Odinga.

"The key decisions of the party are now made by two people; Party Secretary Raphael Tuju and Deputy Chairman David Murathe. The rest of us have been kicked out and we have no say.

"I have called each of the 3,000 delegates I took to Kasarani when we attended the launch of Jubilee advising them to disassociate themselves with the ruling party," Ndile outlined in an interview with Daily Nation.

Other politicians from Ukambani who claim to have been sidelined by the president after swearing their allegiance to the ruling party are former Kitui Senator David Musila, who quit Wiper party where he was the national chairman, former MPs Kisoi Munyao, Joe Mutambu, Itwiku Mbai, Katemi Makenga, John Munuve, Gideon Ndambuki and Regina Ndambuki.