Deputy President William Ruto on Friday, September 6, revealed he held a secret meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta and devised a plan to discipline divisive legislators within Jubilee Party.
The Standard reported that Ruto disclosed that Jubilee will hold grassroots elections before the end of March 2020 with a view of defusing suspicion and tensions within Jubilee.
"The President and I have sat down and discussed. We have to put in place plans for Jubilee elections because the party constitution says elections should be done by March, starting from the grassroots," Ruto disclosed while adding that Uhuru was in total support of the elections in a video seen by Kenyans.co.ke.
Ruto, who was speaking in Cherangany, Trans Nzoia County, further highlighted that through grassroots elections, Jubilee members could own the party and feel that they own it as opposed to it being controlled by a few individuals in Nairobi.
Ruto was attending the burial of Kibiwot Koross, a prominent farmer and former Kenya Cooperative Creameries chairman.
Jubilee has been divided ever since the famous March 2018 handshake between Uhuru and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader, Raila Odinga.
The move brought forth two factions, Kieleweke and TangaTanga.
DP Ruto and Jubilee Secretary-General Raphael Tuju have also been at loggerheads over a number of issues.
The party elections debate was ignited by Noah Wekesa, Strategic Food Reserve board chairman, who asked Jubilee to conduct grassroots immediately to strengthen the party.
Since the merger of Jubilee Alliance constituent parties ahead of the 2017 general elections, Jubilee Party has not held any grassroots elections.
