The purge within Jubilee Party has taken a new twist a day after Deputy President William Ruto announced its end. Ruto had asked MPs to work in unison after Jubilee made changes in Parliamentary leadership including committee membership, and Majority Leader positions.
However, new reports indicate that the Party has lined up six MPs aligned with the DP to face a disciplinary committee for allegedly disrespecting President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Moses Kuria (Gatundu South) leads the group with Alice Wahome (Kandara), Oscar Sudi (Kapsaret) Kimani Ngunjiri (Bahati), Caleb Kositany (Soy) and Rigathi Gachagua (Mathira).
These six are the most vocal and loyal of DP Ruto's camp and have constantly launched attacks at Kenyatta, from accusing him of dictatorship, mismanaging the party and initiating the purge against Ruto's allies.
"We have six MPs we want to take through the disciplinary process for constantly abusing the President and openly going against the party position," a source within Jubilee's National Executive Committee (NEC) detailed in an interview with the Standard.
The six, however, hit back, with Soy MP Kositany who is also Jubilee's Deputy Secretary-General stating that he was ready to face the committee as he was targetted long before the purge began.
Kimani Ngunjiri argued that he was offered a Ksh 10 million bribe to decamp to Kenyatta's team while reiterating his support for Ruto.
"No one has told me about facing the Jubilee disciplinary committee but some people reached out to me to reconcile me with Uhuru. I want to tell those offering me money and a bus to donate to a school that my stand will always be pushing the President to support Ruto in 2022 as he promised," Ngunjiri stated.
The committee is also set to table its report on five Nominated Senators who were grilled in May 2020 after they skipped a Parliamentary Group meeting summoned by Kenyatta at State House.
Senators Victor Prengei, Mary Seneta, Naomi Waqo, Falhada Iman and Millicent Omanga are yet to know their fate.
