Jubilee Party's National Management Committee held a seven-hour meeting on Thursday, January 21, where they discussed a number of issues affecting the party.
According to sources, one of the recommendations from the meeting was that the party would initiate disciplinary action against Deputy President William Ruto and his allies for their involvement with the United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
The NEC officials want Ruto expelled from Jubilee Party for supporting UDA candidates in by-elections where Jubilee has also fielded aspirants.
The meeting at Jubilee House in Pangani commenced in the afternoon and went on past curfew hours.
Ruto's strategist, Dennis Itumbi, said that the NEC also decided to kick out Nominated MPs affiliated with the DP. He claimed that Isaac Mwaura, Cecily Mbarire, Naomi Waqo, Millicent Omanga, Mary Senata and David Sankok were on the radar of the party. Mwaura defected to Ruto's camp in December 2020.
Itumbi alleged that Jubilee also wants to end its affiliation with UDA and also instigate the process of kicking out 150 MPs associated with Ruto from Parliament.
Jubilee Vice Chairman David Murathe, earlier in the week, alluded that they were contemplating punishing Ruto.
"Those leaders pushing for the UDA agenda including the DP will soon lose their seats. Things are cooking, just wait and see.
"They cannot claim to be our party members yet they field candidates against ours. Maybe it's time to review the coalition agreement," Murathe told the Nation on Friday, January 22.
Raphael Tuju, Jubilee Party's Secretary-General, however, played down the reports saying that the meeting was a normal housekeeping meeting.
"It is the prerogative of the party leader to convene the NEC meeting. We discussed several issues but it is premature to disclose them right now. None of us can confirm the rumours being peddled around," he told the Standard.
