Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju is reportedly seeking to extend the ongoing purge to the National Assembly and is targeting nominated MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto.
This emerged shortly after six Senators were kicked out of the party and changes made at the Senate leadership.
Tuju wants nominated MPs Halima Mucheke, David ole Sankok, Gideon Keter and Cecily Mbarire axed. The four were alleged to have defied the party leadership and disobeyed its constitution.
Show cause letters for the four were reportedly drafted and reports claim that they will be summoned on Wednesday, February 10.
"They have continuously disregarded our constitution, the Political Parties Act and even the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) and the Handshake. They have aligned themselves with new parties such as the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the wheelbarrownomics politics," sources told a local daily.
Sankok declined to be dragged into the disciplinary issues and said that he would not openly fight his bosses or comment on critical party issues.
"That is our party internal affairs, and party internal matters should be confidential," Sankok said while speaking to Kenyans.co.ke.
The four MPs were part of the delegates hosted by Ruto on Monday, February 8, where lawmakers allied to the DP castigated President Uhuru Kenyatta and planned to cut off their monthly contribution to the Jubilee Party.
The Tanga Tanga MPs said that they would open offices in their constituencies before March 2022 with a target of registering eight million people, resign from the Jubilee Party and campaign for UDA.
They also warned pro-handshake MPs from plotting and orchestrating DP Ruto's impeachment. Led by Garissa Township MP Aden Duale, they dared their opponents to table the motion.
"Removal of a DP is not a birthday party, it is guided by three issues of gross of violation of the Constitution, national and international law and gross misconduct, and to introduce the motion one must raise a third and seek two-thirds majority approval. We are tired of these threats. Bring them on. We will deal with the motion once and for all," Duale said.
On Tuesday, February 9, Jubilee de-whipped Muranga Senator Irungu Kang'ata as the Senate's Majority Whip and replaced him with Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi. The changes came a day after six nominated MPs, Isaac Mwaura, Mary Yiane, Waqo Naomi Jilo, Millicent Omanga, Prengei Victor and Iman Falhada Dekow were expelled.
Tuju said that the aforementioned disrespected Kenyatta and all party members should address the head of state with decorum.
However, Ruto allied lawmakers led by Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen said that the expulsions served the interests of the people and that their team had garnered enough numbers to counter the agenda fronted by the party.
