A section of Jubilee Party senators and MPs from the Rift Valley — Deputy President William Ruto’s political bastion — are divided over the ruling party’s purge, which has seen some of the DP’s key allies kicked out of plum leadership positions.
Five of the seven Senators who voted against the axing of Kithure Kindiki as Senate Deputy Speaker face a political onslaught from lawmakers perceived to be leaning towards President Uhuru Kenyatta as the 2022 succession politics take centre stage.
Mr Kutuny on Sunday told the Nation that Prof Kindiki’s removal has proven that the region has two factions, one championing the DP’s interests while the other works with the government to improve the socio-economic status of their people.
Those who voted against the party decision during the removal of Senator Kindiki are not committed to the party, and it shows that they are out to please their master, not like us who are after championing the people-driven agenda,” said MP Kutuny.
But Mr Cherargey said he was not party to the changes that he described as “illegal and immoral”, adding that if the removal of the DP’s allies from key posts would make the President work for Kenyans, he was not ready to work with him.