Fate of 50 Jubilee Party MPs on The Balance

By Tobby Otum

The fate of over 50 Jubilee party legislators are in the hands of Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi after party national vice-chair David Murathe wrote a letter to declare his parliamentary seat vacant.

Murathe also asked Senate speaker Kenneth Lusaka to also declare vacant the seats of JP senators who attended the United

Democratic Alliance [UDA] national delegates’ conference held  at Kasarani in Nairobi.

He said in his letter to both speakers that both members of the national assembly and senators have ceased to be party members.

“They have already disowned the party that sponsored them to the national assembly and the senate during the last general elections,”’ he pointed out.

Murathe argued one does not need rocket science to drive his point home after the Tuesday meeting of the rival political party under Deputy President William Ruto.

He spoke in Nairobi during a local television show hours after Ruto defected to UDA and was endorsed as the flag bearer during the August election.

The JP official confirmed he has written letters to speakers of both the national assembly and the senate despite the August polls being four months

away arguing that it is wrong for them to enjoy the privileges of their political positions as they have abused the party that sponsored them.

Murathe argued their technical attendance is enough and it is more than meets the eye and urged Ruto to be man enough to resign.

He added that Ruto’s move to UDA is against the political parties act and the constitution in line with JP demands.

“There is no two way traffic for defectors and their seats  must be declared vacant,” he insisted.

The party official said the move will enable the defectors have time to campaign under their preferred party during this year’s polls instead of under JP.

Murathe refuted claims he was on a witch hunt saying the party move is in line with the law and the constitution.

He added the issue of by elections is not the party’s concern but the concern is their seats being declared vacant.

“The move was part and parcel of the resolutions passed at the NDC and not a personal vendetta,” he said.

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