How Juja Election Changes Mt Kenya Succession Path
President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria (right)
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has suffered two major losses in a span of one week in May 2021. First, his Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) was declared null and void by the High Court.
Secondly, Uhuru s Jubilee Party lost the Juja by-election to its own member and Gatundu South MP, Moses Kuria. To worsen the situation, Kuria is considered a rebel member after his candidate won the seat through the People s Empowerment Party (PEP).
PEP s George Koimburi defeated Jubilee s Susan Njeri Waititu - the widow of the late Juja MP Francis Wakapee Waititu.
Kuria-fronted candidate, George Koimburi, beats Jubilee s Susan Waititu in Juja by-election
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Kuria-fronted candidate, George Koimburi, beats Jubilee s Susan Waititu in Juja by-election
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Gatundu MP Moses Kuria during a service at House of Hope Church, Kayole in Nairobi, on Sunday, January 10, 2020 [David Njaaga, Standard]
The powerful Jubilee Party organ has endorsed the purge of three MPs for opposing the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) and supporting the ideals of other parties.
The National Management Committee (NMC) yesterday directed the party’s disciplinary committee to begin the process that could lead to the expulsion of Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, Nominated MP Cecily Mbarire and Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga.
In yesterday’s meeting at Jubilee headquarters, the NMC noted that the Gatundu South MP has been espousing the ideals of the People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) in contravention of the Political Parties Act.