Deputy President William Ruto is set is fce another major blow after Jubilee party is now reportedly set to crack the whip on team ‘tanga tanga’, who have openly ‘defied’ President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directives to halt premature campaigns.
A source who spoke to the Nation revealed that there was a meeting on Thursday, where government operatives hatched a plan to de-whip the leaders from their influential committees in both the Senate and the National Assembly.
The targeted leaders include Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata, Woman Representative Wanjiru Chege and Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa.
Furthermore, the source who requested anonymity disclosed to the publication that the recent appointment of politicians who lost races in the 2017 general election was also touted as an extended plan to tame other defiant members.
n Maragua, Kiharu, and Kandara, MPs perceived to be the DP’s handlers also saw their opponents appointed.
Elias Mbau, who lost to Mary Waithira, was appointed to head NEPPAD while Joshua Toro, an opponent to Alice Wahome, was appointed to head the National Irrigation Board.Karanja Mburu, an arc-rival of Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, was appointed to head the Lapsset.
In other related news, a mega prayer rally that was scheduled to take place at Kenol, Muranga County on Saturday was called off at the last minute.