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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Jubilee Party followed the law in making changes to its leadership, the Registrar of Political Parties has said.Yesterday Registrar Anne Nderitu told The Standard that after scrutiny, it was established that documents presented to her office effecting changes, which have caused an uproar among some members, were signed by bona fide officials as required by law.<\/p>\n

Jubilee has proposed to replace Fatuma Shukri, Pamela Mutua and Veronica Maina in the National Management Committee (NMC) after all three took up government jobs. The party has nominated Lucy Macharia, Marete Marangu, Walter Nyambati, Jane Nampaso, and James Waweru to replace them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe intention to change Jubilee Party\u2019s national management committee followed the law. For us, we look at the documents and confirm if they have been signed by the relevant officials, and in this case that was done,\u201d said Ms Nderitu.<\/p>\n

Yesterday MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto (pictured) faulted the party\u2019s leadership for failing to convene any meeting three years since its formation. The leaders said lack of meetings for the party\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC), National Delegates Council (NDC) and the Parliamentary Group (PG) had now led to members resorting to using social media to air their grievances.Deputy Secretary-General Caleb Kositany (Soy), Moses Kuria (Gatundu South), Nixon Korir (Lang\u2019ata) and Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika blamed the party\u2019s Secretary General Raphael Tuju of misleading party leader President Uhuru Kenyatta not to convene the meeting.<\/p>\n

Call for fairnessMr Kositany yesterday led the delegation to the Registrar\u2019s office and asked to see the documents that gave legal backing to effect the changes in the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t favour anyone, but all we want is fairness. NEC has not had a meeting for three years. So we want to see the documents that gave the Registrar the legal backing. Jubilee is not private property. The issue is not even the process, but the documents,\u201d said Kositany.He added: \u201cIt is immoral that Tuju and his cohorts have taken advantage of Covid-19 pandemic to orchestrate fraudulent changes to the party. Covid-19 did not suspend the rule of law in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Kuria, in particular, questioned those castigating them for using social media yet they had killed all avenues of communication within the party. Asked whose responsibility it was to convene party organs\u2019 meetings, Kuria said although the Constitution placed the duty on the party leader, a \u2018cabal\u2019 of those he claimed wanted the party dissolved had been misleading the President.\u201c<\/p>\n

The President, who is the party leader, should convene the meeting and in his absence, the deputy party leader. But Tuju and the \u2018Deep State\u2019 are misleading the President that if he convenes a meeting, he will be embarrassed,\u201d said Kuria.\u201c<\/p>\n

I can understand the frustrations because they cannot stop what is going on in social media. It\u2019s ironical that those who have killed all avenues of communication, NEC, NDC and PG are the same ones telling us not to use social media,\u201d said Kuria.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a thief stealing your clothes and pointing at you and asking why are you naked? We can negotiate on these illegalities about the change of officials, but what we cannot negotiate is killing Jubilee. We are here to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n

The four made the remarks shortly after visiting the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties, where they were told to pick the documents they had sought today. His sentiments were echoed by Ms Kihika, who said in the absence of party organs\u2019 meeting from time to time, social media had become another platform members could use to air their grievances.<\/p>\n

Kihika, who is also a member of the Jubilee Party NEC said the process to replace the officials was fraudulent. She demanded minutes presented to the Registrar indicating the changes.No meeting in 3 years\u201cNone of the party organs has met… the NEC, NGC, NAC, PG, for the last three years. Where did they get the minutes that they presented to the Registrar? Jubilee is not a personal property,\u201d said Kihika.<\/p>\n

Tuju had accused Dr Ruto and his allies of turning to social media to engage in political shadow boxing over alleged grievances occasioned by the changes to the party\u2019s National Management Committee.\u201cFrom what we have seen so far in social media, it is apparent that some orchestrated objections have been sent to the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties and we are awaiting the official communication from the Registrar on those protests, and we will respond,\u201d said Tuju.<\/p>\n

Yesterday Tuju challenged his deputy to produce any minutes that appointed him the Deputy Secretary-General, saying all the current officials were operating under a transitional clause as provided in the party\u2019s constitution.\u201cI want to challenge the Deputy SG to produce any minutes where NEC sat and appointed him the Deputy Secretary-General,\u201d said Tuju.<\/p>\n

On why the party has not held meetings for three years, Tuju told his critics to be realistic, saying the party constitution did not allow him to convene a meeting when the party leader and his deputy are there.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder what authority can I convene a meeting when the party leader and deputy party leader are there? They should have the courage to face the party leader directly. If the party leader has not convened a meeting, what has stopped his deputy from asking the boss to convene one,\u201d posed Tuju.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: Jubilee Party followed the law in making changes to its leadership, the Registrar of Political Parties has said.Yesterday Registrar Anne Nderitu told The Standard that after scrutiny, it was established that documents presented to her office effecting changes, which have caused an uproar among some members, were signed by bona fide officials as required […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,10,12],"tags":[2763,446,2482,312],"class_list":["post-6215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-parties","category-policy","tag-covid-19-pandemic","tag-jubilee-party","tag-registrar-of-political-parties","tag-william-ruto"],"yoast_head":"\nBlow to Ruto as Registrar confirms Jubilee Party changes - 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