Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has introduced a brand new venue for the controversial Jubilee Nationwide Delegates Convention scheduled for Monday.
In a discover printed in Saturday’s dailies, Mr Kenyatta mentioned the assembly would now be held at Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi after his social gathering was blocked from utilizing the Bomas of Kenya.
“Discover is hereby provided that the venue of the Jubilee NDC has been moved to Ngong Racecourse, Nairobi. All different particulars stay as within the discover issued on 29 April 2023.
He issued the discover on the identical day that the social gathering’s Inside Dispute Decision Committee additionally printed a discover within the dailies suspending the conference, which was aimed toward ousting rebels led by East African Legislative Meeting (EALA) MP Kanini Kega and nominated MP Sabina Chege.
“The committee directs that the discover issued by the respondent (Mr Kenyatta) to convene a particular nationwide delegates’ conference is hereby stayed and suspended pending the listening to and willpower of the dispute,” mentioned committee chairman Gideon Solonka.
In an escalation of the battle for the soul of the social gathering, the Kega faction final week dragged Mr Kenyatta earlier than the committee for alleged gross misconduct.
Mr Kenyatta is accused of violating the social gathering’s structure by “irregularly” convening the delegates’ convention.
“Take discover {that a} dispute has been filed towards you and acquired by the Inside Dispute Decision Committee. You’re hereby required to file your response, along with any supporting documentation, with the committee inside two days of this notification,” a letter to the previous head of state mentioned.
“You shall be notified of a listening to date once you shall be accorded a chance to be heard earlier than the committee makes its remaining willpower on the matter.”
However Mr Kenyatta’s camp has insisted that the Jubilee NDC, which can be used to kick out social gathering rebels, will go forward as deliberate.
