Jubilee Coalition parties wrangles take new twist

By Geoffrey Mosoku

NAIROBI, KENYA: Wrangles in Jubilee Coalition took a new twist after Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi’s UDF party gave fresh conditions for disengagement. 

UDF chairman Osman Hassan and Secretary General Dan Ameyo, who appeared before the Registrar of Political Parties, said their party was willing to formally end the alliance on two conditions.

“That TNA and URP make public apology for violating the agreement signed on December 4 and stop using the name Jubilee Alliance during the coming elections,” said Ameyo.

Mudavadi’s camp claimed the name Jubilee was coined when UDF joined TNA/URP alliance, which had earlier signed deal on December 3. Acting Registrar of Political Parties Lucy Ndung’u had convened the meeting to try and solve the conflict, which was triggered by Uhuru’s sensational proclamation that he had been misled by the devil to sign a commitment to back down from presidency and support Mudavadi. The UDF party had written to Ms Ndung’u to complain on TNA’s reneging on Jubilee agreement that required that presidential candidate is nominated by UDF and TNA.

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The agreement titled “Coalition Agreement for National Healing and Reconciliation, Inclusiveness and Prosperity” was signed on December 4 and lodged with the acting Registrar on the same day, which was deadline for pre-election coalition pacts.

On Monday, Mudavadi’s camp reiterated that their partners had violated the agreement by going ahead to nominate a joint candidate by excluding them.

The team remained categorical that although they no longer wished to be in the coalition, for the sake of the rule of law, their partners should follow procedure as stipulated in the agreement to end the alliance.

The deal signed to include UDF appeared to have nullified the TNA/URP earlier agreement as it states; “In case of inconsistency between the Initial Agreement and this Addendum, the contents of this Addendum shall prevail”.

However, the Uhuru and Ruto camps stood their ground arguing that the addendum signed on December 4 to incorporate UDF had become obsolete.