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Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto dump JAP as vehicle for 2017 polls

Meru Senator Kiraitu Murungi (right) and former Cabinet Minister Noah Wekesa address the Press on the Jubilee alliance merger at the party headquarters. [Photo: David Gichuru/Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto will not seek re-election on the Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP), less than a year after the party was formed.

The two and a host of their allies had made it clear that JAP was their party of choice for the 2017 General Election while calling for dissolution of Jubilee affiliate parties. But a series of mistrust, suspicions and wrangling among members of the governing coalition has led to the proposal for a new outfit, Jubilee Party of Kenya (JPK), by December.

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