Fear of fallout forces President Uhuru Kenyatta and DP William Ruto to retain old Jubilee Party officials

Jubilee Alliance Party officials Caleb Kositany (Deputy Secretary General), Veronica Maina (Secretary General) and David Murathe (Vice Chairman) at a past press conference at their party office in Nairobi. The trio remain Jubilee Party officials pending election of new officials or submission of a new list. (PHOTO: WILLIS AWANDU/ STANDARD)

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto averted a scramble for top party seats in the new Jubilee Party by submitting a list of officials that led their previous party.

The new list is now with the Registrar of Political Parties who says the submission was in order since Jubilee did not dissolve itself but just changed its name.Officials of the old Jubilee have been retained in the new party launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, on Saturday.