Handshake is fueling political instability it seeks to address

A recent TV interview by Senate Majority Leader, Kipchumba Murkomen, offered an explanation of the growing rift in Jubilee, with the senator claiming the planned lifestyle audit of public officials, as ordered by President Uhuru Kenyatta, was merely a plot to fix Deputy President William Ruto, with a view to blocking his ambition to become a candidate in the 2022 presidential election.

The senator exonerated President Kenyatta of involvement in the plot to block his deputy, alleging that this was being done by operatives based at State House, who were using their proximity to the president to carry out their own schemes.