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Litmus test: Jubilee struggles to hold polls amid widening rift

Jubilee secretary-general Raphael Tuju.

The current infighting within Jubilee Party casts doubts on the party’s ability to hold its scheduled grassroot elections ahead of the March 2020 deadline.

The cracks have been gradually widening, pitting the supporters of Deputy President William Ruto and those seen as opposed to his nomination as Jubilee’s flag bearer in 2022.The group opposed to the DP supports the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga.

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