Members scramble for invitations ahead of Jubilee Party convention

President Uhuru Kenyatta with the officials of New formed Jubilee party at state house on 9/8/16-BEVERLYNE MUSILI

The raid of United Republican Party (URP) offices over the list of delegates to this week’s launch of the Jubilee Party and a court injunction stopping Ford People from merging with this alliance underline some simmering tensions threatening to spoil the ruling coalition’s party.

On Thursday, some youths from URP broke into the party’s branch offices in Bomet County to protest against a list of delegates cleared to attend the three-day national delegates convention that will see 11 political parties fold and merge under the JP umbrella. They claimed those listed as delegates were irregularly selected, even as it emerged that Deputy President’s William Ruto’s party appeared to get the short end of the stick with an allocation of only 900 delegates compared to TNA’s 1,650.