Small parties key to Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election

President Uhuru Kenyatta. (Photo: Beverlyne Musili/Standard)

Collapsing parties that made up the Jubilee Alliance to form the Jubilee Party was a good and bad idea. Good because it was meant to unite all communities in one political house, in an effort to craft one vehicle moulded on the principle of inclusivity.

This vehicle would also form a formidable force against a marauding Opposition, especially in zones that have been mapped as ‘swing votes’.