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Birthing a new party poses risk for Jubilee

NAIROBI: The Jubilee coalition successfully sponsored the President and Deputy President to power in 2013. It also sponsored the largest number of MPs and Senators. Nearly 50 per cent of Governors and their Deputies owe their allegiance to the coalition as do many MCAs.

The Jubilee coalition commands, by reason of numbers, tyrannical or otherwise, the Executive and legislative arms of the National Government. For the same reason, it influences the majority of County Executives and Assemblies. Jubilee as the ruling coalition enjoys an easy rule because of its election-day successes in different arms and levels of government.

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