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Eyes on Uhuru as Jubilee moves to kick out Ruto

Deputy President William Ruto during a meeting with Jubilee Party MPs at the party's headquarters in Pangani, Nairobi.

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s allies have initiated a brutal process to kick out his deputy William Ruto from the Jubilee Party in what marked the beginning of their formal political divorce.

Yesterday’s pronouncement by the party, with far-reaching political ramifications perceived to put roadblocks on Ruto’s road to State House, gave the strongest indication yet of a plot to block him from running on a Jubilee ticket in his quest to succeed Uhuru. Ruto has in the past said he was ready to jump ship ahead of 2022 polls if denied the party ticket.

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