The good old days: The ruling Jubilee Party is headed for an irreversible split with one faction calling itself Jubilee-Asili. [David Njaaga, Standard]That the William Ruto faction of the ruling Jubilee Party is now Jubilee-Asili was long-overdue going by Kenya’s culture of political party promiscuity. Being synonymous with a country’s political history and owing to their perceived seriousness, political parties are expected to last for decades or centuries. As a young political system, political parties in Kenya are evolving entities whose members and founders experiment with all tricks in the book to stay relevant. Remember the Jubilee Party came into existence after Uhuru’s TNA and Ruto’s URP merged to form Jubilee Alliance and swallowed myriad smaller political parties morphing into the Jubilee Party ahead of the 2017 elections.William Ruto, too, is no stranger to political party gymnastics.

Source: Standard Digital June 20, 2020 12:31 UTC