U.R.P. UNVEILED: Over 40 MPs attend the Bomas of Kenya ceremony.The newly formed United Republican Party (URP) is set to hold its grassroots elections in the next two months, before picking its flag bearer in the next General Election.
The decision was made during the official launch of the party on Sunday at the Bomas of Kenya, which was attended by thousands of party supporters who have decamped from UDM with Eldoret North MP William Ruto and his allies
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With less than a year to go before the next elections, the merger of the Jubilee coalition was meant to project a united front among its uneasy partners. But trouble brews beneath the surface. Christine Mungai reports, amid the din and fireworks of the launch in Nairobi.
Moi International Sports Stadium, Kasarani, was the scene of a grand political jamboree this September, as the Jubilee Party was launched to much pomp and fanfare.
The new party formally brings together President Uhuru Kenyatta’s The National Alliance (TNA), Deputy President William Ruto’s United Republican Party (URP) and nearly a dozen other smaller parties, most of which were
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already allies of the ruling Jubilee coalition.
As the 10,000-odd party delegates awaited the arrival of the president and his deputy that morning, the scenes unfolding at the margins of the event went unnoticed, but perhaps were an apt metaphor for the reality of the Kenyan political landscape.
On the periphery of the main celebration were numerous hawkers, who had come to make some money off the crowd – aside from party delegates, the rest of the crowd very nearly filled the 60,000 capacity stadium.
These petty traders were selling everything from cold water and soft drinks to fruit, ice cream and other small snacks; there were also several photographers offering to take your photo for a fee.
But the police officers who were frisking the traders were doing something else – as the sun rose
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