President William Ruto has barely concealed his intentions of gaining absolute control of Parliament.
The Head of State yesterday staged a coup on his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta, netting lawmakers from the former ruling Jubilee Party.
His meeting with a host of MPs from Jubilee, whose agenda was heavy on cooperation, won him unofficial defections, the latest in a series that began soon after Ruto was declared winner of last August’s presidential election.
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The State House meeting, which Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni said had not been sanctioned by the party, was a follow-up to another on Tuesday between Ruto and MPs from Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).
State House would announce yesterday’s meeting as a homecoming, with Ruto saying he would treat the Jubilee MPs as his members.