Jubilee Vice Chair David Murathe caused a storm on Wednesday when he hit out at the Deputy President William Ruto telling him to retire in 2022.
Murathe was speaking in Kakamega during the Maragoli festivals.
“If there is an MOU between Uhuru and Ruto, that is between two individuals. Jubilee has no candidate and we got no debt now. President Uhuru and Ruto have shared the government equally. Umekula mkate nusu, nigani ingine unaitisha,” Murathe said.
The remarks have rubbed DP Ruto’s allies the wrong way as well as other leaders.
Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo was the first to send out a tweet reminding Murathe that he once ‘sold’ his Member of Parlaiment seat.
"Murathe has no authority to speak on anyone’s behalf. Who is he to ask DP Dr. WSR to retire from politics in 2022 we’ve not forgotten he sold his parliamentary seat to SK Macharia. He’s politically broke," Kabogo said in a tweet.
The ex-Kiambu boss was referring to the year 1997 when both Murathe and Royal Media boss SK Macharia were aspirants for the Gatanga parliamentary seat.
Macharia had been in trouble with the Kanu government during the period before he temporarily made peace and ventured into politics.
He plunged into Gatanga race with others to oust the then incumbent Josephat Wanyoike.
Macharia was, however, defeated by David Wakairu Murathe of Social Democratic Party (SDP).
It is then that Macharia reportedly tried to pay Murathe 10 million for him to step down in favour of the media mogul.
That was in April 1998, when Speaker Francis ole Kaparo received a letter purportedly conveying Murathe’s resignation.
The MP, however, disowned the letter, saying it was a forgery.
“I have a letter purportedly written by a member to resign. I also have a letter by that member saying he did not resign and that the letter is a forgery,” Mr Kaparo told Parliament on April 7, 1998.