President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four development agenda and legacy will be tainted if Jubilee Party splits, political analyst Peter Ngure has said.
Ngure argues that President Kenyatta will not achieve anything if Jubilee's top leaders including Deputy President William Ruto are not united.
In an interview on Tuesday, the Kiambu-based analyst said that Uhuru will have shot himself in the leg if he allows the party to fall apart.
He stated that reports of wrangles and rifts in the party are likely to cripple Uhuru’s administration.
“President Kenyatta must use his wisdom to bring order in the party if he indeed wants to actualize the Big Four agenda and leave a good legacy,” he said.
Ngure said that the country’s unity and reconciliation push will also suffer if the ruling party splits.
The analyst asked President Kenyatta and his deputy to call for order and assure Kenyans of their development pledge.
He said that unless the Head of State addresses the issue, the 2022 succession debate will derail his development agenda.
“What the president and his deputy need to do is to ban 2022 succession debates,” he said.
The analyst noted that the debates are what is fueling speculations of wrangles and animosity among some members of the party.
There are claims of a fallout between some top Jubilee members over the 2022 succession debate.
On Monday, Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa warned certain top government officials who he claimed are out to block DP Ruto’s 2022 bid.
Ichung’wa alleged that people who took DP Ruto to the International Criminal Court are the same ones planning his downfall in 2022.
The Jubilee party on Monday cancelled a meeting it had planned for Tuesday.
Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju told journalists the party is planning for a retreat to iron out differences among some members.