It has been disclosed that Gatundu South lawmaker Moses Kuria is the brains behind the new Transformational National Alliance Party (TNAP) political block.
Emerging details indicate that the party name has since been preserved by the registrar of political parties ahead of the 2022 elections, though it is yet to attract a good membership.
Further details show that TNAP's main intention is to accommodate orphaned Mt Kenya leaders who will find themselves left in the middle of the warring and divided Jubilee Party.
Currently, a good number of Jubilee members from the region have found themselves in the 'Tanga Tanga' and 'Kieleweke' factions, with Kuria now seeking to offer them an option.
The party also seeks to galvanize Mt Kenya as a region, following the fold up of President Uhuru Kenyatta's The National Alliance (TNA) which merged with Deputy President William Ruto's United Republican Party (URP) to form Jubilee.
Kuria says the party is also intended at ensuring the region which boasts of a strong political power is prepared ahead of time, at a time when Jubilee appears to be limping.
“There is nothing wrong with people with 6 million voters organising themselves. We won’t follow the route of Mwai Kibaki, Charles Njonjo and (the late) GG Kariuki who gave up the presidency in 1978 with no plan. We are however not blindsided by raw hate and emotion like Kieleweke,” the MP was quoted by the Nation.
However, his ideas have been rubbished by Kikuyu lawmaker Kimani Ichung'wa who is of the opinion that the party has been formed on a tribal basis, which Kenyans are trying to get over.
Ichung'wa says there is a strong need for politicians to concentrate on national politics instead of promoting local politicking by proposing region-based political vehicles.
“Anyone thinking of taking us back to politics of yesteryears that was ethnic-based or based on regional ethnic political parties is living in the past. President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto had reason to amalgamate all the 14 political parties to form a national party that would transform the nature and conduct of our national politics,” he argued.