Gatundu South lawmaker Moses Kuria has taken a swipe at the Jubilee Party top organ over the party's delayed elections, now set for March.
The MP says that the delayed polls, given that the party has been running on interim office since its formation before the 2017 general polls, are to blame on internal disagreements.
He claims that the party leadership has been afraid to face the challenges and the members, and now wants members meeting to iron out the issues before the planned polls.
According to the firebrand parliamentarian, the Jubilee top organ is finding itself in a tough position explaining the reasons why the party is weakening, hence the delay.
“This party belongs to all of us as members. They should stop fearing us and call the National Governing Council and the Parliamentary Group to discuss these matters. We cannot run away from them,” Kuria stated.
Murang'a senator Irungu Kang'ata expressed worries that though party Secretary General Raphael Tuju last week confirmed the elections, the party appears nor prepared for them.
He wants the party to begin preparations in the counties by starting membership recruitment drive to jump-start the polls at the grassroots.
"We are worried that, yes. By law, we are supposed to hold our elections by end of March, but on the ground there seems to be no plans for such an activity. We hope that the secretariat will start (preparations) immediately now that the festivities are over. They must come out of the slumber and be alive to the requirements of the law,” he said.
A number of party members have been directing their anger at the Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju, terming him one of the reasons behind the Jubilee disintegration.
The attacks have been emerging from the Deputy President William Ruto camp, whose members have been accusing him of undermining the DP and embracing outsiders.
The outsider in this context has been ODM leader and Ruto's sworn rival Raila Odinga, who is currently working closely with Jubilee leader and President Uhuru Kenyatta.