Former Makadara lawmaker Benson Mutura has blamed the ongoing wrangles within the ruling Jubilee Party on top state officials allied to President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The party has been limping lately, thanks to an apparent widening rift between Uhuru and his deputy William Ruto.
Some of Ruto's allies have cited victimization for supporting him.
The latest case is that of Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro and his Kandara counterpart Alice Wahome, who are accusing Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho of victimising them for campaigning for Ruto in Mt Kenya.
Mutura now says that the problem is to blame on Uhuru's kitchen cabinet members, most of whom hold top state offices, to prevent the DP from ascending to the top seat.
He claims that afraid that they will lose their job or be victimised, they are out to frustrate his bid, to ensure that he doesn't become president.
"The ongoing fights there are as a result of the President's kitchen cabinet predicting the end of their tenures. They are seeing others taking over and are trying to strategise (Zile vita ziko pale ni eti wale kitchen cabinet ya Rais wananona kazi yao inaisha. Wanaona wale wengine wanakuja so wanajaribu kustrategize)," he said.
The ex-parliamentarian made the remarks on Radio Jambo's Mazungumzo Waziwazi show on Saturday, also attended by nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura and politician Brian Weke.
Mutura observed that others are simply trying to create a scene, hoping that the DP or any other person who will win will identify and hopefully consider them after Uhuru's exit.
"Let them relax, leaving doesn't mean you will be slaughtered. They will just survive like the rest of us (Lakini watulie, hata ukisonga kando hautachinjwa. Utasurvive tu, sisi tukp nje na tunasurvive)," he added.
For Kibicho, he is not new to allegations of trying to ground the DP, and was months ago accused of chairing meetings where his assassination plans were allegedly discussed.
However, he called for calm, advising the group that they will finally have to leave even if they were to prevent the DP, as has been seen during the exit of all the previous three regimes.