A section of members of the ruling Jubilee Party has taken the role of the opposition, and are the ones now busy criticizing the government, political analyst Mark Bichachi says.
This comes amid reports of a widening rift within the party, with some allies of Deputy President William Ruto openly questioning President Uhuru Kenyatta's leadership.
Bichachi observes that this could be a trick to create room for themselves, from where they can campaign for future polls while pretending to be keeping the government in check.
"These guys are in the opposition for the simple reason that they want to campaign from one election to the next. Five years of non-stop campaigns," he said on Sunday on KTN News's Inside Politics.
He noted that the unfortunate part is that the opposition is based on fulfilling the interests of individual people, which makes it completely useless to Kenyans.
Bichachi says that the actions of the group are in no way beneficial to the economy, which makes the group's actions unpopular among Kenyans.
"I honestly wish that the opposition we are seeing in Jubilee was centred around the people, economy or even ideologies. Kenyans don't even know what they stand for," he added.
The Ruto faction, popularly known as Tangatanga, has taken Uhuru on, challenging him to address the plight of milk, tea, and coffee farmers, and also wants him to come out clear on claims that he is planning to extend his term.