Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has landed in trouble moments after she celebrated the resignation of Jubilee Party Vice Chairman David Murathe.
The former Gatanga MP quit his position on Sunday hours after he threatened to move to the Supreme Court to seek an interpretation on Deputy President William Ruto's eligibility to vie for the presidency in 2022.
Murathe insists the DP is ineligible to run for the country's highest office as he shall have served as Deputy President for two consecutive terms.
"I now find that it is no longer tenable to stay on as the party Vice-Chairman, given that I will have to sit in the same National Executive Council with a man I am taking to court to block from running for the presidency," Murathe told journalists during a presser in Nairobi.
The unexpected announcement by the man who has vowed to initiate 'stop Ruto movement' was warmly welcomed by Waiguru, a close ally of the DP.
The Governor recently called for Jubilee Party elections to dethrone Murathe for allegedly making remarks aimed at dividing the governing party.
"Reckless utterances can often lead to unnecessary divisions and chaos. While freedom of expression is a protected right, incivility has no place in present-day Kenya or within the Ruling Jubilee Party. We welcome the timely resignation of #MuratheResigns , as a matter of course!" Waiguru tweeted on Sunday.
The post, however, received a brutal reply from former Nairobi gubernatorial candidate Miguna Miguna who accused Waiguru of presiding over corruption at the National Youth Service (NYS), adding the former Devolution Cabinet Secretary 'symbolises everything that is rotten in Kenya'.
"So says the @JubileePartyK Queen B and of NYS manenos. You were rewarded with a Governor's post for perpetrating a dizzying racket at the NYS. You symbolize everything that is rotten in Kenya, Queen B. In Japan, you would have committed suicide to escape the stench of your past," Miguna posted in a tweet.