A section of leaders allied to the ruling Jubilee Party have insisted that they will remain out in the party despite the apparent widening rift between the bloc.
Speaking when they accompanied Deputy President William Ruto to Wajir on Saturday, the leaders said that nothing will push them out of the President Uhuru Kenyatta-led side.
The group added that it is in compete support of the party's ideologies, noting that it took great effort and a lot time to form it that it would be wring to ditch it at this stage.
Mandera Senator Mahamud Maalim hailed the party as the one bloc that brings out the single face of Kenya, considering that it was born out of a merger of 14 smaller parties.
“The idea behind this move was to do away with ethnic-based politics; the politics that had bred hatred and division. In Jubilee, we saw a national political vehicle that would unite Kenyans," he was quoted by the Standard.
The leaders added that whoever is trying to break the party is an enemy of the people, while the DP urged the pastoralist community to shun negative cultural practises.
He urged the region to embrace education for their children, and stop engaging in cultural practises that prevent children from going to school.
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwah said that the group is in support of the proposed referendum, but noted that it must not include the formation of new leadership slots.
Other present leaders included Ahmed Kolosh (Wajir West), Rashid Kassim (Wajir East), Mohammed Kuti (Isiolo), Anab Gure (Garissa Woman Rep) and Sheikh Omar (Wajir South).
Others were Ahmed Bashane (Tarbaj), Sophia Noor (Ijara), Rehema Jaldesa (Woman Rep Isiolo), Aden Keynan (Eldas) and Christopher Nakuleu (Turkana North).
Wajir Governor Mohammed Abdi was also present.