The Party of National Unity has distanced itself from chairman John Kamama remarks last week that the political outfit had been dissolved to join the newly launched Jubilee Party.
Secretary general John Okemwa assured PNU members that the party was intact adding that it will have candidates for the 2017 general election.
Okemwa told the Nation that PNU delegates did not participate in the said dissolution since Kamama had moved to court to bar the national delegates’ conference on September 9.
He termed Kamama a lone ranger stating the party will instead hold a delegates conference on October 28.
He also accused Kamama of going against the party’s national executive committee resolutions, of which he (Kamama) and Jeremiah Kioni had earlier signed to affirmed the party’s stand against the merger.
“It is disturbing that Mr Kamama could invoke the name of former president Mwai Kibaki in his action.
The case that he filed with the Political Parties Tribunal is still pending. IEBC and the tribunal have copies of PNU resolutions that state that the party would not merge with Jubilee,” said the secretary general.
He added that the party will only consider working with parties wit a similar agenda as PNU.
“We don’t understand what Kamama wants by declaring that PNU is dissolved. But we are preparing our delegates for the conference. We will have 20 delegates from every county at the Bomas of Kenya,” he said as quoted by the Nation.
He at the same time accused Meru Senator Kiraitu Murungi of using his differences with Governor Peter Munya to meddle in PNU affairs.
“Murungi should come clean on why he is after PNU. He knows there was no meeting and resolutions dissolving the party. Why should he lie about the merger?” Okemwa posed.
The Senator had earlier said PNU had presented to the Jubilee committee its resolution to dissolve.
The PNU chairman, who announced the dissolution of the party last week Friday, said there was no dispute over the move. He said he had consulted Mr Kibaki, whom he said was proud of the merger.