National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has dispelled insinuations from a section of the country's political spectrum that the new Jubilee Party launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday will take the country back to a one party state.
In an interview with a local television channel on Tuesday, the legislator defended the formation of the new political party, saying that it looks to unite all Kenyans irrespective of their tribe, gender, race and religion.
"It is in the constitution that Kenya is a multiparty democracy. So nobody in today's Kenya can return the country back to a one party state," he said.
"Those who are saying that this is our intention are misplaced. One of our main agenda in our manifesto is that of uniting Kenyans and this is what we want to achieve," he added.
Twelve political parties; chief among them The National Alliance (TNA), United Republican Party (URP), United Democratic Forum (UDF), New Ford Kenya, Ford People, Party of National Unity (PNU), Grand National Union (GNU), Republic Congress Party (RCP), Jubilee Alliance Party, Alliance Party of Kenya (APK), Unity Party Of Kenya (UPK) and Tip Tip.