President Uhuru Kenyatta met leaders of the New Ford-Kenya party on Wednesday at the State House in Nairobi.
This comes after the Western Kenya leaders decided to denounce the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) which they had accused of neglecting the Western region leaders.
The leaders included party leader, Ken Lusaka, Cabinet Secretary, Eugene Wamalwa, and former minister, Fred Gumo among other leaders.
This is a clear indication that there may be a coalition between Western Kenya and the Jubilee government that has been in the race to woo more people to the government's side.
With this meeting, the Jubilee party is showing serious intentions of retaining the presidency and forming the next government come 2017.
The merger between the two has been imminent with the mass exodus of the legislators from their initial party ODM.
The most notable rebels of ODM from the Western Kenya include Funyula MP, Paul Otuoma, Budalang'i MP, Ababu Namwamba and Sirisia MP, John Waluke who have resigned from their respective positions as vice-chairman, secretary general, and Bungoma County ODM chairman respectively.
This meeting comes after Musalia Mudavadi called on all leaders to skip the meeting citing how he himself was duped in the 2013 proposed merger that gave birth to Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP). Instead, Mudavadi, who is the leader of Amani National Congress (ANC) party, called on the leaders to unite with him and other Western Kenya leaders and form an alliance for 2017 elections.
With the current surge of the rebellion, ODM patron, Raila Odinga should work fast to avert the continued exodus of the Western region from the party.
If Cord does not help in averting the problem, then the Jubilee merger with the Western region will be a massive boost for winning the 2017 general election. However, care should be taken to avoid inciting Kenyans over the political alliances formed towards 2017.
It is only a matter of time before the nation is exposed to a new political scene scheduled for 2017.