Former President Uhuru Kenyatta intends to step down from his position as head of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance.
In an interview with The Nation, deputy chair of the Jubilee party David Murathe said that the Azimio council would soon call a meeting to approve his resignation.
The former president is said to have resigned in order to concentrate on the East African peace project that he is leading.
Murathe claims that Uhuru will now hand the helm over to Raila and the Azimio systems.
“He is now above local politics. Going forward, everything is Jakom and the Azimio system. The council will sit and make a decision about who takes up the position but the overall leader of Azimio is now Jakom and there is no ambiguity about it,” Murathe said.
Kenyatta must formally resign from his position as Azimio la Umoja council chairman and from active politics in order to be eligible for all advantages associated with being a former head of state.
The decision comes at a time when Uhuru’s Mount Kenya troops appear to be switching their allegiance to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, which would likely be a major blow to Raila Odinga’s camp.
Many Jubilee members would become political orphans as a result of the former President’s resignation as party leader.
