Eldas MP Adan Keynan has explained why the Jubilee party is officially exiting from the Azimio One Kenya coalition and joining the ruling party Kenya Kwanza.
Speaking in a panel on Citizen TV on Tuesday, Keynan says the party has been sidelined in the coalition's affairs, including deliberating on pertinent matters such as forming the coalition's leadership.
Further, Keynan argued that the party has been living a long con game and has already notified the Registrar of Political Parties.
"We were not party to the arrangement that led to the formation of that coalition, it was done by the leaders then. But I think we were duped...we were actually conned as Jubilee the same way Mudavadi and Wetangula were conned, history repeats itself," he said.
"All out positions were taken by your party (ODM). Jubilee is the second-largest party in the opposition. We ought to have either the minority leader, the minority whip, or the deputy minority leader. Our position in PSC was taken even in the committee of formation," he added.
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"In this broad daylight, who will subscribe to political conmanship, we will not."
The legislator, who serves as the party's temporary vice chairperson, first revealed the party's intention to leave when he appeared on the same programme on July 31.
He claimed that the party does not share the opposition's ideologies, which caused property damage and human casualties during the anti-government protests.
"Jubilee has refused and will continue to refuse to be party to maandamano that are tailor-made for the destruction of the property and lives of Kenyans," he said.
At the time, the opposition organised a three-day protest every Wednesday through Friday.
Except Jeremiah Kioni, who was relieved of his duties as the party's secretary general, Keynan continued, he has rallied all party members to avoid the demonstrations.
As groups led by Kioni and EALA MP Kanini Kega struggled to control the party, the Jubilee party was tarnished by instability.
