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Kiraitu JP meeting illegitimate, says party’s interim official

 Meru Senator Kiraitu Murungi

A Jubilee Party meeting convened by Senator Kiraitu Murungi in Meru town has triggered protests in some quarters and underscored the tensions that have been building in the party that was launched on September 10.

Although Kiraitu, a member of the JP steering committee before the party swallowed up other parties, is reported to have summoned all aspirants in the county for the meeting, some of those invited, and registered interim officials of JP have said the Meru Senator has no authority to do so.

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