Young women to take lead in Jubilee grassroots recruitment in Murang’a

Jubilee party has started an aggressive door-to-door campaign to recruit more members in Murang’a County.

On Sunday, the party launched Wasupa na Jubilee – a team of young women tasked with recruiting people in all 35 wards.

Chairperson Daniel Mubea said the drive is aimed at ensuring majority of the local voters join the outfit.

“Jubilee Party still enjoys the support of many residents. Our target is to have more than 500,000 members by the end of the exercise. Most of them will be registering again as they were members before 2022,” he said.

The team will visit every home to ensure even the old and sick are registered. Secretary general Jeremiah Kioni said Jubilee is one of the biggest parties in the country and is keen on reclaiming its popularity in Mt Kenya.

In 2013 and 2017, majority of the elected leaders were members of Jubilee.

The party was, however, edged out in 2022 by UDA after the region revolted against former President Uhuru Kenyatta.

“We may have a few elected leaders right now but nationally, we are the biggest party,” Kioni said.

He said the party will field candidates in all positions in 2027. Kioni said similar recruitment drives have been started in more than 20 counties as the party readies for election.

He accused top government officials of dividing the region.

“Several parties are being registered and it’s okay to do so as long as those registering them don’t use them to divide the region,” Kioni said.

“We want people to take note that some leaders are out to divide you. Anybody who preaches division is an agent of doom.”

The SG said the party is willing to work with other parties and individuals ahead of the next elections to garner enough strength to dethrone President William Ruto.

Kioni, an ally of Uhuru, said taking over the next government will be a walk in the park if all aspiring leaders worked together.

“If all like-minded individuals work together, there’s no way we will not win,” he said.

Kioni further expressed concern with the current challenges youth are facing in acquiring identity cards.

“We will start collecting data on all these youths struggling to acquire these documents and start agitating for them. Everybody has to be allowed to vote in 2027.”

Kioni questioned the delay in reconstituting IEBC two years to the election, threatening to rally Kenyans to protest.

“Just a few days after the African Union elections, we will come out and demand for a fully formed IEBC. This delay may get the country into a constitutional crisis.”