The meeting meant to popularize the party had been convened by Jubilee-affiliated leaders led by prominent Naivasha businessman James Karimi – who is alleged to have appointed himself as the party’s interim chairman in the area. However, according to the agitated youth, Mr Karimi was creating divisions among local Jubilee members and leaders. The rival group noted that it was wrong for the Naivasha businessman to hold the meeting yet President Uhuru Kenyatta had announced that interim party officials would be unveiled later this month. Amid the mayhem, Mr Karimi was hit on the head with an egg as he prepared to address journalists to explain why he had called the meeting. The furious locals overturned chairs and pelted the party supporters with stones, forcing them to scamper for safety. “Mr Karimi knows very well that he is not supposed to hold a meeting without consulting other Jubilee leaders, but he has chosen to ignore them and gone ahead to impose himself as the JP Nakuru County chairman,” said Charles Kiarie, alias Koches. Karimi, however, denied claims that he had imposed himself as the party’s county chairman, saying his meeting was meant to popularise the Jubilee party. “I made a personal decision to popularise JP in Nakuru town. There is no way the President can launch a party and we fail to sell it to the masses,” he said.
credit:kenyans.co.ke
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