Jubilee wants Salim Mvurya to replace Josephat Nanok at CoG

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday met governors elected on Jubilee Party ticket and its affiliates where they agreed to elect Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya as chairman of the Council of Governors.

Governor Mvurya, who defected from the opposition and won re-election, has previously served as deputy chairman of the CoG for two terms.

MAJORITY

Jubilee controls majority of the counties.

President Kenyatta said the Council of Governors is supposed to play an important role in managing the affairs of devolution.

He said it was regrettable that the last five years were marked by confusion, which was mostly created by those who served as chairs of the CoG.

“We have been elected on a shared platform. Let us work together for the betterment of our people,” said the President when he met the governors at State House, Nairobi.

The president said good inter-governmental relations between counties and the national government would benefit all Kenyans.

RUTO

“I am asking that this time we start on the right foot. Let us not be people who engage in confrontation,” said the President.

“Do not make the Council of Governor a venue for competition; make it truly a venue for developing issues for consultation.”

Deputy President William Ruto said Kenyans had given Jubilee Party an overwhelming mandate.

“We have increased our numbers because the people trust Jubilee with devolution. That was a clear mandate,” he said.

HOUSE

He said 62 per cent of governors belong to Jubilee, which also controls 54 per cent of Senate and 61 per cent of the National Assembly.

“We in Jubilee believe in devolution. We are going to transform this country through devolution,” he said.

Earlier, President Kenyatta chaired a Jubilee Parliament Group meeting where the party agreed on the leadership in Parliament.

It was proposed that Justin Muturi would remain as speaker of the National Assembly while former Bungoma Governor Ken Lusaka was proposed as the Speaker of Senate.