President Uhuru Kenyatta will be next Prime Minister of Kenya, controversial Embakasi East MP Paul Ongili popularly known as Babu Owino has claimed.
Taking to his official twitter account on Thursday July 16, 2020, Babu Owino argued that President Kenyatta is still young and Kenya needs him in the next Government.
“President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is the next Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya. My President is still Young and we need him in the next Government,” he posted.
President Kenyatta’s falling-out with his deputy William Ruto has left him with no heir apparent as the clock ticks towards the 2022 General Election.
With the crack now a reality following what insiders say is “irreconcilable differences” between the two, state operatives are busy analysing various viable succession scenarios for 2022.
Already, there are reports that as the coalition grows and with the post-election pact between Jubilee and Gideon Moi’s Kanu, a deal with Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper and Raila Odinga’s ODM, a possible line-up is being crafted for 2022.
Behind the tightly-knit plan, the leaders working with the President want a structure of government that will have a President, a Prime Minister, two Deputy Prime Ministers and a Deputy President.
Other senior government positions being floated to contain other senior members of the supper alliance include the two Speakers – for the National Assembly and the Senate.
