#KENYA: Pres Kenyatta, Dep. Pres. Ruto, Create New Party, Plan For Succession in 2022

[world politics news]

Pres. Kenyatta and Deputy Pres. William Ruto have created a new party to contest elections in 2017. Kenyatta hopes to win reelection on the new Jubilee Party, and allow Ruto to succeed him as president in 2022. The new, united party hopes to win over central Kenyan voters, who have been suspicious of the president's party, and avoid regionalism that's plagued national politics.

Pictured: Pres. Kenyatta addressing party leaders in Nairobi.