According to , The three-day launch from Thursday through Saturday, involving more than 123,000 delegates has been reported to cost at least Sh2 billion. Insiders scoff, calling the figure too high, without elaborating.
There will be a drama of defections from the opposition:
Yesterday, National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale disclosed that five governors and more than 35 Cord MPs will defect to the Jubilee Party on Saturday during the National Delegates Conference at Kasarani.
Speaking at Parliament Buildings, Duale said JP will welcome Governors Salim Mvurya (ODM Kwale), Hussein Dado, (Wiper Tana River), Issa Timamy (UDF Lamu), Simon Kachapin, (Kanu West Pokot) and Ukur Yatani (ODM (Marsabit).
Duale said 35 MPs and senators from Cord affiliates will defect on the same day.
"We expect a number of our brothers and sisters from Coast, Kisii and parts of Western regions to join us. Our essence is to make sure that jubilee is a party for all Kenyans," he said.
President Uhuru Kenyatta will be setting the tone for his re-election campaign as he launches the mega party at Kasarani. It is to be an amalgamation of 13 affiliate outfits.
His "Tuko Pamoja" campaign message — branded everywhere, from buildings to 47 leased SUVs to T-shirts — emphasises the unity of Kenyans "moving together to achieve development and transformation".
-The Star