Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta could step down as the leader of the wobbly Jubilee party next month.
The Star has established that the former President has notified some Jubilee leaders that he intends to quit his position.
According to the law, Uhuru should have formally resigned on February 13— six months after he left office—as both Azimio chairman and as Jubilee Party leader.
It has emerged that the planned National Delegates Convention next month by a wing loyal to him will give him an opportunity to officially resign from the Jubilee leader position.
On Thursday, a highly placed source confirmed that the former president could have resolved to resign as the leader of Jubilee party, signaling his plans to quit active politics.
“In fact, part of the reason the NDC has been summoned is to give the party leader an opportunity to formally resign,” said a senior Jubilee official allied to Uhuru's wing.
The two-day NDC meeting scheduled for March 24 and March 25 was convened by secretary general Jeremiah Kioni, one of Uhuru's remaining allies.
Kioni has previously rubbished suggestions that Uhuru should quit as Jubile leader saying the president “would choose to exercise his right” when making a decision on the matter.
The embatttled Jubilee secretary general said the pensions law — to the extent of seeking that a former president has to abandon politics — is unconstitutional.
Kenya Kwanza politicians have asked Uhuru to quit politics saying his continued stay at the apex of Jubilee and Azimio contravenes the law on retirement benefits.
Uhuru is currently the East African Community's special envoy for peace in the Great Lakes Region and was appointed as the leader of the African Union observer mission in the Nigeria general election.
The planned NDC has triggered fierce protest from the Ruto-allied faction that has since dismissed it as illegal and vowed to challenge it in court.
The NDC is the most powerful organ of the party whose resolutions are final and binding.
Two weeks ago, the ex-President appeared to reiterate his commitment to the coalition after he termed Raila as his party leader and later joined him in his roadside political engagements in Kisumu.
In the August polls, Uhuru endured humiliating defeat as Raila, whom he supported as his successor, lost to Ruto.
The loss marked the culmination of Uhuru’s gradual loss of influence to Ruto.
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