Former President Uhuru Kenyatta Set to Resign as Azimio Chairman
Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to resign from his position as the Chairperson of the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition party council.
Jubilee Vice-Chairman David Murathe said the Azimio council will convene a meeting soon to approve Kenyatta’s resignation.
In an interview with Nation, Murathe said the former president hand over the mantle to Raila Odinga and Azimio systems to concentrate on the East African peace project that he is leading.
“We will be having a meeting very soon where he will formally resign as the chairman of the Azimio council. Obviously, you cannot have two drivers steering a bus. This vehicle called Azimio now has one driver and that driver is Jakom (Raila Odinga),” Murathe said.
“He is now above local politics. Going forward, everything is Jakom and the Azimio system. The council will sit and make a decision about who takes up the position but the overall leader of Azimio is now Jakom and there is no ambiguity about it,” he added.
Legally, Kenyatta is required to quit active politics and resign as the head of the Azimio council to enjoy all benefits that come with being a former president. The law states that a retired president cannot hold office in any political party for more than six months after ceasing to hold office.
The Presidential Retirement Benefits Act of 2013 states that a president is entitled to a once-off payment on retirement equal to one year’s salary for every term they served. This means Kenyatta will pocket a Sh39.6 million send-off package after serving the country for two five-year terms.
As a retired president, Kenyatta is also entitled to a monthly pension of Sh1.32 million for the rest of his life.
Further to these, he will enjoy a fuel allowance of Sh216,563, Sh332,063 as his monthly house allowance, a monthly entertainment allowance of Sh200,000, and Sh379,500 in monthly electricity, telephone and water bills.
Other benefits include a fully-furnished office with the necessary personnel that he may require, six security officers, and four vehicles replaceable every three years.
Comments (9)
The burden of extravanza! Why would a man need all that when living amidst many destitute-fellow country men.
Greedy hyena/pig/vulture
Jambazi Uhuru is a real conman.Uhuru bribed “domo domo”guys,Wangari and Raila by “promising them the nine million Mountainian votes before he looted shs 240b COVID loans.Jambazi Wangari,a magistrate/lawyer is to blame more than muuaji Raila as she is more educated than both fake degree holders.
Retirement packages should be tied to performance.Kenya has modern infrastructure yes but the Chinese own us for decades long after this retired president is long gone.How does one justify pocketing 1 million a month for doing nothing
It hurts to read this. Why does a person who's already rich beyond rich, whose family has immorally benefitted from the suffering public for sixty years, whose father sowed the seeds of Kenya's current malaise, whose greedy family is only known for greedy accumulation and never giving back, need even more? How does this justify the taxes demanded from poor Kenyans? How does this encourage and motivate the people to willingly pay to the tax collectors. It's just plain immoral.
A retire US president gets $220,000 annually in pension. By my tally, Uhuru will get $172,000. It is laughable and sad at the same time...
Mlevi Wanjohi should remain with his herds of ODM cows of conmanship, corruption, impunity, lawlessness, chaos, violence, mayhem and poverty!!! You are welcome
Kenya among the poorest countries in the world?
The World Bank defines extreme poverty as those living on less than $1.90 per day. Unsurprisingly, Kenya joins five other African nations on the list of top eight most impoverished nations. In
2022, 17 percent of Kenya's population lived below 1.90 U.S. dollars per day. This meant that over 8.9 million Kenyans were in extreme poverty, most of whom were in rural areas.
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