KIBRA FALLOUT

Kick me out of ANC, Malala dares Mudavadi

The MP said even Mudavadi has in the past campaigned for candidates of rival parties within the Nasa coalition.

In Summary

•Malala, while addressing the press in Kakamega on Saturday, said the national disciplinary council did not follow the due process but he would not waste time seeking legal redress.

•The lawmaker added that ANC, by law, is still an affiliate party of the Nasa coalition and so supporting a candidate of ODM, which is in Nasa, was not wrong.

Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala with his father David Malala at Kisumu central police station on May 19
ARRESTED AND FREED: Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala with his father David Malala at Kisumu central police station on May 19
Image: MAURICE ALAL

Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala has dared the ANC leadership to formally expel him from the party, saying he is ready for a by-election.

Malala said he is confident he would recapture the seat with a landslide.

On Friday, the party issued a statement announcing the suspension of Malala from the party's register.

 

It said the ANC disciplinary committee made the decision after holding a meeting to discuss his misconduct.

The disciplinary committee said Malala rallied behind ODM candidate in the Kibra by-election, which goes against the Constitution and party's regulations.

Malala, while addressing the press in Kakamega on Saturday, said the national disciplinary council did not follow the due process but he would not waste time seeking legal redress.

Malala also said he has not received any official communication from the party.

The lawmaker added that ANC, by law, is still an affiliate party of the Nasa coalition and so supporting a candidate of ODM, which is in Nasa, was not wrong.

“To date, ANC has not rescinded this association publicly or privately. In the fore stated agreement, members of affiliate parties were allowed to campaign for candidates within the coalition, their political parties notwithstanding,” Senator Malala stated.

He accused the party of having a deactivated mechanism of internal party.

 
 

“The party lacks leadership and is on autopilot on grave party matters including but not limited to revitalisation and expulsion of members through aggressive party strategies,” he said.

He added that there was no internal democracy within the party, no values inculcated and that there was which-hunt and petty jealousy informing decisions held by the party organs.

“ANC has been hijacked by egoistic and self-centered individuals incapable of accommodating divergent views and quick to profile self-opinionated leaders as rebels and moles,” Malala said

The legislator said even the party leader Musalia Mudavadi has in the past campaigned for candidates of rival parties within the Nasa coalition.

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