Daadab MP Farah Maalim has termed as inconsequential Wiper
party’s move to expel him over alleged vulgar remarks.
The MP told the Star in an interview moments after Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka announced his alleged expulsion that he has moved on.
“The statement has zero consequences for me,’’ Maalim said insisting that the party had no legal mandate to expel him.
“I am not interested in Wiper, in any case, I resigned months ago as Wiper deputy party leader,’’ Maalim said.
The MP claimed that during his tenure he had helped Wiper grow into a national outfit "due to hard work’’.
“My political ideology is that I don’t oppose the government for the sake of political sycophancy,’’ Maalim stated.
Maalimu said under the 2010 Constitution, a member does not automatically lose a parliamentary seat by being expelled from a political party like in the Kanu days.
“You can expel me as a member of the party, but you have not expelled me as a Member of Parliament,’’ Maalim told Musyoka.
Earlier, Musyoka announced that Maalim had been expelled from the party following controversial remarks regarding alleged state-sponsored abductions.
The party alleged that Maalim had been accused of inflammatory statements about Kenya’s Gen Z population saying he violated the party constitution.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Hon. Farah Maalim, who until now has been our Deputy Party Leader, stands expelled from the Wiper Democratic Movement for violating the constitution and the rights of Kenyans, and even abusing Kenyan mothers,” Musyoka stated.
He spoke at a press conference at his SKM command Centre in Nairobi accompanied by other opposition leaders including Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni.
Maalim sparked outrage after attacking youthful critics of the government, declaring that Ruto would win the next general election despite opposition.
The Daadab Member of Parliament had accompanied President William Ruto during a tour of the Rift Valley
region last week.
