Tough-talking Kakamega County Senator Cleophas Malala has dared Musalia Mudavadi-led Amani National Congress Party to expel him.
Malala who was speaking at a press conference in Kakamega town on Saturday said that he was not apologetic for campaigning for ODM candidate Bernard Imran Okoth in the November 7 Kibra by-election.
Malala said he would rather face a by-election than apologise to party leader Musalia Mudavadi.
During ODM’s campaigns for Kibra candidate Imran Okoth, Mr Malala said he attended a rally on November 27 as ANC’s “highest-placed leader”.
He claimed that ANC candidate Eliud Owalo was Deputy President William Ruto’s ‘project’.
He described the move by ANC disciplinary committee to suspend him from the party as malicious and a waste of time.
“I want to tell my party leader Musalia Mudavadi that I have no apologies to make for campaigning for Kibra MP-elect Bernard Okoth in the November 7 by-election just as he did for ODM leader Raila Odinga in the 2017 presidential poll,” said Mr Malala.
Taking a swipe at the party leadership, he said: “The party had been hijacked by self-centred individuals incapable of accommodating divergent views.”
He said it was unfortunate that leaders with divergent views in ANC were being branded as rebels and moles.
Mr Malala, who was accompanied by nominated MP Godfrey Osotsi, said the move to suspend him from the party was meant to humiliate him.
“I know there is a scheme to frustrate me but I want to tell my party leadership that I’m not afraid of facing the electorate afresh in a by-election,” said Mr Malala adding that he is yet to receive a letter of suspension from the party.
In a letter dated November 15, ANC Secretary- General Barack Muluka said the party’s National Disciplinary Committee had suspended Mr Malala from membership of Amani National Congress with effect from November 14.
He said the decision had been reached after the disciplinary committee reviewed Senator Malala’s conduct against the party.
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