Wiper Deputy Party Leader Farah Maalim was on Wednesday, January 15, expelled from the party following disparaging remarks about the ongoing abductions.
The announcement was made by the party's leader Kalonzo Musyoka during a press conference where he once again called out the Kenya Kwanza Government over abductions.
"For the avoidance of doubt, Farah Maalim, who until now has been serving as deputy party leader of Wiper Democratic Party, stands expelled from the party for violating the Constitution and the rights of Kenyans and even abusing Kenyan mothers," Kalonzo declared.
"He used to be a reformist and I campaigned for him in Dadaab. Therefore, it doesn't give me any pleasure. Even if there is that law in the Constitution that stipulates unless someone resigns in writing, he will still sit there. Just like those MPs in Parliament who were impeached by Gen Zs in June and hold no authority in Parliament."
Over the last few weeks, the Dadaab Member of Parliament has consistently been making remarks echoing President William Ruto's call to parents to 'tame' Gen-Zs.
In what could be seen as a clear defiance to the party leader's position as the opposition, he has also stated that the President will be re-elected in 2027 leaving Kenyans questioning why he was still in the party.
"When you see everything progressing and then some fools say ‘Kasongo Ruto must go.’ To hell with those who say that! Is he sitting in your mother’s or father’s seat? He is sitting in our seat, and we will re-elect him; we will deliver 99 per cent or even 100 per cent. We are saying Ruto will stay until 2032," Maalim stated in a recent address.
Although damning, Maalim's remarks at the height of the anti-finance bill demonstrations in June flared even more tensions when he revealed that he would have killed at least 5,000 Gen-Z protestors daily if he had been the President.
At the time, the Wiper Party took the decisive action to remove him from any parliamentary committees but did not expel him much to the shock of Kenyans.
Nonetheless, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) summoned him citing, "The utterances are likely to incite feelings of contempt, hatred, hostility, violence or discrimination, and affect harmonious coexistence between groups of different political affiliations in Kenya, contrary to Section 13 (1) (a) of the NCI Act."
Following the uproar, Maalim retracted his remarks and distanced himself from the clip in which he had used his local Somali dialect to possibly incite his constituents.
He noted that the words uttered in the video did not reflect his position as a community leader or his reputation built over many years.
Since then, he has received a cold reception from government critics, including an instance where the Jubilee Party Secretary General and Kalonzo's close ally Jeremiah Kioni walked out of a local television interview, refusing to sit in the same panel with him.