UDA SG Cleophas Malala wants Wetangula, Kingi to resign from party positions

The ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party now wants Senate speaker Amason Kingi and his National Assembly counterpart Moses Wetangula to resign from their party positions.

UDA Secretary-General Cleophas Malala on Monday said the two are not supposed participate in party politics due to their capacity as State officials.

Wetangula is the FORD Kenya party leader while Kingi heads the PAA party.

“He should resign and allow us to engage the next party leader of FORD Kenya on matters dissolution. He cannot contribute because he is a State officer and State officers are not allowed to contribute on matters political parties and participate in politics. That is the position of the constitution,” Malala said.

The Sec-Gen said the two should pave the way for new party leaders who will engage the ruling party leadership in the proposed dissolution of Kenya Kwanza affiliate parties to fold them into UDA.

“They are both lawyers, let them resign and allow us to engage the new party leaders and persuade them,” Malala said, adding, “These parties are as good as dissolved, it’s only that they have not accepted that they are no longer politically viable.”

He also had the same requests to Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi (ANC party) and Foreign Affairs CS Alfred Mutua (Maendeleo Chapchap party).

At the same time, Malala, who assumed office last week taking over from Veronica Maina, dismissed critics who have already labelled him President William Ruto’s hired gun.

“Yes, I am a gun-for-hire for William Ruto. I don’t care whatever name you give me so long as my president in 2027 will be elected by a landslide and so long as I achieve a super-majority as the ruling party in the next parliament,” he said.