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Police were forced to intervene to save Khalende from the wrath of the crowd, believed to have injured him during the squabbles at the offices.
UPDATE: United Democratic Alliance (UDA) National chairperson Cecily Mbarire has announced that the party will have an emergency National Executive Meeting (NEC) on Friday, August 2, 2024, which will address the recent wrangles in the UDA party between Cleophas Malala and lawyer Joe Khalende.
“I wish to announce that we are going to have an emergency national executive committee (NEC) meeting on Friday to resolve the matters that have emerged in the party since yesterday. I wish to assure all our members that as the NEC we shall make sure we solve those matters in a fair and best way possible and the party will be back on its feet and we will not allow what we have seen happen to continue,” said Mbarire.
The Embu Governor also faulted Khalende for declaring himself the UDA Secretary General noting that the party has a well-laid structure on how one occupies the position.
She further faulted the hiring of goons to storm the UDA Paty headquarters in Ngong Road to beat up Khalende, stating that the party believes in the rule of law and has a clear way and means of dealing with conflicts.
Lawyer Joe Khalende, who reportedly declared himself as United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary-General, was injured on Wednesday, July 31 as chaos ensued at the party headquarters along Ndong Road in Nairobi.
According to videos seen by Viral Tea, a group of supporters believed to be allied to Cleophas Malala invaded the party’s offices along Ngong Road chanting songs in support of the former Kakamega Senator.
Police were forced to intervene to save Khalende from the wrath of the crowd, believed to have injured him during the squabbles at the offices.
Videos showed him receiving treatment after suffering a cut on his head, and he emerged from the premises with bandages wrapped around his head and his white shirt soaked in blood.
Here is the video:
Self-declared UDA SG Joe Khalende injured as Cleophas Malala supporters besiege party HQs on Ngong Road pic.twitter.com/Wsx1dUEQjT
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) July 31, 2024
He stood to face the crowd still in song in favour of Malala after they were barred from entering the premises by police.
They could be heard shouting ‘tunataka Malala’ as some of them carried placards with the words ‘bila Malala ni taabu kubwa’.
On Tuesday, July 30, Khalende stormed the offices and declared himself the UDA SG to replace Malala, who had been holding the position. During a media address, he accused the embattled SG of abdicating his role and his duty as the SG of the ruling party.
Khalende further accused Malala of dumping the party in favour of the opposition and supporting the agendas which go against the ruling party.
“He has gone against our party leader. He is at the forefront against the formation of a broad-based government. I’m here to confirm that he is no longer the Secretary General of the UDA party,” Khalende announced, adding that he would take over as the SG.
“Going forward, the UDA party is going back to its members. It was formed as a people-centred party, it was not formed on an individual within the party. We were formed as UDA to ensure that if we take over power, we initiate the bottom-up economic principle, but clearly, Cleophas Malala has gone against the UDA party.”
Khalende further claimed that the party had issued Malala a show-cause letter last month on why he has persistently failed to honour the party ideals, which he failed to honour, and allegedly frustrated the process of disciplining him within the party.
After the address, a letter purporting to announce Malala’s resignation went viral on social media, but the embattled SG flagged it as fake.
“Ignore propaganda. The party is stable and focused on helping President William Ruto achieve his agenda for Kenya. Chama iko Imara,” Malala clarified. However, he is yet to speak on his alleged ouster.
UDA Secretary-General Cleophas Malala speaks during a consultative meeting with the Party’s 47 County Coordinators in Nairobi on May 18, 2023. /CLEOPHAS MALALA