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Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Gladys Shollei has blamed UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala over the recent chaos that ensued during the UDA delegates meeting.
Speaking on Monday at KTN, Shollei said in the past years, there was no single UDA meeting that was violent.
“I am disappointed with the performance of Malala, he has been going on the UDA membership drives and many of them have ended in violence,” Shollei said.
On Saturday, Malala was forced to end the UDA delegates meeting in Mombasa after supporters of Nyali MP Mohammed Ali and EALA MP Hassan Omar clashed.
The meeting took place at the Government Training Institute (GTI) Mombasa and was meant to launch the party membership drive in Mombasa.
However, chaos ensued soon after Omar made his way into the auditorium as crowds tried to block Ali from accessing the venue.
This forced police to lob teargas canisters to separate the rowdy supporters of the two MPs forcing both delegates, leaders and media to scamper for safety.
Shollei questioned whether Malala is trying to destroy the UDA party, saying the party has never been known to be violent.
“We started this party, recruited people in a record under one year and at that time, there was not a single UDA meeting that was violent. The other day he is in Marsabit, Mombasa and Isiolo and there was violence.”
However, Malala said that the party will investigate the matter and will summon the leaders.
“We will take action against people bringing violence to the party. We want to find police who lobbed teargas in a hall that was peaceful. We must have decorum, we will not condone violence in the party,” said Malala. BY THE STAR