MP Farah Maalim fails to appear before NCIC following summon over controversial remarks
Daadab MP Farah Maalim fails to honour NCIC summon over his controversial remarks regarding recent protests against the Finance Bill 2024
Daadab MP Farah Maalim fails to honour NCIC summon over his controversial remarks regarding recent protests against the Finance Bill 2024.
Farah Maalim who is under intense scrutiny, failed to appear before the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to address his controversial comments regarding recent protests against the Finance Bill 2024.
The Daadab MP, speaking in Somali, allegedly made inflammatory remarks that have sparked outrage across Kenya.
The NCIC summoned Maalim to appear on Thursday, July 11, to clarify his statement, where he purportedly claimed he would “slaughter 5,000 Gen Z protesters” if he were the president of Kenya.
These comments were deemed highly provocative and potentially inciting violence.
“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,” stated the NCIC on Wednesday.
The video of Maalim’s remarks, which has since gone viral, shows him condemning the protesters’ actions in harsh terms. He accused the young demonstrators, whom he described as “children of wealthy business owners,” of attempting to stage a coup by marching to State House during the anti-finance Bill 2024 protests.
“This was an attempted coup, a clear attempted coup,” Maalim said in the video. “Children of wealthy business owners, wealthy parents, and kids raised on ill-gotten wealth, 80 percent from one tribe, were dropped off in downtown and told to riot and take over State House and Parliament buildings. God forbid, if I was president, I would have slaughtered them, 5,000 of them daily. Serious, there is no two ways about it.”
Maalim’s failure to appear before the NCIC on the scheduled date has only added fuel to the fire.
NCIC chairperson Samuel Kobia confirmed that the MP requested to reschedule his appearance to Monday, July 15.
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“Hon. Farah Maalim is required to appear before the Commission to assist with the aforementioned ongoing investigations. Failure to appear in person at the said place, date, and time, is an offence as provided under Section 63 (c) as read with Section 63 (e) of the NCI Act,” the Commission further stated.
Section 63 of the NCI Act states that anyone who subjects or threatens another due to their involvement in proceedings under this Act is committing an offense. This includes making complaints, providing evidence, or refusing to contravene the provisions of the Act.
The MP’s controversial remarks have led to widespread calls for his arrest and prosecution.
Many Kenyans are demanding accountability, insisting that such dangerous rhetoric cannot go unpunished.
In response to the backlash, Maalim has defended himself, claiming the video was manipulated to tarnish his image.
“It’s all editing, cutting, and pasting, taking a word from here, another one from there, and putting it together. There is a lot of nonsense there. It’s Somalis basically who would do that because I weighed in on their politics. It’s not the true picture,” he asserted.
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