Daadab Member of Parliament Farah Maalim has been summoned by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to clarify his contentious remarks about the recent anti-finance bill protests.
The commission said it is looking into the MP's Somali-language statements, in which he stated he would slaughter 5000 Gen Z demonstrators if he were Kenya's president.
"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," NCIC said.
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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 offense as provided under Section 63 (c) as read with Section 63 (e) of the NCI Act," the Commission further stated.
In the now-viral video seen by Waza, MP Maalim, speaking in Somali, says that if he were Kenya's President, he would have murdered 5,000 demonstrators every day.
"This was an attempted coup, a clear attempted coup. Children of wealthy business owners, wealthy parents and kids raised on ill-gotten wealth, 80% from one tribe were dropped off in downtown and told to riot and take over State House and Parliament buildings," he said.
"God forbid if I was president I would have slaughtered them, 5,000 of them daily. Serious, there is no two ways about it," he said.
Farah Maalim has, however, come out to deny making the sentiments, claiming that the video has been edited to make things appear out of context.
