Wamalwa wants Wetangula probed for alleged tribal incitement

DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa during a political rally at Mulu Mutisya grounds in Machakos town on May 30, 2025. [John Muia, Standard]

DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa has called for the investigation of National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula over his alleged tribal remarks at an event in Trans Nzoia County.

Wamalwa said Wetangula should be probed by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) over his call to the Kelenjin community to protect President William Ruto.

"It is regrettable that the speaker of the National Assembly has told the Kalenjin community to protect the presidency in a clear disregard of the constitution. President Ruto is not a president for the Kalenjin community but the president of the Republic of Kenya," said Wamalwa. 

On Friday, during a women empowerment drive at Kipkeikei Trans Nzoia, Mr Wetangula asked the Kalenjin community to protect President Ruto because he is their son.

Wamalwa said the remarks bordered on incitement and were a recipe for chaos, and accused the Kenya Kwanza leaders of breeding politics of divisiveness and ethnic mobilisation.

The former Constitutional Affairs Minister warned that Wetangula and Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago tribal mobilisation to protect President Ruto was a recipe for anarchy.

"The statements by the Kenya Kwanza leaders were in bad faith and unhealthy for the country as we head to the next polls," said Wamalwa.

Wamalwa asked NCIC to summon Wetangula and other Kenya Kwanza leaders over the tribal incitement, adding that their statements were ill-motivated.

"We want NCIC to take action against Wetangula and Kenyan leaders spreading ethnic-based politics," said Wamalwa.

The DAP-K leaders insisted that the opposition is determined to remove President Ruto through the ballot in 2027 and warned leaders in the government against profiling and inciting communities.

"The opposition is ready to send President Ruto home because he has failed Kenyans, and we are asking those leaders in the government to stop inciting and profiling communities," he said.

Wamalwa asked the newly established Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to be ready to deliver transparent and credible elections in 2027.

The opposition, he said, is focused on engaging Kenyans on policy-based politics to change the leadership of the country after the 2027 elections.