MP Mohammed Ali Explains Meeting with Murkomen at Parliament Buildings

Nyali MP Mohammed Ali has explained his meeting with Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen at Parliament Buildings after their encounter sparked political speculation.

In an update on Thursday, November 5, Ali clarified that the meeting was a courtesy conversation centred on his knee recovery, dismissing suggestions that the two discussed politics.

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"Context matters. Facts matter. It was a courtesy conversation at Parliament Buildings about my knee recovery. Nothing more. Nothing less," he wrote.

Ali further dismissed claims that the meeting signalled a shift in his political position, maintaining that he remained committed to the Ukombozi political movement.

"Let them not confuse you with cheap propaganda. No politics was discussed. We are rooted in Ukombozi and we ain’t deflecting. 2027, we are coming at them, and for them," he added.

This comes days after Wiper Patriotic Front spokesperson Ndegwa Njiru explained the circumstances surrounding an old photograph of party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, President William Ruto and Deputy President Kithure Kindiki that has been circulating on social media.

In a statement on Tuesday, October 27, Njiru said the photograph was taken in 2018 following the death of Kalonzo’s father, when several political leaders visited the family to offer their condolences.

According to Njiru, Ruto was the Deputy President at the time, while Kindiki was the Senator for Tharaka Nithi.

"My attention has been drawn to an old photograph circulating on social media that was taken in 2018, at the time when His Excellency Kalonzo Musyoka had just lost his dear father," he wrote.

Njiru criticised the use of the photograph for political purposes, accusing those circulating it of exploiting a private moment of grief to advance their political interests.

"It is a matter of profound regret that despair and desperation can so completely erode a man's sense of decency that he would stoop to low exploiting the private grief and misfortune of others for political ends. Such conduct is not merely opportunistic; it is despicable," he added

Njiru maintained that the circulation of the photograph and what he described as propaganda would not weaken the resolve of those seeking political change in the country.

"No volume of blackmail, no orchestration of state-sponsored propaganda, and no distortion of private moments of bereavement will break the resolve of those determined to liberate this country from a predatory regime. Our course remains fixed. 

"The truth of the record will not be rewritten, and the struggle for the liberation of Kenya will not be derailed by those who traffic in the grief of others," he further said.