Malava Member of Parliament Malulu Injendi seems to have lost favour with his constituents ahead of the 2027 general election after voting in favour of the controversial 2024 financial bill. The Malava electorate has even created a WhatsApp group named ‘Reject Malulu Movement’, from which they are mobilizing and planning to occupy his rural home on Monday and Tuesday. The bill will proceed to the committee stage on Tuesday and subsequently pass through a third reading, after which the president will assent to it.
The MP has come under sharp criticism from all quarters after he backed the bill, with constituents expressing disgust with him while some said they regret having chosen him as MP in the last general elections. The MP attended at least four different funeral services in his home constituency, where the reception was cold, with most mourners and even his biggest supporters fearing to openly welcome him for fear of backlash from other angry constituents. They now see their MP as a traitor and are likely to replace him with Mr Seth Panyako as MP in the next elections.
A mourner who spoke to The Weekly Vision had this to say: We know Seth Panyako’s stand as the Secretary General of the Kenya Nurses Union (KNUN). Malava needs such a leader, a leader who can stand firm and defend his people against government oppression, and we shall rally behind him as our next MP comes rain or shine.”We are aware of what transpired during the last election, where Malulu Injendi was declared the winner. We are sure he never defeated Mr. Panyako, but since he has shot himself in the foot with this 2024 Finance Bill, let him go home and enjoy the blood money he has received by selling his constituency to the highest bidder.”
One ’Reject Malulu Movement’ WhatsApp group member wrote, “Malulu Injendi is in his 11th year as Malava MP, but he has proven to be a total disappointment. Whereas his fellow MPs like Nabii Nabwera have done wonders using the National Constituency Development Fund, in Malava, the son of Taria has only been issuing bursaries of Ksh. 2000 shillings to secondary and college students and spending the rest of the money shedding crocodile tears around funerals in the constituency, besides giving out Ksh. 100 shillings each to a few desperate widows. Another irked mourner wished the election was somewhere next month, as they plan to vote Malulu out with the vengeance he deserves, as he had shown openly that he was only supporting the government to defend his family interests and not the voters.
And for the first time in Malava, the MP met a hostile reception at his home ground when he went to the neighbourhood to mourn the death of a close relative, the late Constance Burudi, at the Musingu sublocation in Chemuche ward. A huge number of mourners were also in attendance. Upon spotting their MP, they started jeering and booing him over his stand on the finance bill, which has since sparked uproar throughout the country.
The MP found it hard to explain himself when he stood up to address the mourners. He pleaded with them to calm down and let him pay his last respects, but his pleas were met with rants and jeers from the crowd, prompting his handlers to rough up one of the people in the crowd who told off the MP. The MP tried to chest-thump about his development record.
The MP tried discouraging young people from picketing over the controversial bill, saying that three of them have already lost their lives, and called on the parents to contain their youngsters from street demos. His efforts to explain why he voted yes were rejected, as the crowd termed him a traitor and said that he had signed his exit letter as Malava MP. The MP had to leave in a huff after it became evident that he was unwelcome at the funeral as a section of the crowd chanted against the finance bill.
By Andanje Wakhungu
