Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) Deputy Party Leader Cleophas Malalah has launched a scathing attack on the 13th Parliament of Kenya, terming it the most confused since the country gained its independence.
Speaking during a live TV interview on Monday, June 23, 2025, the former senator decried a lack of direction from the presidency and a parliament that he claims has been disoriented.
Confused
“We are in a messed-up country that cannot be defined or pinned down, where we are at the moment. When it comes to legislation, we have the most confused parliament since independence. We don’t know who is the majority and who is the minority, who is the government and who is the opposition. The entire system is all confusion!” he asserted.
The politicians also did not spare the executive, laughing at President William Ruto’s administration, faulting it for its perpetual changes, and making appointments based on interest rather than competence.
“Look at the executive. How many executive orders have we received since establishing this government? We have just been reshuffling individuals and the roles of state departments from here to there, based on merging interests,” he stated.
“You might have a good blueprint of where you want the county to head, and it needs leaders capable of leading by work and achieving the dream, but not the crop of leaders we have at the moment,” he added.
Malalah’s sentiments come a month after he called for the dissolution of the government following a ruling that quashed the panel that delivered an impeachment ruling of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
Speaking in May 2025, Malalah also remarked that as a result of the impeachment, the government had lost its structure, a matter that has been further exacerbated by the inclusion of opposition politicians into the administration.
Dissolve government
“What we now have is not a government but a hollow shell, oblong in shape, directionless in ideology, and incoherent in structure. A staggering majority of Cabinet Secretaries vehemently opposed the President’s 2022 campaign agenda and are now shamefully pretending to implement it without conviction or consistency,” Malalah states.
