The Somali community’s Mombasa chapter has denied taking political stands, including who to back for president, as reported by some media.
Chairman Mohamed Abdi said they were yet to decide who to support or front for the presidency and other political seats.
Abdi said an individual masquerading as the group’s chairman was issuing political statements which were incorrect, causing confusion.
The chairman, who is also Mombasa’s executive member for trade, said one Abdi Daib has been making “inflammatory” political statements contrary to their ideologies and beliefs.
He spoke at a hotel in the county on Sunday alongside Hajir Maow and Abdinur Ali who are executive youth representatives.
The three officials were reacting to an announcement on a local radio station that invited the Somali community to a Jubilee political meeting.