The NCIC, therefore, is not the primary determinant of the words that make it to the list.
For Kenya to be peaceful, we must get to a point where the NCIC Hatelex is empty.
A lexicon is defined as a vocabulary of a person, language or branch of knowledge. Therefore, in publishing Hatelex, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) is simply creating a collection of words which, according to its research, have been used in hateful ways.
As such, the lexicon is not a legal list of terms that are banned from use but rather a list of words that are being used outside of their normal use to propagate hateful messages usually in a nuanced manner.
