Deputy President William Ruto rides on a wheelbarrow during a meeting with youth and women groups from Nairobi County at his Karen residence in Nairobi on September 28, 2020..
National Cohesion and Integration Commission seeking more powers to tame hate speech.
The commission is also seeking to be included among the constitutional commissions so that it can discharge its mandate without fear.
Proposals to criminalise the “hustlers versus dynasties” narrative and to give the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) more powers to rein in hate speech mongers ahead of the 2022 elections should be considered by lawmakers in two weeks.
The National Assembly Committee on Administration and National Security is expected to present a Bill to the House amending the National Cohesion and Integration Act in order to curb the rising tension caused by politicians’ utterances.
