Renowned lawyer Donald Kipkorir has accused a section of Members of Parliament allied to Deputy President William Ruto of threatening voters over 2022 general election.
Kipkorir said some legislators from the Kikuyu community were allegedly intimidating members of their community living in the Rift Valley that violence will occur should they not vote for a certain presidential candidate.
He likened them to terrorists for using threats to attain their selfish political goals, and called upon the government to clamp them down.
"Kikuyu TangaTanga MPs are selling the false narrative to their people that there will be violence in Rift Valley in 2022 if they don’t vote in a particular way ..... You can’t extort votes with threats of violence. Government must end this false narrative: it is terrorism," Kipkorir posted on Twitter on Tuesday.
Rift Valley was the hotbed of violence after 2007 disputed presidential elections where dozens were killed and others displaced.
Properties worth millions were also destroyed after ODM party led by Raila Odinga protested the swearing-in of PNU's Mwai Kibaki, whom they accused of rigging the election.
President Uhuru Kenyatta also spoke about the issue of electoral violence in the Rift Valley on Tuesday, when he toured the area to launch development projects.
In a message directed to Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri, a close ally of Ruto, Uhuru warned him and his colleagues against intimidating residents over the 2022 polls.
“No one is happy when we have bloodshed after every five years. We won't buy their intimidation. We have to ensure people live in peace. If he (Ngunjiri) is not able to deliver he can step aside and I will take his place and deliver what you expected from him,” said Uhuru as quoted by the Standard.