The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced that it is set to bar politicians with 'loose tongues' from contesting for any political position come 2017.
The most highlighted politicians are Gatundu South MP, Moses Kuria and Machakos Senator, Johnstone Muthama who have been summoned for hate speech charges on many different occasions.
However, barring such politicians in vying for elective posts in 2017 will do little in curbing hate speech vices from politicians. Kenyan politics has been characterised by rogue sentiments from politicians who have set agendas of clinching posts aligned in the constitution.
The hate speech vice in the country has been adopted by almost all political leaders. Condescending words have carelessly hurled by these leaders who have set out to gain for themselves in the expense of the people of Kenya.
IEBC should understand that barring two political leaders from contesting in 2017 and leaving a host of others with allegedly the same hate speech vice to vie for the same posts is uncalled for.
If Moses Kuria and Muthama fail to vie but the others who in one way or another incited Kenyans left to vie, then the hate speech problem will never have been solved at all. The whole political system in the country is rotten and if IEBC wants to bar Kuria and Muthama then it can go ahead and call off the next general elections.
The country's political system needs to get an overhaul and new sets of individuals introduced in the political system. Kuria and Muthama should be left to vie for 2017. What needs to be done is the coming up of new rules that will help curb the vice of hate speech in the country.
The police system should also be fair in executing its rules and regulations in the country. Political leaders found to have incited Kenyans should be arrested and executed to teach others that incitement is not a worthy course.