The commissioners and the clerics called for political tolerance and asked politicians to have a peace-building agenda for lasting cohesion even after the August election.[Photo/Star.co.ke]
NCIC commissioners Joseph Nasongo, Morris Dzoro and clerics want aspirants to stop identifying ethnic communities as vote blocs as this will breed discord in multi-ethnic counties.
In a news conference held in Nakuru yesterday, the commissioners and the clerics called for political tolerance and asked politicians to have a peace-building agenda for lasting cohesion even after the August election.
They also called for responsible campaigning that will unite all Kenyans on common socio-economic fronts.
They accused politicians of making divisive statements that could negate long-term peace-building initiatives. Dzoro warned aspirants against coercing Kenyans to vote in tribal blocs.
"Politicians should stop using political ideology to zone Kenya as this is a recipe for post-election division," the National Cohesion and Integration Commission and clerics said as quoted by the Star.