Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has warned that continued hate spewing among politicians is a threat to peace in the county especially when the country is heading to the elections next year.
Mutua in a statement to the media on Tuesday asked the police to toughly deal with politicians and Kenyans perpetuating hate messages.
Governor Mutua observed that some politicians are taking advantage of the positions and status they hold to incite Kenyans.
“The country is at risk of experiencing violence and war if politicians perpetuating hate messages are not tamed immediately,” warned the governor.
Governor Mutua urged the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to order arrest and prosecution of politicians implicated in hate speech.
Mutua stated that Kenya does not belong to politicians and that the law must be applied to them when they contravene it.
The Machakos Governor at the same time said that his government will not allow hate mongers in the county.
On Tuesday the NCIC and the police said that they are going to be tough on hate mongers.
In a joint press briefing in Nairobi on Tuesday, NCIC chairman Francis Ole Kaparo and Director of Criminal Investigation Ndegwa Muhoro put hate mongers on notice.
Kaparo stated that his office is working with other government agencies including the police and the Director of Public Prosecutions to reign on hate mongers.
On Monday Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet order several politicians among them Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, Kuria East MP Junet Mohammed, Kitutu Masaba MP Timothy Bosire to record statements at the Criminal department over alleged hate remarks.
Others ordered to record statements are Kabete’s Ferdinand Waititu, Machakos’s Johnston Muthama and Nakuru Town’s Kimani Ngunjiri.