A Kiambu based political analyst has warned that political intolerance being perpetuated by some politicians in the country is a recipe for chaos if not tamed.
Peter Ngure, an analyst says that the recent chaos experienced during Cord leader Raila Odinga's tour of Mumias last week where some politicians engaged in physical fights is an indication that politicians and Kenyans have not learned lessons from the 2007/2007 post polls skirmishes.
Ngure further cites the Sunday clash between Homa Bay MP Peter Kaluma and his opponent Washington Ogaga in Homa Bay saying it reflects the level of intolerance among politicians’ head of the 2017 general elections.
In an interview on Wednesday, Ngure said that politicians have not learned any lesson from the 2007/2008 post poll chaos.
The analyst stated that such ugly incidents caused the 2007/2008 post poll chaos where lives were lost and property destroyed.
“From what has happened in the last one week, it is clear and evident that politicians and Kenyans at large have not learned from what transpired in 2007/2008,” he said.
Mr Ngure warned that if such trends continue untamed then the country will experience chaos similar to the 2007/2008.
“Politicians must tone down and conduct themselves in the right manner as we head to the 2017 polls,” he said.
Cecilia Mungai, a peace and development lecturer at a private university in Limuru notes that the country is heading in the wrong direction.
She said that the ugly incident in Mumias and Homa-Bay reflects the reality on the ground.
She said that the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has a lot to do in terms of preaching reconciliation and unity among Kenyans ahead of the 2017 polls.
“The NCIC and other agencies including the church must now act quickly to avert a scenario similar to the 2007/2008 repeating itself in 2017,” she said.
The lecturer appealed to Kenyans not to be swayed by selfish politicians who spew hatred.
Last week the NCIC warned cited several counties at the Coast and other parts of the country saying that they are under watch for possible violence in 2017.
The NCIC said that it has trained peace monitors to monitor and tame hate speakers ahead of the elections.
With only a few months left to the polls, analysts say that the government security agencies must reign on hate mongers and inciters for peaceful general elections.
Early this month President Uhuru Kenyatta warned that his government will not tolerate politicians who incite Kenyans as the country gear up to the 2017 polls.