Kameme FM OB van. [Photo/Nairobi Wire]
The Election Observation Group Media Monitoring Unit(EOGMMU) has reported twenty-eight cases of hate speech and inflammatory language between may and June.
According to the observer, who monitored five national TV and 13 radio stations and four local dailies Kameme FM was reported as the radio station with the highest number of hate speech cases.
Mr Leo Mutisya who heads the initiative said in the report, there were four cases of radio presenters who propel hate speech during their shows and they have recordings for the same.
“A number of reported perpetrators were radio presenters, and Kameme FM was in the lead, with a number of incidents recorded against it, including one where they castigated, stereotyped and even played mocking songs against Koigi Wamwere for his political decision to switch political allegiance,” Mutisya said.
“Kass FM, which had one of its presenters accused of fanning the 2007-08 post-election violence, has been very careful at times, keeping off politics, and, if they do, only speaks about the government successes and its portal,” he added.
Early this week, the NCIC warned the public against spreading hate on social media as the August 8 general election approaches.