The Molo and Kuresoi North council of elders have urged political leaders to shelve calls for a referendum and instead use dialogue to address contentious issues.
The elders from the two constituencies said the issues affect both the State and county governments and they should not be a preserve of politicians alone.
The elders also want the leaders to refrain from making inflammatory sentiments in public rallies, adding that political meetings have been used to spread negative ethnicity in the country.
Council chairman John Mwatha urged the government to sternly act on individuals inciting Kenyans to avert chaos ahead of the 2017 general election. They said some sentiments made in public rallies amount to hate speech, calling on the director of public prosecutions Keriako Tobiko and the inspector general of police David Kimaiyo to investigate utterances meant to incite, divide and create negative notions against certain communities.
Mwatha said the larger Molo district has suffered greatly due to tribal clashes adding that the elders were totally against the calls to hold a referendum. He said the 2005 referendum on the new constitution left the country divided, leading to bloodshed in 2007 elections.
He also urged the Opposition leaders to keep the government in check through peaceful and constitutional channels.