[National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) Chairman Francis Ole Kaparo during the Cohesion Monitors event at the Multi-Media University, Nairobi, March 14, 2017. Photo/Hivisasa.com]
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has raised concerns over too much insults being used by politicians.
Chairman Francis Ole Kaparo said aspirants are using insults to slam their opponents, as one of the campaigning tools.
This, Kaparo said, deals a blow to the country's integration and unity.
According to him, there is no law that anyone can be prosecuted under, if they are arrested for insulting the other, without accompanying the insults, with tribes, or citing ethnicity.
He cited insults such as 'you're stupid, fool', saying, politicians use these, knowing they can never be arrested.
"If you insult me by saying Kaparo is a fool, there is no law that we can prosecute you under. But if you say, Kaparo and all Maasais are fools, you can be prosecuted for threatening the country's cohesion. You'll be prosecuted for hate-speech,'' he said.
The former National Assembly speaker noted, NCIC was facing a tough time, handling such cases, since they finally end up being thrown out of Court.
Speaking during a National Integration event that brought together stakeholders at the Multi-Media University, Nairobi, Kaparo said NCIC had deployed hate-speech monitors across the country.
"They will record everything politicians say in political rallies, for prosecution, if someone threatens the country's cohesion,'' he said.