Senator Boni Khalwale summoned by NCIC for Social Media posts

NAIROBI: Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has accused the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) of serving partisan interests.

This is after the NCIC summoned him over allegations of hate speech contained in a speech during the burial of Fidel Odinga a fortnight ago.

The senator has described the summons as intimidation and an affront to few speech vowing not to be silenced.

"I have been summoned for questioning over my speech regarding Jubilee tribal appointments. This is in regards to the speech I made during the late Fidel Odinga's burial. Using NCIC as a private Jubilee wing is total mediocrity," Khalwale said in a series of tweets.

The outspoken senator said he may consider honouring the summons; "If and only if @NCIC_Kenya explains to me in detail why I should not be critical of Jubilee government, I might consider honouring the summon."

The outspoken senator insisted that what he termed as baseless summons will not stop his quest to serve his country and he cannot be tamed.

A defiant Khalwale said he stood by the contents of his speech and threatened to release what he termed as tribal appointments by the Jubilee administration.

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"I am a servant to Kenyans and the truth is that tribal appointments by @ukenyatta is killing this nation," he added on another tweet.

During the speech, Khalwale told mourners that President Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto were rewarding their tribesmen with plum government jobs while those from other communities were being given menial jobs.