Use social media outlets responsibly, warns Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery

nterior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery during the opening of Kenya-Somalia reconciliation meeting in Nairobi on April 24 2016.The meeting seeks to enhance peace and stability that has existed between the two countries.PHOTO DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD}

Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery has issued a stern warning to social media users found guilty of spreading hate speech.

Mr Nkaissery said owing to the huge following on social media platforms, some had turned the internet into a mode of spreading hate among Kenyans.

"As we head to the elections, use social media responsibly. If you misuse it, we will be after you," said Nkaissery over the weekend.

He cited an incident in which he had to pardon a youth who insulted him on social media after a delegation of Maasai elders went to beg for forgiveness on behalf of the youth.

-Robert Kiplagat