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Kenya's judiciary blamed for increased hate speech cases

Police Spokesperson Charles Owino

Police are now blaming the rising cases of hate speech, especially by reckless politicians, on the Judiciary’s failure to mete out stiff penalties on those brought before the courts.

The blame game emerged on a day Kiambu County Governor William Kabogo recorded a statement with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), hours after the Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko, asked police to investigate allegations of hate speech against him.

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