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Hate speech is audible amid the din of intensifying campaigns

The nature, extent and consequences of inflammatory hate speech are pretty evident. [Courtesy]

The history of hate speech and incitement to violence in Kenya is a long, widespread and unhappy one. Hate speech and the fanning of ethnic discord was linked with violence after the 2007 elections that left nearly 1,500 people dead and another 600,000 displaced.

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