Crack the whip now on leaders inciting Kenyans

Belgut MP Nelson Koech recently averred that his community will not stand by and watch Ruto serve only one term. [File, Standard]

While there is every reason for the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to flex its muscles and exercise the power bestowed upon it by the Constitution, it has chosen to remain in the shadows.

Over time, a number of leaders have been emboldened by NCIC's inability or reluctance to crack the whip on civilians and leaders who divide and incite the public through unguarded utterances.