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Exray: Sipangwingwi is not hate speech

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The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) listed a number of words that should be avoided during political campaigns and one word stood out, ‘hatupangwingwi.’

Borrowed from ‘Sipangwingwi’, a club banger by Exray ft Trio Mio and Ssaru released in October 2021, the phrase has been heavily used in recent rallies with Deputy President William Ruto using it severally as a rallying call to his supporters.

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