DPP orders IG Joseph Boinnet, NCIC to interrogate Kabogo over hate speech claims

Kenya: The Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko has directed Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet and the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to immediately interrogate Kiambu Governor William Kabogo over alleged hate speech.

Tobiko called for speedy investigations into the offensive utterances and ordered that the file of the findings be forwarded to him for appropriate action.

Kabogo is accused of uttering words that amount to hate speech, ethnic contempt and or incitement to violence at a function in Thika Stadium.

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