NCIC and police vow to jail hate-mongers

Director of Criminal Investigations ,Ndegwa Muhoro (left) flanked by Cohesion and Integration Commission(CIC) Chairman Francis Ole-Kaparo (right) address the press on the current hate-speech and action by some Members of Parliament on 14/06/2016 at their Nairobi offices. The Commission has summoned some of the members of the parliament suspected to be spreading hate-speech to appear before them. (PHOTO: WILLIS AWANDU/ STANDARD)

The cohesion team will now work with the police and the justice system to lock up hate-mongers.

In the recent wave of ethnically-charged remarks by politicians, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) said prosecution counsels had been assigned to deal specifically with individuals engaging in hate remarks.