Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga faces petition over alleged hate speech

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga during an interview at his COG office in Nairobi on April 22, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

A petition has been lodged in court seeking to have embattled Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga suspended and declared unfit to hold public office over alleged ethnic and inflammatory remarks said to threaten national unity and cohesion.

The suit, filed by Bunge la Mwananchi members Lawrence Oyugi, Komeade Bush, and Nicholas Kimanzi, accuses Governor Kahiga of making divisive utterances that, they claim, amount to hate speech and gross misconduct under the Constitution.