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Cohesion commission does not have any legal authority to ban words

National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) Chairman Dr.Samuel Kobia (centre) addressed the media at their Head Office in Nairobi on Friday, March 18, 2022, on hate speech. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) released a report designating some words and phrases as hate speech last week. The purpose was to “identify language employed by influential people to incite violence against other groups”.

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