So far, 900 hate speech cases have been investigated and 20 cases have been prosecuted, he said, but there were only six convictions. He faces three charges of incitement to violence, hate speech and fanning ethnic hatred. It has been an ugly few days, including yesterday, as lawmakers from both coalitions have been accused of hate speech and summoned to the DIC. Temperatures are rising and Kenya could be careering toward ethnic violence as leaders spew hatred and beat war drums ahead of next year's polls. Police IG Joseph Bonnet yesterday ordered Jubilee MPs and reps Kuria, Kimani Ngunjiri, Ferdinand Waititu and Cord lawmakers Aisha Jumwa, Timothy Bosire and Junet Mohamed to appear following hate speech allegations.

Source: The Star June 14, 2016 01:20 UTC