A meeting between President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Council of Governors has resulted in a number of resolutions aimed at ensuring a free, fair and peaceful election in 2017.
Through joint statement, the president and the council of governors have issued a stern warning to any person who will engage in hate speech circus.
This came after the president of Kenya, His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Council of Governors led by Chairman Governor Peter Munya today held a consultative meeting
In their statement, they said that, the deliberation purposed to maintain a stable, peaceful and cohesive country in the run–up, during and after the 2017 General Elections.
“Any person that engages in incitement or hateful speech will have stern action taken against them irrespective of status or position. We must be clear that we shall not balkanize the country for whatever reason or purpose,” the statement warned.
Similarly, the “security agencies were given the full mandate, in terms of existing laws, to deal with perpetrators of hate speech and incitement according to the law.”
In what seemed like social media suppressing, a stern warning has also been unleashed to whoever will misuse the social media.
“Particular attention and action will be taken should there be misuse of social media and vernacular broadcasters, and especially radio stations in the propagation of hate speech or incitement,” part of the statement read.
Among other solutions to peaceful elections, the bodies agreed that the “National Government and County Governments will be operationalised through, among other issues, the launch of the County Policing Authority, which coordinates National Government and County Governments on policing issues.”
The National Government and the County Governments will also “collaborate on speedy issuance of National Identification Cards to ensure that all eligible Kenyans have the ID cards and can participate in elections as is their constitutional right.”