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Bishop Dr Kepha Nyamweya Chairman, National Cohesion and Integration Commission on May 25, 2026. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Kenyans have been warned over the rising use of hate speech, ethnic contempt, and inflammatory political rhetoric that the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) says threatens the country’s democratic stability and national unity.
The Commission said it has documented increasing cases of “disruptions of political meetings, inflammatory utterances, online attacks, ethnic profiling, and the demonization of divergent political views,” warning that some of these actions may already amount to legal violations.
“Democracy demands tolerance, respect for diversity of opinion, adherence to constitutional principles, and fidelity to the rule of law. A democracy that silences dissent through intimidation, weaponises ethnicity, or incites citizens against one another is a democracy in peril,” the Commission said.
