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NCIC chairman Bishop Kepha Nyamweya Omae (center) and members of clergy at NCIC offices in Nairobi on July 27, 2026. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]
When the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) announced yesterday that it had opened investigations into former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and eight other public figures over alleged hate speech and ethnic incitement, the statement carried a familiar tone.
No one, the Commission declared, is above the law. Investigations were underway. Evidence was being gathered. Cases would only proceed to court once investigators had assembled watertight files.
It is a message Kenyans have heard repeatedly over the past 19 years.
