The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has announced that it received 67 cases of hate speech.

According to NCIC Chairperson Samuel Kobia, two cases are pending in court; 13 have been resolved, and 13 others have been conciliated under the NCI Act 2008.

PHOTO | COURTESY NCIC Chairperson Samuel Kobia

Concerning social media concerns, the commission identified 44 discrimination instances: 24 related to incitement, 6 to hate speech, 93 to misinformation, and 68 to disinformation, for 268 cases.

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Cases have been gathered since November 2023.

The most recent one is Dadaab Member of Parliament Farah Maalim, who was summoned to appear before the commission to answer questions about his recent remarks. He failed to honor the summons.

PHOTO | COURTESY Dadaab Member of Parliament Farah Maalim

NCIC said it is looking into the MP's Somali-language statements, in which he stated he would slaughter 5000 Gen Z demonstrators if he were Kenya's president.

"The utterances are likely to incite feelings of contempt, hatred, hostility, violence or discrimination, and affect harmonious coexistence between groups of different political affiliations in Kenya, contrary to Section 13 (1) (a) of the NCI Act," NCIC said.