Webuye West Member of Parliament (MP) Dan Wanyama has been summoned by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) over incitement remarks he made a week ago regarding the Mountain region.
In a notice dated January 27, the commission directed the MP to present himself at their headquarters on Wednesday, January 29, at 10 am to assist in investigations of the matter.
On Sunday, January 19, during an Interdenominational Prayer event at Cheptais Boys’ High School in Bungoma County, Wanyama made remarks which were deemed discriminatory and could affect the peaceful coexistence of communities.
“The Mountain is already slippery and will remain slippery forever. If we all come together we can isolate them. It will be us against them. I have no fear in saying that,” MP Wanyama said in his address.
Webuye West MP, Dan Wanyama.
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According to the NCIC, these remarks incite feelings of contempt, hatred, hostility, violence, or discrimination and affect harmonious coexistence between groups of different political affiliations in Kenya.
His remarks were followed by an uproar from Mount Kenya leaders as well as other Kenyans as they came at a time when calls for national unity are the order of the day.
This summon comes just a few days after the NCIC sounded alarm over the huge number of politicians who had resorted to making hateful speeches at public rallies.
During a press conference on January 23, the commission called for the criminal summonses of at least 10 MPs who had recently
The NCIC Vice Chairperson Wambui Nyutu stated that they had concluded investigations against the accused lawmakers including Oscar Sudi, Farah Maalim, and Dan Wanyama, and forwarded their files to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) calling for their arrest.
“We have more than 10 politicians who have been using language that can incite Kenyans,” Nyutu stated.
“We have even completed our investigations and forwarded the files to DCI and if the DCI does take the next step which is to arrest and charge these criminals and the DPP takes them to court and there is prosecution, we will have made progress.”
For his remarks concerning the Gen Z protests and abductions, MP Maalim was booted out of the Wiper Democratic Movement and stripped of his Deputy Party Leader position.
Kapseret’s Sudi is yet to receive any repercussions for any of his disparaging public remarks. Elsewhere, Starehe MP Amos Maina has also been summoned by the Commission over his remarks during a church service in Laikipia.
Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi attending Kelvin Kiptum Funeral Service, Chepkorio, Elgeyo Marakwet County on February 23, 2024.
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Oscar Sudi