The National Cohesion and Integration
Commission (NCIC) Chairman Francis Ole
Kaparo says he is not afraid of losing his job
because of criticizing politicians.
Speaking during the 49th series of bi-monthly
talks organized by the Kenya Alliance of
Resident Association at the Laico Hotel on
Tuesday, the former National Assembly
Speaker said he will still be a Kenyan even if
he is removed from office.
" Mimi siogopi. Na hata nikitolewa hapa sitakosa
mahali pa kuenda. Unaweza kunitoa hapa lakini
hauwezi kunitoa Kenya, (I am not afraid. You
can remove me here but I will have somewhere
to go. You can remove me here but that can't
make me lose my Kenyan citizenship)," Kaparo
said.
He urged all Kenyans to preach peace
messages in the run up to the 2017 elections
to avert possible violence.
"I call upon everyone to help me. I have never
had a more difficult task like this one in my
life, and neither have I had a more important
role like this. Let us unite and stop the things
that can cause negative ethnicity and
violence," he said.
Kaparo said that he is glad that the politicians
who were arrested and detained at Pangani for
hate speech have promised to preach peach
regardless of their political affiliations.
He lauded their initiative saying it is highly
commendable considering that the country is
evenly divided as far as national cohesion is
concerned.
"During our 2012 scientific research on
cohesion, we were at 56.4%. That means we
are an almost evenly divided society. And if we
measure now our cohesion index, we are
probably at 20%," he noted.
He called on the youth to stop being misused
by politicians for their selfish ends.
"Don't go causing trouble to other people all
because you are jobless. I can tell you for free,
you are more useful to yourselves alive than
you are when dead," Kaparo said.
He revealed that NCIC is working with IT
experts to nab those using social media to fan
hate among Kenyans and singled out Whatsapp
as the most notorious platform which people
are using to pass hate messages as they are
afraid of being monitored on Twitter and
Facebook.
"My message to young people is that please
use your IT expertise for your own good. Don’t
use it to fan hate among Kenyans. We have
engaged IT experts who are helping us do
some work. I think will be done by next week
and we should be seeing some people at
Pangani as well," he said.
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