The commission has in the past named 19 counties as hotspots for violence during the election.
They also identified hate speech on vernacular radio stations and social media.
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has echoed sentiments by European Union election observers of possible violence and asked electoral body to discharge its mandate effectively.
The EU Election Observation Mission to Kenya on Monday raised the red flag over possible elections violence.
“There is a serious risk of violence because politicians are beating the drums of war but we can stop this if all of discharge our responsibilities as required under the law,” Ms Irene Wanyoike, the NCIC vice chair said at a press conference on Tuesday.
MISLED
She was accompanied by commissioners Roba Sharamo and Adan Abdi Mohammed. The statement was signed by Chairman Francis ole Kaparo, who did not attend the briefing.
She however clarified that raising the red flag does not confirm that there will be violence, saying there is hope for peace if Kenyans refuse to be misled by politicians.
Among the things the commission has flagged out include the widening ethnic and political polarisation, increased use of inflammatory statements largely characterised by inter and intra-ethnic profiling by the political class and their supporters.
This, the commission noted, has resulted into political hooliganism and violence in some areas.
INSENSITIVE
They also identified hate speech on vernacular radio stations and social media and what it describes as “notable insensitive and sensational reporting by a section of the media.
The EU Election Observation Mission to Kenya on Monday raised the red flag over possible elections violence.
“There is a serious risk of violence because politicians are beating the drums of war but we can stop this if all of discharge our responsibilities as required under the law,” Ms Irene Wanyoike, the NCIC vice chair said at a press conference on Tuesday.
MISLED
She was accompanied by commissioners Roba Sharamo and Adan Abdi Mohammed. The statement was signed by Chairman Francis ole Kaparo, who did not attend the briefing.
She however clarified that raising the red flag does not confirm that there will be violence, saying there is hope for peace if Kenyans refuse to be misled by politicians.
Among the things the commission has flagged out include the widening ethnic and political polarisation, increased use of inflammatory statements largely characterised by inter and intra-ethnic profiling by the political class and their supporters.
This, the commission noted, has resulted into political hooliganism and violence in some areas.
INSENSITIVE
They also identified hate speech on vernacular radio stations and social media and what it describes as “notable insensitive and sensational reporting by a section of the media.
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