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'Toothless' NCIC blames funding shortfall for its weak bite on hate

The Chairman National Cohesion and Integration Commission Reverend Samuel Kobia flanked by other commissioners addresses the press in Naivasha on 23/1/24 where he called for the arrest of over 10 MPs for hate speech. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), the 17-year-old organisation with a big name and mandate, has more often than not found itself on the receiving end for being toothless.

From being accused of bias to demands for its disbandment for allegedly failing in its mandate to crack down on hate speech and ethnic profiling, they have been at the centre of heavy criticism.

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