Kapsaret Member of Parliament Hon Oscar Sudi was on Thursday summoned and interrogated by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC).
The interrogation concerned remarks that Mr Sudi issued on March 30 in Cheptiret, Uasin Gishu County, against a section of leaders in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).
The NCIC said Mr Sudi issued remarks against a certain community, which it reasoned were derisively condescending and inciting.
NCIC Chief Executive Officer Hassan Mohamed said the politician issued a statement which “crossed the red line”, breaching section 62 of the commission’s Act.
But Mr Mohamed noted that Mr Sudi “owned up to the statements and apologised” and that “he has consequently been tweeting the apology for the same”.
“We acknowledge that the utterances the MP made went overboard with regards to being inciting. We, however, also acknowledge that he has consequently been making efforts to express regret for his wrongs, including owning up to the mistakes and tweeting his apologies.”
The commission felt Mr Sudi was remorseful and therefore issued him with a cessation notice; a warning, or a “yellow card”, according to Mr Mohamed.
As such, the chief executive said, stringent actions will be taken if the member of parliament repeats the mistake.