The Tactics Employed By Oscar Sudi To Escape Punishment by NCIC Over Hate Speech

Related image

For sometime now, Kapseret MP and William Ruto’s loyalist Oscar Sudi has been on a ranting spree in the country with the Vocal legislator often accused of breading hate among Kenyans on a tribal basis.

Sudi’s latest string of statements across various social gatherings have depicted a man who seems to be preparing Kenyans to go to war against each other all in the name of politics.

Kenyans on various social media platforms have time and again called for Sudi’s arrest with many arguing that he needs to be tamed failure to which he will set a bad example to other leaders and Kenyans.

It seems like the pleas by Kenyans and a section of other leaders finally caught the attention of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission who on Thursday summoned Sudi.

Related image

Sudi was summoned for inflammatory remarks he made on March 30 in Cheptiret, Uasin Gishu county.

He was grilled for several hours yesterday after which he was let go after he allegedly offered a sincere apology.

Sudi was grilled over remarks seen to target the Luo community as he cautioned Siaya Senator James Orengo against actions deemed to destabilise the Jubilee Party following the Handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Oding last year.

But yesterday, NCIC chief executive Hassan Mohamed said Sudi owned up to his mistakes and apologised before the commission and in his Twitter handle, claiming he was taken out of context.

“We think his apology is genuine and we have issued him with a cessation notice that if found guilty of hate speech, we will deal with him accordingly,” said Mohamed.

Image result for OSCAR SUDI

The commission, Mohammed said, will not pursue Sudi’s prosecution because he “has committed not to repeat the mistake”.

Sudi, who was accompanied by his lawyer Hillary Sigeni, affirmed he had apologised but his statement did not target the entire Luo community but only Senator Orengo.

“Sometimes we politicians, tend to be carried away by emotions and only realise later we erred in speech,” he said.

He had earlier recorded a statement at Kilimani Police Station over the same matter. Mohamed said cases of hate speech have reduced drastically since the March 9, 2018 Handshake.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *