The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has directed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to investigate a Nairobi preacher for allegedly making statements that could increase ethnic tensions across the country.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the ODPP stated that the preacher’s comments could promote ethnic tension, anger, animosity, violence, and discrimination among Kenyans.
“In one of the videos, the speaker utters the words: “…while Kikuyus are fighting Luos, Woriahs are taking over Kenya.” In the other video, the speaker says: I will make myself part of the people who have started the struggle for the liberation of the Kikuyu. I will tell these people that our enemy is not Ruto, our enemy is the Somalis,” noted the ODPP.
The ODPP subsequently directed the DCI and the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to promptly submit their investigation findings to the agency for further action.
