CLERGY AND INTEGRATION COMMISSION PARTNER TO STOP HATE SPEECH BY POLITICIANS
- Dec 10, 2020
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By Clive Ayuko
Nairobi, Kenya 10th December 2020
The leadership of the Faith based communities and the National Cohesion and Integration Commission early this morning at a Nairobi hotel partnered to stop hate speech by politicians when they are allowed to speak in church.
This comes in the wake of a surge of political activity as a result of the signature drive endorsing the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) and a a general election to be held in less than 2 years from now.
Rev. Fr. Joseph Mutie during a past event. Image courtesty of Inter-religious council of Kenya.
The Commission in partnership with members of the clergy will thus develop a framework guiding the use of pulpits and religious sanctuaries by politicians in efforts geared as spreading hope, and to enable compliance with the Ministry of Health Covid -19 guidelines.
Speaking at the event Chairman of the Inter-religious council Rev. Fr. Joseph Mutie said, ” the guidelines will aim at limiting divisive sermons and partisan endorsements from pulpits, limit partisan comments from websites affiliated with faith based organizations, adoption of a zero tolerance policy against messages likely to spread hate and dissemination of messages of hope during this time of the Covid-19 pandemic which has left many Kenyans hopeless”
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