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NCIC censures Ruku over divisive remarks, reprimands Kaguchia

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Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has been found guilty of uttering divisive remarks and demeaning the Kikuyu community while advocating for the splitting of the Mount Kenya region. In a determination delivered by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission, NCIC, Ruku has been directed to publicly withdraw the remarks and desist from making similar statements in future. The NCIC has also reprimanded Mukurweini MP John Kaguchia over threatening, intimidating and coercive remarks made during a rally in Kieni, Nyeri County. Kaguchia has been directed to retract the remarks, apologise publicly, and call on his supporters to stop identifying or targeting people who do not support his political choices.

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