Police are investigating *Bahati MP Onesmus Kimani Ngunjiri* utterances that members of the "Luo community should leave Nakuru". The MP spoke to a crowd after Cord leader *Raila Odinga* held a political rally in Nakuru on Saturday. "The MP will be summoned for grilling," Inspector General of Police *Joseph Boinnet* said in a text message on Sunday. The utterances believed to be hate speech were recorded on a video and audio clip that went viral on social media. In the clip, the Mp was heard saying, "na sasa tunasema ni *bahati yake sikuwa hapa...Tungeonana* ( what we are saying is Raila was lucky i was not around). "Walifanya demonstrations wakachoma nyumba ya mkikuyu na ya neighbours... kama ni namna hivyo hata wajaluo wahame hapa... wahame...wameharibu mali ya watu wetu," Ngunjiri said. Loosely translates to "they did their demonstrations, burnt houses belonging to Kikuyus and neighbours.. if it is so, even Luo community should leave this area. let them leave.. they have destroyed our property" The MP who spoke to a charged crowd incited them not to allow the Cord leader in Nakuru. "Ako wapi..ako wapi Raila Odinga...ametoa watu Kisumu analeta hapa kuharibu sisi. (Where is Raila, he has brought protesters from Kisumu to destroy us) we must defend our people..Tuende huko tu strike..," he added. Via #ArrestKimaniNgunjiri , Kenyans on Twitter asked that the MP be arrested for the utterances. "I am a Kikuyu who also loves @RailaOdinga so let Kikuyus stop making him a Luo leader. He's a leader to many," Njeri Gitau said. Rein said" Before Hon. Ngunjiri made those remarks, he should travel around and find out how Kikuyus are all over. Not good 4 peace". Another user Cyprian Nyakundi said "Even after Tweeting @JBoinnet & Telling him Kinuthia Mbugua and Ngunjiri Were behind the Naks chaos, No arrest made". Speaking to the Star on Sunday, national cohesion and Integration commission chairman Francis Ole Kaparo said he will look at the clip and action taken immediately. On Saturday, Police officers were forced to shoot in the air to disperse Jubilee supporters who wanted to interfere with Raila in Nakuru. The youths mostly boda-boda riders carried placards and demanded that the Cord leader leave the town immediately. The opposition leader arrived in Nakuru on Saturday morning for a political rally at the Mkarafuu grounds. Earlier Saturday, Nakuru governor Kinuthia Mbugua also said he will not allow anti-IEBC demonstrations in the county, terming them as a "recipe for chaos".
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