Only hours after National Cohesion and Integration Commission’s (NCIC) chair Samuel Kobia declared the infamous term drawn from a song ‘Hatupangwingwi’ as hate speech, Deputy President William Ruto responded with a remix of the same.
The second in command took to social media on Friday with a short clip of fewer than four minutes with the original composer Gengetone artiste Exray and captioned it “Hatupangwingwi!”
The video has attracted much attention eliciting mixed reactions among netizens.
In an earlier press conference, NCIC said, the phrase ‘hatupangwingwi, a slang word loosely translated to “we cannot be dictated” majorly associated with the DP and his camp is seen as a way of taking a swipe at the government.
“We have therefore taken the bull by its horns through this exercise of identifying terms and coded language that has been commonly used in Kenya’s political landscape with the intent to incite violence against various communities of differing political stances,” NCIC said in a statement.
NCIC chair Samuel Kobia however said that the list is not comprehensive, and will be updated from time to time.
“This remains a living document since the terms and coded language shall be regularly updated for use in the social media tracking of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission,” Kobia said.
