Government of Kenya Bans Night Meetings in Lamu County

The national government has issued a unilateral ban on all night meetings taking place at night in Lamu County following reports that politicians may be using them to incite violence ahead of the elections.

Lamu County Commissioner Joseph Kanyiri told KNA that such meetings were being conducted without prior notice to the police and could spark enmity between warring communities in the county.

"Such indeterminate meetings need to stop forthwith as they are being used to fuel violence mainly over emotive issues such as landlessness in Lamu," Mr Kanyiri warned.

He added that the ban was necessary for Tewa and Baharini wards which have been classified as highly susceptible to land clashes within the coastal town.

"Presently there are certain areas such as Tewa, which is one of the places highly affected by landlessness and the squatter problem. I am warning politicians to desist from issuing inflammatory remarks, especially on emotive issues such as land," the commissioner ordered.

Kanyiri further cautioned politicians to avoid discussing emotive rhetoric during their campaigns to avoid sparking violence in the volatile areas of the country.

 

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