The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has summoned Narok Senator Ledam Ole Kina over utterances he made when he appeared on the JKLive on Citizen TV on Wednesday, February 19.
In a statement seen by Kenyans.co.ke, Ledama was asked to appear before the DCI Narok Office on Monday, February 24, to shed light on the utterances he made on TV.
"I Mwenda Ethaiba (SSP) - the County Criminal Investigations Officer Narok County- am making inquiries into the alleged offense of hate speech contrary to section 13 (1) of the National Cohesion and Integration Act no. 12 of 2008.
"I have reasons to believe that you, Ledama Ole Kina, are connected with the offense or have information that may assist me in my investigations," the letter reads.
"In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 52 of the National Police Service Act of 2011, I require you [Ole Kina] to appear before me at the DCi Narok Headquarters on February 24, 2020, at 0900hrs," the statement concluded.
Ole Kina was warned that if he failed to appear as requested, then he would be liable to prosecution.
The Narok Senator acknowledged the receipt of the summon through a post on his social media accounts on Sunday, February 23.
"I shall pursue justice for my people for the rest of my life. That's the kind of liberty that I want to defend that's why I was elected a leader. Let us meet in Narok DCI tomorrow!" he wrote.
During the live show on Citizen TV where he was a guest alongside Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot, Ledama made controversial statements about the ownership of land in his county by people who were non-Maasai.
His sentiments attracted backlash from a section of politicians and Kenyans who dismissed the utterances as reckless and divisive and with the potential to cause harm.
The National Cohesion and Intergration Commission (NCIC) also stepped in and warned politicians against using words that are deemed divisive and informed that it was looking into the matter.
Ole Kina has since stood firm on the sentiments he made and insisted that it was in the defense of the people who had elected him to represent them in the Senate.
