Run up to crucial Kenyan vote is again plagued with chronic hate speech and inter-ethnic tension

Tempers Flaring As Kenya Readies for Polls

HATE speech and ethnic tensions have resurfaced in Kenya ahead of elections set for 2017, evoking memories of the violence that left thousands dead and displaced following contested polls about a decade ago. The violence that followed the disputed 2007/08 poll left 1 300 people dead and 600 000 displaced. The Institute for Security Studies (ISS)…