A war is brewing between the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and other civil groups amid the controversial National Cohesion and Integration Bill 2023.
On Sunday, the Kenya National Civil Society Centre (KNCSC) issued a scathing statement detailing why the Senate should do away with the contentious bill, which would give the NCIC the ultimate powers in the peace-keeping agenda in the country.
NCIC, through the bill, is seeking increased authority to supervise and regulate peace-building missions across the country.
But KNCSC, in a statement on Sunday, January 26, expressed concern over the prospect of the NCIC overseeing all peace-building activities in Kenya, saying it would ultimately lead to the shrinking of civic space since civil organisations would have to go through the commission in their peace-building missions. NCIC chairman Samuel Kobia among other officials addressing the media on February 2, 2023.
