Kenyan musician Millicent Jerotich Kipkorir, popularly known as Marakwet Daughter, has found herself at the centre of controversy after being summoned by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) over her song \u201cArap Rutto\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a letter addressed to the musician, the commission claims that the words used in the song could \u201cincite feelings of ethnic contempt.\u201d<\/p>\n
NCIC\u2019s Summons<\/strong><\/p>\n In the formal notice, the NCIC referenced its legal mandate under the National Cohesion and Integration Act No. 12 of 2008, which aims to promote national unity and harmony.<\/p>\n The commission stated:<\/p>\n \u201cThe National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) is established by an Act of Parliament, the National Cohesion and Integration Act No. 12 of 2008 and has a mandate to promote national unity and harmony by promoting peaceful co-existence between persons of the different ethnic and communities of Kenya, particularly by guarding against negative ethnicity, racism and religious intolerance.<\/p>\n \u201cThe scope of the Commission\u2019s mandate is provided under Section 25 of the Act.<\/p>\n \u201cPursuant to the above-mentioned mandate, the Commission is investigating the words used in your hit song to wit; \u2018Arap Ruto\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cWords which are likely to incite feelings of ethnic contempt, hatred, hostility and affect harmonious coexistence between different ethnic communities in Kenya, contrary to Section 13(1)(a) and Section 62 of the National Cohesion and Integration Act.<\/p>\n \u201cTake Notice that you are hereby required to appear at the National Cohesion and Integration Commission offices within Britam Towers Upper Hill 18th Floor.\u201d<\/p>\n Oscar Sudi weighs in<\/strong><\/p>\n Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi has strongly defended Marakwet Daughter, dismissing the NCIC\u2019s actions as unnecessary.<\/p>\n \u201cNCIC, leave Marakwet Daughter alone!\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve got 50 names that would be a much better use of your time instead of this nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n Public Reactions<\/strong><\/p>\n The controversy has sparked debate on social media, with supporters of Marakwet Daughter arguing that the summons infringe on artistic freedom, while others believe the NCIC is justified in its mandate to prevent potential ethnic tensions.<\/p>\n The Majority Leader of the Senate also added his thoughts to the matter saying the summons were not innocent.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019d think this is an innocent move from a commission trying hard to do their job. Don\u2019t be deceived,\u201d he said. \u201cThe tribalists in the commission are simply aiding a narrative. Part of the larger scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n\n The song at the centre of the debate, \u201cArap Rutto\u201d was released less than two weeks ago and is currently trending at number 21 on YouTube Kenya with 175K views and counting.<\/p>\n The post Oscar Sudi defends Marakwet daughter as she faces NCIC summons<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kenyan musician Millicent Jerotich Kipkorir, popularly known as Marakwet Daughter, has found herself at the centre of controversy after being summoned by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) over her song \u201cArap Rutto\u201d. In a letter addressed to the musician, the commission claims that the words used in the song could \u201cincite feelings of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}