The Kalenjin community has asked the National Cohesion and Integration Commission to apologise for profiling Kericho as one of the election violence hotspots.
They spoke during a meeting at the Anglican Church Grace Conference Centre in Kericho on Monday.
Two businessmen, David Mabwai and Morgan Rotich, told NCIC commissioner Sam Kona that Kericho is peaceful and does not deserve to be profiled as a hotspot.
Mabwai said the hotspot tag reminded the residents of the memories they endured during the PEV.
He told the non-Kalenjin community in Kericho that there will be peace.
The Kalenjin community, he said, has been viewed as aggressors by the rest of Kenyans, a notion that has been misplaced and does not go down well with them.
“We have hosted nearly all tribes in Kenya with whom we are doing business together,” Mabwai said.
A speaker who declined to be named said some non-Kalenjins were slowly leaving the county for fear of violence.
In a rejoinder, Kona told the participants profiling the county as a hotspot does not mean there will be chaos after the general election.
He said that was just a precaution measure to keep the commission and security agents alert for any eventuality.
Kona said Kericho and several other counties faced PEV political feuds and it would be unwise for the commission and security agents to sit back and assume all will be well.
Edited by Kiilu Damaris
