Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has pledged to have no mercy to perpetrators of religious extremism in the country.
He said that his government will not tolerate those trying to force their beliefs on others and killing those who are not interested in it.
President Kenyatta who was speaking in Kisumu where he attended the 2nd Annual Conference on Devolution, also blamed the Garissa killings on religious extremism.
He said that leaders should unite and fight religious extremism, which results in vices that threaten peace and harmony in the country, adding that the government will hunt down individuals who preach religious intolerance and ethnicity in the country.
The president’s remarks come after the government appointed a team that will work with prosecutors to carry out investigations into Garissa terror attack where 148 people were killed and over 70 others injured.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery also interdicted seven top police chiefs and two administrative officers in Garissa County to allow investigations to be completed.
