Kenyan leaders steer clear of hate speech before vote, but monitors wary


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  • Wednesday, 19 Jul 2017

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition celebrates as he is announced as the presidential candidate for the 2017 general elections during a rally at the Uhuru Park grounds, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan politicians are steering clear of inflammatory rhetoric at large public rallies before next month's vote, but there are fears that hate speech is still spreading online and at smaller meetings out of sight of authorities, monitors said.

This year's campaigning stands in sharp contrast to Kenya's disputed 2007 election, when some candidates were accused of using speeches and broadcasts to fuel ethnic clashes that killed more than 1,200 people.

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