A picture of two Kenyan politicians brawling in public yesterday at an opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) rally has people on social media positing it as a way to stem election violence.
One of the politicians is a serving member of parliament, the other an aspirant planning to challenge him in the elections expected to be held in August next year.
Tweeters say that Kenyan politicians should copy their example to fight each other instead of inciting their supporters to attack one another:
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Politicians should emulate MP Peter Kaluma and his opponent. Fight your own battles. Don’t incite youths to fight for you!
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I encourage all politicians to borrow a leaf from Peter Kaluma and his opponent. Fight your own battles. Don’t incite people to fight for u!
After elections in December 2007 in Kenya, more than 1,200 people were killed in weeks of unrest and some 600,000 people were forced to flee their homes.
