... by village elders were reported during an intra-community dialogue forum held by @EnhancingPeace Project at Rueya Chief’s Camp to deliberate on the conflicts and attempt to improve their working relationships towards peaceful co-existence in Kisumu East and its borders. (2/2)

#Conflicts between Nyumba Kumi (#communitypolicing) officials and village elders in Chiga & Kajulu areas, Kisumu East Sub-County, around their unique roles in their communities, have derailed the areas' conflict mitigation processes. Attempts to oust Nyumba Kumi Chairmen... (1/2)

... during an intra-community dialogue forum held by @EnhancingPeace Project at Givavei P.A.G Church to bring together area residents and administration to deliberate on issues that threaten the area’s democracy and peace and agree on how to partner to remedy those issues. (2/2)

“Illicit brewers are protected by government officials more than us as they give the police and chiefs monthly commissions,” a resident of Tambua, Hamisi Sub-County, Vihiga County, decried what he termed ‘a menace among the area residents that are already impoverished’ ... (1/2)

“Even when area administration intervenes to restore family lands, it is women that are burdened with paying back the sum that has been wasted,” a community health volunteer said. “Yet, women here are mostly small-scale farmers who languish in poverty!” (4/4)

... do not involve their wives or children while carrying out land-related transactions. Leasing of land is a common practice in the area and men were accused of disregarding their wives in such dealings, and ultimately wasting money from the leases on illicit brews. (3/4)

... issues that threaten peace and democracy in their area and along their borders with Kisumu and Vihiga counties, and agree on possible remedies to those issues. A major issue of concern identified that bedevils area women and girls is around #land ownership; that men... (2/4)

@EnhancingPeace Project today held an intra-community women dialogue forum at Kibwareng PAG Church, Kobujoi, Aldai Sub-County, Nandi County, that brought together women, girls, peace champions, and area administration from Kibwareng and Maraba locations to deliberate on... (1/4)

The participants from the two cross-border communities (Luo and Kipsigis) asked their area administration to organize continuous inter-community dialogues and utilize a secret ballot strategy to identify stock thieves in their areas and then arrest and shame them publicly. (2/2)

“Let’s name and shame stock thieves,” a participant of Muhoroni-Soin Inter-Community Dialogue Forum conducted at Homa Line Hall in Koru Location said. “This will deter other people from joining or practicing the vice that has bedeviled residents of Muhoroni-Soin border.” (1/2)

Participants decried political intolerance, historical land injustices, and marginalization to be the major causes of concern in Nandi North Sub-County. Underdevelopment was also cautioned in the area that is experiencing rapid growth in its youthful population. (2/2)

KASH Consortium (@KASH_updates, @copkorg, @kefeado, and @iceda4) – under @EnhancingPeace Project, supported by @USAIDKenya through @fhi360's @SADES_K Program – is conducting an intra-community dialogue forum in Kibwareng, Aldai Sub-County, Nandi County)... (1/2)

... 2) Formation of a cross-border committee to discuss stock theft cases and responses, 3) Continuous cross-border barazas of community leaders, local administration, and security structures, 4) Quick response law enforcement, and 5) Tracking and recovery of stolen stock. (4/4)

... In the meeting, the participants acknowledged a huge decrease in stock theft since last year. They shared strategies that they have used to curb stock theft to be replicated in other areas, including 1) Community members being active in identifying/reporting suspects, (3/4)

... Attended by community members, leaders, local authorities, and administration in Chiga, participants identified and deliberated on issues that are threatening their peace in the area and along their borders with Aldai, Nandi County, and propose remedies to those issues. (2/4)

@EnhancingPeace Project is conducting an intra-community dialogue forum in Chiga, Kisumu East Sub-County, in response to increased gender-based violence (GBV) in the area and Kisumu-East-Aldai sub-counties’ cross-border drugs/substance trafficking. (1/4)