Messengers of Peace Kenya at the Linda Amani Youth Peace Summit

 
Messengers of Peace Kenya www.facebook.com/MoPKenya was represented by 12 Community Leaders at the Linda Amani National Youth Peace Summit which took place at The Luke Hotel in Nairobi under the theme: Kenya Yangu, Amani Lazima (My Kenya, Peace is a Must). The summit began on 18th February and concluded on 21st February.

The key agenda items discussed included the following:

1. Youth scenarios towards 2030
2. Electoral violence... in.Kenya since 1992 to date
3. Personal accounts of electoral related violence
4. Analyzing the current political state in the context of peace and violence
5. Constitution, electoral participation and human rights
6. Leadership and integrity as a Kenyan
7. Understanding the concept of devolution for regional and national integration
8. Ethnicity and national cohesion
9. National preparedness to mitigate violence
10. Electoral process under the new constitution
11. Advocacy and actvocacy

All speakesr at the summit emphasized on the need to draw lessons from the aftermath of the prevuious elections in 2007 to prevent a reoccurence of violence. They also urged the young people to play a lead role in ensuring peace prevails across the country, berfore, during and after the elections
The team that represented MoP Kenya comprised of the following

1. Nelson Opany, National Youth Representative
2. Grace Michuki, National Youth Representative
3. Innocent Kwedo, Vihiga County
4. Mary Atieno, Homabay County
5. Gideon Kariuki, Uasin Gishu County
6. Pauline Kagiri, Kajiado County
7. Patrict Charo, Kilifi County
8. Carol Mbithe, Machakos County
9. Jonathan Wasonga, Nairobi County
10. Emma Muthanje, Murang'a County
11. Zablon Samba, Mombasa County
12. Stanley Kyalo, Kitui County

Nelson was given an opportunity to share with the other participants the work that the young people at Kenya Scouts Association are doing to promote pe4ace through the Messengers of Peace Initiative. At the end of it all, the MoP team crowned the summit with a call for peace saying, "We are scouts from Kenya and we are Messengers of Peace. During this electoral period we urge all Kenyans to vote wisely and maintain peace. Kenya Yangu, Amani Lazima!"