Partnership for Peace

Compiled by Adora Udogwu, intern at Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, Nairobi

In October and December 2011, the project Partnership for Peace (PFP) was supposed to be finally evaluated. Due to the project’s extension (until June 2012) this monitoring exercise was consequently modified into a follow-up of the previous monitoring with emphasis on project results, impact and sustainability. For this purpose Kristina Flodman was invited, who is experienced in the work with civil society organizations (CSO) and monitoring and who also conducted the first monitoring exercise.

By means of questionnaires addressed to the primary target group, i.e. the CSO partners of PFP, the monitoring seeks assess how the results of the project are perceived. These findings will provide an indicator of how far the project has been able to deliver its expected results to date.

Furthermore, there are questionnaires addressed to the project team and the steering committee which will primarily concern the project implementation and its impact.

Beside this quantitative method the monitoring exercise involved also interviews with the project team.  Moreover, Ms. Flodman has attended the regional stakeholders’ consultative forums which were organized in Nakuru, Kisumu and Kakamega. Through interviews with the participants and observations the monitor could convey a feeling of the general atmosphere and the interaction between members.

Report compiled by: Edwin Adoga, Regional coordinator Nyanza

Facilitaded by Centre for peace and democracy (CEPAD)

14/03/2012

The Partnership for Peace Divisional Community Leaders’ meeting is an activity prepared and held in an organized sequence to be able to further share, discuss and disseminate information relating to peace, cohesion, tolerance and other virtues which intends to substantially inform and strengthen peaceful coexistence. The community leaders’ meeting is an important component of the project which aids to realize the set project objectives. This particular community leaders meeting was organized to provide a critical platform to subsequently ventilate on current issues that are central towards influencing peace and development within Kisumu East District. To demystify this rationale, the meeting specifically embraced discussions and way forward on the following issues: the delimitation of electoral boundaries and existing land related disputes; the ICC issue and its impact in Kisumu East District; and ethnicity/clanism. What is fair mentioning in this particular meeting was the existing high degree of gender representation. There was also police representation, political party’s representatives, religious leaders’ representation, youth and civil society organizations representatives.

Facilitated by: SURWET community based organaization

21/03/2012

The Partnership for Peace Divisional Community Leaders’ meeting is an activity prepared and held in an organized sequence to be able to further share, discuss and disseminate information relating to peace, cohesion, tolerance and other virtues which intends to substantially inform and strengthen peaceful coexistence. The community leaders’ meeting is an important component of the project which aids to realize the set project objectives.  This particular community leaders meeting was organized to provide a critical platform to subsequently ventilate on current issues that are central towards influencing peace and development within Kasipul constituency. Community divisional meeting in Kasipul, brought a wide range of diversity in terms of representation. The following groups were represented: the youth especially female youths, CBO networks, business fraternity, political party representatives and the government through chiefs and assistant chiefs.  The meeting specifically embraced discussions and way forward on the following issues: understanding the delimitation of electoral boundaries and its consequent effects; existing land related disputes; the ICC issue, its impact and the mushrooming of youth formations in Kasipul and the issue of ethnicity/clanism.  

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Report compiled by: James Kimisoi, Regional Coordination Rift Valley, CJPC

The Partnership for Peace Divisional Community Leader's meeting is an activity prepared and held in an organized sequence to be able to further share, discuss and disseminate information relating to peace, cohesion, tolerance and other virtues which intends to substantially inform and strengthen peaceful coexistence. The community leader's meeting is an important component of the project which aids to realize the set project objectives.

Kaptembwa area is faced with many petty crimes and a big number of youth are unemployed.Not all people have returned to Kaptembwa.They still have fear because current politics in Nairobi are replayed on the ground.There are initiatives by some community leaders to form community based organization to tackle local issues before the next election.