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    "id": 578045,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Saney",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ibrahim Abdi Saney",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This country has been prone to a vicious cycle of conflicts since Independence. Every single year so many lives, property and livelihoods have been lost to conflicts. Our vulnerability to conflict is suggestive of our instability as a nation. We have been prone to so many types of conflicts, mostly inter and intra clan conflicts. We have also had land based conflicts and political conflicts. With that immense challenge, it is unfortunate that there has been no policy guideline to handle conflicts in this country except for the National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management that was developed in 2001 that was mainly the brain child of civil society organizations. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I acknowledge that security is one of the main pillars of our Vision 2030. With that background, there have never been any serious policy guidelines to guide Government institutions and other stakeholders in peace building and conflict management. This policy paper emphasizes on aspects of coordination, resource mobilization and synergy between different actors in peace building and conflict resolution. Moreover, this policy paper emphasizes on consistency and efficiency of Government institutions and other stakeholders in resolving conflicts. As the Mover alluded, with that serious challenge, it is lamentable that this policy paper was developed five years ago and has not been adopted despite its significance and the fact that Kenya is divided along ethnic lines. The lack of a policy paper has had adverse effects on how institutions manage conflict and peace building. I believe this policy paper will resolve most of those issues and challenges. That explains why the National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Resolution could not achieve its mandate just because it was not anchored on any legal framework. The proposed policy envisions a peaceful and stable Kenya and proposes a comprehensive framework to streamline peace and conflict mitigation activities unlike in the past where there has been some discordant and different actors pulling these issues in different directions. This policy clearly brings out collaborative approach to matters of peace building. It envisions the engagement of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) right from the grassroots to the national level. There will be a more elaborate engagement of stakeholders up to grassroots communities on matters of peace and public resolution. One more important aspect in this policy is the creation of a mediation support unit which will be handling peace issues at the regional level up to the Inter- Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) level. This policy paper notes aspects of continuous capacity building of community institutions and takes note of traditional conflict resolution mechanism. In summary this policy paper emphasizes on post conflict recovery and stabilization, matters of socio-economic restoration, reconciliation of broken relationships and rebuilding. With all those challenges, I believe for us to achieve stable security, we have to address the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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