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"content": "(c) good governance, integrity, transparency and accountability; and (d) sustainable development. I am mentioning these things so that I bring to the attention of the House the fact that this is a very big report because it is trying to address all those things. We may not do justice to this Report in 10 minutes and so, I invite Members to read it in detail. Hon. Speaker, in promoting the realisation of the national values and principles of governance, the Government has initiated several measures, especially through the State Department of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, which undertook a baseline survey on the status of national values and principles of governance. Some of the issues the survey was focusing on include measurability of the values, the level of awareness of the national values by the people of Kenya, compliance with the legal provision, enforcement mechanisms, prioritisation of values and the impact of the report that His Excellency the President tabled on the same in 2013. On measures taken and progress achieved in the realisation of national values and principle of governance, this survey informed the programmes, projects and activities which would be rolled out to implement the provisions of Article 10(2) of the Constitution. It is good to note that the Government recognises the key role played by community elders in respect to achieving national values. Community elders play a great role in dispute resolution, promotion of harmony, reconciliation, cohesion, augmenting institutional and organisational frameworks on conflict management and resolutions within the diverse ethnic, religious and racial groups residing in the country. This is a very critical role with respect to the achievement of national values because it brings cohesiveness, harmony and unity in the country. Therefore, the Government is using elders as key carriers and drivers of traditional values such as forgiveness, respect, honesty, responsibility, communication, love, team spirit, dialogue, integrity, commitment, faithfulness and loyalty, which they pass over to the youth and children. I say so because one of the challenges in the implementation of these national values is youth radicalisation. The Government is working towards the institutionalisation of the Council of Elders who are found in all communities though unfortunately, most of them come out when there are talks about politically negotiated democracy. I think they should come out at all times to bring the country together through institutionalisation of the national values. The Government is trying to institutionalise the Council of Elders from the village to the national level and to enable them effectively play their role. This has been tried using the Nyumba Kumi Initiative and more can be done to achieve this. In doing this, the Government continues to encounter various challenges such as terrorism, radicalisation of the youth, corruption and unemployment, general insecurity and ethnic clashes. The abuse of social media is key because its clients are the youth. It is very difficult to institutionalise national values and the principle of good governance when that big constituency called the youth is abusing the use of social media. We are also having advanced climatic conditions like the severe drought which has just been declared a national disaster. Such things will always bring conflict to the people of this country. I want to rush very quickly because of time. The second report is the progress made in fulfillment of the international obligations of the Republic of Kenya. The Mover has stated it very clearly that the policy was aimed at achieving several national objectives. He mentioned the need to protect Kenya’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, promotion of integration and enhancement of regional peace. What we are experiencing, not only as East Africa, but as 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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