Local news - 13.7.10 - By Peter Lokatur - Conflict Resolution Workshop for central deanery Held at St. Teresa.

The central deanery workshop has today marked its second at St. Teresa Pastoral centre for the representatives from Parishes within the Central Deanery. The workshop which is organized by the dean Fr. Oliver Nornon from Turkwel Parish is facilitated by a team from Shalom Centre For Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation (SCCRR) led by Fr. Patrick Devine. The function is running for three days today being its second day and ending tomorrow, the 14th July 2010. The main objectives of the training, are to train community leaders in conflict transformation, causes of conflicts, To influence national development policy towards the regions affected by conflict between pastoralists communities, To strengthen the role of the church, civic organizations, and NGOs in Conflict transformation in northwestern Kenya. Speaking during the workshop today, Bishop Dominic Kimeng'ich called upon all the participants to embrace peace and make available to all the communities more especially those in conflict prone areas. He went on and thanked the Shalom Research Centre for being concerned with the people of Northwestern Kenya. Kanamkemer Parish, Nakwamekwei, Turkwel, and St. Augustine's Cathedral Parishes are represented.