Turkana Community needs a Market to buy Political leaders who are ready to try new ideas that will liberate the community against all forms of injustices. The Chairman of Electoral boundary commission Dr. Ekuru Aukot said this when addressing the participants of the Diversity Conversations from North Rift at Lodwar Lodge today.
The forum that was facilitated by Commisioner Alice Nderitu (NCIC), Prof. Kimani Njogu (AHADI), and Pro. Olubayi Olubayi from the Global Literacy project who is also the consultant brought together 60 participants from North Rift to deconstruct their past differences so as to construct a shared future.
The participants were to develop a common understanding on the gains and shortcomings towards the realization of peaceful coexistence in kenya, provide an academic resource of choice on ethnicity and race issues in kenya, generate a deeper understanding of how a collective sense of 'we-ness' can be cultivate in kenya to build a body of knowledge on diversity to consolidate platform for implementation of the NCIC mandate, and lastly to inform and influence research based advocacy on ethnicity and form a basis for attitudinal and behavioral change towards embracing diversity leading up to and after the 2012 geeneral elections. Among the speakers of the day were, Mrs. Joyce Emanikor, Chairman NCIC Dr. Mzalendo N. Kibunjia, Prof. V.G. Simiyu, Mr. Dominic Ruto Pkalya and Mr. Bobby Mkangi. The Community was urged to stand up and demand for their constitutional rights.
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