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IGAD peace forum calls for women’s

involvement in conflict adjudication
BY STEPHANIE NDUNGE and the whole region since gender equality, promoting conference stands as a
(KNA) they were essential actors in women empowerment and statement to a collective de-

T
he Intergovernmental
Authority on Develop-
ment (IGAD) Women
Peace and Security Forum
has called for gender equal-
ity and women empower-
ment within the region.
In a conference held in
Nairobi, the stakeholders
called for the inclusion of
women in conflict resolu-
tion in the Horn of Africa
peace and play an important
role in conflict resolution.
State Department for
Gender and Affirmative
Action Principal Secretary
Veronica Nduva stated that
empowering women in the
security agenda was a prior-
ity for the Kenyan Govern-
ment and for IGAD as well.
“We are taking a signifi-
cant step towards advancing
ensuring that the voices of
women are heard and inte-
grated into decision mak-
ing,” Ms Nduva said.
She emphasized that the
participation of women
is not a matter of human
rights but a programmatic
approach towards building
resilient and peaceful socie-
ties.
Nduva added that the
termination to address the
challenges and seize the op-
portunities that lay ahead.
She also stated that the
IGAD forum serves as a plat- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Executive Secretary Dr Workneh Gebeyeh speaking during
form for dialogue, collabo- the IGAD Women peace and security forum held in Nairobi.
ration and the exchange of PHOTO: STEPHANNIE NDUNGE.
innovative ideas in the lives
of women and their families.
“Through this forum, we women’s rights and peace world where every woman
aim to shed light on the building within the region. lives in a society that values
crucial issues surrounding Together, we can create a her and respects her rights.

Government pays out Sh 34.8m to wildlife- MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND

human conflict victims in Marsabit County COMMONWEALTH SCHOLAR-
SHIP COMMISSION IN THE UK
BY SEBASTIAN MIRITI The regional director told enabled good use of the behind the conservation
(KNA) KNA that the government rangelands but attracted and protection efforts of the STATE DEPARTMENT FOR HIGHER
attaches a lot of importance support from the govern- unique giraffe species.

T
he Government has
started compensating
victims of wildlife-
human conflict in Marsabit
County.
Kenya Wildlife Service
(KWS) Head of the North-
ern Conservation Area
Senior Assistant Director
Gideon Kebati said the gov-
ernment has released the
first batch of Sh34,861,600
from 590 cases for the pe-
riod between 2014 -2018
which are still being pro-
cessed.
He said the county wild-
life compensation commit-
tee is still reviewing 295
cases which range from
deaths, injuries, predation
and destruction of prop-
erty caused by wild animals
straying into areas of hu-
man settlement.
to compensation of losses
accruing from wildlife-hu-
man conflict.
“The compensation
claims consist of two
deaths, 36 injuries, 155 crop
damage cases, 11 property
destruction and 345 preda-
tion on livestock cases” he
said, adding that the sup-
port for conservation and
protection of wildlife in the
region is very progressive.
Mr Kebati thanked com-
munities in the region for
helping the service in the
fight against poaching
which he said is no longer a
major threat as the commu-
nities have also embraced
the creation of conservan-
cies.
“The creation of wildlife
conservancies on com-
munal lands has not only
ment and donors” he said,
adding that wealth created
from the ventures is used to
create employment, fund
socio economic dimen-
sional projects like provi-
sion of education bursaries
and provision of water and
health services.
The involvement of com-
munities in the conservation
of wildlife has also greatly
helped in improving security
by checking banditry and
poaching activities.
The KWS has recorded only
two cases of wildlife killings
in the entire region in the
recent past that include a re-
ticulated giraffe in Wajir and
an ostrich in Silicon area of
Marsabit County.
Mr Kebati added that efforts
are being applied to fully rally
all residents in Wajir County
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“Wajir County hosts the
highest population of the re-
ticulated giraffe at 7,000 in
the whole of the country and
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