A Community Based Organization and other stakeholders in Migori County have appealed for peace and tolerance ahead of the political party nominations due on Thursday 17, 2017.
Migori Civic Local Affairs Network (CLAN) and the Migori
County Peace Forum MCPF) have urged all the contestants for various
political seats in the coming elections, party leaders, supporters and the
general public to conduct themselves with restraint and maintain order and
peace during the Thursday 17, party nominations.
Migori CLAN Coordinator who is also the County Peace Forum Chairman Oloo Janak said the March 4, 2013 General Elections will be a defining moment for
the entire nation and Migori County. He urged all Kenyans in general and
residents of Migori County in particular to turn out in large numbers during the nominations and at
the march 4 Elections to help elect leaders who would bring about the desired
political, social and economic transformation based on the promise of the new
constitution.
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| One of the banners of the candidates seeking seats in Migori |
Migori CLAN has since 2002 been at the forefront of enhancing
citizens participation in public affairs and deepening democratic governance to
realize accountable and transparent leadership. The organization has since the promulgation of the new constitution led a process of inter-ethnic dialogue and conflict mitigation in this multi - ethnic County, with a measure of success in creating tolerance.
CLAN was also at the forefront of agitation for a new constitution
and campaign for its passage during the 2010 referendum with other players
including the residents of the county, which led to a high turn out of voters at the August 10, 2010 Constitutional Referendum.
Janak said CLAN had championed inter-ethnic dialogue and
reconciliation after the post election violence of 2007/8 and after the passage
of the constitution and therefore desired that all Migori County residents uphold
tolerance among the different ethnic groups in the county to usher in a
functional and an all inclusive County Government.
"CLAN, with other organizations and the government, have
initiated various peace and reconciliation efforts and led stakeholders in
passing resolutions which were tabled at the Bomas National Conference end of
last year which we would like to see respected by all candidates and the people during the nominations and the actual elections on March 4, 2013," he said.
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| Mrs. Anne Anyanga who was a victim of violence |
He urged all candidates and their supporters to
resist attempts to saw seeds of discord and hostility among the residents of
the county in the run-up to the nominations and to respect all the efforts that
ordinary people and grassroot leaders have made towards unity over the last two
years.
Janak decried recent acts of violence including the
attack in Rongo on Mrs Anne Omodho Anyanga who is seeking the position of
governorship adding that all contestants needed to promote respect and tolerance ahead of the nominations and
during the subsequent campaign period and the March 4 Elections.
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"It is only through tolerance, peace dialogue and ethnic
harmony that we in Migori County can elect credible, responsive and
transformative leaders who will run a truly functional and economically viable
Migori County that we can all be proud of," Janak added.
He called on Migori County residents to only nominate
leaders who had in the past demonstrated support and belief in the new
constitution as a basis for transforming the country and bringing about
equitable distribution resources, development and consultative leadership.
Those who either actively opposed the constitution or never
helped campaign for it, he said, would "undermine the gains inherent in the new constitutional
order and should therefore not be elected to any position at all."
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