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Message from the APSEA Chairman |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 16:47 Written by admin
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The National Advocacy Programme for Governance project is being undertaken with support from USAID through Pact Kenya. The idea of the project was mooted after the Post Election Violence that engulfed Kenya in 2008. Certainly, the disputed 2007 General Elections and the ensuing wave of violence brought to the fore deep seated issues which had plagued the Kenyan society for many years and exposed the precarious nature of relations between the people of Kenya and the government. The unprecedented wave of violence was largely attributed to weak government institutions, unaddressed past injustices as well as the culture of impunity among other issues. Following the signing of the National Reconciliation Accord and the establishment of the Independent Review Commission (IREC) and the Commission Investigating the Post Election Violence (CIPEV), a number of key recommendations were made which, if properly implemented, will have far reaching implications in addressing the issue of structural deficiencies in the governance structure of the country as well as end the culture of impunity. Among them was the completion of the constitutional review process to reform the governance structures in the country and the establishment of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to provide an avenue for dealing with the culture of impunity.
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