“URAFIKI
WETU USALAMA WETU”- Our Friendship, Our Security
This
program aims to reconcile and foster closer relationship between the youth and
the police. It stems from the realization that the youth and the police played
a very big role in the post-election violence of 2007/08, most of which was
negative involvement.
It aims to break the mistrust, suspicion and unfriendly
relationship that have existed between the youth and police especially in the
run up to the general elections.
This
program involves taking young people to the police station and establishing a
platform for positive engagement with the police. The youth and police
undertake various community works within the police station; cleaning of the
police station, holding cells, slashing, garbage collection, and tree planting.
This is followed by an open forum where the youth, police and other invited
guests and stakeholders engage in constructive discussions on security and
other issues affecting the youth and police.
This event is climaxed by the
youth brushing the police officers’ boots in a show of humility, friendship,
togetherness and cooperation.
So far,
Faces of Peace has undertaken this program in two counties; Nairobi at the
Kasarani police station on the 18th of May, Kiambu at the Kiambu
police station on 7th of July 2012, Uasin
Gishu County at the Eldoret police station on 4th of August 2012.
The next events will be Buru Buru and Nakuru.
One event can be viewed at:
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