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Friends,
As we celebrate Easter Season, we at The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign opted to pursue Peace Building across the Nandi Luo Border that has been very perennial. In the Company of Mr. David Busienei of the centre for Community Dialogue and Development, we set out from Eldoret in the morning of today and went for our first meeting with the Nandi and Luo Leaders at Kibigori.

A Group photo with the Leaders after our meeting of today the 6th April 2012 at Kibigori .
Our next stop was at Achego where we found a group of Peace Builders under the Smart Citizens team led by Ms Carol Ruto and her team. In attendance were the DO Muhoroni and Mr. Otieno Aluoka. We addressed the meeting and appreciated the positive efforts the people themselves were putting in place to be Peace Builders and not War Lords.

L-R; DO Muhoroni Mr. Joseph Wanyoni, Mr. Jacob Ouma of KCDN, Elder Douglas Otiato- Chairman District Peace Committee Muhoroni District, Mr. David Busienei of CCDD, Ms Carol Ruto of Smart Citizens, Odhiambo T Oketch, Mr Owino Aol and their Team members 6th April 2012

Our last engagement was at Kopere Market where we met several elders in our continuing Peace Building Process.

Group photo after the meeting at Kopere Market 6th April 2012

The day was very hectic and we are happy that we have put in place a mechanism that will bring all Peace Builders working in the area to a common meeting at Kibigori Market on the 19th April 2012 when we will meet the Luo Teams at 10am and then meet the Nandi Teams at 2pm.

The said meetings will involve all the Elders, Women and Youth Leaders, Religious and Opinion Leaders, and Political and Provincial Administration. And we will read out the Common Resolutions to each Group after which, we will harmonize the resolutions and set a date for the Kibigori Chemase Peace Treaty.

This Treaty will involve all the People from the following areas;

1. Ochoria
2. Koguta
3. Nyangore
4. Chemase
5. Kibigori
6. Nyakungru
7. Kopere
8. Poto Poto
9. Owiro
10. Sitet
11. Songoh
12. Fort Tenan
13. Mumbwa
14. Tamu and 
15. Chemelil.

This means the Peace Treaty will not be signed on the 22nd April 2012 as we had initially anticipated.
What came out of all these meetings is the desire for Peace. The people want Peace, and they want to also have a sound sleep in the night as we all do across Kenya.
We are therefore inviting all the Peace Building Teams in the said Region to all join us for the said meetings at Kibigori Market on the 19th April 2012.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change we seek'- President Barack Obama of the USA. 

A Peaceful, Clean, Green and Litter Less Kenya at 50 is possible and achievable.

Odhiambo T Oketch
CEO KCDN Kenya,
National Coordinator- The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign
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Odhiambo T Oketch is the immediate former Chairman to the City Council of Nairobi Stakeholders Evaluation Team on Performance Contracting and Rapid Results Management. He is also Chair to the Nyamonye Catholic Church Development Fund. He was also the Co-Chair and Coordinator of The Great Nairobi Walk against Corruption that was held in Nairobi on the 22nd October 2010 in partnership with KACC and he is the National Co-ordinator of The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign in Kenya.

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