National Cohesion and Integration Commission
{{Short description|Government agency of Kenya}}
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The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) is a government agency of Kenya. It is intended to address and reduce inter-ethnic conflicts.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cohesion.or.ke/index.php/about-us/mission-vision |title=Mission & Vision - National Cohesion and Integration Commission |access-date=2013-01-03 |archive-date=2013-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106105817/http://www.cohesion.or.ke/index.php/about-us/mission-vision |url-status=dead }}
The Commission was created by the National Cohesion and Integration Act following the 2007–2008 post-election crisis.{{Cite web |url=http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/news/sept09/2009100901.htm |title=Commissioners for National Cohesion and Integration appointed |access-date=2013-01-03 |archive-date=2013-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106022839/http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/news/sept09/2009100901.htm |url-status=dead }}
Roles
The commission's function{{Cite web |date=2017-12-19 |title=Role of National Cohesion and Integration Commission in Kenya |url=https://afrocave.com/national-cohesion-and-integration-commission/ |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=AfroCave |language=en-GB}} is primarily prevention of discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, advocating for cohesiveness among the diverse groups in the country and enforcing the legal provisions of the National Cohesion and Integration Act 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cohesion.or.ke/images/downloads/national%20cohesion%20and%20integration%20act%202008.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-01-03 |archive-date=2017-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224190411/http://www.cohesion.or.ke/images/downloads/national%20cohesion%20and%20integration%20act%202008.pdf |url-status=dead }}
==Membership==
The current membership of the Commission is:{{Cite web|url=http://www.cohesion.or.ke/index.php/about-us/commissioners|title = Commissioners}}
- Samuel Kobia{{Snd}}Chairperson
- Wambui Nyutu{{Snd}}Vice Chairperson
- Phillip Okundi
- Abdulaziz Ali Farah
- Danvas Makori
- Sam Kona
- Dorcas L. Kedogo
Nakuru County Peace Accord
Nakuru County was seen as the epicenter of violence in the aftermath of the disputed 2007 presidential elections which left over 1,100 people dead and over 350,000 displaced nationwide.
The Nakuru County Peace Accord (or “Rift Valley Peace Accord”) refers to the peace agreement signed on 19 August 2012 between elders of the Agikuyu and Kalenjin communities as well as other ethnic groups of Kenya.{{Cite web|url = http://www.cohesion.or.ke/index.php/news-all/166-nakuru-peace-accord-dr-mzalendo-kibunjia-s-speech|title = Media Breakfast Meeting on Nakuru Peace Accord - Speech by NCIC Chairman, Dr. Mzalendo Kibunjia|date = 7 June 2012|access-date = 20 December 2012|website = National Cohesion and Integration Commission|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20141220155132/http://www.cohesion.or.ke/index.php/news-all/166-nakuru-peace-accord-dr-mzalendo-kibunjia-s-speech|archive-date = 20 December 2014}}
The agreement was signed following a 16-month-long peace process led by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission and the National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management, with technical support from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, a Commissioner of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission, led the mediation process that led to the peace agreement signed by 10 ethnic communities in Nakuru. For 16 months, she led the crafting the peace process with 100 elders and three mediators.[https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/prevention-genocide-related-crimes/special-adviser "Alice Wairimu Nderitu,"] United Nations. It was designed to address sources of ethnic conflict and a history of violence in the rift valley region of Kenya.{{Cite book|title = From the Nakuru County Peace Accord to Lasting Peace|last = Wairimu Nderitu|first = Alice|publisher = Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue|year = 2014|url = http://www.hdcentre.org/uploads/tx_news/From-the-Nakuru-County-peace-accord-to_lasting-peace.pdf}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.cohesion.or.ke/}}
{{Kenya Government Commissions}}
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