Despite relative calm in Kenya throughout the year, divisive politics, corruption and insecurity continued to bring challenges. In Samburu County, as part of a project to promote sustainable pastoralism through improved rangeland management, Saferworld helped to form eight community action groups. The groups will actively resolve resource-based conflicts, such as conflicts over land, and they will work with the county government to develop policies and legislation that streamline climate governance in the planning and management of rangelands.

Two of our partners organised a pastoralist leadership summit. The summit brought together governors, members of parliament and members of county assemblies from 15 pastoralist counties, who discussed the population census (which took place earlier this year) and the boundaries review as critical areas of focus in the search for sustainable peace and development in the pastoralist areas.

In Nairobi, in an effort to improve relations between citizens of Nairobi’s informal settlements and the police, Saferworld is implementing a project with partners to address high levels of extra-judicial killings in three urban settlements. The project employs collaborative approaches between civil society organisations and the state to enhance political and socio-economic justice, non-violent conflict resolution, good governance and rule of law.

To promote balanced reporting by the media, Saferworld trained journalists on conflict-sensitive reporting techniques.