The program seeks to support civil society and youth to successfully participate in democratic processes; lead voter and civic education and implement local strategies to mitigate and prevent electoral violence. By
- Preventing and mitigating electoral-related violence by strengthening early warning and early response mechanisms.
- Building the capacity of local structures, networks, and institutions to promote and advocate for peaceful elections.
- Promoting inclusive civil society, youth and women-led voter and civic education while expanding opportunities for young women candidates.
- Increasing participation and representation of women and youth in democratic processes – party primaries, the general elections and post general election
- Strengthening capacity and collaboration among county-based partners, strategic networks, and institutions in counties with highest risk of violence and political manipulation.
The county context of the coast region is highlighted as follows:
Mombasa: threats from political supremacy battles; juvenile gangs; MRC cells; ethnicity and intolerance; historical injustice.
Kilifi: MRC; Supremacy battles
Lamu: Interreligious conflicts; historical injustice; insurgency threats
Tana River: Ethnic tension; resource based conflicts
Kwale: VE recruitment cells; ethnicity and intolerance.
Taita Taveta: No threats at the moment but monitoring the situation through a one long-time partner – Mazido International.
It is our hope to develop a Political Economy Analysis report that should be able to capture issues that affect youth in the region and provide recommendations to inform interventions. More to that, the ECCES program shall collaborate with Local Development Organizations to support activities while focusing on innovative ways to support recurring youth issues. This can be through investment on skills development providing.
Field visit – Civic Empowerment forum by Haki Africa
The activity was implemented at Majengo village hall, Mvita sub-county – Mombasa. The civic/voter education and conflict mitigation sessions included sensitization of The National Steering Committee on Peacebuilding and Conflict Management code 108 for reporting emergencies/conflicts and response.
The Activity was facilitated by experts from IEBC, Justice Centres (formed and managed by Haki Africa) and Peace committee member (who also happened to be KEAP CMPs in 2017).
