The Dialogue Reference

Group (DRG)
DATA ANALYSIS REPORT FOR THE DRG
BASED ON 47 COUNTY DIALOGUE
CONFERENCES (CDCs)

October 2019
 The Dialogue Reference Group (DRG)
DATA ANALYSIS REPORT FOR THE DRG
BASED ON 47 COUNTY DIALOGUE CONFERENCES (CDCs)
OCTOBER 2019

Table of Contents
ACRONYMS..................................................................................................................................................3
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.........................................................................................................................4
2. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................5
3. OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY OF THE CDCs DATA ANALYSIS.......................................................................7
4. FINDINGS OF THE DATA ANALYSIS............................................................................................................8
5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................................24
Annex I: County Summaries.......................................................................................................................37

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 ACRONYMS

BBI- Building Bridges Initiative

CTWG- County Technical Working Group
DRG- Dialogue Reference Group
EACC- Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission
EAK- Evangelical Alliance of Kenya
HCK - Hindu Council of Kenya
IEBC- Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission
IPOA- Independent Police Oversight Authority
IRCK- Inter-Religious Council of Kenya
JOMEC- Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Committee
KCCB - Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
MSF- Multi-Sectoral Forum
NAMLEF- National Muslim Leaders Forum
NCCK- National Council of Churches of Kenya
NCTC- National Counter-terrorism Centre
NDC- National Dialogue Conference
NDCA- National Dialogue Consensus Agreement
OAIC - Organization of African Instituted Churches
PWD- People Living with Disability
SUPKEM- Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Dialogue Reference Group (DRG) facilitated the holding of 47 county dialogue Conferences
across the country to deepen the dialogue after the NDC 1 which was held in September 2018.
Each of the CDCs produced a report with the key issues that the CDCs articulated to the DRG
and the NDC. The CDC reports were analyzed in asking four main questions; what did the CDCs
say about reconciliation, about renewal of national values and ethos? What did the CDCs say in
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regard to recovery and reconstruction of the Kenyan economy to secure the right to
development of the people of Kenya, address poverty and improve service delivery? To advance
reforms in the interest of reconciliation, renewal of values and ethos, improve service delivery
and the economy and governance structures and processes?

In summary: Under reconciliation and national healing; the CDCs said that the country is still
deeply divided and not cohesive, the rights of many citizens have been violated and there is
need to not only address the past, redress current injustices, but to take steps that will build
structures and processes that ensure that relations and co-existence among communities and
individuals is healthy, peaceful and just. A National Transitional Justice Authority (NTJA) and a
national healing and reconciliation campaign have been recommended. Governance has to be
inclusive, responsive, upholds the rights of all and is accountable;

The CDCs also lamented that Kenya’s values, ethos and culture is retrogressive not progressive;
corruption and vices of such dishonesty persist; the Analysis report recommends the several
measures that will deal with institutions, make corruption expensive, renew the institution of
the family in socialization of Kenyans and enhance civic education;

On the pillar of recovery and reconstruction in the economic and social aspirations; Kenyans
made a clear statement that the economy is not expanding and economic growth is not creating
jobs or sufficient opportunities for all; service delivery is poor and inadequate with a steadily
growing population stripping out available services and resources; Several recommendations
have been made to revamp the economy and strengthen service delivery;

The CDCs outlined clear reforms that need to be instituted to consolidate reconciliation,
recovery, renewal of national values and culture and to consolidate good governance and strong
institutions; these reforms are constitutional, legal, institutional as well as administrative;

2. INTRODUCTION
The Dialogue Reference Group (DRG) was established in 2016 by the Multi-Sectoral Forum of
various sectors of the nation of Kenya as the organ to foster dialogue in Kenya on varius
political, policy, legislative and administrative actions that will help the country realize
reconciliation, renewal and economic recovery. The DRG intervened strongly in 2016 to end the
stalemate over the contested IEBC Commissioners headed by then Chairman Isaak Hassan. After
many months of shuttle diplomacy and direct dialogue and mediation sessions, the country
formed the Joint parliamentary committee headed by then Senators Kiraitu Murungi and
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Senator James Orengo which went on to not only facilitate the resignation of the
Commissioners but also the undertaking of far reaching legal electoral reforms. That process led
to the constituting of a selection panel for giving Kenya a new set of Chair and Commissioners of
IEBC. The selection Panel as it will be remembered had five members nominated by religious
bodies and four from the opposing political sides Jubilee and CORD.

The religious leaders and the MSF remained engaged on the process to secure the 2017 general
election by mitigating conflicts and promoting dialogue and understanding around the
numerous issues that were being raised throughout the year 2017. In October 2017, it was
agreed that it is necessary for the DRG to initiate a national dialogue process independent of
the political actors who were totally engrossed in the 2017 elections outcomes. It was resolved
that a Framework for National Dialogue be prepared to guide the process. The Framework was
ratified at Ufungamano House at one of the largest convocations of Kenyan religious leaders on
27th February 2018. Other members of the MSF also attended.

The religious leaders and members of the MSF who had been working in the background to
hold the country together had been reaching out to both President Uhuru Kenyatta and the
Jubilee side on the one hand as well as the Rt Honorable Prime Minister Raila Odinga and the
NASA side. The two foremost political leaders pleasantly surprised the nation on March 9 th,
2018 when they appeared at the stairs of Harambee House to make the historic ‘Handshake’
that ended the hostilities between the two political rival political parties. The two leaders also
announced the Building Bridges Initiative on that day.

The DRG resolved to press forward with the full implementation of the Framework for National
Dialogue that would help the nation to genuinely and fundamentally dialogue and build
consensus on what needs to be done to secure sustainable peace, progressive and prosperous
nation. The Framework for National Dialogue called for “Reconciling and Restoring Kenya
Through Structured Dialogue”.

The first big step for the DRG and the MSF was to convene the first National Dialogue
Conference. The National Dialogue Conference 1 was held on 11-13th September 2018. The NDC
1 mandated the Dialogue reference Group (DRG) to convene County Dialogue Conferences in all
47 counties to provide an opportunity for delegates to discuss and validate the issues laid out in
the NDC 1 Communiqué. The DRG went on to convene the CDCs as directed by the NDC 1. The
objectives of the CDCs were to:
i. Provide an opportunity for county stakeholders to discuss issues laid out in the
framework for national dialogue. This opportunity was indeed provided and facilitated in
a climate of openness, sincerity, knowledge and respect for one another. The CDCs were
conducted in a very edifying manner in that speaking one’s truth was always presented
in a dignifying way that did lead to worsening the situation but indeed to starting the
healing and reconciliation process;

ii. Discuss and consider the NDC 1 resolutions so as to validate and enrich them with
County perspectives and recommendations; The NDC resolutions were considered and

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 validated. While most were adopted without amendment or with minimal amendments,
several were extensively critiqued and amended accordingly.

iii. Develop County dialogue positions on matters not addressed by the NDC 1.
Several county specific positions were developed and resolutions passed. These county
specific resolutions and positions were the gem and touch stone of the CDCs. There is no
doubt that the CDCs were the basis of legitimacy for the National Dialogue process as
articulated in the Framework for National Dialogue.
iv. Identify and propose strategies for implementing the resolutions at the County Level-
the CDCs articulately outlined the strategies for implementing the county level
resolutions and recommendations. The recommendations and resolution were largely
practical and doable.
v. Establish dialogue structures and leadership at the county level- each county established
their dialogue structures with some establishing sub-county structures to take forward
the agenda of dialogue that will achieve the 4Rs;

This report confirms that all the objectives of the CDCs were actually achieved in full.
Extensive discussions of the issues laid out in the Framework for national dialogue were
held. The NDC 1 resolutions were discussed and considered in great detail and county
positions on each of the matters raised. Proposed strategies for implementing
resolutions at the county level were developed and indeed dialogue structures were
established across the country in each county. This is a huge resource for peace, building
and reconciling the country, driving the reform agenda for building a progressive,
peaceful and prosperous Kenyan nation.
Based on the findings from the countrywide dialogue engagement, clear conclusions
have been drawn and recommendations made. These recommendations are indeed the
basis of the National Dialogue Consensus Agreement that will be discussed and ratified
at the NDC 2. Consequential actions and strategies will be ratified at the NDC 2 aimed at
the full implementation of the Framework for National Dialogue: Reconciling and
Restoring Kenya through Structured Dialogue;

3. OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY OF THE CDCs DATA ANALYSIS

The County Dialogue Conferences (CDCs) having been held, the DRG commissioned the data
analysis of the various outputs from the conferences in order to guide the policy and strategic
direction the DRG is to give to the Multi-sectoral Forum, the NDC 2 and indeed the country on
solutions to Kenya’s deep seated challenges and pressing problems. This report is a summary of
the findings from the County Dialogue Conferences. It is an analysis and interpretation of the

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proceedings and issues discussed in all the county dialogue conferences and the resulting
outputs.
The objectives AND Strategy of this analysis are:

a) To analyze the context of each county while highlighting key priority needs for each
county as relates to the restoration, recovery, reconciliation and reforms goals of the
DRG/NDC1.
A summary of the CDC reports has been prepared which is listed as Annex I. each of the
CDCs report have been summarized in order to capture the essence of what was
discussed and resolved in each County. That is the basis of coding and analyzing the data
that is in the reports and video records of the CDCs.

b) To show areas where Kenyans agree on and those they disagree on

We have pointed out the numerous findings from the CDCs and analyzed both
qualitatively and quantitatively where there was agreement, disagreement and to what
extent was the agreement and disagreement. This is important to provide a basis for
drawing firm and authoritative conclusions in an objective manner and indeed make
recommendations that are supported by the evidence of the findings from across the
country.
c) To show the proposed ways towards addressing the pressing concerns of Kenyans
identified in a);
The analysis report has clearly captured the proposed ways for addressing Kenya’s
pressing concerns as was proposed by the delegates to the CDCs and the NDC 1;

d) To develop a set of recommendations on cross cutting areas of intervention as well as

key focus areas for the DRG in the next one year and up to 2022.
Based on this data analysis, a report shall be prepared that will be a basis for preparing
the National Dialogue Consensus agreement (NDCA). The NDCA will be the most
important document to table at the NDC 2. It will be binding and will guide the priorities
and actions to be taken by the NDC, the DRG and individual Multi-Sectoral Forum
members individually and collectively in order to ensure that the Agreement is
implemented in a faithful and systematic manner.

4. FINDINGS OF THE DATA ANALYSIS

The 47 counties dialogue conferences (CDCs) were held between April and July 2019. Over four
thousand participants participated in the CDCs, gave their views and were part of the process of
making resolutions and validating the NDC process. Each CDC reviewed the National Dialogue
Conference proceedings and resolutions but also offered county specific positions on each of
the seven areas of dialogue that were outlined by the Framework for National Dialogue and
adopted by the Dialogue Reference Group.

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The findings are on four principal areas of focus;

a) Finding on the area of Reconciliation, cohesion and national healing;

b) Findings on Restoration of national ethos, values and integrity;

c) Findings on Recovery and reconstruction of the economy and enhanced service delivery;

d) Reforms to be institute to advance good governance, reconciliation, renewal of values

and national ethos as well as recovery and enhanced service delivery;

A. Reconciliation, cohesion and healing a divided nation

There were several key findings under the goal of reconciliation, cohesion and healing a divided
and hurting nation; historical injustices, current injustices around electoral and political
injustices,

On historical injustices, inclusivity,

1. historical injustices and dealing with the past

(i) Across the country historical injustices were discussed as a key factor undermining
national healing and reconciliation. Kenyans stated that these historical injustices have
not been addressed in a systematic manner; many communities have unaddressed
grievances and unresolved issues of justice and marginalization. Many CDCs restated the
historical injustices that were perpetrated against their people but have not been
addressed. These historical injustices include cases where government annexed land for
KWS and other purposes but the communities in these counties are not benefiting from
the KWS enterprise; similarly, powerful and well placed fellow Kenyans and foreign
companies have annexed land and established ranches, hotels and other enterprises
while the communities in these counties complain of not benefiting from this private
initiatives; counties where mines have been set up and communities relocated but are
getting minimal benefits from these extraction ventures; citizens who still lack title
deeds and are squatters in their own country yet Kenyans from outside the county were
allotted land in these counties and were given title to prime land that they have
developed businesses on yet the locals have struggled for decades without getting titles
for land; minerals and natural resources in certain counties that are being exploited by
foreign companies with minimal benefit to the local host communities; assassinations of
leaders from their communities and a legacy of discrimination of people from these
communities in political and public service appointments except for token appointments
to sectors and ministries that are considered not powerful;

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(ii) Impunity and violation of the law by security agencies, politicians and public officers
against citizens was lamented over in many counties. The police particularly were
accused of gross violation of rights of many citizens across the country with impunity.

(iii) The CDCs widely endorsed the call for the establishment of a National Transitional
Justice Authority (NTJA); they said it should be established immediately to oversee the
implementation of the recommendations of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation
Commission (TJRC) and the Commission of Inquiry into the Illegal / Irregular Allocation of
Public Land (Ndung’u Commission) and other key commissions. It should also address
the grievances and violations against Kenyans since 2008 including the 2013 and 2017
election violence. This is necessary for the country to experience full healing, forgiveness
and reconciliation. Additionally: the CDCs demanded that the Transitional Justice
Authority operates at the county levels for it to be effective in addressing the legacy of
historical injustices, impunity and human rights violations;

(iv) Civic education that includes narratives of Kenyan heroes, not just politicians, is included
in the school curriculum as an avenue for positive socialization was widely called for and
each county demanded that local content in that civic education be developed;

(v) The government should ensure full implementation of the National Values; religious
leaders in the CDCs committed to serving as an accountability framework for national
cohesion;

2. Inclusivity

Lack of inclusivity at the National and county levels was widely discussed

 The CDCs lamented the continued perpetration of tribalism, nepotism, conflict of

interest by public officials and politicians both at the county and national level

 appointment to powerful and lucrative appointment seem to be reserved for the ethnic
community of the President and the Deputy president under the 2010 constitution
Women’s marginalization was lamented in many counties.

 poor management of diversities, especially of minority communities in counties with

two or more ethnic communities resident in the county; devolution and conflicts

 women and youth and persons with disability (PWD) are marginalized and generally not
fully involved in the country’s processes;

3. Political and tribal incitement/mobilization causes conflicts and lack of cohesion

The CDCs extensively discussed the post 1992 to 2017 general elections but in some,
Bungoma for example, the review went back to the first election held in the 1920s and
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 the subsequent elections since independence. Elections were generally found to be a
trigger to conflicts and tribal competition for power, leading to weakening national
cohesion but also creating new wounds in each electoral cycle;

(i) Almost all CDCs lauded the ‘Handshake’ between President Uhuru Kenyatta and former
Prime Minister Raila Odinga in 2018 March which stopped the violence, tensions and
threats to the collapse of the economy and the country. A few counties held the
‘Handshake’ with skepticism as they saw the gesture as one to exclude those
communities and supporters aligned to Deputy President William Ruto. However citizens
described the BBI that was the product of the ‘Handshake’ as secretive and most citizens
had not been consulted in the counties when the BBI is heard to have held sittings there.

(ii) Hate speech during campaigns and subtle and sometimes open incitement of citizens
against party supporters, people of different ethnic communities was discussed
extensively in the CDCs. NCIC was widely blamed for not being effective in creating a
system to stamp out incitement out of our political culture;

(iii) The analysis of the CDC reports found out that practically every single county has some
form gang, militia group or some other of violence entrepreneur who available for hire
during elections; Violence in elections is driven by several factors and conditions
including the high rate of youth unemployment which then makes a huge army of
unoccupied youths, especially male youth to be hired for a pay to disrupt activities, help
reinforce campaigns especially at the party primaries level. The analysis found out that
practically every single gubernatorial candidate had some form of “security”
arrangement during the elections. This is a dangerous evolution of violence in political
contests at the county level.

(iv) The Keleweke and Tanga Tanga camps that have formed have already split the country
into camps; tensions are felt everywhere across the country. The Early campaigns culture
in Kenya was identified by many respondents in the CDCs as an unfortunate trend. The
participants frowned at the political camps and campaigns in relation to elections which
are still three years to away.

(v) Government and the opposition were both found guilty of harassing the IEBC and
making it impossible to deliver a credible election; parties were blamed for shambolic
party primaries/ nomination of their candidates;

(vi) CDCs blamed the excessive use of force by the police during elections as a practice that
continues to drive animosity among Kenyans and with the government and the security
agencies generally;

4. Weak Peace building and conflict management

i. The CDCs highlighted the centrality of peace building and conflict management. From
the 44 CDC held, it was established that each had one form of conflict or another that
are active or likely to erupt; weak conflict management and unsustained peace building
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 structures and resources was blamed for eruption of violence and deaths from conflicts
at the community level over pastures, cattle rustling, farming against pastoralist
communities;

ii. land issues triggering conflicts in most counties remain unresolved; issues of natural
resources use such as water, grazing areas and pastures generally, forests etc especially
in the arid and semi arid areas was addressed very strongly

iii. the CDCs called upon all state and non-state agencies to engage the councils of elders on
the ground in promoting peace and resolving conflicts as part of the peace structures;

iv. national and county governments and private companies setting up projects in the
counties for mining, drilling, energy generation or infrastructure were not involving
communities to avoid conflicts- examples of Turkana Tullow oil, West Pokot cement
mining, Kwale, the LAPSET projects in northern Kenya including Lamu, and the Port
project in Kisumu were among those identified;

v. The other driver for violence is the way police handle civilians during the election period.
The analysis found that during the elections, the security forces tend to disregard the
local security and peace structures within the community and confront the political
actors and youth without reference to the local security and peace structures;

vi. Religious institutions were widely called upon in most counties, to use their structures to
empower citizens to live cohesively and to deepen dialogue and mediation- especially
between political camps and leaders but also between communities, and institutions
such as the warring MCAs and the executives of counties;

B. Renewal of national values, ethos and principles;

In this section we present findings that speak to the areas of renewal of national values and
ethos. Overall Kenyans expressed frustration with leaders, government and the lack of
integrity in public affairs at the national and county levels.

5. Combating corruption

(i) the CDCs were united in urging that those who are accused to have committed or
involved in corruption resign/ step aside immediately before investigations go further to
avoid interference;

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(ii) there was wide consensus across the country with the NDC 1 resolution that corruption
be declared a national disaster so that its eradication is a national commitment and not
an engagement undertaken at the discretion of the President;

(iii) As regards the NDC 1 resolution that “There should be developed a corruption tackling
strategy that draws a line between old corruption and new corruption. Old corruption
should be addressed through a mechanism for voluntary surrender of assets corruptly
taken from the state and disclosure of co-conspirators, in return for amnesty from
prosecution. The conditional amnesty is to be availed for only one year. Those who
confess to having engaged in corruption should be barred from holding public office for
a period of time. New corruption, which is any corruption engaged after the
commencement of the amnesty period, must then be ruthlessly tackled through forceful
seizure of assets and jailing of the corrupt for life. The same should apply to those who
engaged in old corruption but do not take advantage of the amnesty offered”.

 Most CDC approved the barring of those convicted of having been involved in
corrupt and unethical practices from contesting in elections and from holding
public office again;

 Most CDCs disagreed with the idea of amnesty and called for faster prosecution
of cases and recovery of assets from those found guilty;

 The CDC felt that the judiciary was not helping in the fight against corruption
because corruption cases were dragging on for too long and no impact was being
felt;

(iv) As regards the NDC 1 resolution that “The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission should
be restructured to serve as the Serious Crimes Unit with investigative and prosecutorial
powers, while regular corruption cases are dealt with by the Directorate of Criminal
Investigations and the Director of Public Prosecutions”, there was no unanimity. There
was strong support for ethics and civic educations without discussing the EACC in detail.
The EACC generally lacks goodwill from Kenyans who feel that the DCI and the DPP are
the offices that are more committed to the tackling of the vice of corruption.

(v) There was wide support for the NDC 1 resolution that the National Assembly
immediately passes a ‘Conflict of Interest Act’ which will stop public officers, state
officers, political leaders, their spouses, children and representatives from doing
business with the government at national and county levels. This injunction should also
apply to elected officials who previously were practicing law, who should be barred from
personally representing clients in court during their tenure in office. Their law firms
should however not be stopped from providing services to their clients. Any officials who
breach this Act should face punitive measures that include being required to
permanently quit politics to go and do business.

(vi) The CDCs were divided on the NDC resolution that “Religious institutions should not
accept public donations or contributions from elected or appointed political leaders or
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 state officers that are given with fanfare. Contributions from such persons should be
anonymous and personal like those of all other worshippers. Religious institutions
should not be seen as channels for sanitizing corrupt individuals”.

What was generally agreed from the CDCs is that churches in particular take up an active
role in educating the public on the negative effects of corruption on service delivery and
development1.

(vii) The was overall support for the NDC 1 resolution that “Article 99 (3) must be
repealed to remove the lacuna that allows politicians to vie for elective office even when
they are faced with integrity, corruption or criminal cases in courts of law. The IEBC
should be empowered to bar through vetting any individuals with such integrity
questions until they have been cleared and found not culpable”.

(viii) The resolution that “The Campaign Financing Act must be strictly enforced to
ensure that only monies from legitimate sources are invested in political campaigns.
Further, spending by political parties during campaigns must be limited to what is strictly
necessary” was widely endorsed. EACC and the Police including the DCI in each County
and Sub-county were challenged to track politicians and provide evidence in order to
return sanity to campaigns and contain the usage of money;

6. Performance and professionalism by Institutions;

 Kenyans in the CDCs pointed out numerous institutions that are not working for the
interest of the public, integrity and values;
a. Many CDC accused Commissions for not devolving their work to the county level
and failing to educate the citizens on their mandates; these commissions include
the NGEC, KNCHR, CAJ ( Ombudsman), EACC and NCIC;

b. County Assemblies and County Executives are squabbling. In most cases across
the country, MCAs and Ward Administrators are engaged in conflicts where
MCAs want to be the implementers of projects instead of focusing on oversight.
Many County Assemblies were assessed negatively by the residents of the
counties.

c. EACC was accused of not being effective enough in dealing with corruption in the
counties and at the national level; DCI and the DPP are seen to be doing more to
combat corruption than EACC. In numerous CDCs, the public tended to call for
EACC to be given prosecutorial power;

d. The judiciary was accused of not being tough enough in the fight against
corruption as a national emergency. This perception that the judiciary is not
doing enough was widespread;
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It is worth to note that The ACK Archbishop and KCCB spoke strongly on the role and place of the church outside
the CDCs
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 e. The police were roundly accused of being involved in corrupt practices including
in gross violation of human rights across the country;

f. Political parties were accused of bungling elections and entrenching the culture
of elections rigging right from their political party primaries;

g. IEBC was various accused of incompetence and complicity in irregularities

 The CDC observed that elections were problematic starting from the weak
institutional arrangements of our political parties, which carry out
dishonorable party primaries to select their candidates and that generally
mobilize along ethnic identities and individual ambitions rather than to
advance clear policies and programs.

 Weak vetting of candidates means that candidates with records of

corruption easily vie and win making the restoration of integrity difficult;

 Bribery and uncontrolled use of money during elections mostly from

corrupt sources was blamed on IEBC and the office of the Registrar of
Political Parties (ORPP) which have failed to crack the whip on politicians
and political parties.

 Voter registration and verification of the voters registrations brings

challenges to the credibility of the elections process

 That IEBC commissioners and Secretariat have generally failed Kenyans

and there is need to clearly demarcate

7. Rights and responsibilities

i) Witness and whistle blower protection was overwhelmingly demanded for across the
country in order to strength the war against corruption but also to ensure that the rights
of communities are protected and secured;

ii) Several CDCs discussed the concern of protection of children, dealing with early
marriages, early pregnancies, school dropouts and prostitution ( sometimes called
sponsor relations) and called for both the county and national government actors to
work with communities and religious leaders in taming this menace which is
undermining national values;

iii) Several CDCs raised many concerns including extra-judicial killings 2, enforced
disappearances and high handedness by the police;

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Especially in the Coastal and urban Counties such as Nairobi and Kisumu;
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iv) In some CDCs, there were complaints that the police were generally against citizens
holding processions and exercising their freedoms of Association and Assembly even
when this was done according to the law;

v) Independent media and its rights and responsibilities were discussed in several CDCs. It
was generally observed that the reporters and journalists with several media outlets at
the county level seem to be captured and compromised to report what is positive to the
powerful people at the county level. Their independence was questioned;

vi) Most CDCs strongly called for Civil Society Organizations and their leaders’ rights to be
strengthened especially in helping the public in carrying out social accountability, civic
education and advocating for human rights and security of citizens; some CDCs strongly
called for the immediate operationalization of the PBO Act to give CSOs an enabling
framework to do their work;

8. Safety and security- CVE, disappearances among other concerns

i. Some CDCs called for the decentralization of military bases and barracks to all border
counties such as Homabay which borders Uganda to help in safeguarding the rights of
Kenyans in the Lake Victoria waters stretching all the way to Migingo and for Marsabit,
Turkana, West Pokot etc;

ii. Special actions are needed countrywide to address GBV especially violence against
women and girls which is rampant in so many counties of Kenya. The response from the
police was variously observed to be inadequate and inconsistent among police officers;

iii. Police and community relationships remain negative and hostile. Most CDCs seemed to
urge for a new approach and conceptualization of security sector reforms in order to
change the mindset of our police and security agents. In several CDCs, citizens claimed
that police reforms were dead and impact not felt;

iv. The CDCs also called for a new idea of conceptualizing police accountability. Supervision
of police at the county and sub-county levels ought to be reviewed to ensure that the
citizens have an avenue of reporting police misconduct to an independent body not the
police Internal Affairs Unit. There was a strong call for IPOA and the Kenya National
Commission on Human Rights to open offices across the country and to effectively act
on cases of abuses, violations, high handedness by the police.

The CDCs endorsed the rest of the security sector Reforms as carried at the NDC 1

(a) The security agencies must immediately stop extra judicial executions, use of excessive
force to contain the public, and enforced disappearances of suspects. Regulations to
guide these should be developed through consultations with stakeholders so that
individual officers are held to account.
(b) The welfare of security officers be enhanced to include chaplaincy, counseling and
psychosocial support especially for those returning from difficult assignments;

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 Counseling and psychosocial support for police officers was widely endorsed and
religious leaders offered themselves to provide chaplaincy services to officers in their
counties; citizens in some CDCs said that police officers were a danger even to
themselves;
(c) The call for “Security officers be accorded decent and adequate housing, towards which
we recommend that they be given adequate housing allowances to enable them access
proper accommodation” was widely endorsed.
(d) Citizens complained of very dirty and smelly police stations where even children were
kept in the same cells with adults and in some cases citizens had died or been killed
while in police custody;
(e) A proper and humane performance management system which provides for equitable
opportunities for career growth, discipline enforcement, and regular professional
development programmes was also widely endorsed in the CDCs working groups and
plenary sessions;
(f) There was a wide call for The police officers to be adequately tooled and kitted with
modern equipment in order to be enabled to confront challenges that are associate to
modern crimes trends and forms of insecurity;
(g) The Police Service should be accorded operational independence as provided for in the
Constitution. This independence will be indicated by:
a. The Inspector General and his / her deputies, and the head of the Department of
Criminal Investigations, should be appointed through a process that includes
public participation
b. The police service chain of command structure should be streamlined to have
one central command
c. The Police Service should have a budget independent of the Ministry of Interior
with the Inspector General mandated to be the accounting officer
d. The Police Service should manage procurement of goods and services and be
required to adhere to public procurement rules
(h) The resolution that “The recruitment of officers into the police service be undertaken in
a humane manner that takes into consideration gender inclusivity and is not limited to
physical appearance and prowess as the only qualifications” was widely supported with
very many anecdotes being narrated.
(i) The provisions of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 on Leadership and
Integrity be strictly enforced within the police service
(j) There should be established at every Police Station a Special Gender Crimes Unit and
safe spaces where women and other victims of violence can find shelter
(k) Implementation of the National Action Plan for Gender Sensitive Peace and Conflict
Resolution should commence immediately
(l) The police service should encourage security officers to dialogue with community and
religious leaders to build goodwill and strategize on security maintenance, and should
develop a policy to guide citizens who wish to provide material support to police stations
(m) The County Policing Authorities should be gazetted to enable them operate with clear
guidelines, and should be merged with the “Nyumba Kumi” initiative

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(n) The bodies that oversight the Police Service, these being the Independent Policing
Oversight Authority and the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights, should be
improved and enhanced to ensure professionalism within the service
9. Strengthening Devolution in order to renew ethos, professionalism and ethical
performance

i. Most counties observed that the promised transformation that was to be delivered by
the roll out of county government had been slow and in some cases worse services and
revenue collection observed

ii. Most governors and county officials were described as unavailable to the citizens and
those who appeared in events were surrounded by heavy security detail and not in
touch with the sentiments of the people.

iii. The recommendation on raising the floor of allocation to the counties was unanimous
across the country but the increase from 15% had many proposals as follows;

Raise to Percentage

20% 1/44 2.3%

30% 31/44 70.5%

40% 8/44 18.2%

45% 4/44 9%

iv. The CDCs condemned the high wage bill in the counties which was denying citizens
quality services and called for a serious audit of the staffing in order to avail more
resources to service delivery and development

v. Citizens expressed disgust at the levels of corruption in the counties and called for the
carrying of lifestyle audits by EACC and thorough investigations to establish the
accountability in the use of funds availed to county governments;

vi. Most citizens blamed the national government for long and perennial delays in releasing
funds to counties which had very adversely affected the operations of the county
governments. In some cases the media had painted the county government negatively
without exposing the delays by national government in releasing funds.

vii. There was a strong call for services to be devolved further to the wards unlike the case
where most counties were based and operated exclusively from the county
headquarters with minimal outreach and establishing of structures

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viii. Public communication, information and participation in the counties was painted in not
brightly. Most county governments were accused of not engaging leaders from other
sectors such as religious and faith community leaders, professionals, the youth, women’s
organizations, the business community in any structured manner.

ix. Only a few counties had active civic education and engagement programmes and
structures;

C. Recovery and reconstruction of the economy and social services delivery

The findings relevant to recovery and reconstruction were robust and took a very county
specific angle with each county voicing their concerns and priorities and calling for each of
their counties to focus on specific priorities of economic and social development;

10. Economic recovery, relief and reconstruction

i. Most CDCs called for government, especially county governments to focus on reduction
of wastage and the wage bill rather than trying to raise more funds through taxation.
ii. Several counties called for KRA to be contracted by county government to collect
revenue for the counties at a fees as it was more established in revenue collection;
county revenue strategies were described as inept and corrupt in general;
iii. The resolution that “A special Youth Social-Economic Empowerment Sessional Paper be
developed within a year to galvanize a national intervention to address the youth
unemployment crisis in the country” was widely supported in all counties. CDCs called
for county specific Sessional papers and plans to expand the economy, create
employment and deal with hopelessness and rising poverty levels across the country.
iv. The country’s taxation and revenue raising strategies and policies were described as
punitive and have crippled the economy. Most CDC decried the 8 % value added tax on
petroleum products as it was hurting the citizens of Kenya further increasing the cost of
living;
v. The CDCs supported the carrying out of an independent forensic audit strategy of the
national debts but also called for the auditing of the county government’s debts because
substantive borrowing has been carried out by county governments. This forensic audit
should be undertaken immediately to establish who is owed, how much they said must
account for who is owed, how much they are owed, the terms of the debts, purposes for
which the money was borrowed, and if the debts were actually invested for the
purposes they were intended.
vi. CDCs inquired where the DRG was in implementing the NDC 1 resolution that “If
Parliament does not commence this process within 6 months or if the exercise is not
undertaken fully and satisfactorily, the Dialogue Reference Group will set up a People’s
National Debt Audit Task Force to undertake the assignment”.

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vii. CDC decried the relentless and abnormal borrowing appetite by the national
government and endorsed the resolution by the NDC 1 that “The government
immediately stops borrowing for infrastructure projects. In particular, the proposed
expansion of the Nairobi-Mombasa highway should be suspended for now since the
Standard Gauge Railway was intended to decongest the current highway. Focus should
be put on increasing the usage of the SGR to make it worth the colossal investment
made to build it. Further, the Naivasha to Malaba extension of the SGR should be
suspended since the country is broke and cannot even feed its own people. Kenya must
avoid re-colonisation through debt as has been witnessed in other countries”.
viii. Western Kenya counties specifically Busia, Vihiga, Bungoma and Kakamega called for the
change of policy on the SGR from going to Malaba to going to Kisumu. they said this was
discriminatory and unexplained. There was consensus that the SGR to Malaba be
completed before the extension to Kisumu.
ix. While counties called on the National Assembly to forthwith use its powers and tools to
ensure that Treasury prepares a balanced budget based on our national income to stop
the trend of borrowing to cover budgetary deficits, most counties called for a balanced
budget for each county to ensure that better revenue raising without hurting the
economy, cutting of the wage bill and wastage are contained;
x. The CDCs supported the NDC 1 resolution that “A Kenya National Economic
Transformation Marshall Plan be developed which will in part guide the setting up of
cottage industries and expand productivity in the counties, and promote youth
employment. Parliament should pass a Sessional Paper to effect this within one year”
but called on this Sessional paper being passed in each county to guide efforts aimed at
making each county economically productive and competitive;
xi. Counties be required to entrench public participation in the identification of community
needs and priority projects was also widely endorsed.

11. The Service delivery Agenda

(i) The CDCs stated loudly that the capacity of most county governments to deliver quality
and effective services remains weak in all areas including health care, garbage, building
of markets support. There was a sustained call for the management and administration
of public health to be reverted back to the National Government. There was a call for the
establishment of the Health Services Commission to deal with the training, employment,
and supervision of health workers and the administration and provision of healthcare
services across the country.

(ii) The ECDE and management of bursaries across the country continue to raise many
queries and complaints. While several counties have done well in the roll out of the
ECDE programs in their counties, doubts linger on how effective county governments
have been in the implementation;

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 (iii) Most CDCs lamented poor equipping and uptake of learners to the Polytechnics and
TVET institutions across the counties. There was a strong call for a new strategy to get
learners to be interested in joining these institutions;

(iv) The resolution that “The Presidency should outline the country’s strategy to conserve
rivers, wetlands and all water towers in the context of a wider climate change adaptation
and mitigation strategy” was endorsed with a call for an environmental policy and
strategy for conservation for counties as well;
(v) County and national governments should enhance service delivery to all Kenyans with a
special focus on food security and increase in access to health services
(vi) The resolution that “Public officers and state officials be required by law to only receive
health services from public health facilities” received widespread endorsement; several
CDCs called for an act of parliament to enforce this national call by the citizens of Kenya;
the DRG was asked to engage the national parliament to enact this Bill to force public
officers to invest more in services that they use as a precondition of instilling confidence
in public utilities and service points such as hospitals;

12. The family, drug abuse and mental health

i) Strengthening parenting was widely discussed in most CDCs with a clear call that
religious leaders initiate a strategy for rescuing the parenting role in order for children to
be raised well, socialized appropriately and formed into responsible citizens. There was a
widespread concern that the family unit is crumbling and disintegrating at alarming rate
and the religious and faith communities are not doing enough to champion for the
safeguarding and holding together of the family unit. The general recommendation was
that the Faith communities should work with councils of elders and the national and
county officials responsible for family affairs such as population, social development and
such others to rethink the status and shape of the family in the current Kenyan scenario;
ii) Over 90% of the CDCs lamented about the devastating nature of drug and substance
abuse in Kenya today; Dealing with the drugs and substance abuse menace was strongly
called for through a multi-stakeholder approach including religious leaders, county
governments, the police and other national government agencies and ministries. From
the reports, it seems that the menace of drug and substance abuse is far more
devastating than it has been reported before.

iii) CDCs observed that cases of depression, spousal violence and murder, homicides suicide
and resigning to addiction pointed to a social crisis that has not been discussed before
with the seriousness it deserves. The Mental health of numerous Kenyans was at peril
and governments and other social institutions were not responding effectively.

D. Findings relating to Reforms to help the country meet its aspirations of

reconciliation, renewal and recovery?
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 13. Electoral reforms

The CDC spoke strongly on the need for electoral reforms that will ensure that elections in
future are credible, less costly and held in a secure environment

(i) Boundaries review be conducted after the census and to ensure that there is fairness in
boundaries review. Some CDCs called for the function of boundaries review be removed
from the electoral commission.

(ii) A call for change on how IEBC Commissioners are appointed

(iii) Kenyans decry the high cost of conducting elections

(iv) Violence in election is regretted. The CDCs generally blamed the shambolic party
primaries, excessive spending and corruption in elections

(v) The Staggering of elections was not fully supported

For %

For staggering 28/44 63.6%

Against 16/44 36.4%

(vi) On the NDC 1 resolution that “an independent audit of the electoral process be
undertaken similar to the one undertaken by the Kriegler Commission, with a goal of
identifying gaps, weaknesses and points of strength, with a clear commitment that
recommendations arising from there will be implemented”, the CDCs were divided
sharply. Several County Dialogue conferences strongly opposed this recommendation
saying that the country knew what needs to be done but what lacks is good will and
sincere leadership to implement the reforms faithfully.

(vii) On the NDC 2 resolution that the country undertakes to “Implement the two
thirds gender rule”, several Conferences demanded that the principle be applied to
appointive positions at the county and national level but not on elective positions;

(viii) On the resolution that “The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
(IEBC) Act be reviewed to strengthen and streamline the body’s operations”. Key among
the amendments should be:

a. Establish a training institute for IEBC staff knowing that most of the staff at the
body are engaged on a temporary basis
b. IEBC officials who are found to have presided over an election in which electoral
offences were committed are held personally liable and prosecuted
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 (ix) The President should immediately cause the establishment of a Selection Panel
to fill the vacancies among the Commissioners of the IEBC
(x) An independent audit and cleaning up of the voters’ register be undertaken by
the end of 2nd year after every General Election be carried out;
(xi) All elections petitions should be terminated at the Court of Appeal, and should
be concluded within 6 months from the date of the election, except the
Presidential poll petition which is adjudicated at the Supreme Court
14. Legal and administrative reforms

The CDCs called for the review of several laws and the introduction of new ones to achieve
the three objectives reconciliation

i. The NTJA Bill/Act was widely supported

ii. NECEC bill to support civic education was widely endorsed in all county CDCs

iii. Measures to cut duplication and wastage between the two levels of government at
the county level were recommended

iv. Steps to audit the staffing at counties to rationalize were called for as well

v. Steps to enable the implementation of transitional measures were supported;

vi. Public participating and civic education at the county measures, guidelines including
enactment of laws at the county level were supported

vii. Measures to enable citizens oversight the police at the Police Stations should be
guided by an Act of Parliament or through guidelines under the County Policing
Oversight Authority Act

15. Constitutional amendments

(i) The CDCs agreed overwhelmingly with the NDC resolution that a national structured
Audit of the implementation of the Constitution since 2010 be undertaken. The National
Assembly should enact the law to facilitate this within 6 months.

(ii) Aq rotational presidency was recommended in some CDCs while in most the consensus
was a call to “Initiate constitutional reforms to provide for an executive that includes the
President, Deputy President, Prime Minister and two Deputy Prime Ministers. This will
ensure that the Presidency is not overbearing and that it is accountable to Parliament
through the Prime Minister appearing before the National Assembly while Cabinet
Secretaries appear before committees of Parliament”. This quasi parliamentary system
was widely supported except in a less than six Counties.

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 (iii) Initiate constitutional reforms to dignify the opposition by enabling the runners up in the
Presidential election to serve as the Leader of Official Opposition in the National
Assembly while the running mate becomes the Leader of Official Opposition in the
Senate. The offices of the leader of official opposition should be adequately facilitated to
perform oversight over the national government

(iv) Amend the constitution to reduce the number of Members of National Assembly was
generally endorsed but the formula for reducing the number of representatives was not
unanimous. The provisions under this proposal will be structured to fulfill the gender,
youth and persons with disabilities representation requirements. There was very strong
call for the scrapping of nominated seats at the County and National level as this was
seen to have been abused by the influential political leaders at both levels;

(v) The proposal that “Amend the constitution to provide that the runners up in the
gubernatorial polls are facilitated to assume the position of Leader of Official Opposition
in the counties with adequate resources to oversight the County governments. This
facilitation should include a secretariat and advisors” was supported in most CDCs but
opposed in others.

(vi) A National Ethics and Civic Education Commission (NECEC) should be established to
provide education and empowerment of the citizens of Kenya on socio-political and civic
matters. The Commission should be fully funded by the exchequer.

(vii) Constitutional Commissions should be strengthened so as to enhance good

governance
(viii) Operationalization of the Public Benefit Organisations Act 2013 should commence
immediately to ensure that nongovernmental organisations thrive and are accountable
in their operations in a bid to expand the civic and democratic space in the country

5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

A. Reconciliation, cohesion and National Healing

1. National Cohesion and healing and reconciliation is one of Kenya’s biggest concerns
since 2007/8. The experiences of the PEV of 2007/8, the ethnic antagonism that resulted
from the 2013 and the 2017 elections showed that the country’s cohesion, peace and
are perennially at risk. It is clear that Kenyans believe that politics and elections brings
out the worst in us;

1.1 Dealing with the Past and resolving the Historical injustices

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 Historical injustices remain unresolved across the country. Land issues particularly
have not been dealt with in a consistent manner. The CDCs lamented the failure by
the state since independence to address historical injustices has articulated in the
TJRC report and other State documents. The grievances of historical
marginalization, exclusion were strongly expressed.

i) Recommendation: full implementation of the TJRC report through the

establishment of the Transitional Justice Authority

ii) Elections remain a major fault line in national cohesion. Most CDCs
called for steps that will make elections a normal democratic process
governed and guided according to the constitution. It was observed that
institutions such as IEBC remain susceptible to strong political
interference of the leading interests.

1.2 Tribalism, nepotism, conflict of interest, favoritism continues to fuel discrimination of all
kinds. There is a strong sense of betrayal and distrust that continues to mark the relations
between ethnic communities. This distrust is responsible for the attacks against each other
around pasture, water, markets, resource use, jobs and land utilization.

iii) Recommendation: At the national level- appointments be made on the basis- NCIC
to continuously monitor and track the implementation of this national value and
aspiration

iv) Recommendation: At the county level- appointments must be made on the basis of
merit and consideration of all communities in the counties; NCIC and the various
oversight commissions and offices must actively be involved in ensuring consistency
and compliance;

1.3 Impunity and violation of the law continues to undermine national cohesion and
reconciliation. Some communities see state violations as a deliberate targeting by
communities that have been in power against the marginalized and economically weaker
areas and communities;

Recommendations;

i) National commissions and independent offices to ensure the end of violations, to

prevent repetition of historical violations and marginalization of communities and
regions

ii) IPOA and the KNCHR, National Police Service Commission, the Parliament ( Senate and
National Assembly) committees responsible for security, human rights and
administration of justice to take a lead in enforcing accountability in the national police
service in order to end the legacy of excessive use of force, extra judicial killings and such
others violations in the cover of security operations;

1.4 Equality, non-discrimination and equity, for national healing and reconciliation
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i) The non implementation culture in Kenya must be combated through active dialogue
with the presidency, COG and all state agencies. Kenyans are very frustrated that good
laws and policies including the constitution of Kenya 2010 generally does not get
implemented by public officials;

ii) Affirmative action measures be taken to address the historically marginalized regions
and areas in the country beyond the funds and structures in the constitution

iii) NGEC and parliamentary committees should immediately commence an audit and
strategy for addressing the marginalization of women in politics and the economy.

iv) NCIC should partner with religious leaders and other non-state actors to strengthen the
management of diversities which remains poor, weak and inconsistent across the
country

v) The NCIC, NGEC, KNCHR and CAJ to take a lead in ensuring that discrimination on the
basis of ethnicity is dealt with effectively in Kenya

vi) Parliament and County Assemblies to ensure that appointments at the national level and
the county level avoids cronyism, nepotism, ethnic favoritism and conflict of interest;
the Commissions charged with this responsibility vigorous engage the appointing
authorities and mandated agencies to ensure that there is compliance with provisions of
the law;

1.5 Recommendation relating to elections, electoral violence and national cohesion and
healing

(a) deal effectively with incitement to violence, the use of hate speech and music and
such prayer rallies that fan ethnic and religious animosity by effective prosecution
and fines and jail terms and barring candidates and parties from fielding
candidates

(b) a national civic education curriculum that is supported by the presidency, county
governments and other non-state actors and coordinated by the National Ethics
and Civic Education Commission (NECEC) be provided to all citizens using
appropriate forums in the interest of ensuring that citizens promote and nurture
the culture of tolerance, elect credible men and women of integrity to public
office and to ensure that citizens hold their elected and appointed officials
including judicial officers accountable at all times;

(c) boundaries disputes that have continued to cause antipathy among Kenyans be
resolved once and for all through a task force established for boundaries every 10
years;

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 (d) gangs, militia formation and financing, encouragement and sponsoring must be
dealt with effectively according to the law;

(e) police violence and bias must be checked and punished by the National
Commissions and independent agencies to avoid profiling of certain communities,
sections of the country or religions;

(f) youth engagement and poverty be addressed by the county governments through
robust programs in order to reduce the despondence and predisposition to
engaging in violence; county government working the County Dialogue structures
of all the other stakeholders should take lead;

(g) the role of IEBC and elections management- IEBC officials have failed to engage

(h) the registrar of political parties must regulate and streamline political party
operations to ensure that party nominations

(i) the police, DCI and DPP must prosecute all political party officials, candidates and
IEBC officials who mismanage the electoral process hence triggering violence

(j) Each county dialogue conference structures must take lead in ensuring that
expression of dissatisfaction by citizens is done according to the law and the
constitution. Excessive police cannot be permitted.

1.6 Devolution can become a big platform for reconciliation, sharing and coexistence but much
more has to be done to make this a reality.

i) The governors and senators of each county to lead in mediation, conflict resolution and
dialogue by supporting the councils of elders, the DRG supported dialogue structures in
the county

ii) Inter-county youth activities such as sports, music, arts, theatre for peace with
neighboring counties will go a long way

1.7 A national Healing and reconciliation campaign

i) That NCIC coordinates a sustained national healing and reconciliation campaign

entailing of rallies, forums, cultural activities across the country to support and facilitate
the work of the Transitional Justice Authority

ii) Religious leaders and the county dialogue structures to take lead in the healing and
reconciliation campaign that also supports the work of the Transitional Justice Authority;

iii) County governments to support intra and inter-county peace building activities aimed at
enhancing national healing and reconciliation;

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 B. Renewal of national ethos, values, integrity etc
2. Combating corruption:

Kenyans are agreed that corruption poses an existential threat to the survival and
development of the nation; there is a call for effectiveness of the institutions fighting
corruption, for more stringent punishment for those who are involved in corruption;
there is a call for; the recommendations to this are as follows:

a) Treat corruption as a capital offence and serve life sentences where necessary and
take away all the proceeds and profits of corruptions. Charge interest on illicit
proceeds of corruption to maximize the penalty for corrupt behaviour.

b) The CDC generally recommended and agreed with the policy and legal position in
Kenya that anyone found guilty of corruption, or under investigation for corruption
should not be allowed to vie for public office and if found guilty should be barred
from occupying public office for good.

c) All those mentioned in corrupt practices should step aside from government
positions without pay until cleared.
d) A time limit should be imposed on all corruption cases to avoid abuse of court
process and allowing court cases to drag on indefinitely.
e) Strengthen all institutions handling corruption cases and give them full
independence.
f) Whistleblowers of all corruption cases should be protected. Religious leaders to
encourage their followers to be on the lookout for all corrupt practices.
g) That Kenyans be galvanized to stop electing people with unexplained wealth and
stop praising them including stopping to receive their money in church and social
Harambees;

h) Implement all the Resolutions of NDC 1

3. Institutions of governance:

Kenyans generally decry the poor performance of their public officials, the failure of
institutions to do a competent job, the failure to implement laws and policies including
the constitution; a culture of Impunity, corruption seems to have taken root and remains
the core of the system. It is proper to conclude that Kenya is suffering from the curse of
state capture that is perpetrated by what is called the ‘deep state’. State capture comes
from a real occurrence in Turkey where an accident happened and from the car were
rescued the police commander in charge of investigations ( level of our DCI Director), a
drug lord and money launderer the government said they had been hunting down and
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 officials in the judiciary. There are private citizens, mostly in business who work with
bureaucrats to influence tenders, court judgments, prosecution of cases and such other
operations. These individuals are untouchable because they finance elections and
therefore have politicians at their finger tips. This deep state network is what leads to
state capture and the rendering of institutions helpless and toothless;

Recommendations to revamping and strengthening institutions;

a) Political parties ought to be institutionalized, depersonalized, funded and closely

monitored to ensure that they uphold national values and principles in their
operations; the ORPP needs to step up efforts to help Kenyan parties to align to the
constitution of Kenya 2010.

b) KNCHR, NGEC, CAJ, EACC, IPOA, NCIC etc ought to take the route of the DPP and
establish themselves across the country in all counties in order to be effective in
their mandates but also to be effective in holding county and national government
agencies at the sub-national level accountable;

c) Parliament and parliamentary committees be engaged and monitoring by Non=state

actors to ensure that the actions in both houses promote national values and the
public interest;

d) The Judicial service Commission be engaged by the DRG with a view to letting the
Chief Justice and the JSC seized with the public concern about the performance by
the judiciary as relates to restoring integrity, ending corruption and restoring
national ethos and values in the public and private spheres of our nation.

e) An annual audit of institutions to conducted by the National Dialogue

Conference/MSF to help the DRG work with JOMEC to revamp and align all
institutions to national values and principles;

4. Security, safety and peace building for national reconciliation and cohesion

The DRG process holds that for Kenyans to live in security and safety and for peace to be
secured at all times including during elections time the following be implemented
faithfully;

a) The philosophy of security must be overhauled

The current philosophy of security as “state security” and not “national” and “public
security” is what informs the high handedness by police and security agencies when
in contact with members of the public. This approach to security is colonial and has
spoiled the relations between the police and citizens in almost all counties. A human
national security approach is high recommended which will generally focus on the
citizens, the vulnerabilities and the capabilities to prevent, protect and defend the
citizens and the nation from these threats and vulnerabilities;

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b) Police- community relations in Kenya need to undergo a total transformation. We
recommend that the National Police Service Inspector General and county dialogue
structures ( through the DRG) formulate a program of creating an engagement
between citizens and the police in every county aimed at repairing the damaged
relations in order to birth a new chapter of trust and cooperation between the
citizens and their police service. The principles of such a dialogue and collaboration
should be negotiated under the NPS-DRG Program document to be developed by the
two leaderships. The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (JOMEC) that is
proposed by the Framework for National dialogue will be required to monitor and
report on the extent of implementation of this recommendation;

c) The combating of violent extremism requires a national partnership between the

governments at the national and county level ( coordinated by NCTC) and citizens
have to be deliberately involved through the peace and security structures; JOMEC
will need to provide reports of progress in galvanizing the nation to prevent and
respond to violent extremism;

d) Corruption in the police and security sectors needs a special national dialogue and
action plan which is wider than relying on EACC and the police themselves. The
accused cannot investigate and change of their own motion but through concerted
public action and movement to restore the police service into an ethical, professional
and humane service.

e) The DRG to work with the ministry of interior and the Council of governors to open a
national dialogue on transforming Kenya’s disaster preparedness and response in
dealing with accidents, droughts, floods, security situations. JOMEC to provide
annual reports to parliament and the National Dialogue Conference on progress to
revamp Kenya’s disaster management capability and effectiveness;

f) The National Gender Based Violence (GBV) policy implementation needs to be

tracked by NGEC and measures being taken by County governments and the national
government agencies made public.

g) The County Policing Authority framework should be operationalized to give County

Governors and governments a say in matters of security and safety
h) A national action plan by government and citizens to curb road accidents that have
cost many lives, and wrought so much pain and suffering to Kenyan families is
urgently required. The national and county governments, non-state actors and all
safety and security interested parties should be provided a national platform to
contribute to this goal.
i) Nyumba Kumi and Community Policing structures together with community elders
should be revamped and funded to engage closely with the police to reduce
incidents of crime at the community level
j) The proposal to arm private security guards should be subjected to more public
participation and a legal framework put in place before the program is rolled out.
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 k) IPOA and Commission on Administrative Justice should be mandated to be able to
compensate victims of police brutality. IPOA to ensure that police officers are re-
trained on use of excessive force by closely working with NPS.
l) Religious organizations and leaders at the county and at the national level to speak
more against cases of police brutality offer chaplaincy services to police officers in
police stations.
m) The National and County Governments to ensure proper screening and identification
of foreigners to curb terror attacks.
n) Police officers need psychosocial support to be able to handle stress related work
and reduce cases of police suicide.
o) Police officers who have overstayed in their areas of operations should be
transferred and terms of service to be stringently followed.

5. Restoring national ethos and values through ethical Elections management and
electoral reforms

Kenyans are agreed that elections have continued to trigger bad blood, animosity, to fan
ethnic tensions and suspicions mainly because the elections are not well managed by
the IEBC, by political parties, by candidates and because Kenyans themselves are not
honest as voters;

a) IEBC, ORPP, Political parties, political leaders and the political culture they have
nurtured is responsible for the holding of controversial elections year in year out.
The culture of exploiting poor and unemployed youths

b) Women are marginalized in political parties and some are nominated under unclear
circumstances. The IEBC should take over the supervision of how party primaries are
conducted to ensure that women and other marginalized citizens have a fair chance
in the party primaries in line with the constitution;

c) Citizens are to blame as well for accepting bribes, voting for dubious characters and
then lamenting about poor service delivery and poverty and unemployment. It is
recommended that Civic education should be provided in a continuous and
sustained manner

d) Change how the IEBC commissioners are selected. The Inter Parties model used
during the IPPG of 1997 seems to gain currency. Most Kenyans feel that the current
way of getting commissioners does not work for Kenya. It gives the country weak and
exposed commissioners. The government and security agencies do not seem to
secure the commissioners and the IEBC. This is how the Commissions work becomes
sabotaged and led to fail and then the Commission is blamed;

e) Kenyans want the cost of holding elections to reduce substantially. The DRG should
be mandated to open dialogue with the Commission and political parties on this
public concern;
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 f) Kenyans are calling for the staggering of elections but are worried this may lead to
increase in the cost of holding elections and may be hijacked. There is need for
further conversation on this matter in order to achieve consensus;

6. Strengthening and renewing the management and governance of Devolution:

Kenyans overwhelmingly believe in and support devolution and their counties. There is
consensus that devolved/county governments are not performing well on the overall.
However the explanations for why counties are not experiencing the full benefits of
devolution are many. We can conclude that there is no push for merging or reducing of
the number of counties nor is there a strong push for regional governments as was as
the case was at independence. Kenyans in the CDCs believe that counties are being
sabotaged by the national government, by conflicts, corruption at the county level, by
incompetence, by woefully compromised County Assemblies and the greed of their
politicians and bureaucrats at the county level. Lack of strong oversight and a strong
citizens’ vigilance and participation at the county level could be blamed for the mediocre
performance of county governments so far. The recommendations made at the NDC 1
and those coming from the CDCs should be implemented rigorously;

i. An audit of devolution should be undertaken immediately to establish the status of its

implementation
ii. The Council of Governors should immediately convene a national stakeholder
conference to address the crisis in devolution and outline strategies to ensure citizens
receive full benefits of the devolution
iii. The Treasury should raise the funds transferred to the counties to a minimum of 30%,
noting that the 15% currently being transferred is the barest minimum provided for in
the Constitution. The Commission for Revenue Allocation should provide to the nation a
costing of the functions of the national and county governments to facilitate setting of
the sharing ratios.
iv. The pending transition laws should be implemented expeditiously;
v. All county governments should fast-track decentralization to the village level within the
next two years to end the concentration and wastage taking place in most headquarters
of counties at the expense of the rest of sub-counties and wards in the counties.
vi. Schedule 4 of the Constitution of Kenya should be reviewed to remove the
contradictions between the roles of the national and county governments. The national
government must henceforth stop implementing any functions that are domiciled in the
county governments.
vii. The National Government Coordination Act should be repealed so as to scrap the
Provincial Administration
viii. Members of the National Assembly still have heavy influence on he management of CDF
even the court and the NG-CDF Act has formally removed them from the management
of the CDF. A dialogue needs to be opened with the National government on how to
ensure that the Management Committees of the NG-CDF perform their roles with
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 independence and for MPs to perform the role legislation and oversight over the
executive;
ix. County governments should be required to embrace effective performance management
to ensure effectiveness of staff
x. County governments must implement the two thirds gender rule in all committees and
departments
xi. Consumerism-oriented County Integrated Development Plans should be repealed and be
replaced with productivity-oriented plans that focus on robust county-level revenue
generation through Cottage Industries. Religious leaders at the county level will organize
multi-sectoral forums to review the CIDPs and recommend necessary amendments.

7. Rights and Responsibility and safeguarding democratic spaces

i. That the Office of the Attorney General be engaged on how to revamp and elaborate the
Witness and whistle blower protection across the country in order to strength the war
against corruption but also to ensure that the rights of communities are protected and
secured;

ii. The Ministry of Labour and Social protection, the Gender Ministry and all the 47 County
Governments be engaged on renewing the efforts directed at the protection of children,
dealing with early marriages, early pregnancies and school dropouts; and how to work with
communities and religious leaders in taming this menace;

iii. The IG be engaged as regards the concern of extra-judicial killings 3, enforced

disappearances and high handedness by the police with the aim of strengthen intelligence
led policing and evidence gathering to bolster security while observing the rule of law;

iv. The IG be engaged in a dialogue regarding the rules and regulations governing citizens
holding processions and exercising their freedoms of Association and Assembly with a view
to enhancing responsive citizens participation in governance and petitioning of their
governments;

v. The Ministry of Interior be engaged by the DRG on the immediate operationalization of the
PBO Act to give CSOs an enabling framework to do their work. A structured dialogue with
Civil Society Organizations be spearheaded by the DRG on how the CSOs can help the
public in carrying out social accountability, civic education and advocating for human rights
and security of citizens;

8. Renewal of the family and Kenya’s social fabric

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Especially in the Coastal and urban Counties such as Nairobi and Kisumu;
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 i. Religious leaders to spearhead a nationwide conversation and action plan for restoring
the values and concept of the family

ii. The drugs and substance abuse menace

iii. Role modeling and dialogue with the youth of Kenya

iv. Preventing and responding to the mental wellness of Kenyans

9. Religious leaders role in renewal of national culture

The CDCs returned a strong verdict on Kenya’s national culture. There is no doubt that
the country’s ethos and culture are in shambles. It is right to say that unless the nation’s
culture is turned from the current negative and retrogressive culture to a positive and
progressive culture, nothing else will work. The religious leaders were called on to lead
the way because of their prophetic role in our nation and everywhere in the world.
These will need the religious leaders sacrificing their comfort and ambivalence with the
way things are; from our assessment of influence and interest in transforming Kenya’s
culture and ethos, we can conclude the following:
INFLUENCE

A. Religious Leaders B. DPP and DCI in some

especially the
High religious leaders4, the
Presidency,
Parliament, Most
institutions such as
EACC etc
D. Members of the
C. Businesses, members
of the public, most
Low county governments
especially County
Assemblies;
cases ( the catholic
Church’s Anti-
corruption
commitment was not
captured in the CDCs)
public suffering from
the consequences of
lack of integrity, Some
CSOs, some
Businesses, some
religious leaders

Low High

INTEREST

4
Politicians mostly carry out harambees in Christian churches
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 C. Recovery and reconstruction

10. Economy- most Kenyans want the governments at the national and county level to
introduce policies and initiatives that will spur economic growth, stop the ballooning
debt for infrastructure development and contain corruption; these current trends are
wiping away the resources available for healthcare, water, food security, better quality
education etc

The findings and recommendation in the findings from the County Dialogues above are
comprehensive and enabling for economic growth and development.

11. Service delivery and devolution seem to be tied at the hip

i. The proposal to revert the health function back to the national government is
retrogressive and instead the DRG and the NDC2 should push for more resources to
counties for health services provision; the National government still control huge
percentages of the budget at the national levels hence leaving County governments
with limited resources to

ii. A national cancer prevention, awareness, testing and treatment strategy is needed as
a joint effort of the national and county governments

iii. A dialogue on the implementation of the environmental policy as well as the Climate
Change Strategy be activated

D. REFORMS
12. Constitutional reforms- more Kenyans want the holding of credible free and fair
elections more than they want change of the constitution and change of the electoral
and governance system; however there is support for what may be called essential
constitutional reforms that will advance the achievement of the national values and
principles set out in Article 10;

a) An audit of the implementation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 should be

undertaken to establish what is working and what is not. This should be the basis
and guide for any constitutional review process or referendum to be undertaken.
b) The Constitution should be reviewed to change the system of government from pure
presidential to quasi-parliamentary to allow for more inclusivity. The position of
Prime Minister should be included with the presidential system with clear roles of

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 parliamentary accountability; the NDC 1 resolution is therefore endorsed for
presentation to the rest of the country in the dialogue process;
c) The Office of Leader of Opposition should be created both at the National level and
the county level and the offices facilitated to undertake oversight of elected
government.
d) The Constitution should be amended to ensure that the two thirds gender rule is
practical and can be implemented.
e) To further reduce over representation, the number of public representatives should
be reduced at all levels while observing the principles of equality, inclusivity and
equity among others;
f) All constitutional commissions should be strengthened and devolved to all the
counties for effective performance of their oversight mandates.

13. Legal and administrative reforms

i) There is a strong call for the implementation of chapter six from across the country.
This means that a review of the Leadership and Integrity Act is necessary to
implement the Chapter more vigorously;

ii) The Public Benefit Organizations Act to be operationalized.

iii) The National Ethics and Civic Education Commission (NECEC) to be established and
devolved effectively.

iv) A national dialogue and legal and administrative measures to deal with the
excessive duplication, wastage and institutional overlap between county and
national government functions at the county level that has in some cases paralyzed
service delivery be undertaken;

v) The country is calling for a closer citizens led oversight over the police at the county
and sub-county levels to curb the impunity, corruption; what legislation can
support this beyond the County Policing Authority and community policing which is
currently control by the commissioners and police commanders;

vi) IEBC and Elections Act amendments to streamline all electoral processes and
harmonize the operations of the IEBC be carried out;

vii) A proposal to remove the boundaries function from the IEBC and locate it in a
Parliamentary Task Force that is set up every 8-10 years to do boundaries review as
is the case in the US be considered;

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 Annex I: County Summaries

1. Mombasa  Mombasa facing a bleak economic future due to shifting of business from the
Mombasa Port to inland depot.
 Weak public participation in governance- the County Assembly not effective in
oversight over the Executive headed by the governor;
 The Drugs menace in Mombasa county shows that there is failure by the authorities to
enforce the law but It is also connected to all other social ills and problems including
insecurity
 Insecurity, violent extremism, police extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances
a major concern. A loud call for a humane and dignifying process of integrating
returnees;
 Poverty, unemployment and crime a great concern for Mombasa

2. Kwale  Land issues unresolved since before and after independence. The locals have
complained of lack of title deeds to have legal rights over their land;
 Devolution has helped but it is under-funded and marked by weak public participation
 Ethnic tensions and conflicts since 1992 have heralded the holding of every election in
Kwale; 2013 was the worst of all;
 MRC which arose out of the locals grievances of marginalization has waned in its
presence and clout;
 Poverty, unemployment and early marriages, school dropouts are some of the social
concerns bedeviling the communities of the people in Kwale county;
 Insecurity, violent extremism, police extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances
are a big concern of the residents of Kwale county;

3. Kilifi  Teenage pregnancies, insecurity, poverty and poor services a big challenge
15th and 16th days of  Land issues, titling and ethnic tensions related to land use and ownership need the NLC
April 2019 at the to be proactive to resolve the historical injustices related to land and exploitation of
Juwaba Women Social resources in Kilifi
Hall, Mkoroshoni  County government poor in public information, public participation and civic
education;
 Religious leaders should play a role in social auditing of county government projects
 Alcoholism and drugs a major concern for Kilifi
 National government insensitive in the role of security and conflicts management
 Religious leaders have a huge role to play in fostering dialogue, peace and security-
involve and engage the national and county government officials in the dialogue
initiative
 The family is at the core of upbringing and socialization of the society, the youth and
instilling the right ethos and values- this role is weakening and the impact is negative
and adverse on all sectors of the society
 Roadblocks, corrupt police, police colluding with locals to defraud and rob tourists are
some of the key concerns in Kilifi
 The governor of Kilifi should have a say in the provision of security by the national
government. There is need to strengthen community policing and oversight over the
police locally;
 Kilifi faced with scarcity of food- severely food insecure and water stressed; there is
need for irrigation and modernization of agricultural productivity

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  Competent and transparent management of elections by IEBC must be guaranteed
using various strategies- the transmission system, electronic systems should be verified
and proven to be reliable; including the server;

4. Tana River  The inter-communal conflicts on land and pastures and water between the Pokomo
and Orma have persisted for many years. In the recent past this has calmed down. The
movement of citizens from Garisa to Tana River continues to cause tensions;
 Insecurity
 Boundary issues with Garissa
 Violent extremism recruitment
 Cultural practices that subjugate women in the community
 Poverty and poor health and education for the majority of the people
 Water scarcity

5. Lamu  Insecurity since 2014 in Lamu has been a major concern but now the situation has
been normalized. Mpeketoni was the worst affected.
 Land issues and conflicts between pastoralists and farmers/grazing and farming
corridors.
 Conflicts political competition between residents
 Tensions between Muslims and Christians being managed by the Interfaith committee
in Lamu
 Drug abuse among the youth is a big concern as it destroying the lives of young people
 The proposed Amu coal plant and the LAPSET projects have continued to cause major
disagreements and conflicts between the people of Lamu;
 The need for civic education
 Poor health services should be prioritized and situation alleviated
 Early marriages are leading to poverty and desperation and destroying the family and
social values for the affected families;

6. Taita/Taveta  Land issues- historical injustices- people do not have titles for decades
 Livestock overgrazing and water scarcity
 Boundaries with other counties needs to be resolved
 Food insecurity has not been addressed adequately
 Human- wildlife conflicts have persisted;
 Corruption in the county government remains a major concern and agencies tasked
with enforcing accountability seem weak and helpless; citizens are poorly equipped to
carry out social audits;
 Early pregnancies, domestic violence and negligence of children all afflict T/TC citizens.
The family unit ought to be renewed for it to perform its principal role.
 Education standards poor, drug abuse and alcoholism, school dropout rates are very
high, unemployment and poverty- these factors are interconnected;
 Historical injustices include neglecting of all injustices since independence including the
KWS control of vast sections of TTC land, injustices in the mining sector where non TTC
proprietors control the mining sector almost completely;
 County government has failed in the area of healthcare management
7. Garissa 

8. Wajir 

9. Mandera 
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10. Marsabit  Inter-ethnic tension around sharing of power and positions in the county government
among the 14 ethnic groups residents in Marsabit;
 Drought and water scarcity and corruption related to drilling of water pans, boreholes
and supply of water to the people of Marsabit is widely felt;
 Infrastructure has greatly improved all the way to Moyale opening up the Northern
part of Kenya
 Marsabit County is the largest County in Kenya, by land mass, and has a population of
about 291,000 people according to the 2009 Population Census. It borders Ethiopia to
the North and has an extensive dry land which can be developed into a great resource
if properly harnessed. But it was acknowledged that Peace has made all efforts at
proper development in the area almost impossible. The large wind potential that has
already been tapped into by the Government of Kenya, the solar potential, agricultural
and tourism potentials of Marsabit County have all remained unused due to the threat
of insecurity and porous borders.
 At the 2017 general election, Marsabit County was not spared as the long and
heightened Presidential election affected the economy of the area due to low
movement of goods and services. The Gubernatorial vote also witnessed a lot of
political interest and activity as Opposition and Pro-Government factions did battle. But
as it would emerge, this quickly degenerated into a tribal affair with different tribes
within the County interpreting the expected outcome as a matter of their tribe or clan
being targeted for political extermination and denial of services and vital development
agenda. Unfortunately, the religious community was also not spared in the ensuing
political climate as members of congregations aligned themselves along religious and
political affiliation.
11. Isiolo  The LAPSETT corridor land conflicts with “outsiders” taking advantage
 Livestock and pastoralist economy exposed and neglected
 Conflicts over businesses and land along ethnic lines including the Borana, Meru,
Somali among others
 Bribery and Kickbacks – Employment opportunities given at a fee, inflation of tenders
for kickbacks
 Bursaries for Education – These have been given to the less needy in favor of the rich,
neglecting the real vulnerable like orphans, poor disbursement and in some cases too
little to even make a significant case. Favoritism.
 Security – Open bribery of Police officers in order to serve the populace. Police vehicles
have no fuel even lacking fuel for responding to emergencies.
 Lands Office – Poor management of all land and land related issues both at the Ardhi
house (National) and the County level (Lands Registry Offices). These will frustrate the
schemes of cartels out to take away idle land.
 Difficulty in acquiring ID Cards – Locals get it hard to acquire some of the requirement
items, while this is made easier for the
 Delayed Payments – Some tenders have taken unnecessarily long in order to be paid
out. This should not be the case under devolution.
 Conflicts during election periods are caused mainly by tribalism, Religious Intolerance,
greed for Handouts, Lack of Goodwill for Women and Youth in Politics, Poor
Infrastructure, Delay in Results Declaration.
 Conflicts over pastures and water in the county has often taken an ethnic dimension;
 Corruption accusations against the county government were rife in the tendering
process, employment, bursaries allocation etc
 Recruitment into violent extremist activities is on the rise in Isiolo county;

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12. Meru  The country to conduct a proper audit of the extent of implementation of the
constitution
 The CDC rejected the amendment to introduce the posts of PM and two deputies
 Strengthen devolution at the Ward level and ensure that resources are availed to
support delivery of services
 Comprehensive civic education on the constitution, governance, participation, security
and peace is key;
 Meru generally endorsed the NDC resolutions except for the introduction of the PMs
position;
13. Tharaka-Nithi  Tharaka Nithi strongly rejected the idea of introducing the PM’s position and the
establishment of NECEC- instead asking that civic education be entrenched through
structures already existing including CBC, County governments etc;
 Staggering of elections was not endorsed at TN-C; they also did not support the audit
of IEBC and the electoral process;
 There was strong support for Ward Development funds and ward development
committees

14. Embu  Forensic audit of debt should extend to counties

 Implement the 2006 Sessional paper on youth employment
 Drug menace, alcohol rehabilitation be prioritized country wide
 Control the amount of money spent in elections by candidates and parties
 Protect whistle blowers
 HR function of schedule 4 be taken back to the national government while the
supervision and equipping remain at the county governments level
 Enact a law to compel incoming governments and leaders to complete projects
initiated by the previous administrations and leadership
 Embu did not endorse the staggering of elections – it could increase the cost of
elections that is already very high
 There should be established at every Police Station a Special Gender Crimes Unit and
safe spaces where men and women and other victims of violence can find shelter.
 Community supervision of police and security agencies at lower levels must be
enhanced to avoid mistreatment of people by the security forces
 Funds to counties should be increased to 45%
 Land settlement in Mwea be done well
 Need for collaboration between national and county governments in implementing
projects to strengthen cohesion
 Regulate Miraa consumption and trade
15. Kitui  Lack of information to the public, high level of unemployment, food insecurity,
economic instability and high cost of education
 Conflicts due to overgrazing especially the Kenyan Somalis coming into Kitui with
camels and livestock causing conflicts;
 Devolution can be strengthened by enhancing public participation, information and
civic education for the people of Kitui
 Insecurity and crime affecting Kitui adversely. There was a loud call for enhanced
security personnel numbers, police stations and proper equipping to deal with the
insecurity in far flung sub-counties of Kitui
 Service delivery especially healthcare and water and environmental issues not being
addressed appropriately; desertification is spreading rapidly and will render large
sections of Kitui inhabitable;
 Poverty levels remain very high
 Coal mining not being managed transparently, there is little dialogue on this resources
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16. Machakos  Youth unemployment due to among other factors the closing down of industries
without new ones opening up
 Scarcity of water, food security and the need for irrigation are key priorities;
 Environmental concerns due to resource depletion and affecting of rivers, pollution of
rivers, poor waste management, effluents from Nairobi
 Corruption ought to be tackled harder by EACC and other agencies to deter the
pilfering of the limited resources
 Intensification skill building, bursaries and improvement of education standards
 Effective involvement of women, youth and PWDs in policy and programming is key to
reduce marginalization and increase the voices of the most marginalized in Machakos;
17. Makueni  Drought and water scarcity


18. Nyandarua: Held  High rate of unemployment among the youths and the high rise of depression among
from 28th – 29th the youths
May 2019, at Fr.  Land issues: The Governor promised the CDC team that his administration will settle
Baldo all the land issues in Nyandarua County within the year.
 Health issues- facilities, management committees of facilities, availability of nurses and
medical personnel and medication are the key concerns;
 Inclusivity of all residents for harmonious co-existence Gender, age, religion, public
relation is ineffective, people with disability discrimination, lack bursaries,
communication and building facilities.
 Natural resources: Water, forests, quarries, and game parks along the Abadares Mau
Mau caves for example)
 Education: bursaries allocation, poor performance in national exams unlike in the past
when Nyandarua used to lead the whole country;
 On the Big Four Agenda, the Governor promised the CDC of an upcoming food
processing plant at Engineer town to be initiated soon which will address issues of food
security, unemployment and price fluctuation. In addition, the Governor promised to
put up potatoes cold storage which will help address the problem of prices and storage
thus encouraging farmers to increase production.
 The involvement of women in governance and participation in decision making a major
concern
 Insecurity in sections of the county due to the crime rates etc a concern for the
residents;

19. Nyeri  Not more than 2/3 rule be enforced only in appointive positions not in elective
positions
 Deteriorating education sector. This was compounded by issues of crisis of high
population in boarding secondary schools in Nyeri County
 High use of drugs and substance abuse among the young population
 Gender based violence
 Domestic violence- family killings on the rise
 Poor performance in the Agriculture sector due to national agriculture policies and
laws that need to be devolved to the counties.
 Terrorism and extremism in the county as demonstrated by youth joining terror groups.
 Government to compensate property and economic loss in times of violence
contributed by politics and public unrest
 The host county must enjoy most of her resources. In education sector, there is need
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 for the review of form 1 intake quota system such that in National schools we go for a
ratio of 50:50 sharing. For extra county schools, a ratio of 20:50:30 sub-county: county:
other counties respectively. Encourage other counties to invest in their schools before
nationalizing the secondary schools
20. Kirinyaga  The 2/3 gender rule should only be enforced in the appointive positions and not the
elective positions.
 Do not stagger elections but digitize elections so that they are all held together on the
same day
 A policy and framework above IEBC should be developed for vetting political seat
aspirants.
 A specific youth empowerment policy and strategy for Kirinyaga is needed
 Alcoholism: the high consumption of alcohol quite high among the youth and put
families at risk
 The Jubilee manifesto big four agenda has been politicized by selfish and self-centred
politicians. This has resulted to Tangatanga and Kieleweke teams, and Kenya is being
divided by the two political outfits.
 NG-CDF accountability remains a challenge
 Health facilities in a deplorable situation
 The governor generally not accessible The National Assembly should pass an act to
make it mandatory for governors to reside within their county.
 The procurement act should be amended to enhance transparency and accountability.
There should be vetting of directors of companies providing services to the
government to wade off conflict of interest.
 All leaders should undertake lifestyle audit as they fight corruption from the forefront.
 A National Ethics and Civic Education Commission (NECEC) should be established and
devolved to provide education and empowerment of the citizens of Kenya on socio-
political and civic matters. The Commission should be fully funded by the exchequer.
 A continuous audit of devolution, exiting county government and public officers. There
must be a clear documented handing over processes within the county government.
There should established social audit mechanisms by local residents and forensic audit
on all projects implemented by the Kirinyaga county government. This should also
ensure that all projects initiated are completed within stipulated timeframe before
funding new projects.

21. Murang'a  Water should first benefit Muranga before benefitting other counties;
 Establish the proposed Health Services Commission
 Implement the Climate Smart Agriculture strategy
 Youth engagement and empowerment must be harmonized and coordinated with a
long term view of things;
 SRC role in salaries be strengthened
 Corruption in land acquisition for public projects must be made transparent
 Churches should regulate giving in churches especially for projects as it has been
hijacked for political promotion and glorification of the givers;
 Life sentence for those involved in corruption is necessary to deter this menance in
Kenya
 Harassment of election opponents especially women candidates be punished severely
 Determine boundaries based on the populations census
 Police stations be increase and distributed better
 Strengthen public participation and civic education

22. Kiambu  Ministry of lands should be scrutinized in its operations and land reforms be
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 streamlined; role of NLC be made clear and capacity be increased significantly;
 There is need to review how IEBC commissioners are appointed, the voter register and
results transmission;
 Management of political parties should be discussed more intensely in order to
depersonalize them and institutionalize parties;
 Civic education on security laws and processes to enhance cooperation between the
police and communities;
 Ensure adherence to the not more than 2/3 gender threshold/ rule
 Reduce the number of county governments and streamline representation and
performance of functions by county governments;
 Those named in corruption scandals must step aside as they await to clear their names
 Benchmarking trips should be reduced to only necessary and justifiable ones;
 EACC ought to have been devolved to all counties by now; the CDC demands for this;
 Public procurement is fertile ground for corruption- the 2005 law on procurement and
disposal be reinstated;
 Alcoholism and drugs especially near schools is a big concern in Kiambu

23. Turkana  Land Registration – That community land should be adjudicated and citizens provided
with title deeds in order to commercialize their land tenure to access financial
opportunities for personal development.
 Transparency in Mineral Exploitation and Oil and Gas Operations – That the National
and County Government together with all relevant stakeholders, effect inclusive public
participation so that the community is well informed of the contractual agreements
including making public all contracts signed with development partners exploring
minerals and other natural resources in the County, for concessions.
 Water Scarcity – Construction of dams in collaboration with the National Government
and other development partners, and development of aquifers at Lotikipi, Napuu and
Kaakimat to improve the supply of water within the County.
 Food Security – Institute proper and comprehensive irrigation schemes in every arable
Sub County, and proper capacity building and incentives to farmers on sustainable
 agriculture and livestock breeding and marketing. These would boost food security.
 Border Management – They recommended that cross border initiatives be entrenched
in the peace treaties, including connector projects that bring members of neighboring
communities together.
 Firearms in Turkana – The County Commissioner called on the citizens to report illegal
firearm owners because these live amongst them. He charged the Religious leaders to
report cases of illegal ownership from among the community as these contributed to
insecurity.
 Cooperation with Criminals – He reminded the delegates that the insecurity tag in
Turkana County will remain because the residents are hiding criminals among them, so
much so that people ask for security from the Airport to the County Commissioner’s
office despite the close proximity of these places. This he attributed to the false
impression on insecurity in Turkana, aided by a alack of cooperation between the
residents and the security officers.
 Lack of ID Cards – The County Commissioner observed that there are numerous cases
of lack of proper registration and identification among the adults and elderly in Turkana
County. He took the chance to remind the delegates that birth certificates would be
issued to the populace, coming on the backdrop of a launch of free issuance of birth
certificates by the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National
Government, Dr. Fred Matiang’i, who would be launching a rapid results initiative (RRI)
for the service provision in Narok County, in the week succeeding the Turkana CDC.
These he reiterated would boost their accessibility to services like Inua Jamii programs
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 that require such identification, and that have eluded the Turkana community over
time.
 Education – A framework for ensuring that education is accessible to most residents in
Turkana County would be launched. This, he noted would be quite significant in the
help to fight against cattle rustling
 Negative Ethnicity/Tribalism – Institute comprehensive and continuous dialogues at
the Sub-County and Ward level, so that citizens practice ethical, non-tribal elections. A
change of attitude was identified as a societal need in order to enable the Turkana
populace to accept that there is life after elections, and so as to avoid divisive politics.
 Equitable sharing of Power and Development Resources – Sharing of resources and
County political power among regions and communities was identified as not only
bearing the potential to bring equity and sustainable development, but also encourage
an environment of trust in the leadership of the County.
24. West Pokot 

25. Samburu  Strong call was made to all involved to separate politics from security matters in
Samburu county;
 Provide Education, Entrepreneurship, Industrial Training for youth to cub Moraanism,
 insecurity in North Samburu and boarders of Laikipia and Isiolo Counties; the Marti
Division (in Samburu North) conflict; The Isiolo -Turkana Conflict and the Samburu-
Turkana Conflict,
 cattle rustling has not been stamped out of Samburu
 use existing traditional conflict resolution process to mitigate challenges of intra and
inter community conflict, house hold disputes, violence against women and young girls.
Communities should work with National and County Administrative units to foster
peace, cohesion and development among the community.
 natural resource based conflict, remain stubborn
 Corruption at the county level has put Samburu on the map;
 school enrolment and retention remains a big challenge; Early marriages, retrogressive
cultural practices among others contributing to poor education performance;
 Develop and adopt Environment sound policies to cub- forest destruction, land
settlement programs, sand harvesting policy, grassing management policies and
Disaster Risk Management Policy.
 Work together with National Government, NGOs in Environment awareness programs
and projects to support reclamation of water catchment areas and planting to tress to
improve vegetation cover in Samburu County
 County official to devoid to politics by entrenching clan issues in the process of seeking
justice and recovery of stolen resources.
 The County Assembly to strengthen their oversight roles for check and balances at the
county executive
26. Trans Nzoia  The county called for a careful treatment of the historical injustices in Trans Nzoia and
nationally as a separate issues from the seven as outlined at NDC1
 The delegates felt that devolution was not delivering the goods as the agricultural
productivity of the county was actually shrinking with imporation of maize and milk
now being witnessed in the county which is traditionally known as the bread basket-
 Protect farmers from middlemen, increase services to farmers in order to revamp a
collapsing agricultural sector in the county;
 Trans Nzoia County cohesion be addressed through negotiated democracy involving
elders of the diverse communities in the County.
 Have more cottage industries to be put up for value addition to the produce
 National and County Government to open more micro-finance and access to more
youths and at low interest rates
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  People of Trans Nzoia to have Title Deeds to access loans
 Trans Nzoia being the most cosmopolitan County in the Country has many pending
cases of internally displaced persons since independence. We urge both the National
and County Government to hasten legal frameworks of resettling the various categories
of people evicted before and after independence.
 Devolution has not done well owing to poor governance. We urge for fair distribution
of positions in the County Government. As the people of Trans Nzoia County we have
noted poor development in the County Government performance with evidence of
incomplete projects and high cases of tribalism and nepotism.
 The county has continued to experience increased incidences of insecurity. We
therefore urge the security agencies to beef up security especially along the border to
prevent further loss of innocent lives and property.
 To secure our borderlines, we urge the National and County Government to work with
our people in demarcating the no man’s land;
27. Uasin Gishu  Uasin Gishu used to be the hotbed of conflicts and violence but now is the hotbed of
peace
 Devolve all commissions to the county urgently to enhance the rights of the people
 Enact robust laws on agriculture and ensure full implementation to protect farmers
from exploitation by middlemen
 Create market linkages for produce and enhance value addition programs.
 Initiate partnership programs with successful countries like Israel in agricultural
irrigation by providing land
 Ban importation of commodities that can disadvantage local producers such as maize.
 Local available Government factories to be sole supplier of goods to all public entities
within the County i.e. Rivatex to be the sole supplier of fabrics to all institutions within
the county
 Devolving major health services in the County HQ to grass roots health facilities such as
Dialysis, Cancer Screening.
 Elgeyo / Nandi / Uasin Gishu into one county with an Executive Governor. Also amend
the constitution to reduce the number of the MCA by a third of the current number.
28. Elgeyo/Marakwet 

29. Nandi  Full implement the TJRC report recommendations as a starting point towards national
healing;
 Undertake forensic audit of national debt before further borrowing
 To effectively combat violent extremism, we urge the government to involved
communities through inclusive forums where religious leaders have a leading role;
 Initiatives like the ‘Handshake’ dividing the country more than uniting,
 Calls for a referendum, 2022 campaigns raising political temperatures
 Nandi county Youth employment session paper urgently required;
 Outstanding inter-county boundary conflicts should be resolved by IEBC collaborating
with the national government to enact an inter-counties Boundaries Act to guide this
endeavor. Involved National government, county and elders in the resolving of the
boundary issues;
 The constitution should only be amended to deal with the overburdening of citizens
with the wage bill and the difficult to implement 2/3 gender rule
 The county should enhance the ability of the Ward administrator to provide services
 Also strengthen information and civic education to enhance public participation

30. 30. Baringo  Need for flagship project by the county that will lead to productivity and economic
29th- 30th April, growth and opportunities for many unemployed youth
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 2019 at Paradise  Hire more community health workers (CHWs) to bolster health service provision;
Hotel, Kabarnet  Poor education standards come from lack of good infrastructure ( classrooms and roads
that are safe and accessible to schools)
 Give incentives to ECDE teachers

31. Laikipia  Ethnic tensions and challenges

 Conflicts over private ranches, farming and pastoralist communities of pastures and
grazing
 Recruitment of young people into violent extremist groups

32. Nakuru  The Nakuru County Maternal, New-born and Child Health Bill 2019 contains too many
issues that are in conflict with the beliefs and practices of the majority of the
Held on: 11th and participants in the CDC. It therefore ought to be rejected in toto and the County
12th June, 2019 at Assembly should facilitate comprehensive inter-sectoral engagement in the redrafting
The ACK Cathedral of the Bill.
Hall, Nakuru  County government should spearhead the formation of agricultural cooperatives and
expand extension services and technical support on the ground to help farmers to turn
around productivity and enhance family incomes;
 Ensure availability of county officials in the fields eg ; Agriculture, public health,
environment, livestock ,wild life.
 Increase in drug abuse menace in Nakuru a great concern. Rehabilitation of the
criminal gangs through economic empowerment and drug rehabilitation centres
 Emergence of criminal gangs in Nakuru such as Confirm and Gaza that terrorize
residents
 Violent extremism finding root in Nakuru with mentions of young people being
recruited
 NCIC should play a leading role of ensuring that when ethnic tensions emerge between
communities resident in Nakuru or with communities in the neighboring counties such
as Narok, Kericho etc there is an immediate resolution of such flare-ups;
 Roll out civic education, revamp NCIC and other commissions to ensure that incitement
and hate speech is curbed for elections to be peaceful and credible in the coming
years.
 Clear blue print for youth employment is needed for Nakuru county. Increase in
business financing may help in businesses expanding and occupying the idel youth;
Collaborate with religious leaders on employment opportunities
 Introduce public participation in order for everybody to participate at village level
 MCAs not effective in their roles of oversight, consultation on legislation
 The building of the Maternal and child Hospital being carried out secretively

33. Narok  The health care sector in Narok has many challenges including absenteeism,
Held on 9th and 10th of unnecessary surgical procedures to help the hospitals raise money from the NHIF
April 2019 at the Kims system;
Breeze Hotel Narok  The SGR construction in Suswa had not benefited most locals as workers were brought
in from elsewhere. Also, those employed in the project were not paid appropriately.
Delegates called for fairness in the employment and remuneration of local staff, and an
progressive policy on local content management be formulated and implemented.
 Preservation of the Maasai cultural heritage, which is rich. This should be encouraged
despite the settlement of other communities among the Maasai.
 Settlement of Land disputes – The Community Policing should be supported and
strengthened so as to effectively lead in dialogue and dispute resolutions on land

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 Elections have been identified as a trigger, therefore those who are not originally from
Narok aare advised not contest elections
 Land Disputes should be solved amicably with sound reason by everyone.
 Land Rates – Delegates noted that outsiders buy land from the locals on the cheap,
due to poverty. They called on a policy to regulate land acquisition and sale, that would
protect the indigenous locals as a remedy.
 Sanitation and General Public Health – The Sewerage system in Narok County is poor,
and Hotels discharging effluents into the rivers were called out. An upgrade of this was
strongly recommended and hotels cautioned to discharge their wastes appropriately.
 The church should take the lead in combating retrogressive practices particularly child
marriages and FGM
 The parenting role has weakened in Narok and concerted efforts are needed to
alleviate the deteriorating role that is crucial in raising a cohesive society;

34. Kajiado  Encourage the county government to adapt an open door policy- current the county
government is run in opaque ways and not accessible
 Land issues in Kajiado due to the large number of settlers should be managed well and
the policy framework arrived at through a consultative process;
 Weak public involvement is weakening Kajiado;
 Need for pro-poor revenue raising strategies by the county to avoid destroying the
productivity and economic productivity of the people of Kajiado
 Response to drought, scarcity of water needs a county led- national response in favour
of Kajiado;
 Environmental conservation
 Improving education and healthcare is acutely in need of bolstering- the CDC called on
the County government to spearhead the transformation of the County
 Corruption should be dealt with more decisively by government agencies but also by
the members of the public leading in the condemning no facilitating corruption-
 The country led by Parliament should resolve the gender stand off to ensure the
principle of equality is upheld at all levels.

35. Kericho  X

36. Bomet A) Bomet residents raised the issue of unclear boundaries between the Kipsigis and the
26th and 27th June 2019 neighbouring communities, which was identified as the main source of conflict that is a
threat to national cohesion. To them, proper demarcation of borders is required in order
to enable the neighbors trust each other.
 Farmer be promoted, protected and enabled to expand agriculture
 Markets like Kapkwen be expanded and infrastructure and market structures be built
to standard
 Prices of agricultural produced be controlled to shield producers ( farmers)
 Cooling plants be built for farmers
 Lack of sporting facilities for athletes and talent that is abundant in the county
 Insecurity in Bomet blamed on corrupt police officers, poor police cells, police stations
remain of a bad state and need modernization; relations with community and citizens
remains bad
 Public participation should be expanded to the village level since this will be helpful
when conducting County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP), Annual Development
Plan (ADP), Finance Bill, Budgeting process among others.
 Land allotment, fraud at the lands offices, issuance of land ownership documents,

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 Youth unemployment
 Climate change is devastating farmers and other productive activities in the county
with changing weather patterns;
37. Kakamega  The delegates supported the staggering of elections and action to reduce the cost of
holding elections in Kenya
 Kakamega CDC delegates applauded the religious leaders for convening the dialogue
conference
 operationalize the County Policing Authority and strengthen Community Policing
committees and Nyumba Kumi structures at all levels. The plenary delegates also said
that village elders to be co-opted in security matters and incentivized. On arming of
private security guards, delegates proposed that more public participation is needed
together with legal framework and policy before the proposal is implemented.
 There CDC proposed a quasi parliamentary system of governance to enhance inclusivity
and accountability of the executive

 The County Government should scrap positions that do not add value to the public like
the many advisor positions. The national Government should also do away with the
position of CAS.
 The national government should decentralize all services to counties especially
immigration services.
 The need to establish cottage industries and revive local industries especially Mumias
Sugar company to stimulate economic growth in the County. The County Government
to move and enhance agricultural productivity by capacity building of Field Extension
Officers and protection of local farmers. Youths should be encouraged to seek self-
employment since job opportunities in the formal sector are few.

 The residents observed that the Wage bill at the count level was high
 The CDC called for the increase of allocation to county governments as proposed by the
NDC 1
 Commended the Police IG for removing the numerous road-blocks that were a
common feature all over Kakamega
 They call for Environmental action plan for Kakamega to save the wetlands, forests,
rivers etc from totally drying up leading to a disaster

38. Vihiga  Vihiga County Governor, H.E. Wilberforce Otichilo appreciated the Building Bridges
Initiative (BBI) and welcomed it for bringing peace and tranquility in the Country
24th -25th April, 2019 at especially on the political front.
Broad Park Hotel,  The County allocations from the National Treasury should be increased to about 40%
Mbale-Vihiga County since more funds to the counties will translate into better services to the people
 The electoral system needs to be reviewed since the winner takes everything leaving
the loser with nothing for all the votes garnered.
 political parties were the start of the problems facing the political system. The
nominations process in political parties was rife with corruption.
 The election technology employed starting from voter registration, voting and results
transmission has many loopholes that needed to be addressed.

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 IEBC officials should be held personally liable in case they are found guilty of election
offences.
 Civic education to be enhanced at all levels for greater public participation.
 Hold to account public officers engaging in electoral malpractices and speedily
conclude such cases as they arise.
 IEBC to provide a framework for whistleblowers to give information against those using
public resources to seek for votes.
 There should be equity in the sharing of national resources and positions. Government
opportunities should not be monopolized on the basis of power sharing at national
levels. The county government should not give positions along ethnic lines or on the
basis of which ethnic group the Governor comes from.
 The National Transitional Justice Authority should be established immediately to
oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the Truth, Justice and
Reconciliation Commission.
 Vihiga County needs to have a harmonized county cultural day to acknowledge our
county heroes and celebrate our cultural diversity.
 The continuing Kieleweke and Tanga tanga narrative is dividing the country. The
narrative should be issue based and not based on political alignments.
 The National Government has exercised discrimination in the way it compensated
victims of the 2007 post-election violence. Those in other areas were adequately
compensated but those in Vihiga have never been compensated.
 Social media is fermenting ethnic intolerance in Vihiga County and perpetuated by the
young people. This ethnic antagonism should stop for the good of the county.

39. Bungoma  Devolution has been faced with many challenges including court cases (governor
Wangamati). The CPSB is one of the issues
 Ensure the SGR is not re-routed to Kisumu but to go through Bungoma to Malaba as
earlier designed
 Political parties have never been institutionalized in Kenya
 Militia groups have proliferated in Bungoma- 19 are active
 Security sector reforms have not focused on community security but state security-
community policing is weak
 Reduce the cost of elections and stagger the elections
 Rain fed agriculture has failed and no longer reliable- county governments should
invest in modernization of agriculture
 On National cohesion, the CDC appreciated efforts by the County Government of
Bungoma to setup a multi-sectoral taskforce on peace, cohesion and integration policy
and legislative framework- they called for other counties to replicate this;
 Allocations to counties should increase to at least 30% and timely release of funds be
observed without failure
 CDF must now be wound up and funds shifted to county government or other
structures of administration
 Protection of whistle blowers remains very weak in Kenya
 Public debt is a major concern and there is need for forensic audit
 Decentralize IPOA, Ombudsman, KNCHR etc
 The current model of appointing IEBC commissioner is not satisfactory and is not
working the country should revisit this model
40. Busia  X
 The Chief Guest to the Busia County Dialogue Conference was the County
15th and 16th April, 2019 Commissioner, Mr. Jacob Namule Narengo
at Farm View Hotel-  He appreciated the effects of the handshake between H.E. the President and Rt. Hon.
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 Busia Raila Odinga which has helped to bring tranquillity in Kenya at a time when the
country’s peace and stability was strained due to the last general elections.
 The issue of youth unemployment which, in Busia town, had become associated with
rising crime and cross border smuggling.
 Crime and insecurity especially in Butula sub-county
 Registrar of persons must harmonize issuance of identity cards to avoid registration of
foreigners in Busia County. They noted that this was a big issue during elections in
Busia County and contributed to irregular transfer of voters across voting areas.
 Standard Gauge Railway should not be re-routed through Kisumu but it should go
through Bungoma and Malaba as earlier designed. Reasons for the change should be
made public and sufficient public participation undertaken.
 It was also agreed that the County Government of Busia to enact the policy and
regulations of the Public Participation Act to enhance public participation in all matters
of public service.
 the president should take personal responsibility on corruption and that anyone
mentioned should immediately step aside. They also proposed that corruption should
be made a capital offence and life sentences imposed on those found guilty. It was also
resolved that all corruption cases should have a 6 month prosecution limit to avoid
indefinite dragging of cases in courts.
 On constitutional and legal reforms, they resolved that only the National Senate should
be scrapped as a cost cutting measure but the National Assembly should remain as
constituted.
 However, on implementation of the two thirds gender rule, the conference resolved
that political parties should be strengthened and the rule adopted at political party
primary nominations.
 IPOA to give an update of investigations into the police-public conflict which had earlier
been witnessed. The delegates also asked the County Commissioner to ensure that the
excessive roadblocks in Busia town should be reduced as they were havens of
corruption. They also noted that despite the presence of these roadblocks, smuggling
was still rife in the county.
 Delegates also demanded for immediate transfer of police officers who had overstayed
more than 3 years in the stations. These are the officers who had formed cartels with
thugs.
 On National cohesion, they noted the need for County Government of Busia to
establish a County cultural centre to celebrate cultural diversity in Kenya. At the
national level, they called for establishment of curriculum that supports learning of
local languages.
 On devolution, the delegates warned against the practice of abandoning projects by
politicians simply because they were started by their political nemesis.

41. Siaya  High and multiple taxes undermining economic productivity in Siaya
 Corruption and nepotism at the county should be dealt with as it leads to poor delivey
of services; lifestyle audits on all senior county officials should be carried out at
random to expose the corrupt and deal with such cases;
 Continued raw political thuggery which indignifies the electoral process and put its
legitimacy at stake.
 Clannism and nepotism at the county level politics and
 ethnic balkanization as a political mobilization strategy at national level remains distinct
challenges in ensuring peace and stability especially during electioneering period as
witnessed in the 2007/2008 and 2017 Post Election Violence (PEV).
 There is need to Strengthen civic engagement with the Building Bridges Taskforce (BBI)
 an all-inclusive government that defies the ‘Winner-Take it-All’ model at the National
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 and County levels should be a way of life and this should be seen in employment,
resource allocation and overall development initiatives.
 In particular, the county and national jobs should reflect the true picture of siaya
residents and Kenya respectively without due influence of clannism, ethnicity or
political considerations.
 The CDC called for the audit and inventory of abandoned or stalled projects like,
polytechnics, agricultural stores, silted water pans, shallow wells, health centres and
dispensaries as well as other water projects and map out strategies of completing them
so that the community can benefit from them instead of rolling out new projects in the
subsequent county budgets which more often is invariably at odds with the
propositions of the Siaya residents.
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42. Kisumu  X

43. Homa Bay  End the wrangles between the CA and the county Executive, between MCAs, between
Ward Admins and MCAs etc in order to focus the county on service delivery
 Protect whistle blowers
 Hire competent staff in the County Offices
 Strengthen Civic education, public information and participation in order to remedy the
situation
 Increased cases of rape and violence against women and girls is a big concern
 All efforts be made to address the youth unemployment and hopelessness and engage
the youth in order to secure the destinies of our future generations and families;
 Education and action to enhance Gender equality, increasing women’s participation is
key to the development and progress of families
 Include women in the Luo and Suba Councils of elders
 Speak up against the harassment of women in the county-
 The religious leaders have a role to convene all stakeholders and enhance sober
engagement on issues bedeviling the county in general;
 Individual, institutional ( family, IEBC etc) , sectoral reforms ( health, education etc) and
national and county level reforms strongly recommended;
44. Migori  National and Local elections are marred by violence, fatalities and serious ineptitude by
the election management commission. Migori CDC noted that while the laws governing
elections are among the best in the world, deliberate interference by state is worrying.
Ideally, electoral process is always predictable but the outcome is unpredictable but in
Kenya, it’s the other way round.
 Lack of industries and economic activity for the youth leading to unemployment and
crime across Migori
 Mainstreaming women, youth and PWD agenda in the county is seriously lacking.
Compliance with the constitution on one-third women representation is a huge concern
amongst the delegates.
 The Migori MCAs and County Assembly weak and inept in carrying out its oversight roles
 The county government is over staffed and little revenue is left for development and
delivery of programs and services;
 County governments not properly funded- the CDC called for increase in allocation to
Counties to improve service delivery;
 Deliberate exclusion along ethnic lines, politicians’ outright show of impunity, State
capture of key national interests, bullish executive, rogue and selfish parliament, corrupt
and often-times inept judiciary among others is of grave concern.
 marginalization of the minority Kuria community by the majority Luo community in the
county.
 Existence of criminal gang called Sangwenya and others a great concern to the security
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 Food insecurity being experienced in county
 Constitutional Commissions to be strengthened so as to enhance good governance and
keep the Government in check for competence in their service delivery to the citizens

45. Kisii  X

46. Nyamira  X

47. Nairobi City  The Nairobi County Dialogue Conference was held at the Friends Church Hall on Ngong
road and its proceedings endorsed the NDC resolutions extensively on;
 National cohesion
 Security sector reforms
 Services and the economy
 Combating corruption
 Ensuring elections in future are credible and peaceful
 Strengthening devolution
 Carrying out constitutional and other legal reforms

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