Religious Leaders Commitment to Building Trust and Joint Action on Peace and Security In Mombasa County

COMMITMENT TO BUILDING TRUST AND JOINT ACTION ON PEACE AND SECURITY IN MOMBASA COUNTY

Senior Religious Leaders and Security officials have gathered at Sarova Whitesands in Mombasa today, on 26^th May 2023:

RECOGNIZING that Mombasa County has in the past several years experienced an upsurge in crimes and that response to these challenges requires a collaborative action between state and non-state actors. We have deliberated and identified the following issues:

• Youth criminality juvenile gangs – such as the ‘Shakahola massacre’, ‘40 Brothers’
• Alarming rates of divorce and the collapse of the institution of marriage.
• Our faith and culture are not sufficiently reflected in our education system
• Boda-Boda-Related Crime and Violence
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
• Violence against Children
• Radicalization and Recruitment into Violent Extremism

COMMIT to refocus our energies, efforts and resources to re-engineer our societal architecture and work together with all actors, partners and stakeholders.

We further commit to building trust and joint action on addressing these issues to ensure there is peace, cohesion, and security in Mombasa County. Further, we commit to support and give input to The Presidential Taskforce On the Review of the Legal and Framework Governing Religious Organizations.

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