KENYA: Ease Refugees’ Suffering by Maintaining Peace, Nations urged
Leaders of Nations from where Refugees and Migrants emanate have
been urged to maintain peace and develop their Countries to reduce the refugee
influx in Kakuma and Daadab camps in Kenya.
been urged to maintain peace and develop their Countries to reduce the refugee
influx in Kakuma and Daadab camps in Kenya.
In his opening speech during the workshop organized by Kenya
Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) – Commission for Refugees, Migrants and
Seafarers held at Emmaus Centre Nairobi from 22nd – 26th,
February, 2016, the Commission Vice-Chairman Rt. Rev. Virgilio Pante said, “peace
in these Countries especially South Sudan, will enable voluntary repatriation
of the refugees and subsequently, development of the Country of origin”.
Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) – Commission for Refugees, Migrants and
Seafarers held at Emmaus Centre Nairobi from 22nd – 26th,
February, 2016, the Commission Vice-Chairman Rt. Rev. Virgilio Pante said, “peace
in these Countries especially South Sudan, will enable voluntary repatriation
of the refugees and subsequently, development of the Country of origin”.
Concerning the internally displaced people due to ethnic clashes
in Kenya, Bishop Pante called on the government to empower them through
education and build more infrastructures in the remote and warring communities
instead of an exercise of disarming the locals since, thinking that peace will
prevail. “It is not a permanent
solution,” he said.
in Kenya, Bishop Pante called on the government to empower them through
education and build more infrastructures in the remote and warring communities
instead of an exercise of disarming the locals since, thinking that peace will
prevail. “It is not a permanent
solution,” he said.
He said that it is only through literacy that communities will be
able to change the negative cultures and peacefully coexist with one another.
able to change the negative cultures and peacefully coexist with one another.
The workshop brought together about 30 participants from the
Dioceses in Kenya, Jesuits Refugees Services (JRS), the Salessian Fathers and
other organizations working with refugees in Kenya.
Dioceses in Kenya, Jesuits Refugees Services (JRS), the Salessian Fathers and
other organizations working with refugees in Kenya.
By Rose Achiego, Waumini
Communications KCCB
Communications KCCB
