{"id":614,"date":"2014-12-11T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2014\/12\/11\/kenya-3rd-peace-and-cross-border\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:40:52","slug":"kenya-3rd-peace-and-cross-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2014\/12\/11\/kenya-3rd-peace-and-cross-border\/","title":{"rendered":"KENYA: Muslim Community Joins the Cross Border Peace Initiative in Turkana Region"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n<\/div>\n
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\n\ufeff<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
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Muslim Participant Contributing <\/i>
\nsomething to the discussion<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
\n\ufeffFor the first time in the history of Cross Boarder Peace Initiative that  started in 2012, the Muslim community in Lodwar has decided to join the initiative by sending three representatives to attend the 3rd
\nConference on Peace and Cross-Border Evangelization held at St. Teresa\u2019s Pastoral Centre, in Lodwar from 7th to 10th December 2014.<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\nAcknowledging on their presence, the Bishop of Lodwar, Rt. Rev. Dominic Kimengich, during his opening remarks said that commitment of everybody is a key ingredient to attaining peace in the region.<\/p>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n\u201cThis conference has been sanctioned by God, we have the mandate to bring peace, so let us go forth without fear and do our work with total commitment and we will surely have peace reign among our people.\u201d Bishop Kimengich said adding that “This is yet another indication that the struggle for peace by the Diocese of Lodwar for all people in Turkana County, the neighboring counties and countries and also in the whole region is at the top of their priorities and it is a struggle they are passionate about.” <\/p>\n

The
\nConference which had the theme \u201cCollective Responsibility; Peace across All Borders<\/i><\/b>\u201dwas preceded with the Eucharistic Celebrations led by the Bishop Dominic Kimengich and attended by Priests representatives from participating dioceses together with Christians from across the region. After
\nthe Holy Mass, the participants held a Peace March through Lodwar Town which
\nwas also led by the Bishop of Lodwar.<\/div>\n

\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
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Participants in a peaceful March through Lodwar Town<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
\nWaving
\nplacards bearing peace messages in English, Kiswahili and Ng\u2019aturkana and
\ncarrying banners of peace the Christians marched to the tunes played by the
\nSalvation Army Band that was invited for the event and chanted \u2018Peace\u201d for all
\nto hear and bear witness that the Church is and has always been for peace.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe
\nconference brought together eight Dioceses; Kitale, Nakuru and Maralal (Kenya),
\nKotido and Moroto from Uganda, Torit from South Sudan and Jimma Bonga from
\nEthiopia. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nAlso in
\nattendance were representatives from the Shalom Center, Chemichemi ya Ukweli,
\nAMECEA, KCCB- Justice and Peace, Turkana Peace Forum, Turkana County
\nGovernment.<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\nThe
\nConference that has become an annual event organized by the Diocese of Lodwar
\nthrough Fr. Albert Salvans and the Peace and Cross Border Affairs Department
\nwas aimed at sharing and approving a developmental and strategic plan for 2015
\nto 2019. It was sponsored by Pax\u2013 Netherlands, Trocaire and UKAid.<\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\n <\/div>\n
\nSOURCE: Evangeline Munyi, Catholic Diocese of
\nLodwar<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\ufeff Muslim Participant Contributing something to the discussion \ufeffFor the first time in the history…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2670,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions\/2670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}