Canon Karanja Meets Iringo Ahead of Pamoja National Conference
The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) General Secretary Reverend Canon Peter Karanja today held discussions with Interior Ministry Principal Secretary Mutea Iringo on the upcoming national conference on healing and reconciliation. The 3 day conference dubbed ‘The Pamoja Initiative’, is slated for 9th to 11th of next month. During the meeting, Canon Karanja said that the conference will provide a platform for Kenyans and the stakeholders, to continue with the conversation on healing and reconciliation in the Country. He underscored the importance of the initiative in providing safe spaces to communities in the country to dialogue on pertinent issues that have hitherto created ethnic divisions in the country. Canon Karanja who is among the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) goodwill peace ambassadors, took the P.S through the NCCK’s peace work and grassroot engagement in the country over the last five years. On his part Mr Iringo appreciated the initiative adding that 70% of a country’s problems are solved if there is peace and tranquility. Also present during the meeting with Iringo was NCCK Deputy General Secretary Oliver Kisaka and Senior Programmes Officer for Governance and Social Services Chris Kinyanjui. The Pamoja National Conference will bring together over 250 national and international delegates among them heads and representatives of key government institutions, councils of elders, religious leaders and scholars. The Interfaith conference will feature plenary discussions on thematic areas, speeches and possible solutions to issues that threaten the national fabric. The Pamoja National Conference is being organized by NCCK through the Inter-Religious Council Forum (IRCK), the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), the Joint Parliamentary Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunities, the Danish Embassy in Kenya among others.
