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.
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”.
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.
He said that it is only through literacy that communities will be 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.
By Rose Achiego, Waumini Communications KCCB
