 I'd like to appreciate all our honored guests who've come to be with us during this launch, and especially our development partners, those from state and non-state actors, our partnering organizations from different embassies, feel welcome. Again, I'd like to appreciate the presence of our youth researchers all the way from Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairobi, who are the reason why we are here today. Feel much welcome and appreciated. In a special way, I'd also like to appreciate and acknowledge the presence of my colleagues from USIP. Feel welcome. So at this juncture, I would like to request Dr. Ilana Lancaster and Dr. Skip to join me on stage. These two have been critical in the inception of PAR, and they've been with us from the beginning, and so it is prudent to give them space to speak to us briefly about the whole PAR process and what to expect. Let us give them a round of applause. Good morning. We are very appreciative to have you here with us today to participate and learn about the work that we've been doing with youth researchers in Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairobi. I am Ilana Lancaster with USIP, and together Skip and I, this is a bit of a pet project, if you will, something we're very passionate about, and we've been working with all these wonderful youth researchers and generation change fellows. Skip. Welcome to all of you. It's a joy to see all of you here. It's a pleasure to be here with all of the youth researchers that we've been working with the last two years. This has been an incredible and exciting project, and I'm happy to see it coming to this culmination. So what we want to do is just give you a little background about the project. I think most of you know about the United States Institute of Peace, but in case you don't, we were established by US Congress in 1984, and our work is to prevent, mitigate and resolve violent conflict around the world. We are a government agency independent and nonpartisan. This participatory action research project was in partnership with the generation change fellows program. The generation change fellows program is active in 21 countries in Africa, in Asia, in the Middle East and in South America, in particular in Colombia. And we have generation change fellows who are doing the work of building peace in their communities. All of our generation change fellows, including our Kenyan generation change fellows, of which there are 41, all have founded or managed youth-led peace-building organizations. And the generation change fellows invest deeply, program invest deeply in the youth peace builders in support of UN Resolution 2250. So we, USIP, see youth as not passive recipients of the peace and security agenda, but rather active agents of change. And with that, we are going to talk a little bit more about PAR. Thank you. So the question, what is PAR, what is participatory action research? And so jumping off where Alana leaves us about Resolution 2250, it really is about trying to move youth to the center of the peace-building agenda, and not just through a kind of superficial participation, but really helping them move to the center of creating knowledge about what peace-building is in their communities. And so when Alana and I decided to work on this together, we thought about what would be the most appropriate methodology, and participatory action research is one that I had worked with for about 20 years now. And the real purpose of it is to shift power to the people, to shift it to youth, to shift it to communities. And so when we often think about research, we think of research being done by people who have letters after their name, PhD, masters, that you have to have extensive education. And the real goal with participatory action research is to take knowledge that all people have knowledge, they all have experience, and that people are the experts in their own lives. So nobody is more of an expert in Lakoni than the people who live in Lakoni. And so if you want to know about what's happening there, how do we engage them? If you live in Kasumu, Matari, these are the people you want to engage. It's not that young people are not engaged in research, but the way that they are engaged is very superficial. It says enumerators, they're going out and helping fill out questionnaires, or helping somebody else do a research question, you're gathering data for them. But PAR shifts that power dynamic upside down and says the youth are going to be the ones who are leading this research. They're the ones who are at the center, they're creating the question, they're determining the research structure, and they're guiding the process. So we really see it as really building the capacity of youth to be researchers throughout the process. And it builds their capacity, it engages other people in the community who are participating in that work. And at the end of the day it marginalizes, it mobilizes marginalized voices and marginalized knowledge. It's often overlooked in important peace building practices. So for us it's a very transformative approach. It's also an iterative approach. So often times with research things are kind of set out at the beginning. There's a research design and people follow it throughout the whole process. For various reasons participatory research is more iterative. And it's about learning as you go and adapting as you go. So there's a little spiral that we use to describe the process. And so it makes even more sense when you're new to participatory work, when you're new to research because you're not familiar with how a research cycle works. And so you begin to learn, you take some ideas, you act on those, you reflect on what it was to do that work and then you take another action and move forward. And so the whole year long process of doing participatory work with these youth was about exploring some concepts, looking at some ideas, going out into the community, engaging with people, coming back and making sense of that knowledge and then working together to determine how we would move forward. So every time the youth would engage we would come back and debrief with them for a couple of hours to understand what had happened and then we would work together to determine what those next steps would be. So the process was very fluid, it was very cooperative, it was collaborative throughout the entire structure. And so I'll say a little bit about that. So we basically broke this work into four phases. It was spread over about 12 months in about 12 different workshops that the youth organized and those were formal workshops and between those there are dozens of other smaller activities that happened in each of the cities. So also imagine that this process is happening in parallel in three different cities. So it's happening in Nairobi, it's happening in Kasumu and it's happening in Mombasa. What we worked with our facilitators or generation change facilitators to help get them up to speed in the methods and the facilitation of participatory action research that was working with Alana and myself. And then we turned it over to them to engage with the youth that they are active with in their communities. They called them together and said this is our plan, this is your research project, it's really up to you to determine where this is going to go. We'll help you with the process, with the content, the structure, the direction is really all in your hands and that was a really exciting call to the young people in these communities to have that put before them something that seemed out of reach to do research is suddenly put into their hands and saying it's yours. You're not the enumerator, you're not the person just doing the work for someone else, this is your own work. And so the four phases of this work were basically around generating what the research question was going to be and that was a couple of months process, the three phases of the work that included that. Welcome. This is our colleague from Likoni, welcome. It's great to have you here. So the first phase of the work was really about the ideation deciding what the research question was going to be again, this was the youth researchers deciding what the focus would be. This led to each of the cities having their own focus. Kasumu was on youth employment, Mombasa on countering violent extremism at the community level and Nairobi around engaging with government, good governance for a youth perspective. So that was the first phase of the work and then moved into determining this is our research question, who do we engage with, do we engage with. The government do engage with police, leaders and so there was a question of who your stakeholders are going to be to collaborate with because it's not just about your knowledge, it's about collaborating and gathering knowledge from across the whole of the community. So that was the most extensive phase of working with people, working with different workshops. They use different participatory tools to gather data and engage with different community groups. The Mombasa team itself engaged more than 350 people in their process. The other teams engaged about 70 or 80 people through the various methodologies that they utilized. The third phase of this was to bring all of that data together, to do an analysis to make sense of what the key findings and key themes of that research were across the various stakeholder groups. You'll see a little bit about what that process looked like in the film that's coming up. And then once there were some key findings and sort of a final idea what the synthesis of all this information was, the groups then decided to bring that information back to the community because one of the other general concerns about regular research is it's a bit extractive. The community, they gather data and then they disappear. And that may come out in the academic report but the people in the community never see what was the result of that research. So it was very important for these researchers to bring that finding back to the community to report back to the community about what they had learned and share it with the very stakeholders that they collected information with. And that was the final phase of the research which was a big public event, a finding sharing event in which people were invited to participate and it was very itself participatory, inactive engagement. So just a final slide here. We did make an effort to really try to understand the impact of this work. We're still doing that, we're still assessing it but the publication that you have goes to a great extent to try to understand what the impact was. And we looked at the impact in terms of a variety of levels. The first of these being really people reconceptualizing what research is, moving from a very traditional model of what research looks like to a more participatory, engaged model of knowledge production. We were really imagining how to do research from that, that all of our practitioners, our generation change fellows, then realizing that research is not something beyond the grasp of myself and my organizations and how do we embed research as a practice in our peace building organizations at the local level. And so that comes to the practitioners who then build that into the organization and then finally we look at the results in terms of the youth and who you'll hear from the day in terms of what their experience was and what the value of this process was for them and that's detailed in the publication of policy impacts that came through this work because they were actually quite a lot of engagement from the local policy makers, local ward leaders and things who are part of this research, who are actually very receptive to the work and that's one of the powerful things about this work is that it takes local knowledge and not only mobilizes it, lifts it up, but it puts it in a form which is recognized and validated by people who are stakeholders in policy making and they can use it to make change very rapidly. Allow me to acknowledge the presence of the Honorable Mishim Boko Karibusana Mama Let's appreciate her Feel much welcome Karibusana At this juncture it's my honor to invite Mr. Matt Van Itten, the CV coordinator here at the US Embassy Kenya to come and give us his address Karibusana Mr. Van Let's appreciate Mr. Van Habari Zenu Honorable MP Mboko Mabibi Namabwana I'm going to try that again Mabibi Namabwana Thank you That's about the end of it folks I'm sorry I am a poor substitute for the keynote speaker today who was intended We're hoping that he will join later today because we have many important things to talk about including the very issues at play here in this event today Personally, I'm very honored for the grateful for the opportunity to join you all for this important event Once again, my name is Matt Van Itten CV coordinator for the Embassy Mission Nairobi is very engaged in CVE across the board over 30 million dollars in programming many agencies recognizing not only what is at stake when it comes to CVE in Kenya but also with which civil society and government has made in combating these threats I know I speak for the whole Embassy when I say how proud we are to host this group of young dynamic advocates working to drive peace building and address radicalization As you know, these are generational issues driven by deep seated factors like marginalization ideology and perceived economic equality The champions in this room are the generation of leaders stepping up to address these challenges and as President Kenyatta said following the tragic attacks at 14 Riverside to build a new Kenya that is prosperous, secure and inclusive and in which every Kenyan has an opportunity to thrive The United States has been proud to put youth front and center in its CVE and other peace building efforts in recent years Our doing so recognizes that youth have a unique opportunity to create events in this thriving democracy You are all so much a part of why Kenya stands out for addressing issues like radicalization honestly, inclusively and creatively while learning from tragic lessons of the past as the United States has also unfortunately had to do At U.S. Embassy Nairobi we also share the approach of those in this room in demanding active and participatory research before conducting any CVE related activities The methodology being presented today represents yet another innovative leap in Kenya's leadership on CVE in the region as well as around the world and it aims as it aims to dig deeper into underlying issues at play in this ever-evolving field Armed with this new approach practitioners across the region can improve their management of the threats of violence in vulnerable areas The United States is and will always remain a steadfast partner with Kenya in this journey Karibuni Sana, thank you all very much Thank you Mr. Van Kindly remain to assist us in awarding certificates to the six power facilitators At this juncture let me invite Dr. Ilana and Skip together with the six power facilitators to come on stage so that we can receive our certificates from Mr. Mart Van Karibuni Salim, Sungora, Munira Olivia Rehema and myself We are going to award the certificates according to teams So we are going to begin with Team Nairobi and we are going to begin with Salim Salim We have Rehema Zait Rehema So for Team Kasumu we'd like to recognize Gregory Okumu and also Olivia Ogada And now for Team Mombasa Munira Hamisi Nicholas Sangora Last but never least Never Finally I request to get the power facilitators to take a group photo and then we exit the stage Briefly Thank you so much Ilana and Skip for that session At this juncture I'll request to invite the power youth researchers from Kasumu to come and share with us the experience during power in the best mana that they are prepared for. Karibu Sana, Team Kasumu How may I help you? Sir, you said that in one time someone who can drive very well I'm driving, I know how to drive so well I don't play so well So let's follow myself with you now to drive What do you want me to do? To employ me? I can't employ wrong people like you Next time don't come to Nairobi look at the way you are shaggy You know me Where did you study? Abad University Washington DC No, no, no, shut up I want to hear something all right Can you get out of my office? Yes My mother's daughters Yes Can you get out of my office? You will not employ me I can't employ such rags You can't do it You are taking too much Let me just talk to myself It's none of your business Can you call the next visitor? Look at her Enjoy Good morning Can you turn around? You will not manage my morning Ladies and gentlemen God bless you people What is your name? My name is Marci You already got the job This application I know you got the job So can you do something? Can you go to the beer? You know beer? Feel I love you You don't want the job? No, I want the job Then I have already employed you I want you to be my third wife Yes You need this for the first time You need this for the first time My friend He is competing with the job But on a condition Where? I know people I know people You know that I drink every day With horrible people Good morning ladies and gentlemen Good morning How are you today? Can you turn next to your neighbor Why are you saying hi in flight mode? My name is Steven Okwan I am part of the team I should do the mic I am not enough These things came with aeroplane Some of us just see them when there is an accident Unfortunately we are sorry for the source we lost My name is Steven Okwan I am part of the team from Kisumu We are just showcasing that amazing item on stage If you loved it, can you just give a round of applause? Thank you As Kisumu Participatory action research team Through the support From the generation change fellows We managed to engage Participatory action research methodologies Primarily starting with Design thinking We looked at the problem statement And our problem statement was Youth unemployment So basically if you watch the item It was much more heavier on youth unemployment Which is a key issue in Kisumu county So I'll just be quick to ask At any point did this item relate to us? Yes If you say yes How did it relate to you sir? I would say yes And how it relates to us is Young people are not employed And for we to get employment The people in office So as a boy child You cannot be able to be employed Because you cannot be able to offer something But to the girl child At least they have something They can be able to give So that is the unfortunate part of it Ok, Meshimi wants to say something Even before I say something I just want to say that Whatever we have is not for that issue And whatever we have It had a real purpose Which God created us to have that And I want to say I want to agree that it is about employment And I want also to agree That it is high time Our country, our government has to change Some tactics they are using In terms of employment Because what we are witnessing right now Is that we are recycling some old guards We are taking people who have already retired We are putting them in boards We are putting them in several opportunities While the youth are still there Wow Any other person with any Incomment on the production Anything you saw? Yes sir I also had the mention of Honore Borahilo I felt like There is a political inclination To offering jobs And I think just like Honore Borahilo said I wish offering of jobs had nothing to do With a political affiliation Or ethnic background That would be very helpful for young people Basically if you were the boss In this scenario What will you have done differently In addressing youth unemployment If you were Yes I think it has to be out of merit And not any other thing Out of merit? Yes And not any other thing Right? Any other person? Of course you employ people How do you do it? I want to be honest And I'm not saying that it's me But most of politicians When you give employment we just look first Our supporters Those who supported us Those who worked with us during the campaigns And also we also go to our communities Say who is who And sometimes also you look And somebody comes here This one is Ajubili And I come from ODM Fraternity I cannot employ this one So that is the truth But we need to change that That is great coming from Mwishimio From where I stand Nobody was born a performing artist Right? But of course there are a lot of theatrics In the political arena So I want to welcome Mwishimio Just to be the boss How would she have done it better In our office So how many are supporting me To welcome Mwishimio on stage Please Now if you are the boss And you are addressing youth unemployment How will you do it? So at this juncture I will welcome the secretary And The gentleman So Mwishimio So Mwishimio is busy in the office Please secretary Asharin The applicant Rila is coming today in my constituency You didn't know that I thought he was to come yesterday No, you know I have to go to the airport first But where is he coming from What is his name? Can you call him? First just tell me your name What is your name? From where Which region are you coming from? The county You know it's about devolution Why couldn't you go to Kisumu maybe Or you go to Siai to get that It's about devolution now No You know Mombasa people have to get their kek You cannot just be giving employment To people from Nyanza here But by the way What is your party Which party did you Supported Your Sibor Where is your name? I don't know You are coming from Kondeli Yes Kondeli There was a time you had a rally in Kondeli Why are you there? Yes, I was there You are there in Kondeli? Yes, power Yes, power resist I see You educated person Harvard University Wait Wait, there is a call Misha I am just at the airport You are coming Yes I am just on my way I was just in the office Excuse me Can you come tomorrow? Because right now I have to rush I have to pick Baba Yes, Baba is coming Then you can come tomorrow Thank you But I will just check about it What is your name to your Baba Don't worry Wow Okay When I grow up I also want to employ people Ladies and gentlemen In participatory action We use different methodologies Of course what we showcased now Is just one of the techniques known as theater of the oppressed Where the oppressed become the solution Yes But in this scenario we use madam As an employer To come and create a solution To youth unemployment Of course this is just one of the techniques There are also other techniques There is open space There is learning circle But of course because of limited time now We won't be in a position to showcase Those are the methodologies But one key success I want to acknowledge Is that we are already trying to mainstream Participatory action research We need participation tools So you can pick this up In your constituency And just see how to integrate it At this point I want to call us to action The programmers were here Government officials were here Our call to action is Can we just give participatory action research a try In our programming Can we just look at the results Yes So just like I said before The time was mine Thank you That is how we say it's at the leg side Thank you very much Tim Kisumu Allow me to invite The Mombasa youth researchers To come also and briefly Give us the experience they had with PAR Mombasa youth researchers The two representatives Karibusan Let's appreciate them as they come on stage Ladies and gentlemen Your Excellency Manda Mishi Our Mama from Mombasa All protocols observed Good morning My name is Joseph Nazareth I'm a youth researcher From Mombasa And I'm part of a local community Best organization known as LONAMAC Morning everyone I'm Estanda Rigo A project officer From Manyata Youth Entertainment CBO Youth led human rights And it's located in Mombasa County County known as Likoni Welcome as we take you through Our experience in PAR process I take this opportunity To welcome you all in the Participatory Action Research Launch It has been an amazing two years Plus for organization LONAMAC And Manyata Youth Entertainment Community based organization First of all This research methodology That is being used to facilitate That collection analysis And involves various approaches That include One, open space, interviews Learning circles, alkafe And theater of oppressed It is through this par whereby As youth In Mombasa County We were able to look And identify key problems In our society We were able to come with a problem Statement or a research question As the role of the youth In mitigating violent extremism In the process The following stakeholders were involved One, we youths Two, we had youths in conflict With the law, what we call Chafu back in our county Three, we had the local community leaders We had the religious leaders We had the political leaders And law enforcers And altogether members of the community Both from the county And national government representative Summing up to a total over 300 Stakeholders who are consulted In the process During this process We were able to mingle And with these various stakeholders Whereby we gain Confidence And also we face our fears Because we know that We have youths in conflict With the law But we fear Staying close to them Because we feel that they can harm us So we were able to face our fears And interview them We also gain confidence whereby We were able to knock At the doors whereby a youth Cannot be allowed to enter For example in our county commissioner office To interview such a high profile person In our MP office You go We are able to go and interview And get to know their remarks Or their contribution Towards the society The process has been inclusive That's why today you are seeing Able MP here She's very supportive The entire county government is supportive With our county director For CVE A fresh appointment from the governor To look into the matters of CVE So I think from here Par has given us A stepping stone for where we want To go to In the resolution 2250 As a UN We as youth we need more More of space More of everything that we need More of unlistening here And more of we lead solutions As youths As researchers We are able to come with a we lead solution And in this we lead solution Some of us have already implemented it Like we have one of our researchers Like Amina Ali Was able to train and mentor The youth in conflict in the law In the instilling skills On fashion and design And it is through this also I managed to get a job With manyata youth entertainment Cause I had just started as a volunteer But as I went through All the process of par I was able to be a project officer In a project Which we are in partnership with the CICC Known as Sorry Known as the shrinking space Against violent extremism So I thank par and all the stakeholders Who took us through this process And also on the Action points And milestones that we have Out of par When the county government employed Madam Munira So I eventually succeeded Madam Munira As the acting director for Lona Makumili based organization So you see par It is participatory Where youths participate And you move from one Ladda Stepping stone to another So we pledge to create awareness To us parenting and many more We call upon all members of the civil society Development partners And embassy representative To look at innovative possibilities Of mainstreaming par in their program designs And implementation Of respective county action And implementation plans On CVE This is a humble appeal to everyone Who is here in this room Kindly give us the space We work on the we lead solutions Involve us when you are doing The county action plans Involve us when you are doing The county action plans Because as much as you are saying That we are the problem But fortunately We are the solution We are the key for you Having a better retirement If the country is its youth Then when you go to retirement Who will nurse you? It is us So give us the space In the words of Dina Kawa The Jordan's representative What we seek Is to draw the world's attention To ensure young people Are given the attention they deserve At a time when the world is a theatre For increasing number of negative issues On behalf of Lonamak And Mombasa team And the Maya fraternity We express our sincere gratitudes To be part of this great process Asante Nisana Maasalam vizuri sana Thank you very much Mombasa team Youth need to be They want to take their space They want to participate They want to engage Youth are driving positive change Thank you very much At this juncture allow me to invite Miss Judy Representing Nairobi youth researchers To also come and share with us High experience on par Thank you so much So I think I'm going to start Performing my par by sitting down This is what we usually do Thank you very much everyone My name is Judy Weideramina I'm from Nairobi Kamukunji Pumwani Ward And talking about par I think my friends Have said a lot about what they learned But I can say The Nairobi team We spoke about good governance But mostly We would go to Your offices Let me say ma'am Because we also have an MP And before it was very hard Actually very hard to meet our MP But after going through par It has been easy for us to even have The confidence to go and meet him Just the confidence for us to go and talk to him About the issues that we have in our community So before we used to get people From different organizations coming to our area Talking about giving us research papers And giving us interviews Trust me youths don't like researches They don't like to be given papers to sign So if you want to engage a youth Give them something like what we have seen Right here And they will participate very well So before we would get people coming to our area And we would question why are these people Coming to talk about our area And we would go to other places and hear About the researches But for real you'll find Maybe one or two people will have the thing Correct But after going through par We learnt that we can do the researches ourselves And even implement ourselves So through that As the youth of Kamukunji came up With our own organization That we are doing our own researches With our own community members And as through that I am actually a member of Kamukunji Community Peace Network That is Kaqpen And we engage in peace programs We do women programs We even amplify women's voices In preventing countering violence extremism I've had my people saying about Costs how it's really bad It's also very bad in Kamukunji And we are trying to do that And going through par We include our own people People could not talk about extremism In our area It was really bad Like seriously really bad It would bring someone from outside And keep them in a room And try to talk about CVE And they would not open up But now that we are the ones Who are doing it ourselves They are talking about it They are opening up We are finding solutions Actually So I would really thank Rehema And Salim for taking us through The par processes We learnt a lot Coz right now we also have We started something called Safe space for our girls And we find the girls Coming to talk about their issues And one thing that we've taught the girls Is the theatre of oppressed What you have seen here We've taught them to express What they cannot tell Because you'll find some kids Cannot say a lot About what they're going through So we tell them to act And through this We find a lot We get a lot A lot of information from them So and Something else is that We have youth awareness programs We used to Sorry I had written all this here But let me just put it aside So we used to have Extrajudicial killings And still they're happening And what we have done We've engaged the youths In doing protests that are not violent So the youths can come out And protest peacefully Without having problems With the police And this is also something That we have done We've been Two of us in Kamukunji In Pumwani area Me and Salim And we have tried To really bring youths together We've tried to bring women together One of the things that we found out In Pumwani actually Is that we've been having programs About CVE That are engaging both men And women So after trying to find out Why women do not speak out When we have these programs We went out and tried to talk to them And find out basically why and they Would say that men are usually Dominating the programs So what we came up with Is we started coming up with programs That women are the ones who are brought And they talk about the issues Of PCB And trust me we'll find that Women are really going through a lot They are no longer just the victims Now they are the perpetrators They are the ones who are recruiting We have young girls Who are also being recruited To 9 To just name it And you can tell that When you put youths also alone You will also get new information That you didn't get So we've come up Through PAH We found out that we can do Different programs With different members of the community But it is their own thing They feel that they own everything That we do And they appreciate us because We are from the same community So thank you very much So there is one thing I would like to say About ending this We've always heard that it is Vijana na Viyongozio akesho Like any As we want to make it vijana Na Viyongozisasa So thank you very much Karibu sana Nairobi thank you Vijana na Viyongozisasa We are the leaders today Not tomorrow That's a powerful remark From miss Judy Thank you very much At this juncture, we are almost coming to the close of our event. I would like to humbly invite the power facilitators to come and join me on stage. We are going to have a small panel discussion, and I will also request Dr. Ilana to join us. She will moderate for us the panel if you look through your program. Let's go on next. Thank you. I think it's pretty impressive. I think we can all agree. It's quite impressive to see the work that your researchers have been doing with your support. And so what we're hoping to do with the next about 10 or 15 minutes is to just talk a little bit about your experiences. And then at the end we'd like to open up the floor for a question and answers because we want to engage our guests as well. So I want to begin by asking about your experience with research before PAR. And maybe you could speak a little bit about how the PAR process differs from traditional research paradigms. And then has PAR changed your perspective on research? And I'm going to throw that to Sungora and perhaps Greg. Thank you Ilana. My name is Nikola Sungora. I will say that participatory action research has brought on board a new energy in a way that there are some components that we never found in the conventional way of doing research. One of the component in the conventional way of doing research we have experts, academia, people who have credentials and academic qualifications to conduct research. It's more of a structured way. And the respondents are more of a recipient of information just giving information out through questions, questionnaires, focus group discussions. But participatory action research this gives an opportunity for also the marginalized. These are youth who have not even gone to school. Youth cannot even construct sentences. Youth cannot even pass across messages. They are able to be on board and involved from design of the research question and through the process of the actual data collection towards analysis and towards publication of the last publication which is the report. So this, if you see from other conventional way of doing research, the participants, most for example the youth in conflict with the law, these are the targets. They are only involved in giving feedback or response. Participatory action research actually take a lead. We also have people who are conflict with the law that actually do what we call interviews. They take a lead and facilitate us. They ask questions to other youths in conflict with the law and this way we are able to get exact information that we need in a way that it's easy. They say send a thief to catch a thief. It's easy for me to open up. If I'm a thief it's easy for me to open up to my fellow thief and give the actual information that is needed. But in this other kind of research, more formal in a way that when you come to me and perhaps are my youth in conflict with the law, is I may want to choose words. There's that issue of trust. By the time we get that trust it takes time. So in most cases I'm not saying that the conventional way of doing research does not bring quality reports into the space. But personal research gives that avenue and leeway to have proper, effective and efficient feedback. Another component is the resources required to do this kind of research is a little bit very minimal on a lower end because it is participatory at the field, at the community level, youth to youth engagement, the same community level. It doesn't have the professional way of doing feedback. It's very encouraging. In addition to that, my experience with the traditional research have taken part as an enumerator. Most of the time we take part in issuing questionnaires and formal interviews with the people we are working with on the ground. I think it has been so blocked and doesn't give space for more thoughts and it's less inclusive. So with participatory action research it has made research more exciting for us because of the methodologies that have been put in place and that we have. Again, the participatory nature of it has, according to me, I think has allowed for more creation of new knowledge as opposed to the traditional way where we are proving a hypothesis that someone or an entity wants us to prove. So this one gives us more space to think out, to create more information and it's more of a bottom-up approach. So we're not allowing a person or an entity to drive the agenda, to give us the information, to give us what to speak about or what to think about, but we are giving the grassroots a chance to come together and build up knowledge that will ultimately influence positive change in the community. Thank you. So my next question for you. Our guests have the publications in hand and I'm sure when they go home and when they have a moment they will take time to really dig in deep. It's quite rich research but for the moment I'm hoping that you could speak a little bit about maybe tell everyone here what one research finding would you like our guests to know and why is that research finding so significant? So I'm going to ask Olivia from Team Kisumu I'm going to ask, I believe, Salim from Team Nairobi, I'm sorry and Munira from Team Mombasa to respond. Thank you. My name is Olivia Oghada. According to the Kisumu findings there were several and all of them were pressing. So what I would like to highlight so far is that in terms of the complex bureaucratic processes the youth were having quite a tough time trying to navigate through these processes because when they went to the offices to look for the youth funds and everything to be self-employed because nowadays we are being told to try as much as possible to be self-employed because there is no job opportunities so when they tried to go to those offices to access loans or to access funds they are being told to fill forms register their business which is usually very hectic and then to give security and you remember a young person who has just come from university does not even own a land to put it as security so that is one thing that has actually been bothering the young people so in terms of the self-employment it has actually given them stress when they are going through these processes. Thank you. One of the key things as Nairobi team that came out is corruption and I know corruption is in everybody's lips especially Kenyans but we are more talking about corruption at the higher level and one of the things that as we are doing such that came out from the community and the stakeholders is that corruption does not start from the president corruption starts from the community from the households and we must be able to understand how do we engage people because that was very fundamental in terms of how do we continue engaging communities because we cannot be able to solve corruption which is an issue which we actually need to declare it as a national disaster in Kenya we cannot be able to solve it by removing the current regime by removing the politicians we must be able to solve corruption by engaging communities by engaging different stakeholders in the communities because when people talked about corruption in the communities they talked about civil society they said they are corrupt because when we take trainings in Madari we want to pay people so again it is not impactful for these people because what you pay when you pay for something you will strive to work for it but when you pay to earn something you will not take it as a serious thing and so they felt as communities especially young people women and different business people in Madari, Majengo, Ruaraka and Mukuru they felt we need to be able to solve corruption from the grass root level and the solutions are there we need participatory approach in this issue called corruption thank you well for Mombasa team we had various findings but the highlighting ones were in Mombasa we have many organizations currently carrying out many interventions on VE but unfortunately they do not target the real vulnerable youth so one thing that came out of the research was we have actors and I say actors I mean civil society, county governments, national governments we need to change approach and how do we change approach like what Greg said we need to start from the grass root level what does the youth in Kisauni want that the youth in Likoni wants we cannot customize one shoe to fit everyone in Mombasa county so we need to find out best through participatory action research the other finding was parenting if you look at the Mombasa county action plan for PCVE the main focal area is around the family unit and to be honest everything starts within the family and unfortunately one of the greatest challenges has been we have so many broken families our boys do not have role models our boys do not have fathers to look up to in terms of mentorship our mothers are struggling to make ends meet and it is the same mothers like what Judy was saying are now being used as perpetrators not even victims anymore so the fact that these findings came out strongly it now begs the question why do we have everyone doing the same thing yet we still have the problem in the community that now tells us that there's something that we've been doing doing the same thing on and on and expecting different results but if partners and if the developing partners in this room could look at how best could we now mainstream participatory action research and how best do we now design programs together with the community would be moving in a correct way thank you thank you very much for those thoughtful responses and sharing your work Rahema we have not heard from you so my question which I will direct to you is what value has PAR added to your work actually for me first of all I would like to thank the US Embassy and USAP for mentorship initially we were only working within the Nairobi informal settlements but with the introduction of participatory action research we were able to give power back to the people PAR enable us to create ownership to design programs that can create sustainability in the community you cannot give someone maize flower when that person needs maybe a pair of shoe so it's very important to engage the community right from designing of the program so PAR has enabled me because of participatory action research I've been able to give power back to more than 500 and plus youth in Nairobi county and I've been able to move out to other regions now I'm in Nakuru, I'm in Mombasa and other regions and were it not for participatory action research and enabling me to like climb the ladder or to give power back as Judy was saying they were able to do many things because of our mentorship being able to know that now we've mentored them enough and we're ready to let go and second power has enabled me to move to another level in terms of thinking on how we can tie grass root issues emerging issues sometimes these things can be choking you hear a lot with CV work it's very depressing so it has enabled me to feel that we can tie these issues to policy that's why I'm calling upon each one of you here to support us as we are thinking we are thinking to partner with Nairobi county to come up with a youth policy thank you so much thank you Rehema you have policy makers and development partners in the room so I wonder if you might want to take an opportunity now take the opportunity to tell them what you would like to see what would you like them to do I will direct that to anyone who feels what I would urge you please trust us I remember I went to Nairobi county and had a meeting with some officials and asked them why I don't see the county as active as Mombasa and someone said you young lady you're so young and I told them please don't look at my body look at what I have to hope so please trust us there's so much that we can give and the reason why I think I'm able to deliver on the Nairobi county youth policy to take lead is because I know I'll not do it alone I know it will be participatory will have women international security and other stakeholders will join us and it will become it will not become something for one person so believers we are here to work with everyone and not one person thank you so much okay thank you I have a comment on that our country Kenya is one of the countries that have amazing policies but we fail to implement and one of the reasons is because public participation is not meaningful and effective I feel that the use that the Kenya population 70% makes the youth and even decisions are made in this country if the use are not informed and meaningful and purposeful it becomes a problem and that's why doing implementation the projects brought by the policies and implementation process that not touch to the heart of the common one so I feel having passport action research it will be very important for the policy makers we have the AEMP here we have government officials here it's important to incorporate and mainstream passport action research in the public participation processes this way even the youth that do not read how to write they could participate and give their input and these are not stopped there also in terms of there's what we call validation process it's very important if they could use passport action research the policies will be very effective and the feedback will also bring the issue of effective and efficient project implementation development and also issue of monitoring and evaluation in the long run so passport action research we recommend this process and you have seen from this publication this is a living testimony you know it is youth driven and the result is amazing and you have amazing results here from young people that have lives are changed and they are transformed they have that courage and energy they say that this is our document so look at that situation now going back to implement the recommendation becomes very easy because youth already are conversant with this document they know we participate in this process and this is what we need to do like youth having the we lead solution that taking a pledge you know if this policy comes I will help to do A, B, C, D and this is my role and my responsibility because I participated effectively and meaningful thank you when you go through the document there are two solutions the youth lead solution where the youth are committing especially the youth researchers are committing to do some things in their communities and then we have the recommendations and I just want to seek the support and the collaboration of every stakeholder who is in here government and government development practitioners young people who are here business people who are here to find a way in which we can be able to work together to see cross cutting issues from Mombasa Kisumen Nairobi how can we take this issue petition paliament, petition all these institutions and improve some of the policies because we might say and we'll sit here and talk about youth have done this, youth have done this but if we cannot have influence on any of the policies then we'll be doing nothing and so one of the recommendations in here is actually collaborate with the county government national government and different stakeholders so I want us to look at the recommendations from the three counties and how can we be able to actually work let's say with BRICS work with the Mombasa county work with Nairobi county and sit down and say this is one thing I just want us to look at one thing we cannot solve all these things that we have written in here just one thing that we can all sit down and say this is what we want to push for have meetings with policy makers have meetings with senate committees have meetings with parliamentary committees on one issue and at the end of the day we shall say out of this report we have been able to solve one problem in Kenya that's the only play I have, thank you briefly I want to say that youth can create knowledge and this report that today we are launching is a living proof of that and so therefore we are requesting and humbly inviting all the stakeholders to engage us, thank you thank you yes Rehima very important thing as a practitioner on the ground I noted that most of the programs that we design and we send to the community are like imposed that's why when I live I live with my program funding and everything in the community is forgotten let's do this with a lot of passion these are our children these are our communities today it is his son tomorrow it may be my son you never know who may become a victim no one is immune to this so I urge each one of you let's do it with a lot of passion let's design programs that are really needed by the community just because I need funding and I know that this is not needed in the community I will not take it because I know I will be wasting my time so let's design programs that are needed by the community and we will only be able to do this if we engage them through participatory action research let's hear their voices let's know through the various stakeholders what problems they have so that by the time Rehima lives Majengo or Kibra they don't say it's her baby it is our baby so much so Munira will have the final comment and then we would like to open it up to the floor for a little bit of question and answer Mine is very short and brief I think there needs to be a shift in how we do things moving forward if you are a development partner seated in this room if you are a donor if you are a grant giving organization do not overlook the informal networks we have at the grassroot level because that's where the magic happens to be honest that's where the young youth who actually go out of their way to carry out peace building work voluntarily without expecting a single cent and they do it in sustainable ways so kindly if you're calling out for proposal or if you're giving out grants do not forget to interact and engage the informal or formal youth networks within the grassroot levels thank you is that okay? questions? good morning my name is Mokeira Masita I'm the CEO of Research Plus I'm really happy to be here I know Rehema we do research in various areas including CVE and I actually interviewed Rehema on one research as a key informant on CVE issues we also really appreciate new approaches to research as much as we also still do the traditional approach and action research is actually one that we have been trying to champion a lot my co-director is actually 100% focused on action research and fortunately she could not be here today so we are really excited about hearing this with participatory action research and what you're doing one of our values as an organization is actually novel approaches so we're always championing new approaches and challenging people to think differently and do things differently one thing that I'm curious about and that I would like you to highlight to people when we do traditional research there is something called sampling and often you'll hear people complain especially with opinion polls if they're not happy about rila is not leading they'll say who did you sample who did you speak to and I guess you will actually also experience the same thing you will have youth saying that which youth in Nakuru did they talk to which youth in Umbasa did they talk to so how do you deal with such issues if I'm a young person seated in Nakuru how do you reach me so that then I participate how do I get samples that for us do I answer that if you can answer that and then okay do we want to take a few more questions yeah thank you and I want to appreciate all of you my question is how do you link the pa with social media forum especially those of the youth I'm saying that's because and I think Sungoro is here he comes from my constituency several youth forum the social media and sometimes I just look and see the way they converse what they are talking and I just say this is terrible because you can just see some youth insulting other leaders talking nonsense and so many other things and yet you say that you want to prove that you are able to be given different opportunities and you have the capacity but I think you need also to use this kind of research to ensure that you can even moderate the conversation which the youth are using through the media because it is also through social media that there are some recruits which are being done the issue of radicalization is also being done through the social media sometimes you can see just a sentiment a youth has just posted a sentiment and you are saying what is this and you are just looking maybe to see somebody from the same forum maybe moderating or maybe just giving some guidance on that conversation but none and you see if somebody just inside inside and inside and even from that when they go home they can even use the same things to do other havoc and the other issue it's about employment you have been crying crying crying each and every time that you don't have employment as youth of this country the situation is many times you are seeing sometimes the presidency or maybe members of parliament the cabinet secretaries making some appointments and mostly you see very few youth for instance in a board of 10 you just get only one youth in a board of 15 you just get only one youth and yet you are over 70% but I don't see you aggressive or rather assertive in just telling the government or the relevant authorities that whatever you are doing is not right and most of the times you do so many programs when you have some funding but my question is if the funding is not there how would you sustain all these good things you are talking about how would you become sister skipper brother skipper without even the funding because I have been an activist sometimes back before I became a member of parliament and you know when you have the funding we do so many programs you know what what what but then after the funding you don't hear anything and you are asking so this program just ended like that that tempo or that momentum just dies like that so I think it is high time whatever we are doing because that is how you can give the youth ownership of that but we really need to sustain it we really need to know how we are going to manage even the negativity and the challenges encountered irrespective of not having funding thank you one more question and then we will hand it over to you to respond my name is Amundia from Nairobi County Youth Network and from the Nairobi County Government so one is to appreciate what good job you've done in terms of doing research and bringing in a new model which can be able to bring in development so one I'm seeing you not a big team in terms of a trained given knowledge in terms of a par so my question and follow up question is which is your plan in terms of going out and creating more awareness to the model that already you've gone through it because if you want it to be a participatory to everybody everybody needs to own it and everybody needs to have knowledge about it then two, how you planning to use par to influence national and county budget especially the CIDP and ADP because already we know if something in the county is not budgeted for even if we do activism to how level it cannot be able to be captured and implemented so on those two questions a lot of excellent questions with very limited amount of time to respond so I'm just going to make you aware of the time maybe about five minutes and then we want to move into to close so I will let you self manage I'll answer the first question while we appreciate traditional way of research because most of the findings and everything has been driven by that but unlike traditional research par is quite different it's community based when you look at the publication of the report we have looked at different stakeholders yes we are talking about governance especially from Nairobi but we engage business people in all these communities we engage local administration that is the police, the DO and the county government we engage religious leaders that is both Christians and Muslims we engage every stakeholders in that community and also when you look at the process of par, the par process it's not just finding the research and giving to the people but it's the ownership the people are saying yes we have come up with this problem in this community how do we solve it and like this other research where it's just for the public consumption no this par is solutions for the communities these are solutions that we have this is the problem we have found in our community we have talked about governance we have talked about security we have talked about corruption and how do we solve security issues in our communities corruption issues in our communities so it's community led and it's a community process that is long term and that's why we are looking at change at personal level the change in us the change at the community level or the youth who are part of this process madam we will answer the question of sustainability and some of the youth whom we worked with here in the room can attest to that for us we only get our grants are very small as ESEP and at the moment our only donor is the US Embassy sometimes we get friends like women international security and other organizations who invite us but our grant is very small but I will tell you after the grant we make sure that we come up with programs that we are able to continue even after the donor is gone we organize ourselves like I can proudly say our grant doesn't exceed 300,000 let's say per per area but even with that small grant maybe 700,000 in like the whole of Nairobi some of the most of the slums in Nairobi county but we've given birth to CAPCAM we've given birth to the 500 plus peace ambassadors and we continue to work together even without the funding sometimes we get other organizations they invite us because they know our work the work that we've done and our work runs all through and sometimes people think that I get like 10 million and they ask me why I don't drive but I'm telling you most of the time and with all these networks we volunteer so the spirit of volunteerism with us is so high because we are paint because we are seeing our brothers being killed through extrajudicial killings we are seeing widows in the community all these things are really painting us that's why we don't care sometimes where there is money or no money we just come out very strongly as Nairobi network peace ambassadors we work and thank you so much madam unless continue working but if you have grants don't overlook us because we are two big organizations and people who are so passionate my sister Fawzia can attest to these people who are working so hard they are neglected they are called small but they are very impactful you can cross check this with the embassies our program was rated among the top in the last implementation phase so we are doing a lot but because we are still small and young that's why I asked you when I was talking to you I said please trust us that's all we are asking thank you everyone okay I'll answer in terms of the the plans of creating awareness okay during the power process we had like 12 engagements and it was very interactive with the community so at the last engagement we had the sharing event in the sharing event that's when the researchers the youth researchers did different presentations to showcase the entire processes and the stages that they went through the methodologies and everything so that was a very great a good opportunity for us to create awareness to the stakeholders that were there I remember there were people from the county government and they said they are going to adopt it and they are going to use our great theater groups to come and help them do their participatory processes in the county government so that was actually a very good platform for us in terms of creating awareness and as they were moving through different stakeholders it was interesting for them because they were engaged in several techniques and they were very excited and some even said they are going to adopt to adopt the methodologies in their organizations thank you I'll talk about the aspect of how do you influence policy using participatory action research so I'll give you an example of what we've done in Mombasa County so Mombasa County government I think is the first government that has been able to inculcate the county action plan for PCVE into the CIDP and all this was through a very consultative process through various sectors from the county departments to the civil society led by Haki Africa the county commissioners office so when you have a process that is very consultative and participatory then it makes your work even much easier and through that we've been able to do the first PCVE county policy framework that is still in draft and inside it we have an aspect of how do we sustain PCVE interventions within Mombasa County so for example when Adona comes in and they have their program and the program ends we are assuming the resources end we have the CVE fund that is now as a booster to make programs more sustainable so that has been one of the achievements that we've been able to do so far using power online campaigns on the negative messaging online the last program that we implemented was we were trying to come up with positive narratives so do we know there is so much negativity there is so much negative things that are being said so ours is to come up with positive statement positive reinforcement giving hope to the people giving power back to the people so it's very important the alternative narratives the positive narratives I know sometimes you can be called a traitor but we are not really traitors because we know we are doing something that is Russia's even before the eyes of God thank you thank you so much I'd like to comment on four questions can you take one? very short, very important and one is from the area MP my Able MP on what can be done on social media especially the WhatsApp I agree with her that there's a new trend the kind of conversation young people put across is very traumatizing ways you have tried to apply to use the authority like what happened in Likwondo CBD had to summon the administrators because they are kind of moderators in what should be happening in the WhatsApp groups so this way if we are able to train the WhatsApp administrators for them to bring out clear objectives of the WhatsApp whether they should remove someone if they bring negative energy in the WhatsApp group or they should advise that is very positive in line with this again as an organization we have started an online TV known as Anika Community Media Action Network for Inclusion, Origin and Accountability that is trying to compliment the work done by mainstream media as you know in many parts of the country especially in the coastal area the parts of the mainstream media cannot penetrate to and the negative narratives come from the mainstream media at attack in Mombasa becomes very vibrant positive stories that young people are doing machinani not come to the mainstream media so this is a way of trying to bring positive messages like what now what comes from the attack at Ducit the other day talking about the young people came from Mombasa who did attack you know those issues like Mombasa small self not going to Mombasa and this is very negative so we need to have positive energy from the young people and this way we are able to actually play safe because negative energy is very is very bad and on the issue there is a question from my brother who is very important he asked the issue of future plans we as we are only six trained experts now from the certificate what happens how do we move around what our plan one issue I will say very clear and very clear here and honestly is we are available is a drone of us we are very available to trickle down this information possibly partner with most of you to put up other trainings so that you can reach out other youths trend them to also become expert in this processes the point is if you have many practitioners from the community we solve the issues and lastly Ilana please I am talking about the issue of sustainability we get it wrong if you want to have a project become sustainable then we need evolving meaningful participation from the design of the project that is where most people get it wrong you just come on a relief of approach you just sit in your room do a very good proposal thinking that a school will help this community thinking that if you talk about drug abuse in this community maybe that's not even the problem in that community is the cost of living is a problem so if you info the community using participation action research for you to understand what are the key issues for the community and then go back develop a project we will have the issue of effective and efficiency the community on the process and in the long run they will be able to sustain the projects and one very important way is use of participatory action research and use of participatory educative theater you don't need much resources thank you so much thank you so much as you can see our power piece builders are passionate and incredibly talented and bright and we want to continue this conversation during the reception we want to bring the program to a close and so I'm going to invite Gregory MC yes to come exactly we cannot forget Gregory is going to invite her up so I'm going to invite our power piece builders to return and Gregory is going to take over MCing from now thank you so much can we give him a round of applause they've been working very hard incredibly hard thank you thank you very much for that energetic session I want to lock you out probably I'll allow you just to ask the question and then we can answer it while we'll be having the networking session is that okay with you thank you sorry the question was taken from my mouth it's now just about in the spirit of power to make a disclosure my name is Jojo Saso I work with the Ministry of Public Service Youth and Gender Affairs State Department for Youth which basically sits this now power and the facilitators the challenge is we are currently reviewing the national youth policy you have struck me as very resourceful I challenge you to have those views on board so that the policy that comes out reflects the views that you have picked from the society that is the revelation that I wanted to make but for the rest of it there was a question about bureaucracy and difficulty to reach us now I'm here please could we meet when we are taking thank you very much thank you thank you very much just the last guest to us my name is Rev. Nyanda and from listening I think there is need for linkages intergenerational linkages you can get a lot of things if you don't link it to the older people they are not dying tomorrow let's get I do know hamwe of linking our findings to some of them thank you very much I know there is a lot there are more thoughts that we are developing and at this juncture allow me to invite the honourable Mishimboko to come and join me on stage as we'll request her to give final thoughts on this yes let's appreciate Mwesimewa I don't think that there is anything more I should add because the panelists have took it all and I really want to say kongole sana for those coming from the cost and I want to say for those coming from Kisumu Erokamaana and those coming from Nairo Bikazipo from the onset I really want to appreciate our partners that is the American Embassy the United States Institute of Peace the county government of Mombasa and I also want to pass an apology on behalf of my governor Governor 001 we were with him yesterday in fact he told me that he's coming today but unfortunately because of the flight he couldn't make it but thanks to my sister here she's representing the county 001 I also want to say kongole sana to our great youth who are here at the good job you're doing for this country I've just noted quite a number of things which maybe we might take and maybe build something on that there is this big issue about the extrajudicial killings because I know America is part of Kenya and America is part of UN and Kenya is also part of UN and sometimes you have those big conferences where you sit and you make decisions so I'm talking about this issue so that at least you can take the information to higher levels of conversation extrajudicial killings in Kostu region and in Kenya at large is rampant and anytime a youth is killed there is no proper justification there is no proper investigation what we get is just cosmetic investigation and no feedback and that is why the youth rebel they become bitter and they say that we want to revenge I have witnessed that Sungoro is here he comes from my constituency and those things have been happening many many times so many sheks have been killed so many sheks have been disappeared but just for a few days you'll just hear okay the DCI will give some report oh Sijui the OCPD will give some report but after just a week everything dies we come back to the community and they ask question and they want to know why the question why and nobody tells you why nobody gives you an answer and that is why you see the youth become very venerable to be recruited and to be taken to the issue of radicalization so that thing you need to talk about it in the other conferences youth maybe they will not get opportunity to raise all these concerns but you need to talk about it police brutality it is rampant because in the process of netting the youth which you called chafu and for me I just want to say that we need to change this narrative and the branding of the youth as chafu just the other time we had the Red Cross donating some fishing boat they say we are donating this to our reform chafu and they say no excuse me let us just say wasafi instead of using the chafu let us say wasafi because the moment you tell them that they are chafu you are humiliating them it's like you are segregating them you are isolating them you belong to this group which you call them chafu and you belong to this group which you call safi so even if maybe they are in those groups but please let us brand them as wasafi that is another good way to ensure that you belong and the other time I will be referring to Sungoro because he come from my constituency the other time we will say you know the donors have been giving us some funding for capacity building for trainings and other issues but sometimes you just see the same same faces taken for this training the same same faces giving that capacity building why can't you take those groups you are calling them chafu and say now this group we have already empowered them this group at least they are aware what is happening let us now take the chafu take them to Serena hotels take them to Mombasa beach hotel take them to Intercontinental hotel they can stay for the three days they will also feel just being there and sleeping in a five star hotel and you know having dinner with an American ambassador maybe he is there you say that is the American ambassador excuse me so and being recognized but we are doing the same things using the same way and that is where I want to say I really appreciate Pa because this one is totally different even in terms of sampling in terms of data collection in terms of data analyzing it is totally different from the way we used to do things so I really want to encourage you that this is the way and I want to request the donors we still need funding and more funding for all these groups which participated you have done how many counties three you have done three counties so we have 47 counties and maybe if you are not going to do all but you can just do some sampling at least maybe you do like 20 20 counties I want to agree with you my brother here you do like 20 counties if you do that at least and for us as leaders we will partner with you myself and Sungoro we mobilize several youth group in Likoni and we form an organization called Likoni Youth Synergy and they use theater to disseminate information to do peace building the issue of unity among the youth and I want to say hongera to my governor because the other time I called him he never came but he contributed a million shillings for the youth to buy some equipments for the theater processes so I just want to encourage that the donors can maybe just think of maybe just apart from the trainings and what maybe they can chip in and do some other things like maybe buying some equipment for the theater things the music and what and also some small generating activities which can generate some income I must see you Jamani the people from the lake if you are given some fishing boat you can give to your youth so that they go to Mgingo island there and they can do some fishing again and the people of Nairobi here there are also so many projects which can do maybe even agriculture so when I say kufanya it's just near central where youth can do some farming so I just want to say that these things they workable we can sustain them but we need to involve all the relevant stakeholders that chief at this root level is very important that mzeo amta is very important that mama wamboga kina mama wavikuni the women organization it is very important like us through the kekewopa in the parliament we have created the embrace we have created the embrace we want to give support to excellency the president raila molo dinga on the issue of the handshake building bridges initiative isn't it and you know when these things are starting and they are happening don't just say this belong to the political class you also need to take the lead and say that enough is enough Kenya should be one nation one country and one people and it is the youth to do that it is not the politician you know the politician normally they are biased and they are selfish in most of the case I am not saying that I am selfish I am not but I am saying I am saying in most of them they are selfish but as for you at least you can manage the issue of employment and I am not inciting you the day the youth of this country will say enough is enough in terms of employment the day your voices are audible and consistent of saying that this is what you want and this is what we want that is the day the governors will know sasa kule tawazi amua me retire ako 70 years atakutembe anatumium kongojo then is given an opportunity height of a nika but you guys something like a crisis now like dry is a crisis and you see you are doing some demonstration just a handful of people just a handful how many board you have passed there in that parliament how many where the youth the cabinet secretaries how many youth even sometimes denominated how many youth when they take women they don't take kina rehema that age of rehema they take myself so it is you the only time uhuru muigai kenyata atasikia how a vijana sasa wa mesema enough is enough ninini all the county saying no we have seen in that parliament today you have passed 9 members to be in the irrigation board we have only seen one youth we are not going to agree on that all the medias are talking the same issue all the radio are talking the same issue and everywhere and that consistency you know for you you just do it once na kujapale ikiwa niwa isimandom na leta npigs you bring what but for your own issues which you are really touching you you don't do that you don't so you also need to know jiagani you can use sometimes you need to go a bit radical kidogo you know the other time women we were saying that you men if you are not voting you are not taking the vote today if you come you will not get what you used to get every day you need to be radical sometimes you know don't just be don't just be a good person all the times you know provided you don't violate the law provided you don't violate the law but be radical sometimes for you at least to achieve whichever you want to have other wa isisi wa isimiwa hatuta sikia iso manino za kidogo kidogo ati watu watatu wa nasema siju ni ni siju ni ni keshokutwa they are not there or sometimes you take some cases to the court and we know some activists have just been used end up pili ke iu kwa case he takes that and he say flani flani ame pili kakotini yes it's going to be hard justice maraga is going to and all of a suddenly you hear that ame with the draw is that and that is a very non activist ame na julikana so ata iu enji ata situ na sema ii ni leo 2ata demonstrate ii leo kesho ita ishatu na mambo ita e mambo ita indelia so there's so many things maybe I could have said but I really want to appreciate you and I also want to applaud manyata because it comes from my constituency they have done a lot they have partnered with me they have involved me they are working together with them the mombasa team have seen all what you have been doing and I also want to say kongole tumai gavana I think it is the entire country it's only mombasa county we just take it na ata county ata county ata governor na nebana so ngoro na tu cha pa cha pa sana so ngoro will be there questioning about the budgeting so ngoro will be there questioning about what is happening in terms of water in terms of the youth man in terms of sport in terms of the revolving fans guys this is Kenya your percentage is over 70% without you there is no Kenya kwaivo kazi po kazi kweno kohayo mengi ama machache may I say God bless you bati kidogo thank you very much the Honorable Mishim Boko allow me to present to you a token of appreciation from our colleagues from USIP and also from the part of facilitators who have been part of this process with me is a coin which is a gift from the USIP and also a pen that we hope each and every time you use to write you'll be remembering this process and also your commitment your commitment to our work I also have another set of appreciation that we want to request you to kindly deliver to His Excellency Joe Ho the Governor 001 Sultan himself and tell the Sultan that we are grateful for this commitment and we are looking forward to working more with the county government thank you very much our program has come to a close and I want to really take this opportunity to appreciate all of us especially our honored guests who spent time to come and be part of our launch event and especially to listen to us to give us the attention that we needed and I want to request that we have so many copies of this publication we are inviting you all again to take a few copies for your organizations, for your friends for your partners so that we can all together extend and amplify this work that we are doing