{"id":11089,"date":"2020-07-13T16:28:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T16:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=11089"},"modified":"2020-07-13T16:28:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T16:28:18","slug":"after-years-of-violence-a-kenyan-village-enjoys-precious-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/culture-and-art\/after-years-of-violence-a-kenyan-village-enjoys-precious-peace","title":{"rendered":"After years of violence, a Kenyan village enjoys precious peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ad-article-page-desktop my-2\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1498022554617-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CMHjvZjSyuoCFdgdGwodoiAKiQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/24409412\/home_main_inner_middle_advert1_0__container__\"><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Most of the men in the village of Lorengippi in northwestern Kenya are scarred.Almost everyone has a tale of a relative killed in the cycle of violence over the years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But that is changing now.Village tradition demanded every boy over the age of 11 train to fight. By 16, they would carry a weapon to protect the livestock &#8211; valuable commodities in Turkana, Kenya\u2019s poorest region.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe were fighting over livestock, we were fighting over grazing land, we were fighting over water,\u201d said Kokoi Namojong, 59. His older sister was among those killed.Then a clash between Lorengippi\u2019s Turkana residents and neighbouring Pokot killed 23 people in 2013, said Nathan Ekal, the village chief. Their bodies are buried in a mass grave on the outskirts of Lorengippi.<\/p>\n<p>The bloodshed shocked government officials, despite the region\u2019s long history of deadly cattle raids and inter-ethnic violence.Police mounted an operation to collect weapons, established a base and built a checkpoint on the border with West Pokot. Most importantly, said Ekal, the communities formed peace committees to resolve disagreements right after the 2013 killings.<\/p>\n<p>The new security ushered in some development &#8211; a school, a small clinic and a new road connecting the village to the county capital of Lodwar, 90 km (55 miles) away.<\/p>\n<p>Cross-border raids still take place but for now the committees are resolving the issues. Livestock are being returned and there have been no mass killings in recent years.The Kenyan police are also present there in force\u201cNow there is lasting peace,\u201d said Namojong, who is a chairman of one of the peace committees. \u201cWe do business with the Pokot and inter-marry with the Pokot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Most of the men in the village of Lorengippi in northwestern Kenya are scarred.Almost everyone has a tale of a relative killed in the cycle of violence over the years. 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