Nairobi summit roots for global peace movement
The meeting is also seeking to position Kenya as the new epicentre of global peace in spite of the tumultuous period that saw the country witness violent anti-government protests.
A summit on peace building in Nairobi bringing global leaders from various sectors is rooting for a movement that will champion for peaceful coexistence around the world.
The meeting is also seeking to position Kenya as the new epicentre of global peace in spite of the tumultuous period that saw the country witness violent anti-government protests.
At the summit, Professor Madhu Krishan, the chairman and Chief Rector of the United Nations University For Global Peace, led other dignitaries in examining the significance of averting conflicts on the African continent.
"Our purpose of coming here was to begin to unfold this new movement of speaking peace, teaching peace, and practising peace," Dr. Krishnan said.
"Our African continent can begin to experience peace. And the peace that comes with genuineness, truthfulness, justice, fairness, and equity. Our main goal and main focus for the last 40 years has been producing peace builders and ultimately a transformed community of peace-loving, peace-living and peace-practising community so that our transformed people, those who are transformed through our peace ambassadors, become nation builders." Krishnan said.
Reflecting on ongoing wars in countries like Palestine and Israel, Krishnan spoke on the importance of the power of peace in overcoming divisions.
He noted that Kenya stands as the epicentre of the global peace agenda.
According to him, Kenya is set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on peace building, noting that different countries around the world are already part of the movement.
''Up to 69 prime ministers have signed peace agreements and MoUs with us. Kenya is in the final stages of signing the agreements."
Krishan detailed that his team is already working with President William Ruto's administration to host an upcoming "Sports for Peace" event.
"Our team is working with the Kenyan government. Very soon, in collaboration with the Kenyan government, we are going to hold, organise a big programme of sports for peace, bringing people for the sports from all the nations," he added.
The Chancellor of Lead Impact University in the United States of America, Professor Cletus Bassey, disclosed that African states are beginning to discover shifts in global peace from a religious point of view.
"In the African continent where we are seeing a shift, not political, not military, but from a very standpoint of the church and giving an unveiling event that is telling us about a movement that is catching up from Kenya throughout Africa to the nations of the world," Bassey told delegates.
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