Peace building
Peace is a prerequisite for development anywhere.
Why it matters in Wajir
Terror attacks, resource-based violence, inter-communal violence and gender-based violence are made worse by small arms, a weak security system and poverty. The community has shown strong resilience and self-drive.
Our initiatives
- Grassroots conflict mitigation and Rapid Response Teams
- Al Fatah justice framework integrated with formal systems
- De-radicalisation with respected moderate clerics
- Awareness campaigns and counter-narratives on violent extremism
- Traditional dispute resolution (Maslaha)
- Police-community barazas and human rights-based training
- Government-community dialogue platforms
- Youth empowerment linked with vocational training
Key achievement
WPDA facilitated public participation to shape and pass the Wajir County Peacebuilding and Conflict Management Act 2024. Police-community barazas and human rights-based training on the PLAN principle restored trust between border communities and security forces.
More than a dozen dialogue sessions at key border points helped communities resolve inter-clan disputes, reaffirm the 2019 Khorof Harar Peace Accord, and agree on shared water resources and pastoralist movement between Kenya and Somalia.
Wajir Resilience Initiative
Under the Kenya Community Engagement and Resilience Programme (KCERP), supported by GCERF, ACT and the European Union, the initiative works to empower women, youth and communities to prevent violent extremism in Wajir North and Eldas sub-counties.
International Day of Peace 2026
On 21 September 2026 in Wajir town, partners including WPDA, World Vision and other organisations marched and gathered under the theme "Invest in peace for everyone, everywhere, every day".
Rebuilding Wajir County's resilience to violent extremism
Workshop Note No. 1, October 2020, by Brian Kimari, with CHRIPS. It reviews recent developments in countering violent extremism in Wajir and the Wajir County Action Plan 2018 to 2023.
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