Project Amani is a peace initiative forwarded by the K4C’s youth department (Youth 4 Kenya) for the people of Kenya. It is about the youth rebuilding their image and taking a positive lead role in bringing healing and reconciliation.

Project Amani has three outputs:

1.  Pledge Project Amani will promote a peace pledge that is a symbolic recognition and acceptance of our responsibility to learn from our past and to henceforth pledge to embrace a culture of peace. The peace pledge will be presented to all Kenyans to participate as signatories and actual peace makers – this shall be the people’s peace pledge and accord.

The pledge will be presented both in Swahili and English and simply states:

“We patriotic Kenyans of goodwill, having learned from the events that occurred during and subsequent to the post election violence; do hereby pledge to God and to our fellow countrymen, now and in the generations to come; to never again allow baseless prejudice and political intolerance to divide us. We hereby undersign, as proof of our commitment, to embrace a culture of peace founded in the deep conviction of the values of unity, patriotism and the equal right of all Kenyans to be respected irrespective of their gender, faith, tribe, race or political inclination.”

The Swahili version roughly translates to: “Sisi wananchi wazalendo wa Kenya, baada ya kujuta kutokana na rabsha za kabla na baada ya uchaguzi mkuu, tunaapa sasa mbele zake Mwenyezi Mungu, Wakenya wenzetu walio hai na vizazi vipya vinavyo tangulia, kwamba kamwe hatutakubali chuki na maswala ya kisiasa kututenganisha. Tunaweka sahihi kudhibitisha uwajibikaji wetu katika juhudi za kuleta utamaduni ambao umetokana na kuelewa undani wa umoja, uzalendo na heshima usawa wa haki za Wakenya wote bila kuzingatia jinsia, dini, kabila, rangi au mtazamo wa kisiasa.”

2. Reconciliation Dialogue Beyond signing this pledge, Project Amani will conduct sessions throughout the country that will consist the viewing of a documentary called “As We Forgive”, reflecting on its lessons in comparison to Kenya and embracing its positive conclusion. The documentary shows the healing and reconciliation process that followed Rwanda’s genocide.

It focuses on a few people – two women who lost family, a school girl who lost her parents and two men who were perpetrators during the genocide, but repented and find a way to live in a new found peace with these women whose family members they murdered. This in writing may sound like a simple plot – but to watch it, is to be deeply moved. It is sad to note that many Kenyans have been manipulated to seeing no need for remorse for last years PEV. This has meant that a great sense of bitterness remains in the country – but is currently under the carpet. After the countless political twist and turns, realignments and alliance – most Kenyans in their usual role of magnifying their leaders’ disposition – have little trust for each other. This video will cut at the heart of our sentiments.

3. Commemorating Project Amani will be symbolized by a tree planting exercise. A way of showing that our peace must be re-planted and nurtured by choice. This can soon after the close of Project Amani can be expanded into a tree planting project. We will work with all other groups or organizations that specialize and exist to establish matters that pertain to peace in three areas:

1. Peace with God or higher inner values

2. Peace with fellow mankind.

3. Peace with the environment. This order of peace acquisition is critical for the success of Project Amani.

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Project Amani will operationalize in different stages:

Phase I – Online Spark Duration: November 1st – December 15th 2009

a) Online peace pledge collection

b) Online membership signup

c) Online partnership offer signup

d) Online sponsor offer signup

e) Online database creation

f) Online financial pledge receipt instructions

g) Online membership notification and activation

Phase II – Igniting the Flame Duration: December 16th – July 2010 ** The official launch of Kenyans for Change in Kenya will be in DECEMBER ** KENYA will meet K4C on the MOVE ** This phase will add on to the online campaign with physical on-the-ground campaigns.

a)      On-the-ground membership organization

b)     On-the-ground leadership identification & training plan and activation

c)      On-the-ground membership activation

d)      On-the-ground Sessions

e)      On-the-ground peace pledge collection

Phase III – Fanning The Flame Duration: August 2010

a) Final tallying of total online and on the ground pledges collected.

b) Celebration of achievement

c) Noting poll Evaluation of Kenyan mood before and after Project

d) Recommendations for future projects off new launching pad

e) Transition of project into complementary projects – Mazingira and IDPs into IRPs (Internally Restored Persons).

f) Tree planting exercises to commemorate PA. More info to come soon – Keep Checking This Area

As the 30 day period of public debate comes to a close on the Harmonized draft constitution. Kenyans will be watching their members of parliament on how they will handle the draft when it is introduced in parliament next year.

Kenyans for Change commends all the Kenyans who submitted their views to the Committee of Experts during the debate period.

Below are the steps remaining in the review process:

STEP ONE: December 18^th – The committee of Experts starts a 21- day period to consider the views of Kenyans.

STEP TWO: January 8^th – The revised harmonized draft expected before the Parliamentary Select Committee.

STEP THREE: January 28^th – The PSC returns the draft to the experts with recommendations on contentious issues.

STEP FOUR: February 18^th – The experts finish revising the draft report for tabling in Parliament.

STEP FIVE: February 25^th – Draft expected before Parliament for a 30-day debate.

STEP SIX: March 26^th – Parliament either approves the draft or proposes amendments – if approved the process jumps to step 11.

STEP SEVEN: April 1^st – End of a seven day period for the experts to consider the proposed amendments.

STEP EIGHT: April 2^nd – Parliament either approves the draft or sends it back to the experts.

STEP NINE: April 9^th – The experts, the PSC and the Reference Group meet to iron out the issue for seven days.

STEP TEN: April 16^th – Draft tabled in parliament and MP’s required by law to approve it.

STEP ELEVEN: May 17^th – Deadline by when the Attorney General should have published the draft and IIEC announces referendum date to be 60 days later.

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