[kictanet] Kenya ranked among least peaceful states

[Barrack Otieno]

We shall ovecome

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:12 PM, S.Murigi Muraya
<murigi.muraya at gmail.com>wrote:

>  *Kenya ranked among least peaceful states*
>
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/611366/-/u9oerjz/-/index.html
>
>  Posted Tuesday, June 16 2009 at 00:00
>
>  A new global survey has ranked Kenya among the top 40 countries that are
> least peaceful, a move that looks set to erode the country’s standing as an
> investment destination.
>
> The survey by the Institute for Economics and Peace, an Australian
> non-profit research firm, indicated that Kenya was this year ranked 113
> among 144 countries that were surveyed.
>
> The report could drive away potential investors returning to Kenya after
> last year’s post-election chaos which shut down most businesses in key towns
> across the country. The same survey ranked Kenya 91 in 2007 and 119 in 2008.
>
> This comes at a time when a number of initiatives including the launch of
> Brand Kenya, a state corporation charged with building the country’s image,
> have been put in place to woo investors.
>
> But the new report by the Australian economists could water down these
> efforts.
>
> Diamond rich Botswana has been ranked as the most peaceful country in
> Africa followed by Malawi which scored highly after carrying out a peaceful
> presidential election recently.
>
> *Most serene*
> According to the global survey New Zealand is the most peaceful country in
> the world. Other countries that are said to be peaceful in Africa include
> Gabon, Ghana, Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania.
>
> The report which ranks Kenya the lowest amongst the traditional three East
> African states uses 23 indicators to determine the existence or absence of
> peace, key among them being hostility to foreigners or private property,
> political instability, respect for human rights, military capability,
> potential for terrorist attacks and perceptions of criminality in society
> and relations with neighbouring states.
>
> But a local organization Peace and Development Network dismissed the
> parameters as inadequate to judge a country’s levels of peace.
>
> “The parameters to use when judging a country’s level of peace should
> include the existence of mechanisms for resolving conflicts within a state,
> because every country has its own internal conflicts, ” said Philip Onguje,
> the programme officer in charge of human security at Peace and Development
> Network.
>
> Kenya is at a crossroads following post-election violence early last year
> in which more than 1,000 people were killed with several others displaced
> from their property.
>
>
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