[kictanet] Kenya ranked among least peaceful states

[Areba Collins]

I think the media need to give the politician a wide berth. It is
these two that have brought the country on its knees, one polarizing
for political gain, another polarizing for commercial gain.


On 6/17/09, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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