Residents of Marsabit following a consultative meeting to bring reforms in the county. Photo: Courtesy.
Calls have been made to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and citizens to collaborate to achieve reforms in Marsabit County.
According Jackson Obare Director of Forum CIV organization, who spoke with a local radio station, the event that brought together CSOs sponsored by the organization, including HODI, IREMO, IFPC, SAF, and Isiolo Gender Watch (IGW).
The workshop aimed to provide motivation to work together to find solutions to issues affecting the people of Marsabit County including insecurity, conflicts and climate change, as well as gender equity.
“We We are working together on issues gender equity, climate change and insecurity a rampant issue in the county. Today’s meeting calls for inclusivity in discussion of the government, the community in Marsabit and CSOs to discuss important issues that spark development, and what is hindering development progress in the county,” he explained.
IREMO Director General Mwalimu Lokho Abduba also reiterated the need to maintain peace in order to achieve the goals set by various social organizations, including the Forum CIV organization in Marsabit county.
” We are grateful of the meeting which has touched on key issues affecting our county and support to IREMO. I laud the move to support women as it is the backbone of our community and how as a county to overcome emerging challeges hitting affecting the county,” she stated.
Hassan Mulata, a co-founder of the Initiative for Progressive Change (IFPC), emphasized the collaboration which he has mentioned will enable the arrangements put in place to achieve these agendas for success.
“The meeting has brought us together as community in Marsabit, CSOs and government to discuss issues that affect us as a county from violence to climate change and see how we can partner together to solve this challenges and see development in our county,” he stated.
Mulata’s statement was echoed by Tumal Orto, who called for collaboration to find lasting solutions to the challenges affecting the people of Marsabit.
“It is a very important forum as it talks about the issues of climate change, where our animals have remained resilient. Presence of climate change, violence, insecurity the condition is aggravated, but if we come together as a community, stakeholders and as a government and talk about these issues, we reduce the calamity,” he remarked.
Tumal has also called on non-governmental organizations to collaborate and ensure that the message reaches the grassroots.
