Communities living along the border of Garissa and other counties have been urged to embrace peaceful co-existence.
Garissa County Commissioner (CC), Joshua Chepchieng’ said that the security team in the county was working closely with the County administration to ensure that communities in the area co-existed peacefully.
Mr Chepchieng’ said that communities should end the long years of fighting which has negatively affected the growth of the region in terms of development.
He noted that it is only through working together that we can build the country’s economy adding that there is need for the communities to respect each other for the sake of peace and development.
“Our role is to ensure that security issues that revolve around sharing of resources especially water and pasture are resolved before they flare up. We shall work closely with the governor and his administration to ensure that no life is lost due to conflict over resources,” Mr Chepchieng’ said.
The Chair of the National Assembly Parliamentary Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunities, Maina Kamanda who was also present asked the communities to live peacefully and share resources and stop the constant conflicts which have led into loss of lives.
“We should all strive to promote peaceful co-existence amongst ourselves. We don’t want to see a situation where our people fight and kill each other over resources. Let devolution be a blessing to our counties and not the other way round,” Mr Kamanda said.