{"id":69737,"date":"2024-09-23T20:24:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/?p=69737"},"modified":"2024-09-23T21:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:06:47","slug":"simon-maingi-in-kenya-elections-are-a-matter-of-life-and-death-because-the-loser-loses-everything-and-the-winner-gets-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/simon-maingi-in-kenya-elections-are-a-matter-of-life-and-death-because-the-loser-loses-everything-and-the-winner-gets-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Maingi: \u00bbIn Kenya, elections are a matter of life and death because the loser loses everything &#8211; and the winner gets it all.\u00ab"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"69737\" class=\"elementor elementor-69737\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element 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Through letters to the electoral authorities and dialogue with young people, he ensures that what he has experienced does not happen to others.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f950216 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f950216\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width:100%; height:0; position: relative; padding-bottom:56.24999999296875%\"><iframe title=\"Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/video.dignity.dk\/v.ihtml\/player.html?token=9ff0a8d855ebe9809d01dc1751c5714d&source=embed&photo%5fid=104567578\" style=\"width:100%; height:100%; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;\" frameborder=\"0\" border=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9075d28 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9075d28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/video.dignity.dk\/90204697.ihtml\/player.html?token=9ff0a8d855ebe9809d01dc1751c5714d&source=embed&photo%5fid=104567578&endOn=\" width=\"625\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" border=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-043724d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"043724d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efef7e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efef7e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Simon Maingi from Njoro, Psychologist, lost his mother during the 2007 elections.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf838a e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5cf838a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2467ae elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2467ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>TEXT AND PHOTO: MARIE TORP CHRISTENSEN<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbabb8a e-grid-align-right e-grid-align-mobile-left elementor-shape-rounded elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"cbabb8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-linkedin elementor-repeater-item-fc1988b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/2795270\/admin\/dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Linkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-repeater-item-5196677\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dignityinstitute\/?hl=da\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-x-twitter elementor-repeater-item-4459d04\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DIGNITY_INT\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">X-twitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-facebook elementor-repeater-item-b4051e8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DignityInstitute\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762282f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"762282f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8b2e60 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8b2e60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A phone call shortly after the 2007 election changed Simon Maingi&#8217;s life. His mother had been killed by a group of youths from a different ethnic group while working on the family land. According to the autopsy report, she was strangled.<\/p><p>\u00bbIt&#8217;s stuck with me and became a burden that I felt no one could help me get rid of, \u00ab says Simon, who for many years wouldn&#8217;t talk about either election violence or his mother&#8217;s murder. <br \/>\u00bbIn Kenya, elections are a matter of life and death because the loser loses everything &#8211; and the winner gets it all.\u00ab<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65b9fd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65b9fd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unemployed and impacted youth<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc99ddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc99ddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Simon Maingi\u2019s father was an individual with a drinking problem, so his mother chose to leave him and take Simon and his four siblings to Njoro town in the Nakuru region when he was a child.<\/p><p>His father&#8217;s abuse has shaped the man Simon Maingi is today in many ways. He became the male head of the family and breadwinner when his brothers also started drinking, leaving him to help his mother with the house and look after his two younger sisters.<\/p><p>\u00bbI chose to study psychology because I wanted to help others. But in hindsight, I can see that I also did it to help myself deal with the traumas from my childhood, \u00ab says Simon Maingi, who now works at the Kenya Institute of Psychological Counselling in Nakuru.<\/p><p>He believes that difficulties in dealing effectively with trauma it is a major problem for both the area and the country, which is why many young people turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with everyday life.<\/p><p>\u00bbSome Kenyans feel marginalized and feel that resources such as land and work are not distributed fairly. Politicians take advantage of this during elections. For example, they are unemployed young people who then take to the streets for that politician,\u00ab says the psychologist.<\/p><p>The combination of drug and substance abuse and high youth unemployment rates is a ticking time bomb that threatens the pursuit of peaceful elections. That&#8217;s why he and several others of the people he got to know through the MIDRIFT HURINET program and network have started a project to create jobs and green spaces.<\/p><p>\u00bbWe want to prevent abuse among young people by providing them with jobs such as planting trees and growing crops in the area, \u00ab he says.<br \/>\u00bbWe want to give young people something to do that keeps them busy.\u00ab<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54527cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54527cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dialogue before demonstrations and tear gas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fed49c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fed49c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Simon Maingi&#8217;s participation in MIDRIFT HURINET&#8217;s program is not just about creating jobs for young people. He has resorted to dialogue with several of his fellow students &#8211; with politicians, authorities, and Kenyans.<\/p><p>\u00bbWe made a significant effort before the elections by talking to different opinion leaders and stakeholders who have the opportunity to influence the elections, \u00ab says Simon Maingi, who has seen from previous elections that exchanges of opinions have taken place in demonstrations that often ended with police interference and tear gas.<\/p><p>\u00bbInstead, it&#8217;s been about engaging and showing that with peaceful dialogue, we can create change and make politicians aware that we hold them accountable for their actions &#8211; both during the election and afterward. \u00ab<\/p><p>Specifically, Simon Maingi has been involved in sending a letter to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Kenyan electoral authorities, to inform them of their failure to educate people on how to vote. He has also been talking about politics and peaceful elections to the congregations in local churches.<\/p><p>According to Simon Maingi, the IEBC only changed its practices two weeks after receiving the letter. For the first time, many locals have chosen to stay in the Nakuru region after voting instead of fleeing from the cities to the countryside for a period to avoid riots and violence. <br \/>\u00bbElections come and go, but we live here. This is our area.\u00ab<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6bb470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6bb470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elections shouldn't be a matter of life or death<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64cdcfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64cdcfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Although his business card says psychologist, it took Simon Maingi more than a decade to confront himself with the loss of his mother in 2007. One of the modules in the MIDRIFT HURINET program is about knowing yourself and discussing the topics that are particularly uncomfortable and can cause conflict.<\/p><p>Finally, Simon Maingi lowered his shoulders and allowed himself to talk openly.<\/p><p>\u00bbSharing it helped me a lot because, for the first time, I felt that now there was someone other than me who could help me carry and process the trauma of how my mother was killed. \u00ab<\/p><p>Just as he believes he is a different person today than when he joined the MIDRIFT HURINET program, he also believes that his region and country need to embrace the change he and the other 569 people trained in violence prevention have helped to initiate:<\/p><p>\u00bbPoliticians need to understand that elections are not about life or death. There will always be a winner and a loser, but we must be here together and live side by side no matter what ethnic group you are or who you voted for, \u00ab says Simon Maingi.<\/p><p>\u00bbWe cannot go back to the elections as they were before, \u00ab he concludes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703267a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"703267a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MEET THOSE WHO FIGHT VIOLENCE AND BUILD BRIDGES FOR PEACE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ab0c8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" 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aria-label=\"Silas.webp\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSilas Rotich from Nakuru\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWorks for the Kenyan electoral authorities, changing elections from within the system\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/silas-rotich-for-the-credibility-of-presidential-elections-they-must-be-peaceful\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet 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role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Ben.webp\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBen Ouko from Nairobi\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRuns an NGO in the informal settlement Kibera and fights violence through dialogue forums\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/ben-ouko-kibera-does-not-belong-to-one-religion-or-one-party\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet 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aria-label=\"Michael.webp\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Ojwang from Nakuru\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRadio host, makes programs about cohesion\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/michael-ojwang-i-use-my-vulnerability-on-the-radio-to-educate-about-the-consequences-of-violence\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet michael\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe37ba6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe37ba6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00dbd42 elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"00dbd42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/Mama-Peace-1.webp);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Mama Peace smiling with her white peace dress on\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMama Peace from Naivasha\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExperienced violence in 2007 and marches for peace\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/mama-peace-our-politicians-must-unite-us-not-divide-us\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet mama peace\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dee45d0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dee45d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c0f199 elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"1c0f199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/Bakari-1.webp);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bakari.webp\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBakari Galana from Nakuru\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPolice officer, has helped collect 400 knives\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/bakari-galana-the-youth-are-important-in-our-society-they-are-the-ones-who-will-take-over-the-country\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet Bakari\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f155876 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f155876\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ed79db elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"7ed79db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/Omondi-1.webp);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Omondi.webp\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoseph Omondi from Nakuru\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDirector of DIGNITY\u2019s partner organization in Kenya, MIDRIFT HURINET\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/from-opponents-to-allies-breaking-the-cycle-of-violence-in-kenya\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet Omondi\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10a562c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10a562c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49f159a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"49f159a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/from-opponents-to-allies-breaking-the-cycle-of-violence-in-kenya\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u00a9 2024 DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to the frontpage DA Simon Maingi: \u00bbIn Kenya, elections are a matter of life and death because the loser loses everything &#8211; and the winner gets it all. \u00ab Simon Maingi from Njoro, Psychologist, lost his mother during the 2007 elections. 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