{"id":69767,"date":"2024-09-23T20:54:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/?p=69767"},"modified":"2024-09-23T21:07:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:07:40","slug":"ben-ouko-kibera-does-not-belong-to-one-religion-or-one-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/ben-ouko-kibera-does-not-belong-to-one-religion-or-one-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Ouko: \u00bbKibera does not belong to one religion or one party\u00ab"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"69767\" class=\"elementor elementor-69767\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3591146 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3591146\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" 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class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to the frontpage<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-af9b82d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af9b82d\" 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><span style=\"color: #008c51;\"><a style=\"color: #008c51;\" href=\"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/nyheder\/ben-ouko-kiberia-tilhoerer-ikke-en-religion-eller-et-parti\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43b0628 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed 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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\tConflict lurks just below the surface in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Kenya&#8217;s capital, Nairobi. One of those trying to turn the area&#8217;s differences into strength is Ben Ouko, who has, for the past 16 years, brought enemies together to find a solution.\t\t\t\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-932b014 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"932b014\" 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-52db0f2 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"52db0f2\" 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\" 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fullscreen\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27133e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27133e1\" 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>Ben Ouko from Nairobi, runs an NGO in the informal settlement Kibera, and fights violence with dialogue forums.<\/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-c1119cb e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1119cb\" 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-aef6009 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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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-c806536 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c806536\" 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>On either side of the railway, hundreds of thousands of people live in houses with tin roofs. They include small shops, schools, restaurants, local radio stations, mosques, and churches.<br \/>The informal settlement called Kibera, located in Nairobi is a hot spot of both political and ethnic conflict in Kenya&#8217;s capital because unemployment is high and abuse is rife.<\/p><p>\u00bbPoliticians rarely speak well of Kibera and often try to divide us who live here through the way they communicate, \u00ab says Ben Ouko, who has lived in Kibera all his life.<\/p><p>\u00bbWe need to change the mentality and turn the situation around. We should solve conflicts and frustrations peacefully. \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-b644510 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b644510\" 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\">From drug addict to peace activist<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3a9119 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3a9119\" 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>Glue, marijuana, and pills were a big part of Ben Ouko&#8217;s childhood and youth. At the age of nine, he learned to smoke marijuana from the older boys who hung out at the local football field.<\/p><p>\u00bbI looked up to the big boys, which negatively influenced me. For six years, I used addiction to help me get through because I was homeless at times, \u00ab says Ben Ouko.<\/p><p>But it was also his interest in football that made him forget the drugs because it was the community of the game that made him turn his life around at the age of 15.<\/p><p>\u00bbOne day I was so affected that I let my team down. We lost because of me. \u00ab<\/p><p>It\u2019s hard to imagine 44-year-old Ben Ouko on the street, especially now that he is sitting in a nice jacket at a posh hotel in Nairobi, celebrating the results of the violence prevention program he has been part of with the organization MIDRIFT HURINET.<\/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-1e71ac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e71ac3\" 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><span style=\"color: #008c51;\">\u00bb<\/span>We need to come together and create a better understanding that we want the best for each other<span style=\"color: #008c51;\">\u00ab<\/span><\/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-6cac8d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cac8d8\" 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>Today, he is an influential voice in Kibera, where he since 2007 has used dialogue as a tool to prevent violence and conflict.<\/p><p>\u00bbWe could see how the level of conflict was increasing towards the 2007 elections. So, I sat down with some of my friends, and we asked ourselves what we could do to stop it. \u00ab<\/p><p>Together with his friends, Ben Ouku concluded that what was needed in Kibera was to break down the barriers and prejudices between the different groups in the informal settlement. Before he knew it, he was in a room facilitating a dialogue and peace agreement between 30 political opponents from the community.<\/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-981431d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"981431d\" 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\">It's all about network<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4fa448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4fa448\" 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>The importance of looking beyond yourself and trying to put yourself in the other&#8217;s shoes is one of the things Ben Ouko has become even more aware of after being part of the MIDRIFT HURINET program:<br \/>\u00bb I&#8217;ve become better at analyzing and understanding the reasons behind different actions. This means that today I can better resolve conflicts because I know how to approach different groups based on where they are right now. \u00ab<\/p><p>But it&#8217;s also about gathering the right people in the room to make a concrete change. MIDRIFT HURINET has actively worked with this when deciding who should participate together in their program.<br \/>\u00bbIt has become clear to me how important it is to have a strong network that cuts across sectors, \u00ab says Ben Ouko, who, since the program has used resources to expand and maintain the network and good relations with the authorities, that the program has given him.<\/p><p>A network that had already provided help when conflict erupted, after a group of young people in Kibera began stealing from local shops and then burned them to cover their tracks. <br \/>Unfortunately, some of the shops were close to a mosque, and when the smoke started to rise close to the mosque, it also fueled hostility between some of the religious groups in the area.<\/p><p>\u00bbWe managed to work together and through dialogue, and meetings to keep the situation under control and keep the violence down, \u00ab says Ben Ouko, who continues to work to resolve the underlying conflicts that allow unrest to flare up so quickly in Kibera.<\/p><p>\u00bbWe need to come together and create a better understanding that we want the best for each other, \u00ab says Ben Ouku. <br \/>\u00bbKibera does not belong to one religion or one party. \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-dc5cc3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc5cc3e\" 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-c06faca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c06faca\" 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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 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class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/dignity.dk\/app\/uploads\/Michael-1.webp);\" role=\"img\" 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-67ef239 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67ef239\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9834d06 elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"9834d06\" 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\/Silas-1.webp);\" role=\"img\" 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 Silas\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-34ce6e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34ce6e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfcc1bb elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"cfcc1bb\" 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 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