{"id":69779,"date":"2024-09-23T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/?p=69779"},"modified":"2024-09-23T21:07:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:07:30","slug":"mama-peace-our-politicians-must-unite-us-not-divide-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/mama-peace-our-politicians-must-unite-us-not-divide-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama Peace: \u00bbOur politicians must unite us &#8211; not divide us\u00ab"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"69779\" class=\"elementor elementor-69779\" 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-8b03bf8 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b03bf8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0c0e05 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0c0e05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-084f971 elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"084f971\" 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 elementor-animation-grow\" 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 class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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-b588a81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b588a81\" 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\/mama-peace-politikerne-skal-samle-os-ikke-splitte-osmama-peace\/\"><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-42628bb elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42628bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6b3635\" data-id=\"a6b3635\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d673b5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"4d673b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a776cce elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSEPTEMBER 24, 2024\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\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-6e92050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e92050\" 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<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mama Peace: \u00bbOur politicians must unite us - not divide us\u00ab<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-330d082 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"330d082\" 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\tWith a whistle and the word as her primary tools, Margaret (Mama Peace), has given herself a mission. She wants to end the devastating divisions between the ethnic groups in Kenya.\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-9cd6f78 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9cd6f78\" 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-ea43911 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ea43911\" 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-30cb870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30cb870\" 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>Mama Peace from Naivasha, experienced violence in 2007 and marches for peace.<\/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-cce42ba e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cce42ba\" 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-81dc7cf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81dc7cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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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-990afca elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"990afca\" 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>It&#8217;s hard not to notice Mama Peace in the crowd. She stands out &#8211; and she does it deliberately. Her white dress is not just another dress from the closet.<\/p><p>\u00bbMy idea was that I wanted to make a dress where you don&#8217;t see me wearing it, but all of Kenya. All ethnic groups, the whole country, as one unit, \u00ab says Mama Peace, as Margaret is best known.<\/p><p>The dress, which features the names of all the country&#8217;s ethnic groups and the Kenyan colors green, red, and black on the white fabric, has seen many streets and heard many speeches about peace and coexistence since Mama Peace decided to use her own tragedy to change her country.<\/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-66a170c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66a170c\" 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\">An election that changed everything<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3515f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3515f5\" 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 2007 Kenyan presidential election has gone down in the country&#8217;s history as the most violent ever, with more than 1,100 people killed and 650,000 displaced by the violence that followed the election.<\/p><p>One of those who lost his life in 2007 was Mama Peace&#8217;s husband, a policeman trying to protect civilians from a different ethnic group at a roadblock.<\/p><p>\u00bbOne of the problems is that we have normalized violence, so it&#8217;s no longer something we pay attention to &#8211; especially among young people. We need to change that, \u00ab says Mama Peace, who, after participating in MIDRIFT HURINET&#8217;s program on preventing election violence, decided that she wanted to tell her story and use it as a driving force.<\/p><p>\u00bbDuring the program, we focused on reflecting and facing our demons. In doing so, I concluded that dwelling on the past doesn&#8217;t help if it doesn&#8217;t create change, \u00ab says Mama Peace with a smile:<\/p><p>\u00bbI am healed; now I want to heal my country. \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-ebc5f8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebc5f8f\" 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\">Marching for peace and unity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c23d89f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c23d89f\" 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>Mama Peace lives in Naivasha Municipality in the Nakuru region, where many different ethnic groups live in the same areas. This is also why the region is notorious for being a hot spot of election violence, as politicians exploit the underlying conflicts between groups to their advantage.<\/p><p>\u00bbIn Kenya, we need our politicians to change course and find solutions to the problems. They need to speak differently and understand the power they have, \u00ab says Mama Peace, whose husband was from a different ethnic group than herself.<\/p><p>\u00bbOur politicians need to bring us together, not divide us. \u00ab<\/p><p>While she waits for politicians to change their behavior and take responsibility, she has taken matters into her own hands. She marches in her dress and with a whistle, telling her story and talking to those who seek her out. Sometimes she walks alone, sometimes she walks with a group, and some days she is accompanied by a local woman who translates her messages into sign language.\u00a0<\/p><p>And she has no intention of stopping until the country&#8217;s elections are peaceful. She firmly believes they will be.<\/p><p>\u00bbElections are only for a certain period, but we remain brothers and sister, \u00ab Mama Peace says, asking to lead:<\/p><p>\u00bbWhy should we kill our brothers and sisters? \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-4785ce9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4785ce9\" 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-9a86210 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a86210\" 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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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