WhatsApp, Peace, and Security
Launched in 2009, WhatsApp has revolutionized communication in Kenya, weaving itself into the fabric of daily life with remarkable versatility. From bustling urban centers to remote rural villages, the app has bridged gaps that once seemed insurmountable, enabling instant connections across the country’s diverse communities. Farmers use WhatsApp groups to share weather updates and market […]
National Government Administration Police Unit (NGAPU)
Today (24th January 2025), the Government of Kenya launched the National Government Administration Police Unit (NGAPU). The launch hosted in Kwale County brought together all security agencies. The National Government Administration Police Unit (NGAPU) is a specialized arm of the Kenyan National Police Service, tasked with maintaining law and order, providing security to government […]
IGAD Protocol on Transhumance
The Kenyan Cabinet approved the IGAD Protocol on Transhumance on 21st January 2025, aimed at facilitating the safe and orderly cross-border movement of livestock and herders. The IGAD Transhumance Protocol, adopted in 2020, promotes the safe, regulated, and sustainable movement of pastoralist communities and their livestock across borders within IGAD member states. The IGAD […]
ECCES
KENYA ELECTORAL CONFLICTS MITIGATION & CIVIC/VOTER EDUCATION SUPPORT (ECCES) PROGRAM (ECCES) Program is a USAID-funded program implemented by MIDRIFT HURINET in partnership with Act Change Transform (Act!) in Nakuru County under a project name Kura Ya Amani, Sote Tuhusike. The cardinal lesson from USAID and other donors’ support to Kenyan elections in the 2013-2017 electoral cycle […]
Youth Empowerment and Engagement
Youth-led peace, social cohesion, and mental wellness through sports (Playmakers Programme-GAME) Overall objective. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to youth in local underserved communities being less prone to participate in crime and violent acts, and for the overall frequency of youth inflicted crime, drugs, and substance abuse) to drop in the targeted […]
RPS
RESILIENCE, PEACE & STABILITY PROGRAM (RPS) MIDRIFT HURINET in partnership with Act Change & Transform (ACT!) is implementing the Resilience Peace and Stability program in Nakuru and Baringo counties in Kenya. With support from Royal Danish Embassy, the program aims to decrease violent extremism, political and natural resource-based conflicts. The main objective of the program […]
REINVENT
Reducing Insecurity and Violent Extremism (REINVENT) This is a security intervention program funded and supported by the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) based in the United Kingdom and implemented by Tetra Tech International Development, Danish Demining Group (DDG) and Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).This is a five-year program Project Objectives MIDRIFT HURINET has been implementing […]
ARIVE
Accelerated Response Initiative Against Violent Extremism: ARIVE In Nakuru County, there exists factors that increase vulnerability that terrorist can exploit to radicalize and recruit persons. Some of these factors includes; Unaddressed historical grievances, unresolved land disputes, high number of youths who are unemployed exacerbated by increased rural-urban migration to Nakuru urban areas, low police-citizen trust […]
Violence Prevention
Violence Prevention (IUVP) Programme-a Trust- And Relationship Building Programme. IUVP is founded on intersectoral approaches such as the Public Health Approach (PHA), the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) and the Human Security Approach (HSA)). The focus is on creating coalitions of intersectoral leaders as agents of change, while also working on creating citizen agency for change. […]
MHPSS
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND STRENGTHENING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH & PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT IUVP is founded on intersectoral approaches such as the Public Health Approach (PHA), the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) and the Human Security Approach (HSA)). The focus is on creating coalitions of intersectoral leaders as agents of change, while also working on creating citizen agency […]