Quakers active in Kenyan elections

Quakers helped ensure that the Kenyan election had a reduced level of violence.

by The Friend Newsdesk 8th March 2013

Quakers from both Kenya and Britain helped to ensure that the Kenyan election, held on Monday 4 March, had a reduced level of violence.  Post-election violence in Kenya in 2007 left 1,200 people dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. Though violence again flared on election day earlier this week, with at least thirteen people killed in coordinated attacks on the coast, it came against a background of dedicated work for peace in which Quakers made a significant contribution.