Evaluering
Unity in Christ Phase II – Peace Building after 2007-2008 Post-election Violent Conflict in Kenya
In Kenya, the announcement of presidential elections results electoral on 30th of December, 2007 which declared the incumbent president Mwai Kibaki as the winner triggered violence. Initially the violence seemed spontaneous, a mere expression of protest amid claims that presidential vote was rigged. By the time peace agreement was signed on 28th January, 2008 after a sustained African Union led mediation process, more than a thousand people had lost their lives, 350,000 displaced and property estimated to be worth billions of Kenya shillings destroyed. As a part of its witnessing, the church has engaged in peace building activities in Kenyaparticularly after the 2007-2008 post-electoral violent conflict which left the Kenyan society severely divided. Internally, the Church established Peace Building, Conflict and Disaster Response Department as a part of its 2009-2013 strategic plan and correspondingly undertook training of its leaders in peace building and reconciliation so as to prepare them in reaching out to the society so much crying for peace and reconciliation. Externally, the church has reached out to its congregants and the wider Kenyan society with a goal of creating constituencies of peace and reconciling individuals and groups. This has been done through Unity in Christ Project Phase II. The project has had a three years cycle run from 2011 to 2013. The objective of this evaluation is to identify outcomes of the project, to examine theeffectiveness of the activities undertaken, management and organizational practices, learning and investigate the potential for sustaining the activities that were implemented and their further development.