COMBINED BASELINE STUDY Inuka! Supporting Vulnerable Youth to Participate in Community Peace and Security Efforts in Coastal Kenya project And Justice for Peace: Preventing Violent Extremism through Constructive Engagement between Criminal Justice Sector Actors and Communities in Kenya MARCH, 2018 Steve Ouma Akoth, Team Leader for Images and Imaginations Contact: Carlotta Fassiotti Judy Kimamo Regional Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Country Director Search for Common Ground Search for Common Ground Kampala, Uganda Mombasa, Kenya Phone: +256 770 687712 Phone: +254725862695 Email:
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[email protected] Combined Baseline | Justice For Peace and Inuka Project Table of Contents Abbreviations 3 Executive Summary 4 1. Background Information 8 2. Methodology 13 3. Findings 19 4. Conclusions and Recommendations 35 5. Appendices 38 Search for Common Ground| KENYA 2 Combined Baseline | Justice For Peace and Inuka Project Abbreviations CAP County Action Plan CUC Court User Committee CBO Community Based Organization CVE Counter Violent Extremism DOS: Department of State EU: European Union FGD: Focus Group Discussion KII: Key Informant Interview PVE Preventing Violent Extremism SFCG Search For Common Ground EU ICISP European Union Instrument Coordinating Stability Peace VE Violent Extremism PO Project Objective HURIA Human Rights Agenda MUHURI Muslims for Human Rights Initiative NCTC National Counter Terrorism Centre KYBI Kiunga Youth Bunge Initiative Search for Common Ground| KENYA 3 Combined Baseline | Justice For Peace and Inuka Project Executive Summary In March 2017, the consultancy firm Images and Imaginations was commissioned by Search for Common Ground (Search) to undertake a baseline study for its two interrelated projects of ‘Justice for Peace’ and ‘Inuka’, implemented in coastal Kenya.