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PEACE BUILDERS NEWS A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE SUPPORT TRAINING CENTRE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 3 (01 JULY - 30 SEPTEMBER 2017) Working towards a Secure Peace Support Operations Environment in the Eastern Africa Region IN THIS ISSUE: • Message from the Director • Staff Induction Seminar 2017 • Nexus Between Maritime and Human Security on Development • Ceding Ground: The Forgotten Host in Refugee Crisis • Refugees in Kenya: Burgen, Threat or Asset? • Training on Protection of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Disaster Communication and Early Warning in Countering Violent Extremism • Deploying The Best: Enhancing Effectiveness of AU/UN Peacekeepers • Hostile Environment Awareness (HEAT) • One on One with Lisa Hu • IPSTC Third Quarter Course Calendar 2017. VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 | 01 April - 30 JUNE 2017 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 | 01 April - 30 JUNE 2017 1 Table of Contents Message from the Director..............................................2 Staff Induction Seminar 2017...….........……....................4 The Nexus Between Maritime and Human Security on Development…………....................5 Ceding Ground: The Forgotten Host in Refugee Crisis........................................................7 Refugees in Kenya: Burden, Threat or Asset?................8 Working towards a Secure Peace Support Operations Disaster Communication and Early Warning Environment in the Eastern in Countering Violent Extremism...................................11 Africa Region Training on Protection of Refugees and The centre embarked on the third quarter activities Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)...............................12 that saw a number of training and field work activities being accomplished. The field research whose focus was aimed at Enhancing Strategies and Mechanisms Deploying the Best.........................................................14 of Countering Violent Extremism and Protection of Civilians saw researchers visit Mombasa, Kwale, Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)..........16 Kisumu, Busia and Kakamega counties this enabled researchers and collect data that will be useful in analysis of various topics that had been identified ONE on ONE With Lisa Hu..............................................17 during the research agenda workshop held on 04 April 2017. The topics included. An Appraisal of the IPSTC Third Quarter Course Calendar 2017.................20 Responsiveness of Countering Violent Extremism Measures in Mombasa and Kwale Counties, the Role of Ideology in youth radicalization in the Coastal Region, An assement of maritime insecurity along the Kenya maritime Domain and an Analysis of women participation in Vilolent extremism in kenya. During the same period reseachers and curriculum designers were also able to do a Training Needs Assessment for a Maritime Security course which enabled them to visit Ethiopia and Djibouti in addition to inland water basement areas of Country in Kenya with aim of identifying training needs and gaps that may need to be addressed. 2 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 | 01 April - 30 JUNE 2017 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 | 01 April - 30 JUNE 2017 Publisher International Peace Support Training Centre Editor-in-chief Leutenant Colonel Raphael Kiptoo Editorial Team Warrant Officer 1 M Osew Ngachra Joseph Kioi Mbugua Watson Karuma Photography Sergeant Josephat Anoka Corporal David Mulei Printing MagFre Enterprises Limited Anwar J Hateem (Centre) India’s Defence University (NDU) Copyright C 2018 by International during a visit to IPSTC on 23 May 2017 Peace Support Training Centre. The continued effort of training Finally, PCSS and HPSS as the that is aimed at creating and platforms centre’s training also All rights reserved. No part of this improving interpolability between conducted other courses bringing publication may be reproduced, forces saw some Kenya Defence together the military, police and distributed or transmitted in any Forces (KDF) staff undergo a Bilateral civilians. The courses included Child form or by any means, including predeployment military training Code Protection Course, Sexual and photocopying, recording, or other named Swift Eagle in the month of Gender Based Violence Course, electronic or mechanical methods, September in preparation for joint Rule of law Course, Staff officers without the prior written permission of training in the kingdom of Jordan with Planning Course, Protection of the publisher, except brief quotations The Royal Jordanian Defence Forcese. Civilians Course , Rule of Law Course, embodied in critical reviews and In additon to the same effort for the Engineering Plant Operation Course, certain other non-commercial uses region, an Engineering Plant Operation AMISOM Pre Deployment Course permitted by copyright law. course drawing participants from the and Improvised Explosive Device East African region was conducted. Disposal (IEDD) Course among The contents of these publications are Further more, a course on Improvised others. attributed to the authors themselves Explosive Devices was conducted and their opinions do not necessarily Thank you. during the period so that it adrresses reflect the official position of IPSTC, the threats caused by the devices in Brigadier Patrick M Nderitu Kenya Defence Forces or the Ministry addition to AMISOM predeploment of Defence. Director, IPSTC course for preparing KDF troops to be deployed to Somalia. The guiding theme for this third issue is “Working towards a Secure Peace Support Operations Environment in the Eastern Africa Region”. The theme encompasses a wide range of activities by the Peace and Conflict Studies School (PCSS), Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) and Peace and Security Research Department (PSRD) that are aimed at making the region secure. VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 | 01 April - 30 JUNE 2017 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 | 01 April - 30 JUNE 2017 3 Staff Induction Seminar 2017 Newly posted Staff Induction held on 29-31 August 2017 As is the International Peace Support framework within which it operates. vast experience from their previous Training Centre (IPSTC) tradition, In attendance were eleven officers assignments which will be valuable to newly posted staff are taken through who had been posted to the centre. the institution. an induction course which enable them familiarize themselves to how She further informed the participants The Director IPSTC Brig Patrick Nderitu the organization operates. Speaking that the Centre has over the years during the closing ceremony for the on behalf of the Director during the fully developed structures and course urged the staff to make use of opening ceremony for the three capabilities that now place it as the what has been learnt and also look day course (29-31 August 2017) key leader in Peace and Security at the current strategic plan (2016- Col JC Sitienei emphasized the not just in the Eastern Africa region 2020) which indicates the direction need to have such an activity for but internationally. She averred that the centre wants to take in the next staff that have just been posted to the Centre’s relevance is premised few years. This includes the expansion the Centre. She indicated that the on the need to professionalize of the Counter Improvised Explosive induction programme was to enable peacekeeping within the Device wing and the coming up of the new staff settle into their new context of the requirements a University as part of the National positions quickly so that they become for UN Peacekeeping and the Defence University. He underlined productive and efficient members of development of African Peace the importance of the Centre in staff as soon as possible while avoiding and Security Architecture (APSA) maintaining an international outlook costly mistakes by staff not knowing towards global peace and stability. in the staff composition while not the procedures or techniques of their Thus the Centre has enhanced forgetting the gender representation new jobs. She also highlighted the engagements and linkages with at all levels. He also reminded the need of it providing them with an other PSO training institutions and staff that in addition to their current overview of the Centre and enable stakeholders in the continent and is appointments they should expect each member of staff to see where in collaboration with national and additional tasks to be given to them. they fit in the big picture of IPSTC. She international academia in Peace He finally underscored the need further noted that the induction is also and Security. for team work as a critical factor of intended to assist in reinforcing the ensuring that tasks are accomplished. It is worth noting that participants for Centre’s management style which Maj G O Misiani emphasizes on core values and the course are newly posted officers Assistant Researcher, PSRD ultimately enable them to understand from the Kenya Defence Forces the Centers culture and the overall and the British army who have a 4 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 | 01 April - 30 JUNE 2017 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 | 01 April - 30 JUNE 2017 The Nexus Between Maritime and Human Security on Development Maritime security writing board 9 - 13 October 2017 The dynamics that surround maritime These Strategies as well as the economically under-developed. security are diverse and broad in need for integration tend to This has increased insecurity in those nature. In the past decade, the enhance dynamism, coordination regions in terms of robbery, diseases concept of Maritime security has and cooperation among the and productivity. started to be included in international