Weeds aside,this is how Mike Sonko is planning to deal with terrorist in Nairobi

Following the numerous terror attack in Nairobi County , Governor Mike Sonko has penned down a plan on how to successfully tackle youth radicalisation and  avert attacks in the county.

In the strategy which he wrote on nation, he outlined different ways which should be used to solve the terror menace.

1. Nairobi needs to map out areas affected by or prone to radicalisation, parties involved, the target.

Once established, he proposes that the government should work with the youth who could tell the administration ‘where the shoe pinches’.

2. Two, in line with President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive, Nairobi should urgently develop a County Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalisation. “We need to work closely with key stakeholders and identify the pillars and proposals to focus on,” the governor suggested.

3. Three, Sonko stated that the government will need to align those proposals and activities for preventing and countering extremism and radicalisation with the “Nairobi City County Annual Development Plans especially by catering for them in the next budget.

“We should also propose to the county assembly the establishment of a directorate dedicated to the prevention and countering of violent extremism and radicalisation in Nairobi,” read his article.

4. The governor proposed that as a proactive step, the administration should train all senior county officials and leaders on confronting violent extremism, radicalisation, and terrorism, in general.

5. The Nairobi City County government should engage and collaborate with the national government, the international community, other county governments, civil society, media, and donor agencies to make the strategy work.

6. In his sixth step, Sonko believes a good start would be a high-level county stakeholders’ forum involving the leadership, led by himself, national government department heads, religious groups, academia, the private sector, NGOs and donors.

7. The county boss proposed that forming a working relationship with Mombasa County Governor Hassan Joho because he had dealt extensively with radicalisation in his county.

8. The governor challenged his team, particularly county executives and Department of Education, to begin tackling radicalisation, especially in schools, by initiating student dialogue forums up to university level.

“Lastly, in the spirit of the ‘handshake’, it is time to take a personal initiative in building bridges with one another as Nairobi residents, regardless of our backgrounds. It is time to live up to the reputation of Nairobi as the City in the Sun by rising again and shining even brighter!,” Sonko concluded.

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