Dr Mwangi Kimenyi’s award is no mean achievement

Global Peace Awards honour government, civil society and Faith leaders whose exemplary efforts have substantially improved the lives of others. Dr Kimenyi becomes only the third Kenyan after Industrialist and philanthropist Dr Manu Chandaria and Prof Leah Marangu, Vice Chancellor of African Nazarene University to win these coveted awards since 2009 when the first Global peace Convention (GPF) was convened in Manila, Philippines.

Kenya had the privilege of hosting the second GPF convention in 2010, two years after the bloody Post Election Violence ended in February 2008.The convention that incorporated international young leaders summit in Nairobi brought together over 1000 participants from over 40 nations. Seven former and current presidents were in attendance at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) with President Mwai Kibaki as patron of the convention and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, his co-principal in the grand coalition government as patron of the festival that included cleaning the Nairobi River.