Catholic bishops launch peace initiative as guns go silent

Bishop Dominick Kimengich of Eldoret Catholic Diocese, blesses police officers during North Rift joint thanks giving service for discipline officers and their families at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Uasin Gishu Countyt on Audust 27, 2022. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Catholic bishops launched have a reconciliation initiative to sustain lasting peace in the troubled North Rift region.

This follows two months of gun silence in Elgeyo Marakwet, Baringo, West Pokot, Turkana, Laikipia, Samburu and Marsabit counties.