CARE Delegation Visits Nairobi Peace Memorial

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During the past week several Members of Parliament and prominent public figures have been laying flowers at the Freedom Corner memorial.
This morning a small delegation from CARE Kenya and CARE South Sudan and Somalia went to Freedom Corner in Uhuru Park in the center of Nairobi city to lay flowers and say a prayer of peace for Kenya. HR Manager James Gatere of CARE Somalia South Sudan led the delegation, and said a few words to staff gathered there.

“Let us all be Kenyans and stand for one nation and one people. Let no one divide us and let us focus on what brings us together rather than on our differences,” said Gatere as he laid down one bouquet of flowers by the Peace Memorial that was set up about one week ago by a group called Concerned Citizens of Kenya.

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Staff from CARE Kenya and CARE South Sudan and Somalia joined the call for peace.
Uhuru Park has been closed down for the past month due to the post-election violence that has rocked the country and caused over 800 deaths and displaced 300,000 persons. Though the park is still surrounded by General Service Unit officers, the public now has access to Freedom Corner, a symbolic place in Kenya’s history where battles for independence and freedom of expression have been fought.



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