Between September 25 and October 31, 2022, Kenya’s electoral context at the Coast and Garissa was marked by Farmer- herder conflicts (5) in Lamu and Tana River, Criminal gangs (9) heightened activities in Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River and Garissa, Land disputes (1) in Lamu, Gender based violence (1) manifesting as intimate partner violence in Mombasa and defilements (2) in Kilifi and Kwale, Dangerous speech (2) over the gubernatorial petition in Tana River and nominations to county government in Mombasa, political interference in the food distribution drive in Kilifi and Unexplained disappearances of persons in Tana River who were later found dead.
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Search for Common Ground (Search), with support from the European Union and in collaboration with the Human Rights Agenda (HURIA), Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI), Kiunga Youth Bunge Initiative (KYBI), Tana River Peace, Reconciliation and Development (TRPRD) and Ijara Women for Peace, has established an Early Warning and Early Response (EWER) system through embedded community observation and social media listening, with the aim to harness the shared intelligence between communities, civil society organizations and government authorities to identify and address imminent threats to peaceful elections, particularly looking at conflict trends, drivers and locations that could potentially trigger or experience violence. Social media listening monitors online conversations, with a focus on Facebook and TikTok, to track hate speech and misinformation trends and how these could potentially affect conflicts offline.
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