Peace Education Centered on Philosophia In Pueritia as A Strategy for Management of Criminality And Suicide among Youth in Kasarani Sub-County, Nairobi City County, Kenya, 2016 – 2019.
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2025-06
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
This study focused on importance of peace education provided from early age to adulthood as a strategy to promote the value of peace for reduction of criminality and suicide within Kasarani Sub-County, Nairobi City County, Kenya 2016-2019. There are three objectives of the study: (a) to examine how peace education as an independent programme can contribute to reduce criminality and suicide in Kasarani Sub-County; to examine the nature of conflicts in Kasarani Sub-County; (b) to assess how inadequacy and lack of peace education programme in schools contribute to high rate of criminality and suicide which cause conflicts in Kasarani Sub-County; (c) to establish some strategies to address challenges of peace education programme in order to reduce criminality and suicide in Kasarani Sub-County. The theory which guided my study is the one of René Descartes concerning innate ideas. This theory suggests that some fundamental ideas and principles are populated in human mind from birth and not through experience. In this context, the children have the seeds of non-violence in their minds which should be nurtured through education. The second theory that I have used through my research is the theory of justice of John Rawls (1971) which suggests that justice is the pillar of peace building. Thus, a from childhood to adulthood there should be peace education centered on training a student to be fair in his daily conducts. The literature was reviewed to support the theoretical framework in relation to the objectives. The data have been gathered from both primary and secondary sources comprising of a sample population of 140 respondents who have been drawn from research population of 200,000 (Government of Kenya, 2015) from Kasarani Sub-County. Primary data have been gathered by administering 140 questionnaires, and by conducting 60 interviews. The respondents have been selected using purposive sampling method focusing on affected families. Secondary data have been sourced from articles written by Scholars, journals, books from University libraries, theses/projects and reports from the Kenya National Archives. Online sources have been used. The study has employed qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. Data presentation has been done using descriptive statistics. The findings of the research demonstrated that the majority of (65) (63%) of the respondents affirmed that peace education is an elementary need in the process of learning to help the youth to understand the mechanisms of conflict management to avoid criminal activities in which they are engaged because of unemployment. For 57% of the respondents, peace education should begin at home where the parents play a role of inculcating moral values in the children. The program of peace education should focus on ethnic appreciation; the findings show that (60) (58%) of the respondents suggested that there should be ethnic harmony in the society grounded on promotion of cultural activities which bring together young people from diverse tribes such as sports, games, cultural parties, cultural dances, music festivals and cultural exchange programs. Thus, the researcher concluded that the Government should make peace education a core course from primary school up to the university level. The society should contribute to the promotion of conflict management by inculcating moral values in the youth for the value of peace.
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A Thesis Submitted to the School of Law, Arts and Social Sciences in Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Management Kenyatta University, June 2025
Supervisors:
1.Felistus Kinyanjui
2.Francis K. Mulu