This week, the Executive Secretary of IGAD Eng. Mahboub Maalim and CEWARN Director Dr. Martin Kimani as well as high-ranking diplomats from the region, including Amb. Monica Juma,  the Kenyan Ambassador to Ethiopia, Djibouti and Permanent Representative to the African Union and IGAD , appeared on K24 TV’s Capital Talk to send messages of solidarity to Kenya on the upcoming elections.

See links below for each of the interviews:

a)  Eng. Mahboub Maalim – IGAD Executive Secretary on Captial Talk, K24 TV – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eShmexF1Pc –

b) Dr. Martin Kimani, CEWARN Director on Capital talk, K24 TV  – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dko_YFs43TQ

c) Amb. Monica Juma, Kenyan Ambassador to Ethiopia, Djibouti & Permanent Representative to the AU, IGAD & UNECA  on Capital Talk, K24 TV – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjrq6xj7bKA

IGAD is spearheading regional initiatives to ensure peaceful elections in Kenya in 2013 and a number of these initiatives in terms of providing early warning and instilling high-level multi-agency preparedness for early response will be led through its Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN).