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Dillo-Dukana-Teltelle Peace Dialogue

  • Country/entity

    Ethiopia
    Kenya
  • Region

    Africa (excl MENA)
    Africa (excl MENA)
  • Agreement name

    Dillo-Dukana-Teltelle Peace Dialogue
  • Date

    12 Jan 2012
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/local conflict ( Kenyan Post-Electoral Violence (2007 - 2008) )
  • Stage

    Framework/substantive - partial
  • Conflict nature

    Inter-group
  • Peace process

    Kenya Local Agreements
  • Parties

    No signatories but agreed on behalf of Borana and Gabra communities
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    Agreement between representatives to give material reparations as compensation for losses in conflict, and assurances to help bring perpetrators of specific killings to justice.


Local agreement properties

  • Process type

    Formal structured process
  • Rationale

    Proceeded by the Dillo Dukana peace process initiated by Gabra and Borana elders in 2008, and the Dukana/Maikona peace initiative in July 2009. The 2012 Dillo-Dukana-Teltelle Peace Dialogue in 2012 was organized by the Dillo Woreda Peace Committee and Oromia Pastoralist Association in cooperation with Pastoralist Shade Initiative of Kenya and through the financial support from German Development Cooperation (GIZ-Civil Peace Service Program) and The Conflict Early Warning and Early Response Unit (CEWERU).
  • Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

    No
  • Link to national process: articulated rationale

    However, the Conflict Early Warning and Early Response Mechanism is part of the National Steering Committee.
  • Name of Locale

    Teltelle, Dukana
  • Nature Of Locale

    Region
  • GPS Lat/Long (DD)

    4.110322, 37.438123
  • Participant type

    Central state actor
    Local state actor
    International or transnational actor
    Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
    Regional state actor
  • Mediator, facilitator or similar

    Mediator or similar referred to

    Mediator (references)

    Mr. Nura Dida, Oromia Pastoralist Association (OPA) Board Chair Person, and Mr. Molu Kulu, Pastoralist Shade Initiative (PSI) chair person, from Ethiopia and Kenya respectivel, are named in the OPA report on the dialogue as having facilitated.

    Type of mediator/facilitator/similar

    International or transnational actor

Local issues

  • Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)

    No specific mention.

  • Grievance List
    Page 1, According to the final agreement:
    - The Dukana will pay blood compensation of 45 cattle to Teltelle.
    - The Dukana will organize traditional gatherings in order to search for the killer of
    the child and take necessary action to bring the killer to justice (government
    Authorities).
    - The Teltelle will pay a total of 75 cattle as a blood compensation for two people
    killed and one wounded person of Dukana.
    - The Teltelle agreed to accept final results on the efforts of the Dukana elders in
    finding the killer of the child and bringing him to justice according to traditional
    mechanisms.
  • Cattle rustling/banditry

    No specific mention.

  • Social cover

    No specific mention.


Page 1:

Proceddings of the Dillo Dukana Telelle Peace Dialogue

According to the final agreement:

- The Dukana will pay blood compensation of 45 cattle to Teltelle.

- The Dukana will organize traditional gatherings in order to search for the killer of the child and take necessary action to bring the killer to justice (government Authorities).

- The Teltelle will pay a total of 75 cattle as a blood compensation for two people killed and one wounded person of Dukana.

- The Teltelle agreed to accept final results on the efforts of the Dukana elders in finding the killer of the child and bringing him to justice according to traditional mechanisms.

Finally, both groups agreed to send back 5 representatives each to Dillo after 45 days to share information on the state of affairs and in order to decide

the exact date for a final peace dialogue and exchange of the cattle for the compensation.