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The 1973 Lokiriama accord shows how culturally rooted, elder-led peacebuilding can deliver lasting results where modern approaches have failed. The 1973 Lokiriama Peace Accord marked the start of a positive relationship between Kenya’s Turkana and Uganda’s Matheniko communities. This unwritten indigenous conflict resolution and peacebuilding mechanism favours consensus-building and reconciliation, making it more useful in post-conflict peacebuilding than contemporary punishment- and enforcement-focused approaches. While many other agreements in the region have faltered, this accord, with its culturally relevant, community-centred approach to settling disputes and restoring social order, still holds. About the author Guyo Turi is a Research Officer with the East Africa Peace and Security Governance Programme at the Institute for Security Studies in Nairobi. Publications --> Download Policy Brief 216 PDF Development partners This policy brief was funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The ISS is grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations and the governments of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. <div class="con
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