“How responsible is research in countering violent extremism and increasing knowledge on terrorism?” she posed.
These will be some of the queries, the country hope to get in its bid to combat terror activities in the country, which have continued to claim innocent lives.
The recent being the Garissa University College terror attack that left 147 dead.
With this approach, Juma said Kenya and the region will have, “squeezed out possibility of terrorist operating within our communities.”
During Monday’s Madera Day celebrations, President Uhuru Kenyatta said de-radicalising the already converted cannot be done without working together with religious leaders, parents and the rest of the society.
“We face a new kind of enemy against whom conventional methods will not work. This enemy is a radicalized young man or woman who appears innocent but is devoted to death, division and destruction. He has been misled to believe that he is doing God’s work by killing those of different faiths,” President Kenyatta said.
READ: Uhuru: Conventional means won’t eliminate radicalisation
A de-radicalization programme is also set to be launched targeting areas highly affected mostly the coastal region of the country.
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