Editor,

Rwanda never ceases to amaze me. When they want something they go for it. With this kind of determination and consistency, the Government of Rwanda is pursuing the policy of peaceful resolution of conflict, especially for the poor and there is no doubt it will succeed.

The cost of endless litigation, feuding, and conflict often includes poverty, division, lost opportunity, child abuse, and crime. Rarely do we find examples of a great end to a long unresolved conflict.

With this approach, citizens are realising that somewhere out there exists a win-win option, if one tries hard and humbly, to find it. I hail from a conflict prone part of the world where a quarrel over a piece of land between brothers ends up as a war, even requiring the intervention of "the gods” (read witch doctors). One needs to watch a contest between two witchdoctors and the lies with which they siphon family wealth in the process.

I am watching this Rwandan experience with great admiration. Twice I have invited my compatriots to come and study it. It’s probably what we lack back home [in Kenya].

Okello-Okello

Reaction to the story, "Government lawyers urged to fight impunity in communities” (The New Times, September 12)