Failure to implement conflict-resolution decisions taken at workshops in North Eastern Province has been of major concern, a top administrator says.

Garissa District Commissioner Mabeya Mogaka said at a workshop in Garissa town that security was important for development. He called on non-governmental organisations to assist in sensitising the community to the importance of maintaining peace.

The workshop, at the Garissa Teachers' Training College, was sponsored by Oxfam and facilitated by the Arid Land Resource Management Project.

The DC added that resolutions made at the North Eastern leaders' conference on security last month had been followed by a workshop on conflict resolution in the district.

Mr Mogaka called on the Oxfam country representative, Mr Mohammed Ali, to source donor funding for eradication of insecurity in North Eastern Kenya.

The Oxfam deputy national coordinator, Mr Mahboub Maalim, said that the Arid Land Project, under the Office of the President and Oxfam, a British NGO, had initiated the seminar to seek a framework for a long-term solution to conflict in arid and semi-arid areas in the country.

Mr Maalim said the project covers more than 10 districts.