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Kenya: Prof Nyong’o is to face the stiffest opposition for his Senatorial bid in Kisumu County

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Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu City.

The Minister for Medical Services Prof.Peter Anyang Nyong’o who is the ODM’s Secretary General and who had sailed through the last month’s flawed nomination may not find it that much easier to take his seat in the Senate without a fight.

The man who he defeated in the contest for Kisumu Rural constituency contest two decades ago is upon his feet and ready for another bruising election battle with the Minister.

The aspirant is Winston Ochoro Ayoki who represented Kisumu Rural constituency between 1992 and 2002 has declared that he would challenge Prof.Nyong’o in his bid to become the first Senator for Kisumu County.

An American trained graduate, Ayoki has served the government in the Ministry of Education at first as an Education Officer for the then Migori sub-district before he was promoted and made the Principal the Ramogi Institute of Advanced Science and technology.

Ayoki retired from the civil service and contested the Kisumu Rural parliamentary seat during the first multi-party elections of 1992 and won the election on Ford-Kenya ticket. He was sent packing by Nyong’o in 1997 and there after engage himself in business and farming.

At one time Ochoro-Ayoki was the regional manager for the American-Peace Corps in Kenya. He is also the younger brother of the late Wycliffe Onyango Ayoki who was the Managing Commission of the Kenya Meat Commission in the late 1960s.

Onyango-Ayoki had also served as the KANU MP for Kisumu Rural constituency in the late 1970s.This constituency has since been realigned and separated from the parts of Kisumu with the new constituency which s known as Seme.

Ayoki told this writer that his had an eight point vision for the Kisumu County.If elected he would thrive to promote health care program, promote the delivery of clean water for heath to the rural population, launch very aggressive food production program to make the area self-sufficiency in food and work for food security.

He said he would improve the environment of the area as well of conservations, further improve educational facilities and technology and build good infrastructure such as feeder and access roads to facilitate easy communications between the farming rural folks and market places.

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KENYA: WHY UHURU MAY NOT IMPLEMENT CONSTITUTION

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste in images
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Given that Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta will be voted as the fourth president of Kenya by some sections of Kenyans only, that is Gema and Kalenjins, the communities that have the highest registered voters it will be difficult for him to implement the new constitution.

Kenyans will not stand steadfast in their demand for the truth based on a new constitution because they will have the president who will serve the interest of the communities that voted him.

In this way the constitution will not be people driven because it will not be at the center of people themselves but the parliament or politicians. This will kill the constitution preamble,” We Kenyans”.

Parliament will be forced to amend the constitution that gives much power to those in authority. As such they will use it to intimidate and dictate to people whatever they feel it is on their favor. They will use it to intimidate and dictate because it would have no objectives and visions.

It will not talk about democratic principles that Kenyans should be committed to. It will give the president all the powers to use it in any way he likes. As such it will fail to define the duties of the head of the state and those of head of Government. It will place the president above the law. It will give him power to appoint ministers, public and constitutional officials of his own and taste.

Since the amendment will make president to be above the law, he can dissolve the parliament any time he feels like. He will also not be impeached. With its weakness and indecency, the amended constitution will not protect violation of human rights, guarantee free and fair elections, or directive principles on the management and use of natural resources such as public land, forest, water, wild life, etc.

It will mean that Kenya will be taken back when the police wantonly broken-up peaceful meetings of lobby groups and political parties, even clobbering harmless journalists covering such stories.

It will take us back where many opposition supporters have been inhumanly beaten, injured, and even died. This will give birth to the informal groupings as chinkororos, Jeshi la Mzee and Bagdad boys. In such well planned violence no arrests will be made.

It will also mean that Kenyan people will not unite actively together to re-build Kenya. As such it will deter a clear reflection of the past, a critical look at the present and a focused charting out of the way forward in resuscitating our country and giving it a new lease of life, in the firm belief that we can and are able to reshape our nation’s destiny.

Even churches will have no voice to call to an end the restoration of the separation of powers between Executive, the Legislative, and the Judiciary, the restoration of the security of tenure of office, the judges, attorney general and the controller and auditor general.

It will take us back when President Jomo Kenyatta’s had little change in cabinet after the General Election of October 1974. He kept Moi, Mbiyu Koinange, Julius Kiano, Mwai Kibaki, Jeremiah Nyagah, James Gichuru, Jackson Angaine, Isaac Omolo-Okero and Charles Njonjo in their jobs, the most stable ministerial team Kenya has ever seen. It will mean appointing only few new ministers.

For his government to be protected Jomo Kenyatta had to bring in Munyua Waiyaki, who had resigned in 1966 in sympathy with former Vice-President Oginga Odinga, not only to replace Njoroge Mungai as foreign minister but also brought in Daniel Mutinda to replace Eliud Mwendwa as the minister for Ukambani among others.

Against the background that amongst Kenyatta’s 12 nominations to Parliament were two representatives of Kenya’s increasingly influential ethnic or tribal unions: Njenga Karume, chairman of Gema, and Mulu Mutisya, leader of the New Akamba Union (NAU).

In this way Kanu was used by Jomo Kenyatta to discriminate the minority ethnic groups such as Kalenjin, miji kenda, Maasai, Luhya, among others. Kanu was predominantly Luo and Kikuyu party.

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Kenya & EU: The NCIC is sleeping on the jobs while Minister Ongeribri’s reaction to EU and US statements was a big diplomatic goof.

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News Analysis By Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu City

The casual way and manner with which the Kenyan Minister for Foreign Affairs Sam Ongeri had handled the sensitive diplomatic exchanges between Kenyan leaders and the EU countries ambassadors to Kenya on the need to have fair and free elections was a big diplomatic goof.

And the said could be said of the recent brotherly caution and advice by the US President Barrack Obama was a big diplomatic blunder if not an act of miscalculation and underestimation of facts.

Ongeri’s reaction had reduced the sensitive diplomatic issue to be of a simple and petty local political party affair between the competing Jubilee and Cord alliances.

The Minister’s utterances did not measure up to the international diplomatic standards. He down played the important role the EU envoys are playing to Kenya and the important part their countries contributions to or national budgetary system and development activities.

The Minister further displayed his total ignorance about the pivotal role the EU member states are playing as key development and economic partners of Kenya. He ought to have been well briefed and knew that the EU states are state parties to the Rome Statue and are its members bound by its legal obligation as much as is Kenya.

In the same context I am tempted to ask a question about the cardinal role played by the NCIC, which appeared to be ineffective and looked like a simple talking shop. The NCIC is like a toothless bull-dog, therefore its members and the executive director Dr. Mzalendo Kibunja were simply milking the public coffers. The commission should be dissolved with immediate effect, because it has failed to live to the expectation of the peace –loving Kenyans.

Kenyans from all walks of life are increasingly getting worried about the casual manner with which, the politicians, particularly those vying for the presidency have defiantly ignored NCIC repeated warning about the hate speeches.

In this context, I have in mind the speeches made by the Jubilee presidential candidate Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and his running –mate William Samoei Ruto during the letters recent tour of the Nandi County.

Many people were shocked and taken aback when the two made reckless statements at their campaign rally in Nandi County. Without any provocation fro any quarters the two principals leaders of the Jubilee Alliance, made unfounded allegations attacking the EU countries and the United States of America saying the two institutions were issuing threats and intimidation to scare their Kenyan supporters.

‘These nations must stop playing about issues they should come out openly and tell Kenyans that they are supporting the Prime Minister Raila Odinga.”We will not have a problem with that,” said Ruto.What an unfortunate statement?

Ruto was further quoted by all the dailies as saying that a number of Western nations including the US and Great Britain have already warned Kenyans of the consequences should they the elect the two ICC suspect

Ruto further alleged that what America and the UK had done was tantamount to violence tom intimidate KENYA VOTERS. Perhaps Kenyatta an Ruto were playing local politic s of provoking tribal emotions

Ruto’s frequent mentioning of Raila Odinga’s name in a derogatory manner and negatively whenever he opens up his public addresses, an action that carries risk wiping out the emotions of Raila supporters.

What were the NCIC agents doing. Did such remarks not amounting to hate speeches? Or the NCIC would like to wait until the supporters of the two camps get embroiled into physical confrontation.

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KENYA: KARACHUONYO CONSTITUENCY MIGHT NOT BE THE FERTILE GROUND FOR NON-ODM ASPIRANT TO WIN THE PARLIAMENTARY SEAT DESPITE THE INTRODUCTION OF CLANS POLITICS

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Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Kendu-Bay Town.

REPORTS emerging from Rachuonyo South district within Homa-By County say clans politics is raising its ugly head ahead of the March 4, 2013 general election.

However, sources in this most populous and expansive rural farming constituency have confided to us that it would be an uphill task for an aspirant contesting the election on another party ticket outside the ODM to clinch the east.

The residents have vowed to follow the six piece voting pattern in the area to the latter despite of the concerted effort by one of the parliamentary aspirant to introduce the inter clans rivalry kind of politics which is pitting the east and the west side of the expansive constituency.

According to impeccable sources, the architect of the inter-clans rivalry politic in
Karachuonyo is Adipo Okuome, a perennial parliamentary election loser in the area ever since the late1980s. This time around, he was beaten hands down by the immediate former MP for the area Eng. James K Rege.

Disgruntled after losing in the ODM primary nomination, Adipo Okuome it is being alleged had mobilized drunken and heavily intoxicated youths who staged violence protest by way of blocking he main Kendu-Bay-Homa-Bay with logs and burning tires.

The youths stoned motorists, while singing derogatory songs against the ODM leader Raila Odinga shouting ‘no Adipo Okuome no Raila Odinga. They tore up and burnt Raila Odinga‘s election posters. The gangs of hired political goons had earlier attacked the motorcade of Eng. Rege when he toured Nyakongo area in Central Karchuonyo where the former MPs made a narrow escaped amid hails of stones.

Adipo Okuome had since ditched the ODM and took the ticket of the Wiper party and he is still in the race. Another ODM primary nomination loser David Ngala joined the UDF on whose ticket; he is still in the race for the election proper, which is slated for March 4, 2013.

Following the ODM nomination fiasco, the inter-clans politics has raised its ugly head with unconfirmed allegation claims that the Wiper candidate has been preaching for the partition of Karachuonyo constituency into to the east-West confrontation.

In Karachuonyo, the family tree is evenly distributed into sub-clans based on the clans named after the five wives of the community’s great grand father, Rachuonyo son of Jok. The descendants of the polygamous grand father are named after their grand-mothers, namely, Joka-Achieng’. Jo-Kanyipir, Jo-Kauma, Joka-Nyaluo and Joka-Adwet.

Rachuonyo’s wives were Achieng’, Nyipir, Nyaluo, Auma and Adwet.

The Kadwet group, which is the most populous sub-clan occupied the central and the eastern parts of the constituency including the Kendu-Bay town which is the nerves center of the region .politics.

The intriguing history of Karachuonyo politics rotates around the two major clans which live in the East and West. The east had the advantage accessing modern education owing to the fact that it was the homes of colonial chieftains, who dominated the area administration from 1906 to the time when Kenya attained its political independence in 1963. The old colonial chiefs who were from one sub-clan, joka-Adwet might have committed some act of injustices against members of other sub-clans, which were considered to be inferior due to lack of exposure to modern education and civilization, and from the look of things, it appears as if these sub-clans which were previously marginalized and suppressed by the colonial chiefs have yet to forgiven the Joka-Adwet sub-clan.

Despite of its population numeracy, the Joka-Adwet has yet to produce an MP ever since the inception of Karachuonyo constituency in 1962.

The first MP for Karachuonyo was the lat Elijah Omolo Agar who win the election as an independent KANU candidate the late Joseph Gogo Ochok who was the KANU official candidate during the 1963 independence general elections.

Omolo Agar met the fatal road accident in 1966 and died before completing his five year terms. At the time of his death he was serving in the post independence cabinet as an Assistant Minister for home-Affairs.

The election contest between the late Omolo Agar and the late Gogo Ochok was full of political intrigues and controversies in that Jaramogi Oginga Odinga who was the then KANU Vice President threw his weight behind the late Gogo Ochok the official KANU candidate while the late Tom Mboya who was then the KANU Secretary-General backed the candidacy of Omolo Agar.

Omolo Agar hails fro the Kanyipir sub-clan in the West .After Agar’s death, the former area member of the defunct Nyanza regional Assembly David Okiki Amayo was voted in to become the second Karachuonyo MP, Okiki Amayo, was to dominate the area politics for the next two decades until the until spoken women leader Mrs Phoebe Muga Asiyo dethroned him in another controversial and bruising election battle.

Asiiyo retired from active politic after representing thezrea for three five years term, ad was replaced by his former chief campaigner Dr. Paul Adhu Awiti.

Awiti lost to Rege in 2007 and has since been engaged by the prime minister Raila Odinga as his political adviser on Luo politic.

What is expected to come out of the election in Karachuonyo is the fact that those aspirants contesting the election in the Luo-Nyanza outside the ODM stand no chance of wining the election after the Luo political kingpin Raila Odinga had toured the area and questioned the voters not to elected “Madodoa” candidates. He warned that electing such a candidates would reduced the party majority in the next parliament.

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Kenya: Westlands on 20th Feb

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From: odhiambo okecth

Dear Friends,

We hosted a Consultative Meeting this morning with the Waruku 2 Youth Team led by Brian and we reviewed the Walk Path for The Waruku Kangemi Human Peace Caravan which we have rescheduled to the 20th Feb.

Everything else remains the same.

At the same time, there are serious discussions going on about making The Human Peace Caravans even more bigger, and we will give details as soon as the works in progress becomes clearer.

We have been excited by the call from IEBC to all aspirants who placed their posters across Kenya to clear the same 7 days before the elections. This call must be enforced, because, our Towns are painted in many colours which are extremely offending to the eye.

Serious efforts must be put in place to help manage the question of Election Posters.

Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya.

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KENYA: THE MUGO REPORT – December 2012 – January 2013

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From: Mugo Muchiri
Los Angeles, CA
Febuary 3, 2013

Q: Happy belated New Year, Bwana Mugo! I know we’re well into 2013 but tell us how you sum up the year 2012? What for you were some of its highlights?

Mugo: Asante sana and Happy New Year to you too. 2012 was a good but tough year. I’m sure the continuing challenging economy has made a more resilient lot of us Kenyans in the US. But the thankfulness has also been there, at least on my part, for the good things that we mustn’t take for granted: additions to the family, good health and meaningful work.

The icing on the cake has got to be my recent visit to Kenya which provided a rare opportunity to be with my Mom, brothers, sisters and in-laws, and to be introduced and fall in love with a whole bunch of hitherto unknown nephews and nieces. That, plus connecting with long-lost friends……..could you ask for a sweeter Christmas gift? I don’t think so.

Q: So how’s Mom doing? You always sign out as the son of Ndunge….so tell me how the mother of ‘the son of Ndunge’ is fairing?

Mugo: Asante for asking. Mom is doing reasonably well for an 81-year woman. She’s still her old jovial self. Her gait is obviously a tad bit slower. She occasionally has to use a walking stick, but in her eyes, you still see the joyfulness of life. It was a warm presence to be around with so many beautiful memories shared.

When you see your mother live (rather than through Skype), you feel like blessing all the mothers of the world. In your Mom, you see the center that nourishes everything around, that’s at the basis of all family relationships and values. So for two weeks, every day was a joyful ‘Mother’s Day.’

Q: So when was the last time you were in Kenya, if I may ask?

Mugo: Slightly over 24 years! I see your jaw dropping, bwana. This was the first time I went to visit Kenya since coming to the United States in August of 1988. It was a long absence.

Q: MUNGU WANGU! You mean you had chuchuma’d here for 24 years! I think you’ve set a record among Kenyans in the US. I thought Ngugi wa Thiong’o had the ‘gold’ but you’ve outdone even the Great African Bard!

Mugo: Well life is interesting, isn’t it? However, I only recently found out that our family friend from Miami, Bwana Paul….. well he’s at 27 years and still counting. So I’ll have to settle for ‘silver.’

Q: So how was Kenya, especially after all those years? You must have been overwhelmed by the changes.

Mugo: Overwhelmed yes. Actually I was floored. The changes are simply amazing. Nairobi is just teeming with people. So is Nakuru, Thika, Makutano and other places I visited. You feel this raw energy in the air. Kenyans are just everywhere. And they’re mostly young. I rarely saw wananchi with gray hair like me in the city center. Perhaps most had retreated to the countryside for the holidays. It was a sea of mostly under-30-somethings.

One of the things that impressed me was attire. This was especially true among the ladies. When I remarked this to my brother Kamande, he told me that Mitumba (second-hand clothing) had been a savior. To my eyes, there was minimal difference between dress codes here in US and back in Kenya. And perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising; most clothing is actually sourced from the US.

Q: Did you get a chance to travel around some. Were folks in rural areas equally presentable?

Mugo: Yes I did, and yes they were. Now two weeks is a very short time especially since most of the things I intended to accomplish needed my presence in Nairobi. Still I managed to go to Murang’a from where I hail. It was critical for me to visit some of the 2007-8 hotspots and this led me to Nakuru, Naivasha and Nandi Hills. And yes, everywhere I went, people including small children seemed to be well-fed. They were certainly decently clad.

Now 24 years ago, it was common in my hometown of Saba Saba to see kids with long shirts (no undergarments) with makamasi dripping from their noses, and flies mulling around their faces. In fact kids didn’t even bother to swipe at the flies. You don’t like washing dirty laundry in public, but this was the reality. Today, it’s a 360 degree turnaround: children are clean and well dressed. I didn’t see a soul without shoes. So this was gratifying. You saw before your very own eyes the benefits of cross-border trade. And I think this mustn’t be lost to Kenyans, especially during this electioneering season, where it’s common to hear isolationist hues and cries.

Q: So would you say that living standards have improved since you were last there?

Mugo: With respect to what my eyes saw, I’d say yes. But it’s a qualified ‘yes.’ Time didn’t allow me to go areas like Kibera, Mathare and Mukuru where the bulk of our population resides. Now take Kibera as an example. It’s one of the biggest slums in Africa. In fact, according to Ngugi, an in-law of mine who lives in Karen, there’s only a forest of about a mile – the time of a brisk 20-minute walk – that separates Kibera from Karen. So the sprawl is alive and well, and will increasingly put the squeeze on high-cost, up market areas. Standards of living cannot be gauged without taking this significant portion of Kenyans into consideration. That’s why you have to ringfence my answer.

Q: Tell me more about Nairobi. Has it physically grown? And what’s the state of traffic in and around Nairobi?

Mugo: I didn’t care much for Nairobi. Its livability index is very suspect in my eyes. The area encompassing the City Center is nothing short of hazardous to your health. The main reason for this is the pollution from the seemingly numberless matatus and City Hoppers that rule the roadways. They all run on diesel for the most part.

You remember how President Obama described the first-ever US debt downgrade as “a self-inflicted wound?” Well, the hike in sickness rates in the coming years will have been a self-inflicted wound in a similar vein. We’re just doing it to ourselves, we’re acting in a manner to precipitate higher asthma and cancer rates among Nairobi urbanites. The only entities to benefit will be Big Pharma and all who come under its umbrella. In my mind, the government really has to get going on regulating the matatu industry. Not tomorrow, but NOW. Otherwise a rapidly gathering health threat is sure to morph into a fully-fledged crisis.

Q: Haven’t they partly done it though? In our last encounter, we talked about the inauguration of the new Syokimau railway station by President Kibaki as a step in the right direction.

Mugo: This is true. I continue to laud the investment efforts of Kenya Railways. They’re well-reasoned and appropriate to the need. But when you’re actually on the ground, you’re confronted with the issue of immediacy, the urgency of speeding things up. Let me give you an example. I was staying at the Transcendental Meditation ™ center in Valley Arcade in Nairobi. One day, I decided to take the 30-minute walk to Hurlingham. I then hopped onto a matatu which proceeded to head to downtown Nairobi. My brother Ng’ang’a was waiting for me in his office.

Q: Yes, I recall Hurlingham being on the tonier side of Nairobi.

Mugo: It took me another 30 minutes of waiting at the Hurlingham terminal before I boarded the matatu. While waiting at the bus stop, matatus would come, slow down, then leave. Each vehicle would belch diesel fumes into our faces. You cannot avoid ingesting the poison. By the time I got to my brother’s office, I was actually ‘high’ on diesel. And I thought, ‘What about these folks who have to endure this every single day of their lives.’ A Maasai friend I met in Namanga told me that folks from his community enjoy almost perfect health until they go to Nairobi. Then all hell breaks loose on them.

Q: What about the physical aspect of Nairobi?

Mugo: This is definitely an economy on the march. If you asked me, we’ve stolen Uganda’s national symbol – the crane is now our ‘bird’ – and lately it’s been busy in the service of building, building, building. As a point of fact, cement manufacturers aren’t able to keep up with demand. I don’t understand where all this credit is coming from, but it’s flowing like booze at a sailor’s party. What we need to watch out for is planning. The planning function is weak. Towns I visited like Kitengela, Juja, Thika and Makutano (or Kenol) to pick a few all exhibited deplorable planning.

Unlike what we’re used to in the States, there’s a dearth of park areas, broad streets, walking pavements, biker lanes, etc. These are important elements that contribute to a more superior quality of living. The multi-use functionality that newer buildings in LA have incorporated is a lesson that needs to be imported. This way, lofts, studios and apartments on higher floors co-exist with the ground floor service functionality of restaurants, dry cleaners, salons and what have you. In Kenya, outside the higher cost areas like Westlands (very admirable developments), it’s a jungle. Planning is haphazard.

Q: But I don’t imagine the LA of today is the LA of, say, 100 years ago.

Mugo: This is true. But must we wait for such a long time to achieve parity? Let’s appeal to, reach out and grasp ‘best practices.’ The LAs of the world may have had to develop it by themselves. This was an awfully slow roast. The advantage for today’s younger economies is the wealth of knowledge that exists out there and the relative ease of securing cooperation across seas. New city design and planning in China continue to benefit significantly from infusions of American expertise and ingenuity. Remember, a stitch in time saves nine.

Q: Would you say that Kenya is the land of opportunity?

Mugo: There is no doubt that Kenya today is the land of opportunity. The amount of wealth generation is simply staggering. As Hillary Clinton said at her going-away speech at the State Department last week, 7 of the 10 most rapidly growing economies are in Africa. Return on invested capital in Kenya towers over their comparables here in the US. What I’m saying is that the Carnegie Mellons, the Rockerfellows, the Huntingtons of Kenya are being created as you read this. It’s a hugely exciting and inviting time for investments in Kenya, and by extension in Africa. This there can be no doubt about.

Q: Where specifically are opportunities rife?

Mugo: The most obvious is land. About 6 years ago, an 1/8 of an acre in Kitengela was going for KSh 350,000. Today, it easily fetches KSh 1.5 million. In the last 6-7 years, Kenya has seen an explosion in land prices. Populations are moving further out for more spacious, better quality living. Now future increases in land may not be as dramatic as what I’ve just described. Even so, I think land especially in farther-out areas like Kitengela, Konza, Utawala can be good holding investments.

Residential construction is another area that can provide home-run returns. The demand –especially in the lower cost market segment – continues to far outstrip supply. I visited several home and apartment developments, notably Bahati Ridge in Gatanga, the Chania development in Thika and so forth.

Bahati Ridge is pioneered by the Kibe family. The family patriach was a Permanent Secretary in the Water ministry many years ago. In any case, he’s hived off half of his 180-plus acre farm and is developing so very beautiful homes whose quality is nothing short of outstanding. The contractor is Epco Builders of Industrial Area. The development is definitely a thumbs-up and I’d invite readers to check out bahatiridge.co.ke. Despite the hefty prices, they’re going, going and going.

I hope that my next visit will allow me more time to scout investment opportunities that I can share with my fellow Kenyans in Diaspora. But take it from me, this is NOT a time to whine about trust issues. Just find a good partner and jump in there. Opportunities stare you in the face.

Q: OK Bwana Mugo, asante for your insights. It’s been a joy to share and tuonane next time.

Mugo: Poa. Tumesmake. GOOD LUCK PETER KENNETH, GOOD LUCK MARTHA KARUA!!!!!!!!!! AMKENI KENYANS, GOOD LEADERSHIP IS STARING YOU RIGHT IN THE FACE. RISHI

KENYA: POLITICAL WIND IS SWEEPING NYANZA AS VOTERS REJECT IMPOSED ODM CANDIDATES

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste in images
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Since the re-introduction of multiparty politics in 1992 Prime Minister Raila Odinga has not met a tough rebellion like the one he did in Homa Bay County on Wednesday, after irate youths heckled and booed him as he told his supporters in dholuo to vote for ODM candidates only and ignore other affiliates.

He has not met tough hostility because since 1992 Nyanza has traditionally rallied behind political parties led by the Odinga family, and any politician who introduced or came with a different party risked being whisked.

With Wednesday rebellion there are signs that the political dynasty that has controlled Nyanza for decades could lose its iron grip due to the discord brought about by political intrigues within the Cord alliance.

This time along Luo Nyanza voters were pouring their anger on Raila Odinga for allowing his ODM party to give direct nomination to political aspirants they did not prefer. The voters felt they were robbed of victory by issuing certificates to many of the candidates who have served for long in parliament without any development at all.

Because this mess has never been cleansed, there is high possibility that a wind of political change is likely to sweep through Nyanza by voters rejecting the old and corrupt gurus in ODM were imposed to them.

Even though the angry crowds told the PM off and vowed to reject any ODM candidate who was given direct nomination in the whole Nyanza region, he still insisted that they must vote only ODM candidates in March 4th general elections.

Those who the voters allege were defeated but given ODM certificates include Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang for Senate seat for Homabay County, instead of Hillary Alila who the voters say won the nomination.

Kajwang received the ticket after hotly disputed party primaries that led to Alila defecting to People’s Democratic Party (PDP). This is not the first time voters have claimed Kajwang had been rigged in.

In 2007 when Sammy Wakiaga a civil servant and a prominent Nairobi based businessman was heading for a landslide election victory over Kajwang’ in Mbita constituency on an ODM ticket, Raila Odinga had prevailed upon Wakiaga to step down for Kajwang and wait for other job opening up in the event of the ODM forming the government. Wakiaga has since then kept a low profile in politics.

Voters don’t want Kajwang’ because when he was MP for Mbita he did very little in terms of development. Kajwang won the Mbita seat during the first multi-party election in 1992, and has repeatedly successfully defended his seat ever since.

He had a lackluster performance and poor track record of development. That is why when he announced his ambition that he was going to become the Senate representative of the Homa-Bay County he could not augur well with the entire County’s voters.

Homa-Bay County covers Gwassi, Mbita, Ndhiwa, Rangwe, Homa-Bay Town, Karachuonyo, Kasipul and Kabondo/ Kasipul. Kasipul and Kabondo constituencies in particular may not vote for him because of their belief that he was the one used by Raila Odinga to spear-head the controversial ousting of the influential Ker Meshack Riaga Ogalo, from the mantle and leadership of the moribund Luo Council of Elders from his office.

The violence which broke out in Rodi Kopany in the evening occurred when supporters of Peter Opondo Kaluma complained over allegations that immediate former Rangwe Mp Martin Ogindo was awarded ODM nomination certificate yet he never won the election. Voters were already tired with Ogindo and thought it was time for him to give chance for a new comer, only to learn later that he was rigged in.

While Alila’s candidature has drawn large support, especially from the youths and women who see him as a visionary leader and not power-hungry, in Siaya County voters are very angry that their preference candidate William Oduol was denied ODM certificate after winning nomination.

Mr Oduol faced Mr Odinga’s elder brother, Oburu Oginga in the primaries but the two were later disqualified by ODM over alleged confusion during the exercise. Oduol was robbed of victory and has since defected to the little known National Agenda Party and will face ODM’s nominee, Cornel Rasanga Amoth who was imposed to Siaya voters.

In Muhoroni the music is the same, where assistant minister Ayiecho Olweny is facing his perennial opponent, James Onyango K’Oyoo, who moved to Omingo Magara’s PDP after being denied the ODM certificate.

According to Muhoroni voters it is a fact that K’Oyoo beat Mr Olweny by a landslide during the ODM nominations but he was robbed of victory. He will have a sweet revenge on March 4,” when voters are likely to vote for him instead of ODM candidate.

In Kasipul is the same problem, where outgoing MP Oyugi Magwanga is a worried man after his main opponent; Charles Ongondo defected to Kalembe Ndile’s Tip party. Kasipul voters maintain Ongondo was robbed victory and they are likely to vote him against Magwanga.

Similar resistance is also expected in Gem, Nyando, Kisumu and in Rongo, where Public Service minister Dalmas Otieno is facing a tough battle from his main opponents, Gradus Oluoch and Paul Abuor. Mr Oluoch is vying on Wiper while Abuor settled on Tip.

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Raila witnessed the election violence as missiles and shoes flew over the dignitary dais in Homa-Bay CORD accompany rally

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Reports Leo Odera Omolo In Homa-Bay Town.

SECURITY details of the Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga ON Wednesday this week.and shielded the CORD presidential candidate from being hit when the mayhem broke loose during the ODM campaign rally at Homa-Bay Town

The Prime Minister was on the last leg of his three days campaign mission in his native home region of Luo-Nyanza.The trouble started when CORD leader made futile attempt to disown the ODM aspirants who have crossed over into other parties and got cleared by the IEBC to contest the March 4, 2013 general elections.

These were the same aspirants who had contested the election on ODM tickets, but felt aggrieved and deliberately rigged out after the much flawed ODM primary nomination.

Most of the rebel aspirants crossed to parties in partnership with the ODM under the enlarged CORD alliance.

The biggest crowd had turned out at the Homa-Bay campaign rally which was attended by the Prime Minister and several cabinet Ministers. The crowd was splinted into smaller groups of supporters carrying the portraits and electi0on posters of their favorite candidates, most of them those who had ditched ODM and crossed over t other parties.

The Gwassi MP John Mbadi, who was the master of ceremony pleaded with the crowd to drop the posters as this was an embarrassment to the Prime Minister, but the crowd defiantly displayed the posters while bursting into songs of praise for their favorite candidates. The MP’s voice was swallowed into shouting match by the huge crowd.

A heated argument ensued between the crowd and the Ministers followed by flying shoes and stones, some which hit the podium but kissed the dignitaries. The protesters appeared to have targeted the Immigration and Registration of Persons Minister Gerald Otieno Kajwang’

At one point a shoe thrown from the crowd hit the Minister and several others, while the Prime Minister was shielded by his security details and the Lands Minister James Orengo. The Minister had earlier tried to calm down the enraged crowd but was heckled and shouted down.

The security personnel moved in and charged on the crowd and even making the matters worse. It was the youthful Sports Minister Ababu Namwamba who successfully pleaded with the crowd to calm down before Raila made his address after the order and calm had been restored.

During the melee that followed the crowd run helter scalter leaving behind hundreds of shoes which were used as missiles.

Insults were hurled at Kajwang’, who prior to the ODM nomination was the chairman of the party in Homa-Bay County and who the crowd blamed for having messed u the nomination. They called the Ministers names such as “Traitor” “Andhoga’.

Other voices coming from the crowd defiantly praised and approved the candidature of Hilary Ochieng; Alila, who is Kajwang’s only rival in the Homa-Bay Senatorial contest in the Homa-Bay Senatorial contest, though Alila was nowhere to be seen.

Alila is still on the race on the ticket of Omingo Magara led Democratic Party of Kenya and the populist aspirant is expected to give Kajwang’ a run for his money come the March 4, 2013,

Raila faced similar problem when he toured Migori County the previous day. All the problems emanating from the flawed ODM nomination

In Migori, the former Nyatike M Edick Omondi Anyanga, whose wife Anne Omondi Anyanga was among those whose election were questionable had been made the deputy governor, whose nomination is also questionable. Insiders say no nomination took place in the took place in the entire Nyatike constitu4ndfy. although the IEBC had cleared the former MP and sever County representatives plus his wife.The same problems occurred in Migiori East constituency where a Somali Juneet Mohamed who is believed to be a believed to aver won the primary nomination. There were unconfirmed allegation of bribery both at the ODM headquarter and also at the IEBC.

In his address Raila Odinga urged the electorate to vote for ODM candidates only in a six pieces pattern to ensure that his party secure majority MPs.. He said this would give the ODM the majority seats in the August House, but if they voted for those aspiring for the election using other parties tickets, the ODM parliamentary strength could be reduced into minority. But a section of the crowd could not hear of this, though ‘Agwambo” spoke in vernacular telling them’yawa kik ukuod wiya [please do not shame me}

Raila, however, made political blunder when he described those seeking elective position in the region using tickets from other parties including those in partnership with the ODM under CORD umbrella as “Madoadoa”This remark provoked further murmuring among the crowd.

When the former Rangwe MP Eng Phillip Okoth Okundi turned out at the venue of the rally then broke loose as if the heaves had come down on the earth. Okundi is believed by many people within the locality to have won the position of the co. Awiti..

The ODM candidate for the Homa-Bay County women rep 5esentatiuve Mrs Gladys Wanga was subjected to a lot of insult and called name with some of the unprintable insults and insinuations. She is believed not to have won the primary fairly, but was rigged in on instruction of the Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang’.

Wanga is believed to have polled close to 31,00 votes against the winner Mrs Roselyn Onyuka, the former Nyanza PDE who polled 47,000 and above, but her names was cancelled at the ODM headquarters where she was replaced by Mrs Wanga. These were some of the issues which had angered and enraged the Homa-Bay crowd,and provoked them to act violently

From the looking of things,the majority of voters in Luoi-Nyanza appeared ti be hell-bent on voting for non-ODM candidates.

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KENYA: LAND CONMAN CHARGED IN KISUMU COURT.

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By Chak Rachar.

THE proprietor of a leading real estate agency in Kisumu was yesterday arraigned before a court and charged with obtaining money from a woman under the pretext that he would secure her a parcel of land.

George Adada appeared before the Senior Resident Magistrate Samuel Atonga and denied the charge.

Adada is charged that he February 11 2010 at Re-insurance plaza in Kisumu East district received a bankers cheque of 400,000/- and 50,000/- all totaling 450,000/- from Morine Leah Aketch Auma under the pretext that he could sell her a parcel of land at Kisumu Konya / 6067.

The accused who is the proprietor of Michigen Investments was ordered released on a bond of 100,000/-.

Atonga fixed the hearing of the case on February 27 this year.

The accused was taken to the basement cells as his bond was prepared.

He is represented by a Kisumu lawyer Ouma Njoga of Njoga and company advocates by inspector Francis Milia prosecuted the case.

Adada was earlier in the week roughed up by people who claim to be prospective land buyers after he and the complainant went to the scene together with surveyors, police and other complainants went to establish the situation on the ground.

The irate group left him half naked during the scuffle.

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Kenya: Inviting all Peace Actors

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From: odhiambo okecth

Dear Friends,

In the Month of January 2013, The Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign hosted 5 high impact Peace Events across Nairobi. We were in the following places;

Huruma on the 5th Jan
Highrise Langata on the 12th Jan
Kariobangi North on the 16th Jan
Mathare on the 19th Jan and

Dagoreti on the 26th Jan.

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In walking for Peace led by the Administration Police Band, The Provincial Administration, the IEBC, Peace Actors and our Partners, we realized that the people only need such interactions. People were enthusiastic with the Human Peace Caravans and we have seen we are having some effects on most Kenyans.

We are happy that some Media Houses have also rolled Peace Campaigns across Kenya on a massive scale. The only people who have not yet realized the need for Peace, Peaceful Campaigns and a Peaceful Election are the Politicians. They are still talking at cross purposes and we are hoping for divine intervention as we keep inviting them to the Human Peace Caravans.

We have a Loaded Month of February. We have already hosted The Dandora Human Peace Caravan on the 2nd Feb and more are yet to come and on Saturday the 9th Feb, all roads are leading to Westlands for The Waruku Kangemi Human Peace Caravan. This is our Calender of Events for February;

2nd Feb; Dandora
9th Feb; Westlands
13th Feb; Makadara
16th Feb; Kisumu
23rd Feb; Kamukunji.
We will then Launch The 7 Days of Peace Activism in Nairobi with a Peace Walk for ALL the Nairobi Aspirants across the CBD on the 21st Feb. This will be our Calender of Events;

21st Feb; A Forum for ALL Nairobi Aspirants at Charter Hall followed by a Peace Walk across the CBD
25th Feb; Kayole Soweto
26th Feb; Kariobangi North
27th Feb; Kibera
28th Feb; Embakasi Village
1st March; Mathare North
2nd March; Kiambio
3rd March; National Prayers for a Peaceful Elections.
All these Peace Events will be led by The Administration Police Band, The Provincial Administration, The IEBC and all the Peace Actors and our Partners. And all Kenyans are invited to host their own Peace Walks, Peace Caravans or Peace Sports across the Country as we approach the 4th March 2013.

Lastly, we are inviting ALL the 14.3 million Registered Voters to come out on the 4th March and help Clean Kenya.

Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya.

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The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC

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KENYA & USA: US PRESIDENT OBAMA GOODWILL MESSAGE TO KENYAN VOTERS MOST WELCOME BY ALL PLAYERS WITHIN THE COUNTRY’S POLITICAL DIVIDES

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News Analysis By Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu City

The US President Barrack Obama’s goodwill message to Kenyans people urging them to conduct peaceful election and at the same appealing to the electorate to reject intimidation and violence to allow free and fair general election was well received last night.

President Obama ‘s message which was beamed over the country via all the television stations appeared to be neutral and impartial and did not favor any particular party of individual presidential aspirant.

The message conveyed in a video posted on the US Embassy website opened up with the President Obama speaking in Kiswahili “Habari” a local dialect which is the joint official language with the English. In the message President Obama urged the candidates to resolved disputes through the courts, rather that on the streets.

While not speaking directly on how the US government would interpret the choice of Kenyan

Make on March 4, 2013, Obama said if the election were credible” you Kenyans will continue to have a strong partners in the US.”.

“Above all the people of Kenya must come together before and after the election to carry on work of building your country,”he said.

President Obama made explicitly clear that the United States of America had not endorsed any candidate and would instead support free and fair elections work of building your country,’ he said, adding,” you can show the world that you are not just a member of a tribe or ethnic group, but citizens and great and proud people nation.

“I cannot imagine a better way to mark the 50th anniversary of Kenya’s independence.”

President Obama message is viewed by the local political pundits and observers as representing positive neutrality and impartiality on the part of the US administration, and a country which has maintained economic and military ties with Kenya ever since it achieved its political independence in 1963.

Obama cited his personal commitment to Kenya saying, he was grateful; for the welcome Kenyans had given him and his family in their beautiful country.”

President Barrack Obama has a family root in Western Kenya where his late father Barrack Hussein Obama hails from. His elder step brother Malik Abong’o Obana is in the race contesting the elective position of regional governor for Siaya County as an independent candidate.

The US President family and relatives lives in Nyang’oma village, Alego Kogelo in Siaya County, about 80 kilometer northwest of Kisumu City.

Many Kenyan had expected President Obama to throw his weight behind the Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, who is one of the leading contenders for the presidency, and who had a blood relationships with the Obama family family, but the perception did not materialize. The US President steered clear of the local politics, and this is viewed as a diplomatic coup and score.

Perhaps this was in realization that the slightest mentioning of Mr Odinga’s name could have given the Prime Minister undeserved political mileage over his seven other rivals.

Meanwhile both the US and the UK, the two principal economic partners of Kenya have separately assured the Kenyan voters for the impartiality and non commitment..

Kenyans will to the polls to elect the 4th President on March 4, 2013, and eleventh parliament, This time round there will be a tri-cameral legislative bodies which include the Senate and regional assemblies in all 47 counties governance.

The two Western powers have stressed their neutrality ahead of the historic general election and allayed fears of endorsing any of the eight presidential candidates.

They have also assured the Kenyans that the outcome of the presidential votes will not affect trades ties with Kenya and sanction would not be imposed no matter who become the next President.

President Obama’s message come in the background of some European countries hgave recently said it would not be business as usual if Kenyans elected the candidates with criminal, tugs on their heads, particularly the ICC suspects Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and the former Eldoret North M William Ruto.

Kenyatta is the Deputy Prime Minister and the son of the post-Independence President the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.Ruto is Kenyatta’s presidential running-mate. Both the two men had criminal cases of committing crimes against humanity. Their cases are pending before the Hague based International Court of Criminal Justices {ICC}.The candidature of the two has elicited a lot of discontents and criticism by many Kenyans who felt there was no need electing the pair while they have serious criminal cases hanging on their heads before an international court.

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WRONG OF POLICE CHIEF TO BAN KENYA LAND DEBATE IN POLLS

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From: Judy Miriga

Folks,

Since, TJRC for Truth Justice and Reconcilliation Commission failed to do its job to clear and harmonize the historical injustices on time before the election, people will not shy away from it. People know exactly where their problems come from. It is a matter that will end up in court and even cause the elections to delay in order to fix matters. Since TJRC failed, no other person will exept the people themselves who will confront the monster and bring on board solution as people’s power shall not be failed by the monster of corruption. In this time of Reform Change, people shall use their votes as weapon against the wicked corrupt and bring the change they long for. Elections might delay to fix the problem, but the injustices must be discussed to resolve issues……..without it, we shall see the repeat of 2007/8 election crisis. Kudos Warsama for being blunt…..It is because, the Truth shall set us all free. Lets face it…..!!!

The world is watching every detail in Kenya, we shall not be intimidated or threatened. Elections must be free and fair……..!!!

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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— On Tue, 2/5/13, mohamed warsama wrote:
From: mohamed warsama
Subject: WRONG OF POLICE CHIEF TO BAN KENYA LAND DEBATE IN POLLS
Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 12:42 PM

I totally disagree with the ban imposed by Kenya Inspector-General of Police David Kimaiyo on politicians debating the emotive issue of land in the current presidential election campaign.

I of-course do not agree that such a debate should target the Kikuyu community since this amounts to hate speech. But it is certainly desirable that the Kenyatta and then Moi families and all others who acquired their land illegaly should fully account for the land they own.

Many of you were not even born yet in the Sixties and Seventies when the Kenyatta family forced neighbours in Gatundu to sell at arbitrary prices to them. In Mombasa, several plots were similarly acquired to expand the Thiririkwa Estate that President Kenyatta accquired for use during his frequent vacations at the Coast. We also read in a London newspaper in 1974 how two American ruby discoverers were kicked out of their ruby find in Taita Hills and it was taken over by the Kenyattas.

Let the debate on the Kenyatta land grabs continue, but the authorities should not allow it to extend to Kikuyu community as a whole. Allowing this debate to continue will help in fighting impunity siince it will lead to other land grabbers too.

Land grabbers have no tribes whatsoever.

Moham

From: Christine Baraza
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 8:03 PM
Subject: KENYATTA 500,000 ACRES OF LAND

The extended Kenyatta Family alone owns an estimated 500,000 acres of Land, approximtaely the size of NYANZA PROVINCE according to independent surveyors and Ministry of Lands officials, while 13 percent of Kenyans are ABSOLUTELY LANDLESS and 67 percent own LESS THAN AN ACRE OF LAND PER PERSON and we have IDPs in KENYA.

Here are some of the pieces of Land owned by Kenyatta Family

24,000 acres in Taveta
74,000 acres also in Taveta
50,000 acres in Taita
29,000 acres in Kahawa Sukari
10,000 acres in Gichea Farm-Gatundu
5000 acres in Thika
9000 acres in Kasarani
5000 acres in Muthaita Farm
10,000 acres in Naivasha
52,000 acres in Nakuru
20,000 acres in Bahati
10,000 acres in Rumuruti
40,000 acres in Endebes
1000 acres in Dagoreti

OTHERS are in Brookside Farm, Green Lee Estate, Njagu Farm in Juja, Quarry in Dandora and many others

From: john kibet
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 3:51 PM
Subject: Jubilee Manifesto

Sista Margaret, I see your point. And thanks for your “defense” of Lee. I am WONDERING though what Lee Makwiny was thinking saying such a DUMP thing. May be he was high on MBUTA or OMENA. Who knows. But it suffice to say that if anyone has to say something, it better make sense, based on reality or truthful. The STUPID and RETARDED thing about these ODMers and Raila Odinga FANATICS is that they try to lop lies and untruths towards their opponents without any facts adduced. Take the case of wealth and Raila Odinga family. Any idiot knows that the Odinga FAMILY GOT THEIR WEALTH IN DUBIOUS MEANS. There is amble EVIDENCE allover the place to PROVE that. May be one has to look at places like AID FROM USSR to start with (starting with Raila’s father). May be someone has to look at CURRUPTION in the Kenyan government ( Moi can tell us that), etc.The Raila Odinga family WEREN’T WALL STREET SPECULATORS, COAL MINERS or whatever. So WHERE the heck DID THE WEALTH COME FROM? HEAVEN? Hopefully, Lee Makwiny WON’T TELL US TH
AT RAILA’S FAMILY GOT RICH BY FARMING SUGAR CANE!The point is that his Raila is the LAST PERSON to ACCUSE ANYONE of ILLEGALLY ACQUIRED WEALTH! Period.

John K USC USA

From: margaret gichuki
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 5:52 AM
Subject: Jubilee Manifesto

In defence of Lee.

I think you guys got it wrong.

What Lee is saying is that if you come from a jigger province/county/region, you cannot be elected as a president.Lee thinks we have jiggers in our brains.That’s our Omega 3.

Be nice to RAO, the Nyanza gOD.

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:45 AM, john kibet wrote:

Lee Makwiny, Are u telling us that Uhuru Kenyatta suffers from alcoholism and jiggers infestation? OR did you mean to say that the Kikuyu’s suffer from alcoholism and jigger infestation? I thought Uhuru Kenyatta was supposed to have grown up in LIFE OF PRIVILEGE?—boarding schools, life in an American college etc. I thought I heard YOUR man, Raila Amollo Odinga, aka Arap Mibei (the name used to apply but not now) as saying that Uhuru Kenyatta STOLE large tracks of lands the SIZE OF NYANZA. How can a man of jigger infestation and alcoholism do that? I want to learn Lee M. So ENLIGHTEN ME! Well, let get our facts right first. This is the same Raila Odinga, who apart for a short STINT as a “LECTURE” at U of Nairobi, HE WAS THE GUEST OF BABA MOI in the INFAMOUS NYAYO DUNGEONS or Kamiti prison or being on the run from the law FOR MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE. Where DID RAILA ODINGA GET HIS WEALTH? Was he a SPECULATOR working in the Wall Street firms in United States? Is THAT HOW RAILA ODINGA BECAME A BILLIONAIRE? Tell
us Lee M. Please enlighten us where the Raila Odinga family’s wealth came from. What about the large track of LAND that was bequeathed to Raila Odinga IN SOBA RIVER, TINDERET CONSTITUENCY that the LOCAL KALENJIN PEOPLE BELIEVE WAS STOLEN FROM THEM after the White Settlers left? What can you say about that Lee Makwiny? Can you ask your Raila about that? And if really exist, is he the one to CAST A STONE TOWARDS Uhuru Kenyatta with what happened to the land (among others) at Soba River (in Tinderet constituency). Raila Odinga NEEDS TO TELL US how HE AND HIS FAMILY GOT THEIR WEALTH. Folks, the Raila Odinga family MUST BE VERY HARD WORKING TO HAVE SAVED MONEY QUICKLY FROM NON EXISTENCE WORK/JOBS.

I wish the Raila’s can TELL ME or US (Kenyans) HOW TO GET RICH QUICKLY BY NOT WORKING A 9-5 JOB! May be Raila Odinga, his ODM SYCOPHANTS and FANATICS need to tell us the WHOLE SECRETS OF DOING NOTHING (other than AGITATION and trying to OVERTHROW legitimate governments) AND STILL BE MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES! Folks, let Lee Makwiny TELL US and we can then tell him if Uhuru Kenyatta (or Kikuyu’s for that matter) SUFFER JIGGERS and ALCOHOLISM. John K University of Southern California USA

From: Lee Makwiny
Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 11:08 PM
Subject: Jubilee Manifesto

Maryane, We are in CORD, what do you expect me to say about TNA, honestly. Again, what is it in that maney-festo that is not in our manifesto? Let uhuru deal with jiggers and alcoholism first. Thank you.

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Maryann Wanjiru wrote:

Lee and All,

I notice you have been unusually quite on this; http://uhuru.co.ke/manifesto#manifesto, which was magnificently presented, unlike the Cord one, which was pure gossip, oooh Uhuru has a huge land oooh this one has this and that, yaani uvumi.

It was embarrassing to watch Ababu commenting on the same later on, he looked confused, jealous and lost,

It was a fantastic presentation, well researched and touched on issues, i pictured myself living in a different and developed Kenya.

If ONLY it can be implemented, isiwe just on paper.

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktn/video/watch/2000063500/Jubilee-Manifesto-Launch

http://www.kenya-today.com/politics/jubilee-manifesto

Raila says Uhuru can’t be trusted with land reform

Updated Tuesday, February 05 2013 at 00:00 GMT+3

By Kenan Miruka and Robert Nyasato

Kisii, Kenya: CORD presidential candidate Prime Minister Raila Odinga has asked politicians not to promise what they cannot deliver during campaigns.

The PM also asked Kenyans not to be flattered with attractive manifestos, saying some of those giving big promises do not know how to get money to actualise some of their pledges.

Addressing a rally at the Gusii stadium, Raila who was flanked by his running mate Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka and Trade minister Moses Wetangula said his rivals could not be trusted to implement the Constitution and bring land reforms in the country.

Peace efforts

Raila and Kalonzo maintained that Mr Uhuru Kenyatta was among those who own huge tracts of land in various parts of the country and therefore could not hoodwink Kenyans that he could reform the sector. However, the CORD leadership has not produced evidence in public of such ownership.

“A hyena can’t bring reforms in a goats’ pen. That is only possible when all the goats are dead,” Raila said in reference to land reforms.

Raila tore into Foreign Affairs minister Sam Ongeri over a recent peace pact signed between the Kisii and Kalenjin communities, saying it was wrong to ask people to vote for a particular coalition to guarantee safety of their land and business in the Rift Valley.

“Kisiis have a constitutional right to own property anywhere in the country. They don’t need to vote for a particular candidate to guarantee this. I am impressed by the massive support in Kisii, which is now officially a CORD zone and those thinking it is a swing vote are dreaming,” said the PM.

Kalonzo said it would be wrong for Kenyans to elect leaders who opposed the Constitution.

“I went round the world in shuttle diplomacy but these individuals never recognised the role I played in the whole thing. We stand for social justice and shall respect the sanctity of titles,” said Kalonzo.

He said the country could not afford to accord leadership to a group of people pretending that they would initiate and implement reforms.

Ruto bought land with ‘fake’ deed, court told

Updated Tuesday, February 05 2013 at 08:13 GMT+3

By Isaiah Lucheli

Eldoret, Kenya: Documents and a title deed used to transfer a parcel of land to Jubilee coalition presidential running mate William Ruto were allegedly not genuine, as they did not originate from the Ministry of Lands.

Principal Land Adjudication Officer at the ministry, Kiogora Mburugu, also told the court a green card that contained ownership details of the land owned by Adrian Gilbert Muteshi had also been illegally expunged from the Eldoret Lands office.

The land’s official claimed there were inconsistencies in the transfer of land from Muteshi to Dorothy Jemutai Yator who eventually sold it to Ruto. Yator allegedly sold the property to Ruto, but Muteshi argues he never charged the property’s title to secure money.

Yator sub-divided the 100 acres into nine titles. Muteshi, who was displaced during the 2007 post-election chaos denied selling the land to anybody, insisting he is a victim of fraud, manipulation of government processes and unfair treatment.

Wrong process

Kiogora told High Court Judge Rose Ougo in cross-examination that the ministry had revoked a title deed issued to the former MP and Yator and placed a caveat on the land until the matter was heard and determined by the court.

The former MP has been engaged in a court tussle over the ownership of land in Uasin Gishu County with Muteshi.

The process of issuing the title deed was also questioned, as it was given before the stamp duty was paid, which is against the rules. Kiogora told the court that even the registrar did not have powers to order for the issuance of deed before payment.

The court also heard that a letter by the ministry had indicated that Yator was in possession of the land as early as 1980 whereas at the time she was only six years old, which dealt a blow on the authenticity of the letter.

Another alleged inconsistency in the land transaction included a picture that was used in the transaction, as it did not belong to Yator who was present in court during the hearing of the suit.

Meanwhile, the MP was allowed by the judge to step down as a witness after an application by lawyers Kioko Kilukumi and Katwa Kigen. However, Muteshi’s lawyer Anthony Libulele opposed the move.

TJRC to publish report in May

By DANIEL NYASSY dnyassy@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Monday, February 4 2013 at 18:34

The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) will release its findings on May 3 on the injustices committed to Kenyans by past regimes and individuals.

The chief executive Mr Chavangi Aziz Tom on Monday said that prominent issues affecting the Coast region were land and marginalisation.

He also said that 40 per cent of Kenya’s injustices were on land adding that the issue had borne the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) whose grievances the commission was still addressing.

“We attempted to engage the MRC on three occasions but they declined to agree with us. First, they demanded legal recognition then the release of their leaders and finally the issue of land,” he said.

Mr Tom said the report would be a detailed account of the injustices committed to Kenyans and would set the benchmark for other commissions of inquiry to refer to.

Noting that land had been the subject of great violence in the country, Mr Tom called on Kenyans to remain calm and conduct peaceful elections.

“Kenyans should not fight over land any more. Solutions are coming. We shall give our recommendations with permanent solutions after releasing our report. Please remain peaceful,” he said.

NCIC: Keep off historical injustices

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KENYA: The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has cautioned politicians against discussing historical injustices as the campaigns heat up.

Such statements are tantamount to incitement, said the commission’s chair Mzalendo Kibunja.

Instead, NCIC has told them to allow the Truth Justice and reconciliation commission to execute their mandate.

The commission’s warning comes amid calls for greater caution in utterances as Kenya heads to the polls.

Last week, the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI) Executive Director Mwenda Makathimo cautioned politicians against spreading falsehoods or create misery on account of land issues.He explained that such talks are likely to polarise voters, as land is a sensitive matter.

With some blaming the nominations chaos on erroneous information disseminated on social media, IEBC has also expressed concerns about communications on the digital platform.

Politicians told to keep off land issue

Updated Thursday, January 31 2013 at 00:00 GMT+3

By Michael Wesonga

Eldoret, Kenya: Politicians have been cautioned against stirring tension through exploiting the emotive land issues during campaigns.

Land experts warned this was likely to polarise the country and incite ethnic tensions ahead of the elections that could trigger violence.

The Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI) Executive Director Mwenda Makathimo cautioned politicians against spreading falsehoods or create misery on account of land issues.

“They should stop doing this anywhere in the country, especially for their selfish gains, as this could result in the scenario we witnessed during the previous elections,” he said.

Clear Mechanisms

He instead urged the politicians to fast track the gazettement of the National Land Commission nominees whose names were approved before Parliament was dissolved.

Makathimo noted that it was the only independent body in the Constitution capable of resolving all historical land issues and implementation of new land laws.

“Where disputes arise, they must be resolved in a legal and peaceful manner as provided for in the national land policy, the Constitution and the new land laws that stipulate clear mechanisms within which land disputes are resolved,” he noted.

He regretted that land had resulted in the death of innocent Kenyans, destruction and loss of private property and the disruption of businesses and people’s lifestyles that has undermined local and national economies.

He was speaking in Eldoret where they conducted a public education forum on land, peace and elections under the initiative dubbed Ardhi na Amani Kenya where they unveiled a caravan on the same.

LDGI chairman Ibrahim Mwathane, assured all Kenyans that once instituted, the land commission would deal with all the matters being raised by politicians through legal, structured and institutional processes.

Johnstone Kiamba, a member of the institute, urged Kenyans to be good stewards of land by subjecting it to proper use.

Kenya: Dr James Mwangi on Vision 2030

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From: odhiambo okecth

Friends,

This piece was posted on 9th Oct 2012.

We need bold leaders who are able to stand up and tell you the truth- however bitter it may be. And one such leader is Dr. James Mwangi- the MD and CEO at Equity Bank Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat.

Dr Mwangi has come out and doubted the efficacy of Vision 2030, and asked, are Kenyans feeling Vision 2030?

Turn it the other way round; what are we doing as a People to Live Vision 2030?

Now, this is a tough question, for in Vision 2030, we have broad theories, utopian as they are, but very practical towards moving Kenya to the next level.

I have taken time to go through the Medium Term Goals and as good as their intended actions are on paper, they are wanting on the ground. And we do not want to be reminded of Water for all by the year 2,000. The year 2,000 came and went and no water was realized for all.

Kenya will be celebrating our Silver Jubilee on the 1st June 2013, and try as we want, I am certain we will not achieve the basic 3 issues we set out to achieve at Independence – ie Poverty, disease and ignorance. Our level of ignorance has just recently been manifested in Parliament, where against the expectations of the Country and the People, our Members of Parliament voted in the night to award themselves hefty send off pay cheques.

I am very keen on the Economic Pillar of Vision 2030, especially on Environmental Management. This is one area that can address the question of unemployment in Kenya and spur the Country towards greater economic gains. But who cares?

Some of the people charged with managing this sector are completely not in sync with the National Aspirations. They are not seeing the massive opportunity waste and garbage present to our economy. A good approach to Environmental Management where waste is separated at source offers lots of employment opportunities to our people. This then would mean, we can take our Children to school easily, pay our medical insurance scheme easily, invest in real estate, or pay our rents. It will place bread on the table and reduce the culture of dependence and hand-outs. And it will in-spur some economic revolution, or rather, the Waste Revolution.

This will mean having an empowered lot, a people who can make conscience decisions when it comes to choosing leadership at all levels.It will reduce economic disparity and create some sense of brotherhood.

But the easier way out is to subjugate the people with theories and more theories, just because an empowered lot cannot be easily manipulated. It is hence in the interest of the political class that Vision 2030 is not achieved. They see the realization of what this Vision portends for Kenya as an affront to their voting base, where the masses of people are left to wallow in poverty as a tool for political reactivation.

But then, Kenya is moving forward, and we are discarding our ways of before. New leaders are emerging and with that, new thought processes, where emphasis is being placed on rapid development and service delivery.

We must not loose hope. We must rally each one of us to simply play his part. We must move From Talking to Tasking as we address the plight of our people. This is why, at The Clean Kenya Campaign, we are inviting Kenyans to help clean their immediate neighbourhoods and help make Kenya Clean as our collective Transformative Deliverable when Kenya turns 50. And we want it organized; where diffferent groups pick different waste and deliver the same to a definite point.

As we do this, we must not lay blame and look to the past. We must look to the future and remain optimistic that a Clean Kenya is within our reach.

Lastly, we must appreciate the Team of Digital Technocrats in Government, men and women who have promised to serve and in Mother Kenya they believe. We are proud to have you as members of The Clean Kenya Campaign.

Kenya: Gun totting thugs kidnapped a prominent Oyugis trader in a political related violence

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Writes Leo Odera Omolo

The rate of crime waves in Oyugis town and its environs is reported to have reached the most worrying point and alarming proportion..

The semi-rural town is located in Rachuonyo South district within the Homa-Bay County.Cases of politically related intimidation are also said to be on the upsurge with several local leaders reporting having received phone calls containing life threatening messages.

A young man was killed a couple of weeks ago as he walked home at about 8.p.m after attending a church service in town. So far no arrest has been made.

Johnson Arong’a Apart met his death as he was walking to his home in Kokal village outside Oyugis town after attending an evening church meeting.

Another shocking incident occurred last week when Willis Ocholla a prominent trader in Oyugis town was abducted by four gun-0rorring thugs. The thugs drove him in his car all the way to Mumias where his car was eventually abandoned..

The incident took place while Ocholla was driving to his residence within Oyugis town after 8 p.m in the evening. The thugs blocked his path with another car and four thugs emerged, one of the brandishing what looked like an AK 47assault rifle. The bundled Ocholla into the back sea of his car, blind folded him and drove towards Kisumu.

He was later released in a Kisumu city residential estate where he was abandoned by his abductors chained from behind and stripped naked.

Oholla had the colossal sums of money toi the tune of Kshs 300,000 which the they took after frisking his pockets.

He was later rescued by a good Samaritan who gave him a trouser and took him to the Kisumu Police Station. The victim was later admitted to the New Nyanza General Hospital in Kisumu Central Police Station. The good Samaritan also gave him a trouser and thereafter took him to the New Nyanza General Hospital for treatment. He could not speak at the time because the thugs had beaten him up.

Prior to the incident,sources in Oyugis said Ocholla had received the verbal warning from a person whom he knew pretty well who told him to scale his businesses down, especially his flourishing wholesale store.

At the same time, a civic leader representing Wire / Migwi ward Coun Jevis Abuor reported last week that he had received a telephone message warning him not to support a certain parliamentary candidate in the area or else his life would be in danger.The Councilor made a report at the Oyugis police station.

Similar incident of intimidations coming from marauding youths allied to parliamentary aspirants in the contest for the Kasipul seat are on the high increase.

The former MP for Kasipul-Kabondo William Oloo Otula has strongly condemned what he termed as life threatening political thuggeries in the area and called upon the police in Rachuoyo South to redouble their day and night patrol around Oyugis town and its environs.

Otula who said he had lost a cousin the late Arong’a Apat appealed to the police to ensure that the culprits who killed the young man were brought to book.

Otula who represented the area in parliament between 1992 and 1997appeal to the candidates vying for the parliament seat in the area to conduct their campaign in peace and refrain from engaging the drunken youths to disrupt the peace and tranquility in the are.

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Kenya: LSK on Limuru Country Club

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By Agwanda Saye

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) wants the Limuru Country Club to uphold gender rights under the Constitution.

LSK CEO Apollo Mboya said that the exclusive club had breached the constitutional provision on non-discrimination on gender.

He said that Article 27 of the Constitution provided that every person was equal before the law and had the right to equal protection and benefit of the law.

“Equality includes the full benefit and equal enjoyment of all rights and fundamental freedoms – irrespective of gender,” Mboya said.

The CEO said that men and women had the right to equal treatment including the right to equal opportunities in political, economic, cultural and social spheres.

The Board of Directors of Limuru Country Club held a meeting on December 18, 2012 and allegedly made a by law to disenfranchise lady members, according to documents at LSK.

“We (LSK) call on the Commissioner of Sports Gordon Oluoch and the National Gender and Equality Commission to intervene on the stalemate,” Mboya says.

The CEO said that the issue was before the LSK Gender Committee which would advise the Governing Council on legal steps to take.

“We shall consider legal necessary legal action if the matter is not resolved amicably,” Mboya said.

Mboya said that LSK was in possession of documents showing that the Board of the golf club passed a discriminatory by law that was not in line with the Constitution.

“The by law says that the golf committee was a male affair …lady golfers can only attend its meetings as guests,” Mboya said.

Rose Mambo, Dr Caroline Wangari and Martha Vincent who are members of the club have instructed their lawyers Murgor & Murgor Advocates to write to the club over the matter.

Lawyer Philip Murgor copied the legal letter to Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Ababu Namwamba and National Gender and Equality Commission chairperson Winnie Lichuma.

Murgor said that the Board of Directors had taken away voting rights of the women and consigned them to mere guests during general meetings.

“We are concerned because Dr Wangari and Ms. Vincent have even served as Lady Golf Captains at the exclusive club,” Mboya said.

He said that LSK was concerned that constitutional provisions as stipulated under the Bill of Rights were increasingly breached on economic, social, political spheres.

“It is high time we accept that society has undergone a complete transformation and the Constitution should be our guide,” Mboya said.

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KENYA: LEADING KISUMU ESTATE AGENT STRIPPED NAKED BY WOMEN AFTER CONNING THEM.

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By Chak Rachar

ANGRY prospective land buyers yesterday roughed up a leading real Estate Agent in Kisumu while accusing him of fleecing them of unspecified amounts of cash under the pretext that her would sell them assorted parcels.

The irate mob pounced on Mr. George Adada leaving him half naked.

Adada who is the proprietor of Michigen Investments which is based in Kisumu pleaded with the buyers to leave him alone but his pleas fell on deaf ears as they roughed him up.

Chaos erupted at Konya village in the outskirts of Kisumu town where land surveyors, police and lawyers had gone there in order to find the situation on the ground.

But the mob stormed the area next to Ukweli pastoral centre sending everyone scampering in different directions.

Earlier hundreds of prospective land buyers in Kisumu who claim to have lost millions of shillings to fraudsters posing as agents threatened to stage a major demonstration against the police and land officials in the area whom they say collude with the conmen.

The victims said that they will stage a major demonstration against the office of the criminal investigations department for not arresting the agents.

One of the victims Ms Leah Aketch said that she was coned by agent at Michigen Investments and has spent over 7 million shillings in developing a parcel of land at Konya in the outskirts of Kisumu which turned out to be a road reserve.

“Upon perusal of maps it has been established that the parcel of land is actually located on a road reserve’ she said.

Speaking in Kisumu Aketch said that she has severally referred the matter to CID headquarters in Nairobi.

She said that her efforts to have the conman arrested have all been in vain since the susoect enjoys protection from some officers.

Aketch said that officers at the CID office in Kisumu have been telling her that the matter is quite delicate.

She blamed officers at the land’s office in Kisumu for colluding with the conmen in order to fleece unsuspecting members of the public of million of shillings.

Aketch said she was given a parcel of land at Konya parcel number 6076 by a one George Adada only to be told that the real one is located at Dago parcel number 4020 which is located several kilometers away.

Another complainant Oliver Agnes alias Nyanaya said she had fallen victim to the fraudsters at Riat area.

She said huge tracts of her parcels of land had been sold out by some of the conmen posing as agents in Kisumu town.

Nyanza CID chief Joseph Mugwanja confirmed knowledge of some of the cases.

Mr. Mugwanja said he is aware of Aketch’s case since it was forwarded from CID headquarters for immediate action.

Documents seen by The People show that Aketch was given a referral letter addressed to the Nyanza PCIO to look into the matter.

He promised to look at the file with a view to taking action.

Mr. Mugwanja confirmed that there are some 32 cases of that nature which are being investigated by the Kisumu DCIO.

The days of those who have been fleecing people under the pretext of giving them parcels of land are now numbered.

A number of top civil servants and businessmen in Kisumu have also fallen victims of the super conmen.

Investigations have revealed that those who have been fleeced of millions of shillings have been promised parcels of land at Kibos Road, Dago, Konya, Dunga, parts of Kajulu, Riat and Kisian, Dago together with Otonglo areas.

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KENYA: KNOW YOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Raila Amolo Odinga

For the vast majority of Kenyans, Raila Amolo Odinga is likely to become the 4th president of the Republic of Kenya come March 4th presidential elections. This is because he is the most experienced of all the presidential candidates seeking to succeed President Mwai Kibaki. Opinion polls have all the times put him as the frontrunner to be the 4th president of Kenya.

Many Kenyans see him not only as a reformer who has continuously propagated for democracy and good governance, but also very courageous man who dared Moi when no one could open his mouth. He was instrumental in bringing to an end the KANU government which Kenyans have suffered under for decades.

Kenyans value him, not only because he was the major force behind the election of kibaki and NARC government into power in 2002 when he declared the famous kibaki tosha slogan, but also instrumental in the passing of the new constitution which promises many good things for the ordinary Kenyans.

That is why to the vast majority of Kenyans it is only Raila who can implement the new constitution as he always promised in his campaigns. That could also explain why his party has more national outlook as compared to other political parties.

Among his promises include creating employment for about three million Kenyans aged between 15 and 29 years who are in low quality, vulnerable jobs that pay almost nothing. One million have no jobs at all. Close to two million do not even look for a job.

Raila wants to make sure the country creates a million good jobs annually so that his government can employ the 800,000 young Kenyans joining the labour market-Making sure that all young Kenyans have adequate nutrition in their early childhood, enjoy good health, and receive quality education. With this, they will build human capital, which will make them attractive to prospective employers.

Raila will also institute cash transfer for all mothers in need of help for the first 1,000 days, on condition that they look after the child well. He will also extend help to poor schools and raise the quality of learning by ensuring better and more committed teachers implementing a relevant curriculum.

While he is intending to call on youth for to create the “Kenyan Peace Corps”, he will be asking young Kenyans waiting to enter university or looking for jobs after graduating to teach in primary schools throughout the country. This will also encourage social cohesion and create jobs.

Kenyans also believe that it is only Raila’s government that will attract investors locally and abroad, focused on expansion of our energy base and development of renewable energy sources of geothermal, solar and wind. The huge involvement being France, Germany, Japan, European Union, United States, Spain, Belgium, China, India, Korea and others in funding geothermal, wind, hydro and coal power development is largely a result of my intense lobbying.

He is the only president who is in the best position to stand shoulder to shoulder with top global leaders, sit with them one on one, and reach agreement on strategic political and economic issues for the benefit of Africans and Kenyans.

He ahs also promised that his government will intend to deepen investment in infrastructure with focus on roads, rail, mobile telephony, energy and ICT. He also wants to expand investment in food security through irrigated agriculture, subsidies for farmers and research.

He also wants to expand poverty reduction measures and make our health care work for the poor and the rich alike. I will push vigorously for the establishment of a national health insurance scheme. He will cut wasteful government spending; expand the revenue base by closing loopholes and lowering tax rates, intending to encourage much more efficient use of donor money. Today, about a third of donor money is currently not utilised.

Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta

The fact that Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta enjoys a massive support from his central province backyard and his Kikuyu ethnic group, no doubt for sure that he stands a chance to be neck to neck to Raila, a fact that Raila has acknowledged.

Like Raila, this is not the first time Uhuru is standing. His first short at the presidency was in 2002 when he ran against Mwai Kibaki of national rainbow coalition (NARC). He came second with over 1.5 million votes separating him and the opposition candidate, Mwai Kibaki.

There is also no doubt that because Uhuru has joined with William Ruto, he will enjoy Kalenjin and Kikuyu voting bloc- An Uhuru- Ruto alliance where the former is the president and the later his running mate may see Uhuru win the presidency at the expense of Raila.

While few Kikuyus can vote for other ethnic groups, generally the Kikuyus don’t vote for anyone other than their own. This may also boast Uhuru’s chances of being president. This is a data collected over the years, a trend that has been observed is that whenever elections are held, Kikuyus only vote for their own and not a candidate from another community.

The only obstacle for Uhuru is The Hague factor, and the fact that Martha Karua, Peter Keneth and Paul Muite factor, both of whom are kikuyu and are also in the race to be kenya’s president and this may mean dividing the Kikuyu votes into four parts which means all of them losing ground on the race to be the country’s president.

Some Kalenjins may also decline to vote for Uhuru, not only because the Kalenjins and Kikuyus have never been strange bedfellows, but because Ruto disappointed them by becoming Uhuru’s running mate. All along the Kalenjin communities opted for Ruto to become president.

In the last election when the post election violence broke out they took machetes and pangas against one another while each killed and evicted the other from their backyard and for this reason it is very unlikely for the Kalenjin voters to support Uhuru Kenyatta and same is true for the Kikuyus supporting William Ruto. It is some Kalenjin voters may say; better the devil you know (Raila) than the angel you don’t know (Uhuru).

As former Thika County Council chairman, Francis Wakahia once siad: “Tukuenda ruuri rucoke mukaro na nowe tu ungihota” (we want the river to return to its original course and Uhuru is the only person capable of doing this). (Standards, January 28, 2002), it creates doubts as whether Uhuru will work for the benefit of all Kenyans as stipulated in his Jubilee manifesto.

Martha Karua

While Narc-Kenya presidential hopeful Martha Karua is lauded by Kenyans as courageous, a woman who stands by what she says, like Raila Kenyans believe that she can implement the constitution.

She is the only few among the candidates who can clean the mess by past governments. She has always been on the side of the poor Kenyans, lamenting that the poor had no rights while the rich were favoured everywhere and even got jobs where they did not meet qualifications.

These are the injustices that for sure her government will address. If given chance she will spearhead the fight against discrimination and make sure that all Kenyans have equal chances.

Musalia Mudavadi

Even though Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has not been popular among Kenyans, the fact that former president Daniel arap Moi declared his support to presidency will make him to loose more votes. Kenyans were already tired with Moi having ruined Kenya for 24 years he was on power. His support may be taken by few Kelenjins, especially his Tugen community.

Kenyans know that Mudavadi is not the “champion of the devolved government system as he claims. He is not even the best person to implement the Constitution. For that reason he will not impact the lives and livelihoods of more than 40 million Kenyans.

Paul Muite

While it could be true that Paul Muite has vigorously and consistently fought in the second liberation of this country which was all about bringing change that is in line with the vision and obligations of our forefathers where the country guarantees each and every citizen security, social and economic justice, food security, and development of the youth, health and education, the fact that in 1992 when he was the Vice of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as Ford-Kenya he told Kikuyu communities to vote for Keneth Matiba for presidency instead of Jaramogi disqualifies him as a reformer.

This contradicts his vision to catapult Kenya from being a third world country economically and socially into being a 2nd or 1st World Country by removing high-level corruption, return billions of stolen public funds stashed abroad and implement economic and social policies focusing on the majority, this is achievable; it is not a pipe dream.

Muite claims he will be able to bring back looted money since 1963. Although very little has changed including during Kibaki’s presidency, being tribalistitly oriented makes it impossible to fulfill this promise.

Peter Kenneth

I fully agree with Eagle Coalition presidential candidate Peter Kenneth Kenyans should choose leaders in the March 4 elections based on their past record. His argument that his competitors in the presidential race have nothing to show for the years they were in government is genuinely correct.

I also agree with him that some of these presidential aspirants have not shunned tribal and that they are tainted leaders. Record has shown that as MP of Gatanga Kenneth is probably the only presidential hopeful that has used Constituency Development Fund (CDF) transparently to develop hid constituency.

So when he says that his government would improve security, healthcare, education and boost food security if elected Kenyans will agree with him. His government would further develop industries for job creation, improve agriculture and ensure economic growth.

James ole Kiyiapi

For Prof ole Kiyiapi, since Kenyans have not known him in public, his promise that if elected president his government would focus on food security, healthcare, education, employment and security may not be enough reason for Kenyans to vote for him.

Abduba Dida

Like ole Kiyiapi, Alliance for Real Change presidential aspirant Mohammed Abduba Dida is not well known to the public. He became known when he presented his papers to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and was cleared to vie for presidency.

His promise that if elected president his government would uproot toxic leadership that has brought suffering to Kenyans may not convince voters. He also picked little known 29 years old Joshua Odongo as his running mate.

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Kenya: “Who Killed Dr.John Robert Ouko” John Troon report connects Kisumu Molasses Project.

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The Honorable Minister Dr. John Robert Ouko (31 March 1931. 13 February 1990), commonly known as Robert Ouko, was a Kenyan politician who served as Minister of Kenya from 1979 to 1983 and from 1988 to 1990. Robert Ouko served in the government of Kenya from the colonial period through the presidencies of Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Arap Moi. He was a member of the National Assembly for Kisumu and a cabinet minister, rising to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation by 1990. He was murdered in Kenya on February 13, 1990. The murder case, perhaps the most intriguing in Kenyan history, remains unsolved.A report presented in parliament in 2010 states that the murder was carried out in one of then President Daniel arap Moi’s official residences.

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Kenya: Police officer who was wrongfully dismissed 18 years ago wants his job back

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By Shem Kosse

WHEN the New Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo was sworn in December last year to take over the reigns of police from the now retired Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere, he glaringly promised to revamp and accord the much discredited and loathed Kenya Police service:A new and emulative look which the country’s citizenry, can adore and revere.

The new IGP ,who competitively, scored highly in terms of marks during the interview proved it that he can really be fully in charge of the now both regular and Administration Police under one command.

To prove that he has really gotten down to task, heads have been sighted rolling and the issue of the much published police “impostor” Joshua Waiganjo has cropped up and now under thorough investigations to ascertain on how he really got into the security system,despite of the existence of the Kenya’s well oiled intelligence network,billed as one among the best,globally.

A lot still has to be done so as to help in unmasking some of the atrocities which were allegedly committed within the police service.

While the public still grappling with the issue of the fake police officer known as Waiganjo so as to ascertain the real truth about it on how he has operated within the service for close to five years unnoticed as fake one, a 46 years old man also claims that he was wrongfully dismissed from the police Service some 18 years ago after committing no crime.

Emmanuel Ochieng says the circumstance under which he and his colleague identified as Christopher Odero were shown the exit door still remain unclear to them when they were summarily dismissed from the then police force in April 1995 while another person identified as a Mr. Paul Oduor Imbaya then his fellow police constable is still working in the service and has since been promoted to an Inspector of Police despite being arrested and falsely imprisoned over their matter where they tried to investigate a case of suspected corruption at the Mombasa Port.

Ochieng who now resides in the sprawling Kibera Slums in Nairobi while doing only odd jobs at Building and Construction sites in Kitengela says what caused him and his Colleague their jobs is a case where they tried to investigate an alleged theft syndicate involving some senior police officers at the Mombasa Central Police station on April 5 1995.

The aggrieved x-police officer who gave his force number as 61797 claimed that it all started on April 6 1995 when he and his aforementioned colleague got information that a relief cargo worth thousands of shillings allegedly came out of the Mombasa Port and was later reportedly diverted into the local market by being stored at a secret ware house near shimanzi along Zanzibar Road in Mombasa.

“We were only acting on information we received and out of curiosity which we acted out of, I and my colleague known as Christopher Odero of Force number 60977 really received a baptism of fire from our fellow policemen when we tried to find out what was happening in a private warehouse belonging to a Somali businessman,” he said amid sobbing during a telephone interview with the Citizen Weekly.

He narrated on how they were immediately arrested and quickly driven out of the scene in a taxi to Mombasa Central Police Station where they were put into the police cells for two weeks while allegedly being tortured.

“After a few minutes while at the scene, we noticed a taxi coming to where we were and on approaching towards us, we realized that inside was a police inspector and a constable where we were arrested and turned into criminals being accused of demanding bribe to our astonishment ,” he added.

He says their mission at the said Private Ware house was only to demand from him a clearance documents from the port for the goods he was handling in his store, adding that the owner immediately started making phone calls via his cell phone only for a taxi carrying police officers to arrive at the scene.

According to him at the time of their arrests, another police constable a Mr. Paul Oduor Imbaya had also been arrested earlier after he too tried to carry out some investigation on the same matter being arrested at a secret store at the port being owned by a businessman of a Somali origin.

He said Oduor was arrested only to be released later under unclear circumstance after being assaulted and wrongfully confined in a police cell at the Mombasa Central Police Station.

Ochieng’ says after the incident Paul Oduor Imbaya who was then a police constable instituted a case against the then Mombasa Central Police Boss Godana Jarsa for alleged assault and wrongful confinement in 1995.

Godana Jarsa is now a retired Senior Superintendent of Police {SSP} after Serving in that Capacity in Nyanza and other regions.

He adds that the court in Mombasa later in 2004 granted him a chance to join in Oduor’s case where he sought to be reinstated to his job while claiming that he was wrongfully dismissed.

But he says what is so disturbing is the snail pace at which the case has taken nearly 18 years since the incident happened and almost ten years since the matter was taken to court.

He appeals to the Chief Justice Dr. Willy Mutunga to intervene and help him and his colleagues get justice even though it has been delayed for a long time.

Ochieng’ further send his passionate appeal to the New Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo to kindly take up this matter and order thorough investigations again so as the truth about it be known once and for all and to allow him be reinstated to his job as a police officer, adding that his colleague Imbaya is still working and has now been promoted to the rank of an Inspector of Police asking why not he was dismissed in the first place.

“Some of my colleagues whom we passed out with from Kiganjo Police Training College in 1991 like Francis Ndegwa Muhoro who also happened to be working at Kilindini Port Police at the time of the incident is now the current Director of CID and may become the Deputy Inspector General of Police if approved by Parliament but me someone somewhere insisted that I must be dismissed from my job after committing no crime at all,” he concludes.tearfully.

ENDS:
– Shem Kosse –