Kenya: Why lynch Mbuvi Kioko? He’s my MP and im OK!!!
From: Kenfish
I hate mass hysteria. I hate the media, I hate hecklers! I hate all of them with blind passion. How many Simon Wachira's are alive today? Stand up Simon Wachira, KCDF, KWS, National Museums etc. Which Simon Wachira is my friend, you ask me? I'm using him as an example because there are so many people by that name, but only one of them is my FRIEND. Some of you even share names with common thugs and criminals!
I know some people are bitter that they lost. Right, let them go on and threaten Mike Sonko. We the people of Makadara will not just sit by as our MP is being lynched by people that don't have respect or values. They can buy the media, but we people of Makadara know why we elected Mbuvi Kioko, its because he's one of us - and he's one in a million.
If I was Sonko, ningevuruta sehemu nyeti za huyu jangili "DJ" hadi Buru Buru Police Station, myself! Na nimuweke ndani. We seem to forget fast that one day a matatu driver blocked Prof. Obel (the famous herbalist curing HIV/AIDS) and the guy didn't even negotiate, he just whipped a gun and shot the driver! In Nairobi, everyone shudders when someone pulls by your window or stops in front of you, especially when they number more than one (in the case of DJ). I could have killed them if they did it to me that night. People don't do that.
We all know Mugabe Were was killed by thugs through such tactics. We lost a very promising leader of the people.I personally know how he was a people's leader. We mourned Were, because he helped so many people, just like what Sonko is doing in Makadara. In one stupid bullet, we lost a very hands on MP for Embakasi. As a Makadara voter, I would never want this replicated with my MP.
I know Kenyans (and the world) hate anyone that looks different than what we perceive to be normal, but its the people of Makadara that know what they want from their MP, and we proudly endorsed a young man with vision and direction, a young man with empathy, someone that walks and talks our language. If we really were looking for an angel, none is on earth. We settled on a man that was close to the angels.
We love you "Sonko", let the haters mew, show them what leadership is all about, 2012 you will be the governor of Nairobi while they still stay in bed sweating over spilled milk.
Kenfish
Kenya & USA: VOTE FOR EVANS- KENYAN TOP TEN CNN HERO NOMINEE-2010
From: b wad
Dear all
Ave seen in papers the work of this one Evans wadongo who is distributing solar powered lanterns in rural Kenya. He is has been nominated for CNN HEROEs 2010-----VOTING IS UNDERWAY......LETS VOTE FOR HIM as many times as possible at http://heroes.cnn.com/vote.aspx SO THAT HE CAN CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK.....
Please, inform all your friends, family and workmates.
By voting, you will be representing thousands of poor women, men and children who have benfited from Sustainable Development For All’s work under the ‘Use Solar, Save Lives’ program, www.sustainabledevelopmentforall.org who are in poor rural communities with no access to internet.
Thanks.
Kenyan
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KENYA: PEOPLE WILL NOT BELIEVE ANY CENSUS RESULTS
The Kenyan population census results released at the end of August 2010 leaves a lot to be desired, especially, that of northern Kenya districts. With the passage of the new constitution and the expected incoming of the county administrations at local level, one would expect the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics to be robust in their work, in particular, that of the census.
According to the government experts the population of the 8 affected northern Kenya districts was projected at about 1.4 million but the actual census results had put it at 2.3 million, with a variance of 0.9 million. Due to the huge discrepancy between the estimated and actual, Hon. Wycliffe Oparanya, minister for Planning and National Development cancelled the results.
The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics should be honest enough to share with Kenyans what happened in other districts. After a closer analysis of the census report, one would conclude that, the government policy makers are only interested in justifying the population increase in terms of births. The government experts should discuss in public the effects of immigration and its wider impact on the national demographic patterns. The variance between projected and actual population in northern Kenya could have been as a result of legal or illegal immigration from the neighbouring countries. Everyone knows that immigration is the issue in northern Kenya but the government is unwilling even to acknowledge that it exists. One would be interested to know how many foreign citizens are living in Kenya. Immigration is of such importance to the national and local county planning and resource allocation that the local administration in future ought to know the true population of their areas. Until that time that the government becomes transparent enough to give us all figures, people will not believe any census results.
Dickson Aduonga
KENYA: FILM PAPER
from Obat Masira
FILM FOR TRANSFER AND TRANSFORMATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE IN THE COUNTIES
Poetry is vivid, enjoyable and memorable and I quote my poem. titled fostering local talents
POEM
FOSTERING LOCAL TALENTS
We salute the first Anniversary
Of a public utility we all admire
The American Corner - fit for celebration
By enthusiastic junior and adult readers
We salute the American Embassy
For refurbishing the junior readers section
Of the Kenya National Library Services - Kisumu Branch
To make reading and writing smooth
We salute the American Embassy
And the Kenya Film Commission
For having mooted a great idea-
A film Industry in the region
The Lake Victoria Basin Film Makers Guild (Kenya)
We salute the American Embassy
To avail a great intellectual opportunity
To Nyanza, Western and Rift Valley Provinces
To turn the Lake Region into a centre of excellence
Specifically in the area of film making
To maintain international film making standards
We salute the American Embassy
For coming to our assistance readily
We thank you for having provided
Training services in film making
Plus according the American corner with
Certain vital facilities
The Film Guild signed an M.O.U with the
Kisumu Area Library
To make possible the American Corner
Management Board
This has made us very proud.
We can now smile for a thing well done
The pride to read and write
The pride of a living, vibrant museum
That could offer boundless open windows
For a region endowed with talents
Alongside picturesque filming locations
As recipes for a vibrant film industry
Which is on spot and ripe for development
But who can assist us to mine this gold?
Gold in vast untapped, potential human talent?
If not our major benefactor-the American Embassy
Who will provide us with skills, and
Who will give us professional equipment?
Besides those who have all along mentored us?
We salute the American Embassy
For its magnanimity and her big heart
In all the assistance it has accorded us
And we wish to affirm our cooperation
To make our great dreams a reality
Thanks to Michael Rennanbeger, The American
Ambassador,
Madam Ellen the Cultural Attaché
And our friends in film making and cultural development.
Who foster the extension of our cooperation?
We thank the America Embassy
For fostering this cross-generational endeavour
To open window for talents development
To accord us a grand stand in excellence
That we can compete internationally
To highlight vital aspects of our society
The new America -Kisumu dream
Kudos Madam Ellen.
Kudos the American Embassy
Kudos the new American –Kisumu dream.
By Akech Obat Masira
INTRODUCTION: THE NEW AMERICAN –KISUMU DREAM
Quoting former President;
John F Kennedy the 34th American president;
Stated this in Ottawa Canada in 1962:
“Geography has made us neighbours.
History has made us friends.
We have shared common values.
The past aspiration for the future
Our future and
The future of all mankind.”
The American corner has made us neighbours.
And American corner has made us friends.
Through American corner,
We have shared common values
And common aspirations
“Writing like all representation is never innocent To write about anything is explicitly or implicitly, to delimit, uphold, expand or challenge how it is perceived and constituted. Never is writing ever natural. We write from a particular position, inhabit particular discourse, which the very act of writing itself seeks to validate.”
The Lake Victoria Basin Film Makers Guild (Kenya) was founded to facilitate the training
of stakeholders in the film industry and equip them with professional skills in scripting and production film in a channel for the promotion marketing and distribution of films from the region. Lastly to identify, preserve and promote filming sites within the region
Our vision is to make Lake Region a centre of excellence in film making. Our mission is to produce competent professionals capable of producing films that match International standards.
I here quote the 6th American President John Quincy Adams. He stated that “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader”
The creation of American Corner has inspired our children. It has prompted us to dream more, to learn more. The American Corner has made reading exciting, enjoyable and pleasurable for the children, learning through audio-visuals has promoted active reading for the children. “What an investment for the children?”
The Lake Victoria Basin Film Makers Guild(Kenya) and the Kisumu Area Library signed a memorandum of understanding to manage resources at the American Corner related to artistic cultural and film making. As a result of the M.O.U the American Corner Management Board was established. The Board seeks to create a forum where noble ideas and talents are recognised and be rewarded The 1st Regional Film /Theatre Awards is planned for the December, 2010.
The Film Guild came into being during the 1st International film workshop in September, 2009 coordinated and sponsored by the US. Embassy and the Kenya Film Commission. We are also today celebrating the birth of the Film Guild and the American Corner Management Board. It has been a long journey. Thanks to the American Embassy.
THE AMERICAN CORNER MANAGEMENT BOARD.
The Board comprises of the seven personalities drawn from a diverse background, mainly, from the Maseno University, Kenya National Library Services and the Lake Victoria Basin Film Makers Guild (Kenya) members are:
Mr. Moses Imbayi (Chairman) KNLS
Mr. Tobias Odhiambo Oganda (Vice Chairman) KNLS
Mr. Akech Obat Masira(Coordinator)The Guild
Mr. David Onyango Ondiek (Secretary) the Guild
Prof John Midega member (Maseno University)
Mr. P. Gitau member (KNLS)
Mr. Adams Anyona member (The GUILD)
ARTS AND THE AMERICAN CORNER
Art will play a critical role and generate community participation in the Library’s affairs bringing people to the library for serious public discourse through the medium of public talks, story telling, poetry, workshop ,festivals and exhibitions.
Arts are integral to life of the traditional African society, giving worth to individual and community and therefore reinforcing their identity within their communities. Arts as opposed to the other medium have profound bearing on all aspects of our lives, from spiritual to mundane.
Arts, have since time immemorial have been related to the sustainability of society in its various manifestations. Education, access to it and its practice are vital components of any working society. Education is a vehicle that allows for the development of society and it’s enhancement in various ways.
The Film Guild and the Board seek to promote good writing criteria known as the four C’s- CLEAR, CONCISE, COMPLETE and COURTEOUS. EDUCATION plays an important role in the transfer and transformation of cultural values and practices and Paulo Freire stated Literacy therefore........ is to understand what one reads and to write what one understand”
The film form will be utilised in the transfer and transformation of education and cultures in our countries.
Then what is film?
A film is a story that comprises of two critical issues that is the DESIRE and the DANGER, what then is desire? Desire is human kind’s yearning for happiness, while the danger is something that threatens life. And emotion is actually the inner driving force that powers action. Thus, the drive of desire is life’s blood of every film and the danger the heartbeat.
THE BOARD strives to promote film industry as new form of employment creation for the youth. This industry needs support of the well wishers. For the films to have effectiveness, they must have freshness, dramatic implications and emotions. We would want to tell our stories candidly and authoritatively of the stories not told before. Films enabling us to learn more and we will do more.
We are happy today as we are celebrate the 1st Anniversary of the American Corner, the American Embassy has inspired us and have made us to dream more. The former president John Adams Quincy stated before. The regional film industry no longer is a daunting task, now that American Embassy has come to our aid. We need to harness the local talents. The new industry is now going to be realisable.
The region is endowed with unique and spectacular filming sites. The Board needs documentation facilities to realise its vision and mission. Film and theatre have become major forces in the education and development. The industry will go along way in empowering the people with critical information, opportunities and chance to examine attitudes through active learning methods. “The art provide a whole range of feelings and its knowledge is as a culture bound as language.”
CHILDREN AND STORYTELLING CULTURE
American corner has created a forum where children could tell stories more often than not. Stories have an amazing ability to stimulate our imagination. Through stories we travel to distant places and see strange and wonderful sites.
“We take part in adventures and feel the joys and sorrows that are a part of them.”
Story telling includes fables, fairy tales, folk tales, myths and legends.
The story is one of the oldest human inventions.
EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE READING SKILLS
The American Corner Management Board seeks to improve reading skills among children through criteria known as reading efficiency index (R.E.I) we intend to work on the rate and comprehension
INTERNATIONAL FILM WORKSHOP
The FILM GUILD and the Management Board express their sincere appreciation to the American Embassy for having coordinated and facilitated the two international film workshops last year the local film makers in the region. Maseno University was also a beneficiary of the workshop. We yearn for more stimulating workshops. The workshops will enhance our skills in film making points with pictures instead of struggling vainly to translate images into verbiage.
Our American film facilitator’s last year were Prof. M.K. Asante, Mr. Scott Galloway, Madam Erin Persley and lastly, Mr. Giancalos Esposito.
Drama, like all other arts forms is ideological, conveys values which either questions or support those prevailing in the society, more than that, drama is not only a product of society but created to influence that very society “asserted Prof. C.J. Odhiambo.”
The FILM GUILD and the Board will utilise effectively the four powers of human communication namely, reading, listening, writing and speaking. The film industry will thrive through quality scripting and new film productions.
PROPOSED PROGRAMMES
The Board and the GUILD have lined up programmes for the American corner. These activities are planned for both children and adults as from October to December 2010
THE MAGAZINE
Their is need to establish a new magazine to promote creative expressions. It will act as a vehicle for written exchange between counties and international artistes, film makers, children demonstrating and encouraging regional tourism.
THE WORKSHOP
TOPICS
The children’s literature: The gender question
The role of media in the promotion of reading culture among children
Film scripting and production
THE FESTIVALS
Children’s festivals of reading and creativity
Regional drama festivals
Story telling and poetry festivals
THE PUBLIC TALKS
Monthly public talks on topical issues to promote awareness on good governance, gender equity and development.
FILM/THEATRE AWARDS
To recognize and reward local film makers for their exemplary works in creativity and film making.
THE EXHIBITION
To host photo and arts exhibitions to a wider public
THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE
The Film Guild and the Board seeks to explore means and ways of establishing cultural exchange programmes with other stakeholders nationally and internationally - A forum for exchange of styles and techniques.
THE CONCLUSION
In conclusion I here quote a famous Japanese philosopher who stated that “The creative mind will do wonderful thing but unless the public attaches value to what has been created, they will always be reduced to toys and jokes. It’s important for those who create ideas, products and unique services, to ensure that the people see value in their creation .This calls marketing and publicity to be realised so that what we do are not reduced to toys and jokes
We are also confident that through the American Embassy our creation will not be reduced to toys and jokes. The film Guild and the Board would like to utilise the power of persuasion and words to promote book culture in Kisumu city and beyond by making the library not only as place of borrowing and reading but also a place for cultural and artistic expressions - A place where discussion, discourse and exchange of views thrives.
The Board will host bi-monthly meetings to review and assess creativity and cultural development. We hope our partnership will flourish and yield sweet fruits for the counties.
Lastly, I would also like to quote the 44th American president Barrack Obama in is speech he presented to the Chicago Council of Global Affairs on the 23rd April, 2007 and he stated that “This was the time when we brought opportunity to those forgotten corners of the world. And this was the time when we renewed the America that has led generations of weary travellers from all over the world to find opportunity and liberty and hope and hope on our doorstep “We the Guild and the Board states here that the American Embassy has bought opportunity and hope on our door step through the creation of the American Corner.
Mahtma Gandhi is a great philosopher once said “You must be the change you wish to see in the world. “ The American corner is the new change from illiteracy to literacy makes the library a living museum a new city where residents value books and cultural expressions. This is the Kisumu we yearned for - the Kisumu we want. We are a new family. As a family we must stand firmly. Let us light up the new American – Kisumu dream.
END
By Akech Obat Masira
The Chairman
Lake Victoria Basin Film Makers Guild (Kenya)
The Coordinator
American Corner Management Board
Presented during the 1st Anniversary of the American Corner at the Kisumu Area Library on the 29th September, 2010
Contact:
Email: obatmasira@yahoo.com
Tel. +254726164954
Web: http/misangoarts.blogspot.com
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AMERICA (U.S.A) WAS NOT BUILT BY PROFESSORS
Kenyans,
I have to write this, just because of the mentality we Kenyans do posses. Viewing professorship as and end of education or rather as the best way of attaining leadership in our society rather than as a means undermines a person`s wisdom and sense of balance in the society. Although professorship is a position where somebody reaches after many years of learning, it does not not teach how to handle power or bring development to a low underdeveloped societies we have today in Africa. There is little guidance, wisdom or power in the limited center of professorship To some this professorship is like a dead river, it accepts but never gives. Then after gaining power or leadership it becomes stagnant in a lot of individuals.. But if you look at any society, including our Kenyan one, you will find that the common centers from which people approach life is very different from what professorship institution is all about. Each and every one of human being has a behavior into his brain that creates him or her. So where do I go from here. Guys: here are just a few U.S.A. citizens who have built America but do not have the professorship now our Kenya is demanding in a lot of post and jobs.
1. ) COLONEL HARLAND SANDERS
Creator of Kentucky Fried Chickens (KFC), food chain restaurants now giving a lot of jobs to USA citizens was not a professor.
Born and raised in Indiana Sanders passed through several professions in his lifetime. Sanders first served his fried chicken in 1930 in the midst of the great depression at a gas station he owned in North Corbin, Kentucky . The dining area was named "Sanders Court & Café" and was so successful that in 1936 Kentucky Governor granted Sanders the title of honorary Kentucky Colonel in recognition of his contribution to the state's cuisine. The following year Sanders expanded his restaurant to 142 seats. Now you know what KFC is made of, I need not to elaborate.
2. ) William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author and Charmian of Microsoft the software company he founded with Paul Allen . He is consistently ranked among the world`s wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock He has also authored or co-authored several books. WAS NOT A PROFESSOR.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. .
Bill Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect and Craig Mundie chief research and strategy officer. Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman. Guys no Kenyan born professor will surrender power like that, he will tell you that he is the one who knows everything, even when his thesis he wrote to get professorship is such a micro (small or thin) that can not be identified by a magnifying lense.
3.) SAM WALTON, from where the Wal-Mart shopping shops springs from was not a professor. Now the it is buying south African`s largest shopping centers.
In 1945, after leaving the military, Walton took over management of his first variety store at the age of 26. With the help of a $20,000 loan from his father-in-law, plus $5,000 he had saved from his time in the Army, Walton purchased a Beb Franklin variety store in Newport, Arkansas The store was a franchise of the Butler Brothers chain.
Walton made sure the shelves were consistently stocked with a wide range of goods at low prices. His store also stayed open later than most other stores, especially during the Christmas season. He also pioneered the practice of discount merchandising by buying wholesale goods from the lowest priced supplier. This allowed him to pass on savings to his customers, which drove up his sales volume. Higher volumes allowed him to negotiate even lower purchase prices with the wholesaler on subsequent purchases. Walton's store led in sales and profits in the Butler Brothers' six-state region. One factor that made this store successful was its central location, making it accessible to a wide range of customers.When Walton bought the franchise from the previous owner in 1945, the store was doing $72,000 in sales annually. By 1950, the store was doing $250,000 in sales annually, due to Walton's ideas and practices.
The first true Wal-Mart opened on July 6, 1962 in Rogers , Arkansas It was called the Wal-Mart Discount City store and located at 719 West Walnut Street. Soon after, the Walton brothers
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores and a chain of warehouse stores. In 2010 it was the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the Forbes Blobal 2000 for that year The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, . Wal-Mart, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas is the largest majority private employer and the largest grocery retailer in the United States. In 2009, it generated 51% of its US$258 billion sales in the U.S. from grocery business It also owns and operates the Sam`s club retail warehouses in North America.
4.) Thomas Alva Edison not a professor (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the ,phonograph the motion picture camera , and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
Edison developed hearing problems at an early age. The cause of his deafness has been attributed to a bout of scarlet fever during childhood and recurring untreated middle ear infections .
To build our country we need each and every individual in our society, no matter how low educated you are, talents and wisdom are really learnt in schools, or universities. In fact what makes us human beings is never learnt in schools, it is already inside us.
What a difference real understanding can make? . All the well meaning advice in this world will not spring to a mountain if we are not even addressing the problem we face in Kenya today. We will never get to the real problem if we are so caught up in our own autobiography, our own paradigms, that we do not take off our blinding glasses long enough to see Kenya from another point of view. To make Kenya catch up with USA we need people like; Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Sam Walton, colonel Sanders and a lot more etc.
Paul Nyandoto
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Uganda tables a new Bill in Parliament to protect the endangerd Albino people
Reports leo Odera Omolo
ALBINISM has been included in the new disability coding by the gender, labour and social development ministry, state minister Emmanuel Otaala said. The minister tabled the National Council for Disability Amendment Bill, 2010, which contained the new list, before Parliament yesterday.
Albinos have been complaining of neglect by the Government, having been excluded from the 2006 Persons with Disability Act.the NEWVISION has reported
An albino woman and her children at a recent meeting in Mbale
They argue that the exclusion deters them from benefiting from development programmes as they suffer stigma and discrimination.
Albinism is a condition where a person is born without enough skin pigment called melanin. Melanin is a chemical that colours the skin, eyes, and hair. Without it, people look pale and their hair may appear yellow.
In the Bill, the disabled are categorised as sensory disabilities, physical disabilities, including those whose limbs have been amputated. Deformities, including lower limbs, spinal cord injuries, rheumatism, club feet and albinism are also included.
The Bill also seeks to streamline the election of persons with disabilities to Parliament and local government councils. Representatives will now be chosen basing on their political party affiliations in accordance with the multi-party system through the formation of electoral colleges.
“In forming electoral colleges, gender should be taken into consideration,” Otaala said. The Electoral Commission will be required to facilitate the formation of electoral colleges at different levels of government.
In addition, the EC shall appoint returning officers and presiding officers for the purpose of conducting elections of representatives of persons with disabilities.
“Any person with disabilities who meets national standards for elections has a right to contest for any elective office to represent persons with disabilities,” reads the Bill.
At every level of representation, a committee of five members shall have a representative of the blind, deaf, physically disabled, women with disabilities and youth with disabilities.
The district executive committee members shall form four regional electoral colleges to elect four representatives to Parliament and a woman representative, according to the Bill
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Kenya & Uganda: Kibaki censured over Uganda extraditions
From: abu Ayman
BY ROB JILLO
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 28 – President Mwai Kibaki on Monday came under a scathing attack from a High Court judge over the rendition of Kenyans to other countries on suspicion of terrorism.
Justice Mohammed Warsame questioned why President Kibaki - who recently swore oath of allegiance to the new Constitution - allowed State agents to infringe on the rights of Kenyans contrary to the new Bill of Rights.
“That kind of behaviour, act or omission is likely to have far and serious ramifications on the citizens of this country and the rulers. It also raises basic issue of whether a President who has just sworn and agreed to be guided by the provisions of the Constitution can allow his agents to breach with a remarkable arrogance or ignorance,” ruled Justice Warsame in a case in which Mohammed Aktar Kana, moved to court to block his arrest and transfer to Uganda over suspicion of involvement in the July 11 Kampala terror attacks where 70 people were killed.
“Prima facie the allegation contained in this application is a serious indictment on the institution of the President and whether he is protecting, preserving and safeguarding the interests, rights and obligations of all citizens as contained in the new Constitution.”
Already thirteen Kenyans are facing terror related charges before a Ugandan Court. Mr Kana says in his affidavit that six of those Kenyans are personally known to him as they worship with him at Jamia Mosque and elsewhere in Nairobi where they socialise in coffee houses.
“Invariably I have interacted with some of the victims in the course of my business as aforesaid. An affinity has therefore evolved in the course of time particularly through religious worship. This interaction is therefore a fertile ground by the said officers for inference of ‘guilty by association’,” he said in his affidavit.
Mr Kana through his lawyer Muturi Kigano has told the court that Ugandan authorities have variously sought to ‘abduct’ him and at one time had even arrested his cousin in a case of mistaken identity.
In blocking Mr Kana’s extradition from the country, Justice Warsame said the action by the Kenyan authorities showed “yesteryears’ impunity is still thriving in our Executive arm of the government.”
He then ordered: “I direct the Attorney General, Police Commissioner and Internal Security Minister to ensure that the applicant is not surrendered, handed over, transported and or transferred to Uganda or any other country without further orders from this court.”
“If the applicant is arrested, he shall be brought to this court without fail or subjected to the due process as enshrined in our Constitution.”
Mr Kana says that lawyer Mbugua Mureithi who was arrested and later released as he went to represent the Kenyans in Ugandan custody had told him that he and Muslim human right activists Al Amin Kimathi who is also in custody were interrogated about him generally.
In his affidavit Mr Kana also claims that he is a frequent visitor to Yemen.
“I occasionally travel to Yemen where my first wife Salima Antonio Fernandes and five of my children reside, work and study respectively. Yemen is categorised by American Government as a terrorist/ Al-Qaeda main cell.”
The court has directed that its orders be also served on the office of the President through Francis Muthaura who is the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President and Secretary to the Cabinet.
The matter is due in court on Thursday for a hearing of all parties.
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Kenya: Prof PLO Lumumba pays a courtesy call on PC Nairobi
from odhiambo okecth
Prof PLO Lumumba- Director KACC, Prof Jane Onsongo- Deputy Director Preventive Services KACC, Dr John Mutonyi- Deputy Director KACC, Dr Kemoli Akidiva- Principal Officer Education KACC and the CCNSET Team members led by Odhiambo T Oketch today paid a courtesy call on the PC Nairobi Province Mr. Njoroge Ndirangu at his officers.
The PC was accompanied by his Deputies and all the 9 DCs in Nairobi.
Amongst other things that were discussed are the forthcoming Anti Corruption Walk that will be held in Nairobi on the 22nd October 2010.
The PC said that the Provincial Administration are well placed to join in the war against corruption and that they are inviting the KACC team to come up with a workshop that will re orient the Provincial Administration to play a better role in the fight. He confirmed that they will support the walk and all the activities preceding the walk as a team. He then nominated Ms Mercy Gatobu- Deputy PC in charge of Anti Corruption at his office to join the Organizing Team.
Odhiambo T Oketch assured the Director KACC, the PC and all the officers present that at CCNSET, we are staying with the issues and that we will play our part in the mobilization of this process. He assured the team that all is running well towards the big day and all the necessary players are being reached and mobilized. Odhiambo is the Co-Chair to the Organizing Team for the event. The Chair is Prof Jane Onsongo.
Already, approaches have been made to willing partners who have accepted to be part of this process and we will be giving details of the same soon.
Prof Lumumba once again called on all Kenyans to join in the war on graft. He gave us a brief history of how things used to be when he was in school; how essential services were readily available and compared that time to now. He said the time to reclaim Kenya was now. Let us not let corruption eat into our body fabric and become cancerous.
He invited us to all join in the campaign and was full of praise to the CCNSET Team involvement.
Similar sentiments were expressed from Dr Mutunyi, Dr Akidiva, Mr Kinuthia Wamwangi, Mr. Chris Kinyua, Mr. Mark Korir and DC Starehe who talked on behalf of his colleagues.
We at CCNSET are proud of our association with the City Council of Nairobi, Kenya Anti Corruption Commission, The Provincial Administration Nairobi, the Kenya Police Force and all the Strategic Partners that we are working with to promote positive engagement. Besides evaluation processes, there is a lot that the Stakeholders can work in partnership with the government bodies and this is the proactive approach we have taken at CCNSET.
We want to be part of the solution to our problems of 47 years. We do not want to be part of the problem into the 48th year of our independence.
It is our belief that we can achieve a lot as a country if we chose to positively engage with the government institutions. Instead of making noise about the 5% poor score, we applaud the 95% score and then reason out the 5%.
As CCNSET, we have already put in place a monthly clean-up campaign in Nairobi dubbed Clean Up Nairobi Initiative- CUNI and this will be held every 3rd Saturday of the month all across Nairobi. I am happy to report that the Provincial Administration have given there assurance of support and partnership.
We are inviting all Kenyans to join us on this day as we shall be making a big case against corruption as we appreciate and demand service delivery from all government agencies.
We will be posting more on this initiative in due course.
Peace and blessings
Odhiambo T Oketch
CEO KCDN Nairobi,
PO Box 47890-00100,
Nairobi, Kenya.
Tel; 0724 365 557, 0735 529 126
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Odhiambo is the current chairman to the Stakeholders Evaluation Team on Performance Contract and Rapid Results Initiative at the City Council of Nairobi- CCNSET---
KENYA: FILM SCRIPT SYNOPSIS FOR PRODUCTION
(THE EPITOME OF LOVE)
BY AKECH OBAT MASIRA
A SCREEN PLAYS BY MISANGO ARTS ENSEMBLE
(based on voluntary medical male circumcision)
SYNOPSIS
CHANGE of attitude is a major challenge in a major communities faced with the idea of change outside the general cultural mainstream. The Luo nation is not left out, especially when it comes to male circumcision which is currently in vogue. Diehard traditionalists still find it hard to com to terms with a practice that has, belatedly been proven to be insulation against the pandemic HIV and AIDS as well as sexually transmitted infections.
The understanding is still is still wavering, caught between tradition and the remedy to a palpable healthcare, whereby families, couples and communities at large find themselves caught on the horn of a dilemma. Medical science in its unyielding efforts to salvage mankind from the jaws of disaster and catastrophe has come up with research findings that offer practical solutions to health and sex issues that continuously battle many in the cities and villages – human beings at risk.
This is where science and arts meet at a tangent, mingling and jostling each other to creatively emerge with a solution that would in the short – term as well as in the long – term address an issue that continues to boggle the mind. Gender in general comes into sharp focus in the promotion of male circumcision as an important measure in the reduction of STI , HIV and AIDS in society, the vulnerable, especially the youth in society, couples, family and the broader society, can therefore be sensitized on this single most important medical research to alleviate problem.
To project this in the public domain, the employment of drama as an aspect of mobilization, sensitization to create awareness and attitudinal change on MALE CIRCUMSICION in the general wider context.
In this context here with, is the “EPITOME OF LOVE” of a screen play focusing on the important of embracing this scientifically and medically tested and proven antidote. How do the vulnerable float with flux –
What does the mould hold? Two lovers exploring power of male circumcision (cut), alongside the dangers of HIV and AIDS.
BERTHA: Is a developmental coordinator, youthful and energetic, dealing with issues of HIV and AIDS.
BENJA: Is an ardent football fan, and a staunch Jaluo cultural traditionalist still unpurged from the practice of male circumcision.
But will BERTHA succeed in convincing BENJA on the importance of the male cut?.
Albino people in Uganda want to be treated in the same category with the disabled
Reports Leo Odera Omolo
ALBINOS have petitioned the Government to include them in the category of people with disability to enable them benefit from development programmes.
Joseph Katete, the chairman of the Elgon Foundation for Persons with Albinism (EFPA), said there was need for the Government to build schools for children with albinism.
The albinos attending a meeting at Dreamland Inn in Mbale town on Saturday. They want to be included in the category of persons with disabilities
“Albinos have sight problems and, therefore, cannot study well in class with other children and this situation is sometimes compounded by stigma and discrimination,” he noted.
Katete also called for the need to help albinos get specialised doctors and access items like sunscreen, caps and sunglasses to protect them from the sun.
He was speaking at one-day meeting at Dreamland Inn in Mbale town on Saturday.
The participants observed that the Persons With Disability Act of 2006 defined disability narrowly, thereby excluding albinos.
Musa Kimaswa, who studied business studies at the Mbale based Islamic University, said this may explain why they are never considered for affirmative action.
The meeting came up with a one-year budget proposal of about sh40m.
The participants expect to solicit the money from members, government agencies, NGOs and the community.
It is hoped that when the funds are secured, the albinos will be able get an office, carry out advocacy programmes in the communities and train members in entrepreneurship skills.
The participants resolved to continue demanding for their rights and equalisation of opportunities using national and international legislation.
EFPA, which brings together albinos from Mbale, Kapchorwa, Manafwa, Bududa and Sironko districts, was founded two years ago with 15 members. It now has 64 members.
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USA, DC: FUNDS DRIVE UPDATE : DC/METRO -: MAUREEN OBONG KIMANI CALL TO HI GHER GLORY
From: Dickens Odhiambo
Dear family and friends
Our Beloved Sister Maureen Obong Kimani was called to higher glory on 19 sept 2010. due to a massive brain haemorage. Maureen had been rushed to Montgomery General Hospital and later flown to Washington Hospital Center,where all attepmts to revive her failed.
Maureen was married to Kevin Kimani formerly of (World Bank DC) presently in Nairobi and mother to baby Neema. Maureen was 2nd Daughter of the late David Obong and now retired teacher Mrs.Margaret Obong. She was a niece to Dr George Okello and Molly Obong. Maureen was a sister to Judy and Edwin (edu) of maryland Jacky,Elisha,Molly and Bilha in Kenya. She was niece & Cousin to Kennedy Amollo"Ken Odhis", Gladis Obong,Theresa Amollo,Malabi Chasia and Theresa Abwao and Theresa, Jorim and Micheal Obong of north Carolina.
Friends and family are meeting daily from 6pm at their residence at 2864 schubert drive silver spring Md zip code 20904
Any help given to the family to help ease the burden will be greatly appreciated donations can be deposited in the following account
BANK OF AMERICA
A/C NO 446021841349 TO WIRE DONATIONS ROUTING NO 052001633
Fundraiser to help assist the family send Maureen's body back to Kenya.
FUNDRAISER :- Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 7:00pm - 1:00AM
Grace United Methodist Church
7001 new Hampshire Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20910
WAKE & PRAYER :- FRIDAY 10/01/10 6:00PM - 9:00PM AT
McGuire Funeral Service
7400 Georgia Ave., NW
(At Geranium Street)
Washington, D.C. 20012
(202) 882-6600
FUNERAL SERVICE & LAST RESPECT :- SUNDAY 10/02/10 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Grace United Methodist Church
7001 new Hampshire Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20910
You can also reach the family through the following contacts
Kennedy Amollo 240 398 0943
Edwin Obong(edu) 301 512 9018
Kimani waruhiu 202-436-4290
Gladis Obong 240-353-8747
Judith Obong 301-512-9017
Dickens Odhiambo 301-979-1311
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Only the Powerful & Rich Nations will survive
Kenyans,
Whether a dream is fulfilled is good or bad depends on the nature of the desire. It is good to the dreamer to achieve worth while goals, but not all goals are worth pursuing. When you set your heart on something, you may lose your ability to assess it objectivity. With your desire blinding your judgment, you may proceed with an unwise relationship, a wasteful purchase, or a poorly conceived plan. Faithfulness of our leaders and us is a virtue, but stubbornness is not. The old say found in almost all African dialect goes like this: `a rotten apple( in luo kudni) spoils the barrel`is often applied to poor relationship or judgments. So be very careful on whom you choose as your closest friends.
Powerful and rich nations are buying land from poor nations for food for their own nations. African nations are selling or lending most of their rich lands to those nations. Creating at the moment a food circle, food grown in Africa taken abroad and returned to sold to them. What African do not know is that the rich lands do not grow, but our populations grow very fast. African nations sell rich lands at the same time depending on international aid to feed its own population. Some countries have forsaken the population growth and have made plans for survival others are still sleeping plus their leaders.
Mathematics data are good evidence on whether we shall survive or not. Longtime ago before 1800, diseases were uncontrollable, people used to die very young. But after 1800 the world population have dramatically increased, because disease can be controlled and people live longer. We have seen a world population increasing from 2.5 billion to 6.9 billion just in the last 50-60 years. But do you know that the water we need and use for consumption is only 2.5% of all the water in the environment. On land, things are worse. An average African uses 1.37 acres of land, U.K 5.3 acres, USA 9.42 acres, Indian 0.5acres. So if everybody on earth here uses 0.5 acres of land like the Indians then the whole world can only be inhabited by only 15 billion people. The problem is that in China alone now there are children more than the whole population of USA today.
Since land does not grow but population grows, land should be considered as a resource and security for our future generation and our future survival. Good leaders with focus minds and good thinking will guarantee our future, but those who sell Kenyan land and resources to their friends should be done away with completely. It will not help that Kenyans migrate to rift valley as they did in the 1960s or 1970s. Drought is outside and most rivers and lakes will dry up leaving few land to be used for consumption. Rich powerful nations who will not find land for their people will take Africa just as they did long time ago if Africans are not waking up. The rich land Africans have sold to the rich nations will not be returned and Africans will see food growing on their soils but will have no access to that food hence dying because of lack of food.
Paul Nyandoto
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