Kenya: Kibaki Answers Raila
Folks,
The eyes of Impunity lingers......Corruption is a delicacy to these faces members of PUNU......They need an injection of Democracy to calm them down people.....Wana pupa, hawaoni hawasikii...A poroken for democracy is needed people, a peaceful one, It can be done......
The Wind of Democracy is blowing, ....No More Consultations, signs are on the walls, poor people cannot wait, they want to see actions that are in the direction towards the direction of their MANDATE.... as contained in the New Constitution.....their lives are at stake and they are not ready to play games......send Kibaki with his PNU home now......
It is Wapende Wasipende.......
PM Raila MUST pay attention and go by what the people want. There is no more short-changing the public or short-cuts..... The public must take their business serious as bosses, that of fire and hire........otherwise their business will collapse again.
Be on top of your game people and act decisively.......
Kibaki has been served with NOTICE by the Public, hear us and hear us well.
Thanks,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
The Kibaki maths and political advantage
NTVKenya | January 30, 2011
Political analysts are listing the recent political alliance-building activities as part of the motivation behind president Kibaki's reportedly single-handed nomination of top judiciary officials. Just a week ago, president Kibaki entered into a political alliance of sorts with ODM deputy leader and suspended cabinet minister, William Ruto, a move that would tilt the numbers in parliament in the president's favour.
Confirmation! Kibaki is not running things on the PNU side. His advisors are; however, this does not absolve him of blame for the numerous blunders he has been associated with...since after all he is the President and should make the final call on whether to heed the advice he is? given? by his cronies. Is it lack of backbone...yes!
kenya is bigger than Raila and Kibaki.Any leader who goes against the constitution of the land,whether Raila or Kibaki or myself is the enemy number one of the People Of Kenya and at this point we are ready to take? to the streets,if thats the only language our leaders will understand.KENYANS,RISE UP ONE RISE UP ALL.Enough of impunity from? our leaders.Lets take to the streets and demand for the sacking of The Ocampo ^ and the respect of our new constitution.
MPs reaction on appointments
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=U4V244ewNKg
standardgroupkenya | January 30, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes
Separately, some members of parliament have endorsed the list of nominees to serve as chief justice, attorney general and director of public prosecution and accused Prime Minister Raila Odinga of politicizing the matter. The MPs drawn from both PNU and ODM say President Kibaki has the final say on the nominations and have challenged the prime minister who has opposed the nominations to resolve the matter in parliament through a vote.
PNU legislators Jamleck Kamau, Johnstone Muthama and Beth Mugo during a press conference in support of President Kibaki’s nomination of occupants of constitutional offices. They accused Prime Minister Raila Odinga of dishonesty, saying they were aware of the principals’ consultations over the matter
PM maintains appointments were wrong
Raila on appointments
standardgroupkenya | January 30, 2011
Prime minister Raila Odinga says president Mwai Kibaki was misled in the controversial nominations of a new chief justice, attorney general and the director of public prosecutions. Raila says he will meet with president Kibaki in a bid to reverse what he maintains is an illegality. But as KTN's Bonie Odinga reports President Kibaki's allies remain adamant that Kibaki broke no law.
Kibaki, Raila discuss new CJ appointment
NTVKenya | January 06, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes
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President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have taken what could be the initial steps towards the naming of a new Chief Justice. The two leaders met at Harambee House, where they discussed the process to be used in naming a new CJ, within the confines of the new Constitution.
Raila: I will negotiate with Kibaki
By PETER OPIYO
Prime Minister Raila Odinga is optimistic the controversial nominations of four individuals to key national positions would be solved amicably.
Yesterday, Raila said he would not engage President Kibaki in public but he would seek diplomatic means since the president may have been misled.
"Mimi sitaki kupigana na Kibaki hadharani nataka kusuluhisha haya maneno kiungwana (It is not my wish to attack Kibaki in public. We will meet and solve this issue diplomatically)," said the PM.
President Kibaki nominated Justice Alnashir Visram to the position of Chief Justice, Prof Githu Muigai as the Attorney General , Kioko Kilukumi as Director of Public Prosecutions and Mr William Kirwa as Controller of Budget. Immediately after the announcement, the PM insisted no consultations had been made. Parliament will vet the nominees before they assume office.
Raila said it was wrong to propose the name of a chief justice without going through the vetting process adding there is no hurry to replace Amos Wako.
"The AG still has a job so there is no hurry to appoint another one. His tenure has not expired. The women have also been sidelined yet they are also learned. If we talk with Kibaki, we will agree. Amepotoshwa! (he has been misled). Where there is a will there is a way," he said.
Poll strategy
Addressing a rally in Makongeni, Nairobi , Raila said discriminatin women is unconstitutional.
Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang said ODM would "use both political and constitutional means to reverse the appointments." He said all public appointments should be made in consultation with the PM.
Kajwang said if the anomaly is not rectified, Kibaki might appoint commissioners to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to gain advantage in 2012 elections.
Lands Minister James Orengo said Kibaki should realise the new Constitution bestowed power on the people of Kenya and no one should go against the people’s wish.
"The path Kibaki has taken is unlawful, unconstitutional and ill-advised," said the Ugenya MP. The same sentiments were echoed by Nairobi Metropolitan Assistant Minister, Elizabeth Ongoro, Rangwe MP Martin Ogindo and nominated MP Rachael Shebesh.
Raila said it was imperative the implementation of the Constitution begins on the right footing. The PM also asked Kenyans to reject tribal politics propagated by the KKK alliance. He also dismissed generational change as championed by certain politicians.
Kibaki answers Raila
By Martin Mutua
President Kibaki answered Prime Minister Railla Odinga over his rejection of list of nominees he has picked for four constitutional offices — but through his Cabinet proxies.
They spoke out as MPs supporting Kibaki, mainly from Central Kenya, declared they were ready to face Raila’s allies in Parliament when the time comes for the House to vet the appointees picked by President. Overall, going by reactions by both sides, the battle between Kibaki and Raila appeared headed for Parliament where MPs often vote along party and ethnic lines rather than the twin issues of constitutionalism and fairness to both sides of the ruling coalition.
Curiously, it is two members of the President’s Party of National unity in the Grand Coalition Cabinet who both hold Security-related dockets, who picked up Raila’s gauntlet on behalf of the President.
Further sign the ministers — Prof George Saitoti (Internal Security) and Mr Yusuf Haji (Defence) — were communicating the President’s response to Raila was discernible in the fact their statement was released by the Presidential Press Service, which is solely at the disposal of the President. Saitoti is the PNU Chairman while Haji belongs to Kanu, which is an affiliate of the larger PNU alliance.
"We have confirmed with H.E. the President that indeed there were exhaustive consultations before these nominations were made as required by the Constitution ," said Saitoti and Haji.
The ministers responded to Raila’s rejection of Kibaki’s nominations on the premise he was not consulted, even though State House insisted the discussions actually took place, as the PM appeared to change tact and push for a diplomatic solution to the row between him at the President.
Raila told a city rally he was optimistic the controversial nominations of four individuals to the office of Chief Justice, Attorney General , Director of Public Prosecutions and Director of Budget, would be solved amicably. He, however, insisted the President might have been misled into making the nominations unilaterally.
In an apparent twist of tact, the PM announced he would not engage President Kibaki over the matter in public but would meet him and solve the matter diplomatically. "Mimi sitaki kupigana na Kibaki hadharani, nataka kusuluhisha haya maneno kiungwana," (It is not my wish to attack Kibaki in public. We will meet and solve this issue diplomatically) said the PM.
It also emerged the PM’s side is planning to stall tabling of the names in Parliament by writing to Speaker Kenneth Marende requesting him to make a ruling on whether the names should be accepted in the absence of consultation. "We hear they will try to force the Speaker to make a ruling, but Section 63 specifically gives the High Court the power to interpret the Constitution and that is the route those opposed to the appointments should take," argued an MP.
Harambee house
Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara claimed he had a list the President gave the PM when the issue first cropped up. According to him, the list the PM was shown at Harambee House shortly before he left for Ethiopia for an AU meeting had Justice Kariuki Kihara as CJ, lawyer Fred Ojiambo for AG and Kilukumi for DPP.
"There was no agreement reached then and the PM requested the matter be left pending until he comes back only to be informed that the President was set to announce the names which had been substituted," said Imanyara.
He said he was confident Speaker would not clear the names for debate in Parliament. Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo lamented the two principals having ignored his advice to advertise the positions must "now face the music in Parliament and risk damaging the Judicial renewal even before it begins."
Saitoti and Haji spoke as the President, who is busy with African Union and Igad meetings in Addis Ababa stuck to his traditional silence when a political storm is raging around him. Their statement that there was no constitutional crisis and there was adequate consultation between the President and the PM echoed sentiments raised by Government Spokesman Alfred Mutua on Saturday.
Dr Mutua usually communicates the stand of the President, communicated through Head of Civil Service Mr Francis Muthaura, when Kibaki and Raila, or their parties, are at odds on serious political issues at which they are expected to work together.
Given their dockets in Cabinet, which Raila’s side could have noted, Saitoti and Haji warned politicians against making inflammatory statements that could cause anxiety. "We caution against divisive utterances by leaders that will generate unnecessary anxiety. Specifically, remarks to the effect that the President’s decision has "thrown the country into a major constitutional crisis" are exaggerated and uncalled-for," they said.
House to decide
The two ministers also said Parliament would decide whether the nominees should be given the jobs for which Kibaki has nominated them.
Saitoti and Haji directly hit out at Raila, who is their senior in Government, saying they found the claim that the nominations were done without consultation and without adherence to the constitution "disturbing and unwarranted".
But addressing crowds at Makongeni Grounds in Nairobi, Raila said he does not want a fight with Kibaki over the nominations of Justice Alnashir Visram to be the next CJ, Prof Githu Muigai to take over from Mr Amos Wako as AG, Kioko Kilukumi to be DPP, and Agricultural Development Corporation Managing Director Mr William Kirwa to be Controller of Budget.
Barring the possibility of intervention through a court injunction, the names of the nominees would be presented for approval or rejection to Parliament.
A preview of what could transpire in Parliament played out yesterday. A group led by spokesmen for MPs from different regional blocs met and announced they would vote for the nominees.
Leaders of the group of 16 MPs were Rift Valley Parliamentary Group spokesman Julius Kones, his Central Kenya counterpart Ephraim Maina and PNU Chief Whip Johnstone Muthama (Eastern). Three of the nominees have their roots in the blocs for which the senior MPs spoke for. Mutitu MP Kiema Kilonzo was among those who attended their news conference.
On Saturday, Kiema hosted Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto in his constituency where they defended the appointments.
Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa argued Raila should go to court if it was true he was not consulted or leave it to MPs to decide. Cabinet Minister William ole Ntimama, who is Raila’s ally, said: "We will put up a spirited fight in Parliament. They have the money but we will bank on like-minded MPs,’’ vowed Ntimama.
Kenya: The Implementation of Reform Agenda As Per The Timetable
from Judy Miriga
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As things stand with Kenya presently, and having given this matter a serious thought, I find it extremely important to propose to Kenyan People to offer and avail my outstanding services to help with the acceptable Logical and Fair Implementation of the Reform Agenda as per the New Constitution before the scheduled election in 2012.
I put up this request after realizing that President Kibaki has failed Kenyans multiple of times even after being given a second chance to show Leadership quality by fairly implementing the New Constitution as it is mandated through the Referendum through public mandate. Kibaki has let Kenyans down and it is time for him to vacate office without further ado. The main reasons are that he can no longer be trusted by the Kenya people to deliver services responsibly in a transparent and accountable manner as follows:
v He has portrayed the cat and mouse chase, hide and seek, old fashion corrupt manner of not following Ethics Rule of Constitutional Governance and has not been transparent according to the Oath he swore to uphold in his ways of dealing with public service matters and in the implementation of the New Constitution.
v Since PNU Party is not an authenticated legitimate party with National grassroot support, and since Kibaki violently stole votes in 2007 and committed untold criminal acts and violation of Human Rights from planning to execution, we feel the lives of Kenyans are at stake and that his continued stay in power will throw the country into Civil War for fear of losing power since they have become unpopular with the public
v He has continually appointed his Kikuyu tribesmen without consultation or care from other 42 tribes in Kenya or do a background check and be satisfied that his nomination is acceptable and is agreeable by the public as well as the Legislative body
v He has continually recycled personalities with questionable characters who cannot be trusted in dealings with public service matters and who are suspects in the misuse and misappropriation of public funds
v He has refused to ask suspects of questionable characters who have publicly been asked to step aside for investigation to take place and in addition stood against public demand to suspend the ICC Ocampo six from public service. These are the requirement according to the New Constitution
v He has jointly with others organized and planned for obstruction of justice and used his position of public office to facilitate the undermining of the ICC Hague which he took Oath to respect and Uphold
v President Kibaki has also demonstrated to be the cause of disunity in Kenya by openly and publicly performing acts of divide and rule, where the country is divided into tribal line and empowering his tribesmen with stolen public financial resources and Revenues, land and facilities.
v He has encouraged acts that are understood to be auctioning public economic wealth, resources and facilities to China, Libya and Uganda without considering basic human rights, dignity, value and virtue, putting the country at a dangerous disadvantaged without security to health or environment.
v He has failed to provide security to the public from careless shoot to kill by the police
v He has failed to protect people from abject poverty instead he is inducing excessive poverty and health disparity to majority of marginalized community with intention to shorten lives towards early death for reasons best known to him and his groups
v He has encouraged public money to be stolen and be banked overseas by his connected groups
With this kind of endless list of discrepancies and considering that we are responsible for the voiceless as well as the voice of reason, we foresee a collapsed government from failed non-complied agreement between the two principles, President Kibaki and PM Raila which eventually will spill over to the people of Kenya causing a serious disarray.
Consequently, since Kibaki has refused to oblige and comply and has blundered by defying legal principles as mandated in the New Constitution, we see no other option except to step in and dissolve Parliament, back up PM Raila and the Speaker Marende, to form a Transitional Committee for an Interim Government to complete the necessary Reform Agenda according to the New Constitution as per the timetable for the 2012 election without wasting any more time.
I strongly believe that Kibaki has reasonable number of cases he may be need to answer at the ICC Hague, and that gives him a good reason to stay out of the Government while under investigation and questioning....so we are not going to continue to give him a blank check from him to destroy Kenya.
I am not interested in any elective political office, but I am available to offer my services if provided with enough authority and security to lead in the Caretaker Transitional Government for service implementation and electioneering preparation for 2012. This is because I love Kenya and the people of Kenya, and as can be seen, my actions speaks for itself in the demonstrated participation I have been involved since joining with the Original FORD as Director for Women in the leadership of the late founding father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in the wake of the repeal of Section 2A, giving the best of my intellect and attention to salvage Kenya from fall-out and collapse.
I will do my best as I know how within those reamaining one year six months, to give Kenya people the best they deserve and make them feel dignified and proud. As a mother and a caretaker I will make sure all beacons are in place and Kenyans go to the polls prepared with heads high to elect those people with focus, whom they believe will help transform Kenya with improved prospects, leading it to a brighter future.
Thank you all,
At your service,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
Kenya: STATE system can save Kenya before 2012
Kenyans,
Sociability often comes naturally. It is the measure of emotional, non instrumental relations among individuals who regard one another as friends. Friends tend to share certain ideas, attitudes, interests and values and usually associates on equal terms. Unfortunately this thing have extended to even tribal. We see today in Kenya where a particular member of a particular tribe are given jobs even multiple jobs at a time when other Kenyan tribes have the same qualifications or even better but hardly get those jobs.
What Kenyans have not realized up today is this. There are drawbacks to high levels of sociability or you can call it tribal favor in other words. The prevalence of friendships or my tribe mate may allow poor performance to be tolerated. This is a big disease in Africa, since africans really do a lot of work and in fact real hard work but they hardly catch up with Europe, America and now even the asian countries which were behind us have now overtaken us.
No body wants to rebuke or fire a friend or his tribe mate from the national cake. Remember the slogan it is our time to eat. High-sociability environments are often characterized by exaggerated concern for consensus. That is, friends are often reluctant to disagree with or criticize one another. Those who know what I am talking about will automatically realize that in ruling a country sociability tendencies can easily lead to diminished debate over goals, strategies, or simply how work gets done. So in a country like Kenya the result has been compromise gets applied every time to problems, not the best solution.
Sociability also helps some tribes at the cream to uplift their tribes and finally make their tribe or community to look good and succeed at the expenses of other tribes. On the other hand solidarity is based not so much in the heart as in the mind, but its relationship are based on common tasks, mutual interests or shared goals that will benefit all involved parties. Labour union is a classic example of high-solidarity people (Atwoli, Tom, Mboya etc) need now in kenyan not tribal etc. Look at what Tom Mboya did to all tribes in Kenya during his labour work or minister for economic and development in Kenya. Mboya never took only luos to USA despite the fact that he had the opportunity, but took almost all capable Kenyans who could crake their brains to gain something which might later help in developing a young nation like Kenya.
But this Kibaki with his nominations in jobs is just bullshit and chimpaze type of leadership. Kibaki is taking Kenya nowhere that is why my heading is state division may save Kenya. These rulers we have today are taking kenya nowhere. Just look at what they are now talking about in AU meeting about ICC. An organization they enrolled in themselves. They do not even know the correct path on how to come out of the Rome statute despite the fact that it is all written in agreement papers.
Kenya should divide into sates so that every region can chose their own way of moving forward. This present chimps system we have today is not only favoring some tribes but also killing youths future. After all USA which is admired by a lot is states run system country.
Paul Nyandoto
Africa: Lagos Plan of Action Towards a United Africa…Read and Be Informed……
Folks,
If the Way Forward Plan of Action towards a United Africa was meant to benefit the African Nations alongside their people's Constituents, how come only their Leaders became stinking rich and their majority people trodden to abject poverty. What went wrong? Was it a Conspiracy for the African Leaders to converge under United Africa to rob and steal from their Nationals the people Republic?
Who are the present current benefitiaries from the Lagos Plan of Action towards a United Africa?
How come Gaddafi and China used public funds collected from Africa's Taxpayers Revenues through IFAD with other United Nations including the ECOWAS to acquire and possess Public Property like Lamu Port and fishery, Kilifi mineral quary, Kenya Ports Authority, Lake Victoria Fisheries, Lake Victoria Mining, Migingo Fisheries, Gold in Makalda Mine, River Miriu, Kenya Railways, Kenya Airways, Soil exportation to China, ...........etc.., through which processes did they jointly acquire and own public wealth, Natural Resources and Minerals without public concent or authorization? Why did they assassinate, killed and silenced those who questioned their mysterious criminal activities? Why did Moi decide that power must only circulate within and amongst their Mafia connection with Cohort? Why did Kibaki steal election and killed people in order he does not relinquish power, but transfer power to one of their KKK "The Kibaki Black Box Operation Fagia"? Finally but not least, why did Moi organized terrorist gangry group of YK 92 along with Mungiki?
Kibaki has defied the Reform Agenda as well as the New Constitution. He with cohort are running to African Union when African Union did not create the Reform Agenda nor did it vote on the Referendum for the New Constitution.
Are Kenyans safe? Dont we need the International Intervention with a transitional government immediately to take the affairs of its innocent people now destined to extinction.
Please read the Lagos Plan of Action towards a United Africa so you are informed on How and Why's and stand firm to fight and claim for your rights to protect your destiny.....Your Destiny is in your hands people........Declare Kibaki and Team including African Union assembly decision illegitimate, Null and Void, because you the people are the Final Authority, the Powerhouse to security of your destiny....
African Union have no power over the People Republic, when you say No, no one can change the authority to your decision, not the African Union, nor Kibaki, nor Moi nor their Mafia connections.......they are connected to steal and rob you clean then kill you through slow puncture or just wipe you out by the gun.
You as a people must decide and send them packing. Let us therefore unite with the world and say No to them and push them all out in order to recover what has been and is being stolen from the poor people of Africa.
We cannot wait for tomorrow, it is now people.......These people are in the business of making Kenyans more poor and miserable the reason they spend tax payers money on Lagos Plan of Action Towards a United Africa but decided not to go by the policy resolution as stated, but have turned Wolves scampering to steal from public and wipe out its own people.
Let us turn against them before they finish all poor people and force them to ICC Hague.Public force is sufficient when boosted by the International Community with sympathizers and friend of the world.
May God Bless us all and give us the will and strength to overcome.
Thanks,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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Lagos Plan of Action Towards a United Africa
The Way Forward
Preamble
1. The effect of unfulfilled promises of global development strategies has been more sharply felt in Africa than in the other continents of the world. Indeed, rather than result in an improvement in the economic situation of the continent, successive strategies have made it stagnate and become more susceptible than other regions to the economic and social crises suffered by the industrialised countries. Thus, Africa is unable to point to any significant growth rate, or satisfactory index of general well-being, in the past 20 years. Faced with this situation, and determined to undertake measures for the basic restructuring of the economic base of our continent, we resolved to adopt a far-reaching regional approach based primarily on collective self-reliance.
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http://www.uneca.org/adfiii/riefforts/ref/other2.htm
KENYA: KISUMU COURT DISMISSES CASE AGAINST JOURNALIST.
By Our Reporter.
Kisumu based journalist Erasto Agwanda Saye has vowed to sue a non governmental Organisation OSIENALA seeking kshs 50,000,000 after a court in Kisumu stopped the organization and its management from attaching his properties in a defamation suit.
This was after the plaintiff, OSIENALA , failed to prove to court that the defendant was the real person who published the allegedly defaming article in a blog.
Lawyer Raymond Olendo of Ragot and Otieno Advocates appearing for the journalist said, the name used in the story, Agwanda Jakorando, does not belong to his client, Erasto Agwanda Saye; hence the properties of the client cannot be attached to pay for damages in the suit which was ruled earlier last year against Agwanda Jakorando.
Kisumu resident magistrate Tom Obutu who made the ruling said there is no substantial connection that the defendant Agwanda Jakorando was the same person with Erastus Agwanda who the plaintiff wanted to pay the damages.
"The two can not be connected and the NGO should look for the defendant Agwanda Jakorando who they sued to pay for the damages"Obutu said in his ruling.
The NGO had gone to court to appeal for further damages against the defendant.
However, Erasto Agwanda Saye enlisted as the objector denied that he was not the same person to the one who had published the article.
OSIENALA an environmental organization through its Director Obiero Ongángá had gone to court to seek help in payment of Damages in 2009 case where they were awarded shs.500, 000 saying it was difficult for them to get the damages.
"Erasto Agwanda Saye and Agwanda Jakorando cannot be connected to be the same person"Obutu added further in his ruling .
Last year Janaury, Kisumu resident magistrate Charles Oluoch ruled that the defendant, in this case, Agwanda Jakorando pays a fine of shs.500, 000 for general damages for to the environmental organization.
"I thank the almighty God ,i have been traumatised for the last two years and my family could not just comprehend what was happening,suing him is the best thing and i get him compensate me for what i have undergone,my lawyers are working on it' Agwanda said
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Kenya: Youth Employment Initiative Project
From: festus ouko
Good people,
The youth of Kenya (18-35)years comprise around one-third (about 9 million) of the total population and hence the country's potential labour force. The same age bracket also bears the brunt of unemployment as well as underemployment. Statistics reveal that out of the more than 500,000 youth entering the job market annually only about one quarter get absorbed into formal employment annually.
Among the myriad of challenges young people face, unemployment stands out as one of the most pressing. Despite the youth economic empowerment initiatives by the government more than 67% of the unemployed still fall under this age bracket. In Tunisia, the thought of facing a bleak jobless future drove a graduate to set himself ablaze (literally) thus catalyzing the new revolution in Tunisia that is having a domino effect in Egypt and now to Yemen. It's any body's guess where next.
Africa Youth Trust, in partnership with other stakeholders including the local government is seeking to implement the Youth Employment Initiative of Nairobi Project. The main objective of the project is to improve access to a fair labour market with the youth of between 18-35 years as the target population.
I have the opportunity of influencing this particular project and I welcome your input. Let us transform Kenya together. How can you contribute:
Give ideas on job creation for the youth As an employer, advise on useful skills the youth can be trained on As a member of youth group, contact me for the sake of forming networks (formal and informal) for/and exchanging ideas on the best way forward. As a concerned Kenyan, advise and join in to lobby the government to facilitate job creation Any other contribution for the sake of the development of this country..
Kind regards,
Ouko EF
Sudan: Second MM report on Sudan Referendum
From: Yona Maro
Dear all
Please find attached the second MM report of referendum in Sudan, Media Coverage: Findings and Conclusions. Period 16 December 2010– 15 January 2011.
This report contains the main findings concerning media coverage of the referendum campaign, of the silence period as well as of the voting days. This is the second report to be produced on media monitoring activities conducted by SMEC1. Monthly reports will be published in February and March with a final report in April 2011.
Feel free to use it as it suits you in your media and for your information.
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Sudan Media and Elections Consortium – Media MonitoringTABLE OF CONTENTSFOREWORD1EXECUTIVE SUMMARY2II. MEDIA AND 2011 REFERENDUM4A. SUDAN MEDIA SECTOR:AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN ISSUES AND CHALLENGES4B. MEDIA BACKGROUND TO2011 REFERENDUM5II. MONITORING MEDIA COVERAGE OF REFERENDUM: MAIN FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS81. GENERAL MEDIA OFFER92. REFERENDUMCOVERAGE ON TELEVISION AND RADIO123. REFERENDUMCOVERAGE IN THE PRINT MEDIA164. THE REFERENDUM MORATORIUM AND VOTING DAYS PERIODS20ANNEX I – LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS21
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Sudan: Vs: Bashir backs south’s independence :-)
From: Paul Nyandoto
Basir was drunk when he mentioned that. If not then he is afraid of ICC (Hagua) thing or he is now scared by the wave of change taking place in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya etc. It looks that all his fellow dictators friends in Northern African arabic states are going to be kicked off. The man is just too scared, where will he run to incase the same danger starts in Sudan and ICC is also behind him?.
Paul Nyandoto
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By Africa correspondent Ginny Stein, wires
Sudan president Omar al-Bashir has pledged his support for a new southern state in his first public statement since the south of the country voted overwhelmingly to split from the north.
While the poll is yet to be officially declared, provisional results have shown almost 99 per cent of southerners voted to secede.
Many feared the north would not let the oil-producing south go without a fight.
President al-Bashir said he accepted secession has become a reality, and that rather than being sad about the outcome, he would go to the south to join in the celebrations.
"Secession has become a reality and it has been accepted," he said.
"Ninety-nine percent of southerners have chosen secession. But we're not going to mourn. I repeat what I have said before: We will go to the south to celebrate with them.
"Secession is not the end of history. It is a new beginning,"
Initial results are now due to be announced in Khartoum at the end of this month.
Mr Bashir, who led a war against the south for a decade-and-a-half before signing the peace deal, had already told senior southern officials that he would respect the vote's outcome, during a rare visit to regional capital Juba shortly before the referendum.
CONFUCIUS SAYS
from Papa Likondi
On wisdom, Confucius say...
Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.
Man who run in front of car get tired.
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
Man with one chopstick go hungry.
Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk.
War not determine who is right, war determine who is left.
Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.
Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.
Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.
Man who sit on tack get point!
Man who jump off cliff, jump to conclusion!
Man stuck in pantry have ass in jam.
When called an idiot sometimes is better to be quiet than to open mouth and remove all doubt.
Man who behaves like an ass will be the butt of those who crack jokes.
He who thinks only of number one must remember this number is next to nothing.
Man who put head on railroad track to listen for train likely to end up with splitting headache.
He who buries a man's wife alive, should not expect to sit at that man's dinner table without the subject coming up.
Man who eats photo of father, soon spitting-image of father.
Man who pushes piano down mineshaft get tone of A flat miner.
Wise man never play leapfrog with unicorn.
Man who fall in vat of molten glass make spectacle of self.
Man who fly airplane upside-down bound to have crack up.
Confucius say too damn much.
On hygiene, Confucius say...
Man who drop watch in toilet have shitty time.
Man who sneezes without tissue takes matters in his own hands.
Man who take sleeping pill and laxative on the same night will wake up in deep shit.
A bird in hand makes hard to blow nose.
House without toilet is uncanny.
Man who cut self while shaving, lose face.
He who eats too many prunes, sits on toilet many moons.
Man who stick foot in mouth get athlete's tongue.
Man that go to bed with itchy butt wake up with sticky fingers.
Man who fart in church sit in own pew.
Crowded elevator smell different to midget.
Grease monkey who go to bed without bathing wake up oily in the morning.
Man who scratch ass should not bite fingernails.
Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
On sex, Confucius say...
Virginity like bubble: one prick, all gone.
Man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day.
Foolish man give wife grand piano, wise man give wife upright organ.
Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cat house.
Panties not best thing on earth, but next to it.
Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.
Man with tight trousers is pressing his luck.
Man kicked in testicles left holding bag.
Woman who wear jockstrap have make believe ballroom.
It take many nails to build crib, but one screw to fill it.
Secretary not permanent fixture until screwed on top of desk.
Hole happy, whole body happy.
Wash your face in the morning, neck at night.
Don't drink and park, accidents cause people.
Dumb man climb tree to get cherry, wise man spread limbs.
State of pregnancy exist when woman takes seriously something poked in fun.
Man who plays with self, pulls boner.
Passionate kiss like spider's web, soon lead to undoing of fly.
Marriage is like game of poker. You start with pair and end with full house.
Man trapped in brothel get jerked around.
Man's wife his better half, his mistress his better whole.
It is good for girl to meet boy in park, but better for boy to park meat in girl.
Man have more hair on chest than woman, but on whole woman have more.
Girl who have red hair have red hair, by cracky.
Man who lay woman on ground gets piece on earth.
Man who suck woman's tit make clean breast of things.
Woman laid in tomb may soon become mummy.
Man who lay girl on hillside is not on the level.
Man who jizz in cash register come into money.
Man with athletic finger make broad jump.
Man who marries girl with no bust have right to feel low down.
Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs.
Don't sweat the petty stuff ... and don't pet the sweaty stuff.
KENYA: SHORTSIGHTED YOUTHFUL LEADERS.
From: Guevara B
Before I speak let me start by seeking definition for shortsightedness-
short: lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
nearsighted: unable to see distant objects clearly
ill-considered: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"
Then the definition of youth-
Youth is the time of life between childhood and adulthood (maturity).Definitions of the specific age range that constitutes youth vary
The age in which a person is considered a "youth", and thus eligible for special treatment under the law and throughout society varies around the world.
"Youth... those persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years." - United Nations General Assembly
"Time in a person's life between childhood and adulthood. The term "youth" in general refers to those who are between the ages of 15 to 25." - World Bank.
The Commonwealth Youth Programme works with "young people (aged 15-29)."
"A person... under 21 years of age." - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
"People between the ages of 14 and 21." - Wilson School District[10]
"Youth; an individual from 13 through 19 years of age." - Alternative Homes for Youth, Inc
"Youth is defined as any member of society between the ages of 15 and 34" - The Danish Youth Council
With these tell me, are those leaders crisscrossing the country convincing Kenyans to vote for youthful leaders honest? These people are past the Youth sell by date.. Secondly, someone should tell me, do these leaders have any vision? My answer is NO unless someone can convince me otherwise.. Leadership calls for wisdom, I see non in UK, Ruto or Eugine., these people sorry to say are too myopic, they cant see beyond their stomachs..
I will quote two instances to justify my school of thought and you can add the others, First the Hague issue- these are the people who sent their lieutenants to advocate for the Hague trials, they ensured no local tribunal was formed, what they are doing now is so obvious, they are taking back their vomit, so absurd, their scope is too limited and cannot and will neva be overstreched. they do things hastily without seeing beyond the curtains, can these people be trusted with Kenya?
Secondly, the KKK, ooh my: These guys went everywhere telling people who cared to listen about KKK, they were so arrogant and couldn't smell the rat. They vilified and left the other Kenyans out of their equation. Now they are again swallowing their vomit, why spit and swallow again? Where is the wisdom in these guys? Who are their advisers? My judgement, PATHETIC.
All I am saying is, these guys are not youths, they lack a vision, they are without wisdom and they should just style up: Yes these guys have energy and blah! blah! blah! but are they directed and will they be directed towards the betterment of our Country.. Be the Judge.
Guevara.
China & Kenya: China supports sovereignty of Kenya, says Ambassador
Ati What?
China is saying What ??????
Tell China, people of Kenya are ready to protect their Destiny.
It is China who is messing with the Sovereignty of Kenyans. Read the last attachment, and understand how and why.
They better begin to pack-off !
They have given us a reason to kick their butt off Kenya.
Tell them to read attached Document here down please.
We know they are not alone, they are with their Mafia inter-Connected Intelligence Property Thievers" the International Corporate Business Society, who have already done every manner of destroying us through slow puncture death, but they are not bigger than God. They do not have the last say, in the life of Kenya. God will save Kenya. People Pray Hard and stand united, with us to save Kenya, do not sit and wait to be slaughtered, make noise people......
Even in the ancient, God was with his people, poor David defeated Golliath.
Golliath went with all the sophisticated weaponry to destroy David, and he had confidence David was a DUDU to him, but with one sling David was no more..... Take Heart, although we are weak, with God incharge, we are strong. China must get out of Kenya NOW.
We are not playing and we are not jocking....God is incharge, and God will not let us to be destroyed by China.
Yes, China is busy taking The Ports of Kenya so they can have control in the Indian Ocean. They have sent their prisoners and Armed Forces to Kenya and are in the business of Road Construction, they are scattered everywhere, they are teamed with Museveni to Wipe-out Kenyans, so they can remain doing their business, taking Kenyans' resources by Force. This will not happen.
Here me and here me well.......
Kenya is a failed state, Kalonzo has spilled the beans that Kibaki had sent him to lobby African Nations so Kenya quit from ICC Hague. Others are about to begin to name Kibaki even more. PNU is not a legitimate Party by all means and standards, Kenyans just exercised peace, but their Peace stance should not be read as weakness.
The people public of Kenya and PM Raila with the Legitimate Party of ODM have said No. ODM is the legitimate Party who won election, PM Raila should take charge, after-all he is the Prime Minister, and also they are sharing 50/50 powers. Kibaki has committed untold Crimes to Kenyans, he stole election and as a result killed many Kenyas for him to remain in power. It is the reason he hurriedly brought China to take over Kenya stealthily. This will not happen and will never happen.
China, kwa roho safi......please leave Kenya peacefully.......
China must not scare the Representatives of States that signed the Rome Statute, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser and Team, from flying into Kenya and doing their work. Their plan must go on undeterred.
Thanks,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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China supports sovereignty of Kenya, says Ambassador
Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Liu Guangyuan met President Kibaki today, and said China supports 'the integrity and sovereignty" of Kenya and is opposed to interference of her internal affairs by external forces.
Below is the full statement from the Presidential Press Service:
Nairobi January 27th, 2011
The Chinese government fully supports the integrity and sovereignty of Kenya and is opposed to interference of her internal affairs by external forces, the Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Liu Guangyuan has said.
Mr Guangyuan also supported Kenya's cause for peace and harmonious co-existence of ethnic communities observing that justice must go hand in hand with reconciliation of the Kenyan people.
The Ambassador made the remarks today when he paid a courtesy call on President Mwai Kibaki at his Harambee House office.
The Envoy expressed his government's satisfaction with Kenya/China bilateral cooperation reassuring of China's continued assistance in infrastructural development under the Forum for China-Africa cooperation (FOCAC).
He acknowledged the positive efforts Kenya and IGAD have made in restoration of peace and stability in the horn of Africa.
On the drought affecting parts of the country, the Ambassador expressed his government's willingness to provide relief assistance to the affected Kenyans.
During the talks, Mr. Guangyuan conveyed to President Kibaki the China Lunar year greetings from President Jintau.
On his part, President Kibaki conveyed warm greetings and best wishes to the President of China Hu Jintao and the people of China on the memorable occasion marking the beginning of the Chinese Lunar year.
The Head of State noted," As you celebrate this important day in your country's calendar, it is my desire that the friendly relations existing between our two countries be further enhanced for the mutual benefit of our two peoples".
The President noted with satisfaction the strong bond of friendship and bilateral cooperation existing between Kenya and China since independence, terming China a dependable development partner.
The talks were attended by Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister Richard Onyoka and Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet Amb. Francis Muthaura among other senior Kenya and Chinese government officials.
-PPS
Why Kenya is now on the global radar
By Biketi Kikechi
The representative of states that signed the Rome Statute flies in tomorrow (Thursday), and straight into a storm set off by Kenya’s diplomatic offensive for deferral of its two cases at The Hague, and Africa’s withdrawal motion.
During his visit, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, who is President of the Assembly of the States Parties ICC, will hold talks with President Kibaki and address an international news conference.
But his arrival will raise eyebrows, coming ahead of this week’s African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where Kenya’s lobbying for a deferral of its ICC cases is expected to take centre stage.
It also follows meetings President Kibaki held in the middle of the month with AU chairperson Mr Jean Ping, who is reported to have endorsed Kenya’s request on the basis that it is within its rights as a member state. Kenya is believed to already have the support of Djibouti, Uganda, South Africa, Burundi, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania.
Global interest in Kenya’s guarded offensive against the ICC, which rules in March on whether cases planned against six of its prominent citizens should proceed, is reportedly rising ahead of the summit.
It is common knowledge in diplomatic circles that America’s President Barrack Obama will send a representative to the Summit, while UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend in person. The Heads of States Summit begins on Friday, but the ministers’ roundtable session began on Monday.
Apart from discussing the Addis Ababa Summit, where Sudan President Hassan Omar al-Bashir who has been indicted by ICC is expected, Ping also met Prime Minister Raila Odinga on January 11.
His discussions with the two leaders are said to have centered on the worsening Ivorian political crisis.
Ambassador Wenaweser arrives with a message for Kenya, which seeks to change how it relates with ICC, from The Hague court.
He will jet in as Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, who is leading the charm offensive against ICC on the Kenyan side through the use of his old network as Foreign minister, flies to Libya and Nigeria, to lobby for AU to pressurise for deferral of Kenya’s case.
His arrival also follows that of top ICC officers who flew into the country over the weekend to attend a roundtable media conference, and to understand issues Kenyans are raising over ICC.
Sources told The Standard America and the UN, which were instrumental in Kenya’s peace deal in 2008 following the post-election violence, would lobby African states to stick to ICC as a strategy against curbing impunity and nurturing democracy and respect for the law and human rights.
Yesterday, Denmark’s Foreign Affairs Minister Lene Espersen said in Nairobi her country fully supports the ICC process, and that it was important for Kenya to attach importance to remain committed to the Rome Statute. "The decision you take will reflect on how the rest of the World looks upon Kenya," she said.
Wenaweser’s two-day stay, beginning tomorrow (Thursday), includes consultations with Government officials, MPs, the civil society and media.
He will conclude his visit with a press conference on Friday, when AU meeting begins. The UN chief, whose first term ends in December, is expected to impress on Africa the need to stick to ICC to stave off its perennial political problems and human rights issues.
Pulling out
Sources revealed he will be concerned about African countries pulling out of the Rome Statute during his watch because that could lead to collapse of The Hague-based court whose majority party-states are from the continent.
Kalonzo has visited South Africa, Uganda, Malawi, and Ethiopia, and will also be visiting Libya and West African states before the Addis-Ababa meeting.
Yesterday, he repeated his assertion that Kenya has no intention of pulling out of the Rome Statute or the ICC process.
"Contrary to views being peddled around, Kenya is fully represented in the Court, where we have Lady Justice Joyce Aluoch on the Bench," said Kalonzo.
He noted that with the new constitution and the on-going reforms in the Judiciary, Kenya was now better positioned to prosecute the post-election suspects locally.
"We are currently revamping our Judiciary, and very soon we will be having a new Chief Justice, Director of Public Prosecution among other reforms which we are confident will enable us have the right mechanism to try these suspects," he added.
Speaking when he met the Danish Minister, Acting Foreign affairs minister Prof George Saitoti also discounted claims the government had discussed the possibility of Kenya pulling out of the Rome Statute.
He also clarified that the Executive had not made a decision on blocking seizure of suspects for trial by ICC, should they be indicted.
"Reports indicating that the government has been sending emissaries to various African countries asking them that we want to pull out of ICC, and that they should follow suit, is farfetched and not true,’ said Saitoti.
He explained that it was Parliament and not Executive that had resolved Kenya should move away from the Rome Statute.
"Parliament is an independent body and it has a right to deliberate on any matter it considers important, and the Executive cannot dictate it," said Saitoti
New laws
Saitoti explained Kalonzo has been visiting African States to inform them that with the new constitution, Kenya is able to put up local judicial mechanism to deal with the post-election suspects.
"We are capable of putting up a local mechanism even if The Hague process goes on. We have to look at other crimes," added Saitoti. Ocampo is expected to begin presenting his case to the Pre-Trial Chamber II in March, for the Judges to rule if he has a sustainable case on the six Kenyans he says hold the biggest responsibility for the violence.
The global anxiety over Ivory Coast, which will come out in Addis Ababa, lies in the fact that if it is not addressed, the elections scheduled to take place in close to 20 African States this year may likewise be undermined.
The AU provides a promising exit pad for Africa from ICC, because it has already dismissed Bashir’s indictment and called for its deferment, as well as amendment of Article 16 of the Rome Statute to enable other UN bodies to request suspension of ICC prosecutions in case of inaction by the Security Council.
AU also turned down establishment of an ICC liaison office within it. Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara, Law Society of Kenya and leaders of civil society have urged the AU to tread carefully over the Kenya-driven motion.
Assistant Minister Kareke Mbiuki who supported Parliament’s withdrawal motion said: " Even if Obama is sending a representative to AU, that will not affect its decision or Kenya’s position on the ICC. Kenya subscribes to the UN and not America."
KENYA: USAID TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN NATION.
By Agwanda Jowi .
THE US Agency for International Development has disbursed Sh. 120 billion to improve health care system in Western Kenya.
The five year project under AIDS, Population and Health Integrated Assistance (APHIAplus) will cover all districts in Nyanza and Western provinces.
The project aims to improve and expand sustainable facility based services for HIV, TB, reproductive health, family planning, malaria and maternal child health.
Western Kenya APHIAplus director Dr. Ambrose Misore says they will work closely with the government and a wide variety of non governmental agencies to strengthen health care services throughout the two provinces.
Misore says that studies have shown that diseases such as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis are causing greater suffering and death in Western Kenya than any other part of the country.
He says that they will also improve and expand civil society activities to increase healthier behaviors, including prevention programs that target at risk populations.
Speaking during the launch of the program in Kisumu, Misore announced that the [project will also improve home and community support program for people and families infected and affected by HIV/Aids, including orphans and other vulnerable children.
He says that this is the USAID’s largest health investments to Kenya under the
US president Barrack Obama’s Global Health Initiative.
ENDS
Kenya: Bereavement Announcement; Melisa Musiani Mulumbu
From: bkojiem@ . . .
Dear Kenya's and friends
It is with sadness that we inform you of the death of 19 year old Melisa Musiani Mulumbu, daughter of the US based Benga guitarist Wycliff "Jamarachi" Mulumbu and Evenline Anna Mulumbu on 20th January 2010 in Kenya.
The funeral arrangements for the beloved daughter are ongoing. Friends and family are gathering for prayers, support and final preparations. Fund-raising to off-set pending hospital bills and funeral arrangements has been set for Saturday, January 29th from 4pm at his residence, address listed below. Burial is scheduled to take place on January 31st. at her ancestral home in Bumala, Busia.
Please feel free to call or stop by Jamarachi’s with words of encouragement. Any support during this bereavement period will be highly appreciated.
Jamarachi Mulumbu
1947 S. Hall Street
Allentown, PA 18102
mulujama@gmail.com
484-223-9014
Alternate Contact:
Andrew Auma 484-347-0332
Kenya: Pattni thrown lifeline over Goldenberg scam
Folks,
It is Public Sector Fraud which included Impunity.....it should not
be treated like nothing happened. All stakeholders must be consulted
and compensated.......
I am reading sinister motives here. We want compensation through the
ICC Hague ....Musema kweli, not Wako.....Wako ate with them. There
must be no short-cut.....public are hurting....many people lost big time.
Commodity food and rent went up as a result, families were not able to
pay school fees for their children.....this was the beginning of Middle-Class
collapse.....Goldenberg Scam was one such good reason. We all know it.
Public paid for what they did not engage in. It is time for pay back people.
This is an indication that Patni has accepted that the story is true
that jointly with Moi and company they stole public money and
made many suffer.
Victims of these consequences must be compensated and Moi's
security with bling bling from tax payers money must be withdrawn
immediately.
Thanks,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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Pattni thrown lifeline over Goldenberg scam
By Evelyn Kwamboka
Attorney General Amos Wako has allowed negotiations to settle the Sh5.8 billion Goldenberg scandal.
The talks between Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Treasury aim at withdrawing criminal charges against Goldenberg architect Kamlesh Pattni.
State Counsel James Warui said Wako, who distanced himself from the sale of Grand Regency Hotel (now Laico Regency), had given directions that the CID, CBK, Treasury and the businessman negotiate the process.
In the case, Pattni is charged alongside former Finance PS Wilfred Koinange, former CBK Deputy Governor Eliphaz Riungu and former Kenya Commercial Bank General Manager Elijah arap Bii.
They were charged with conspiring to steal Sh5.8 billion from the General Account at CBK between April 19 and 29, 1993. The money belonged to the Government.
On Tuesday, Riungu’s advocate Kirathe Wandugi told the court his client was abroad for specialised treatment.
Riungu is admitted to an India hospital and his doctors, claim he is to remain there for four to six months.
Chief Magistrate Gilbert Mutembei ordered the case be mentioned on February 23, to know the outcome of the negotiations.
Be withdrawn
Pattni wants the case that has seen him walk in and out of corridors of justice, be withdrawn, especially after surrendering the former Grand Regency Hotel to the bank.
Though he had requested amnesty, it emerged the consent registered at the High Court, whose order was given, omitted a clause that all pending cases against Pattni be withdrawn.
The document only dealt with the seizure and transfer of hotel to CBK.
Pattni was to relinquish or transfer ownership of the hotel to CBK and execute all necessary instruments of transfer, failure to which the deputy High Court registrar was to order execution.
Accounts held by any bank and cash in the name of the receivers was to be transferred to CBK.
In September 2009, Pattni said the criminal case should be terminated because there was no complainant.
He said there was double jeopardy in the charges against him, because they were dropped and was later arraigned in court, where he pleaded to fresh charges.