KENYA: JANUARY 2005 THAT WAS A LITMUS PAPER TEST FOR KIBAKI
From: People For Peace
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BY FR JOACHIM OMOLO OUKO, AJ
NAIROBI-KENYA
MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012
As January 2012 comes to an end, we are looking at January 2005 that was a litmus paper test for President Mwai Kibaki. This was the month the Catholic Church described his visit to the famine-stricken regions of North Eastern Province as "too little, too late".
The chairman of the church's Kenya Episcopal Conference, Bishop Cornelius Korir said it was unfortunate that the President's tour came only after lives had been lost. The worst hit was Garissa, Mandera, Wajir and Marsabit in North Eastern province.
Others were Mwingi in Eastern province; Laikipia in Central Kenya; Tana River, Kwale, Kilifi, Malindi, Lamu and Taita-Taveta districts in Coast province, Samburu and Turkana in the Rift Valley.
According to Bishop Korir it was not only a sin for somebody to die of hunger, it was also a criminal offence for the government to leave citizens to die of hunger. He noted that it was ironical that Kenyans were dying due to hunger, while some parts of the country had enough food which the government could buy to feed the dying.
The situation would have been saved had the government adhered to the warning by the UN World Food Programme that the number of people in need of food in Kenya was expected to rise to 2.5 million in the first half of 2006 because the October-December short rains which had failed in many eastern and northern districts.
This was the month that also saw Kiabki faced with many challenges in fighting against corruption, including the recovery of 850 million USdollars lost between 1990 and 1993 in the fictitious export of gold and diamonds by Goldenberg International by a company owned by Kamlesh Pattni.
Kibaki could not act given that along with Pattni, several key political figures had been implicated in the scam spanning the Moi government to Kibaki’s government. It was the month he could not also act because politicians close to him were mentioned in the the payments of equivalent of almost 90 million USdollars made to the Anglo Leasing and Finance company.
Finance Minister David Mwiraria and his National Security counterpart, Chris Murungaru who had been linked to the scam were dismissed from their respective ministries due to pressure from the opposition and donor agencies, but were not charged in court of law.
The other politician who could also not be tried was former powerful man in Moi’s government Mr. Nicholas Biwott who was one of the several ministers named in an inquiry into the suspected siphoning of $700m of government funds.
Mr Biwott was among several ministers close to the former president named in a parliamentary committee into corruption in 2000. The report said corrupt officials in the provincial administration had defrauded the government of some $700m between 1990 and 2000.
This was also the month that saw the government of Kibaki slowly losing proper direction. Kapenguria Member of Parliament Samuel Moroto spent several days in a police cell when Kibaki’s government refused to bail him out. He was to be moved from Kapenguria to Nakuru where Henry Nyaga was Resident Magistrate.
Moroto had been arrested because he warned of bloodshed if communities living in Pokot did not leave the land for the Pokots. Moroto had told ethnic communities settling on the community’s land to prepare for war any time. Moroto was elected on January 12, 2001 following the death of former fiery Cabinet Minister Francis Lotodo.
In Kanu heydays, especially in the periods just before the first multiparty elections in 1992, opposition party’s sympathisers (later) in Narc were harassed and at times arrested for flashing the two-finger salute.
This was also the month while People for Peace in Africa were conducting a workshop organized by St Mary’s Mukuru kwa Njenga Catholic Church the residents blamed the area Officer Commanding Station (OCS) for not taking any action when criminals were handed over to the police.
The residents told the workshop that as soon as the criminals were locked behind bars they were released on the very day. The reason for the release they said was because the police colluded with them. In some incidences they said police give them their uniforms and even guns. Previous year two girls were raped and killed.
Despite the fact that an estimated 60 per cent of the city’s population lives in slums, Mkuru Kwa Njenga is one of the slums that are not officially recognized, a policy that deprives the population of the normal governmental protections.
This condition has left the field open for misappropriation of land and has produced an unstable and highly volatile social situation. This explains why the government had not issued the title deed for the 7 hectares land owned by St Mary’s Catholic Church despite numerous attempts to acquire the deed.
These extremely dense slums are located in Nairobi’s industrial area, which attracts a large number of poor and destitute families and individuals who come to the city seeking employment.
The slum is faced by food security, lack of adequate housing, landlessness, unemployment, and sanitation. The only community health in Mkuru is run by the Medical Missionaries of Mary.
Out of about 2 million people residing in Embakasi Division, 150,000 reside in Mkuru Kwa Njenga slums. Embakasi Division has been identified as a high HIV/Aids prevalence area. The Nairobi industrial area where Mkuru is located continues to loose a large number of employees to the Aids pandemic.
January 2005 was the month which also saw the drama in an Eldoret hotel when members of the public caught a man red-handed with a school girl in lodging as they prepared to have sex.
The 16-year old Form Two girl was reported to have consented to sex after an elderly man had bought her some chapati (flat baked bread). The hotel guard saved the situation when he alerted members of the public of the incident after he saw the two enter the lodging at 1pm.
Members of the public stormed the lodging and apprehended the man who was just about to begin the shameful act before handing him over to the police. The man tried to give a bribery of Sh10, 000 to be set free but this was not his lucky day.
When the girl was asked by public why she consented to have sex with the man, she it was because she did her shopping bought her chicken and chapatti and promised she would continue assisting. Her parents could not assist her much because they were poor.
January 2005 was again the month when the report revealed that poverty in Kenya was steadily on the rise. The report revealed that for every shilling a poor Kenyan earns the richest get Sh56. The report further revealed that the gap between Kenya’s rich and poor was growing bigger by the day.
The report by the Society for International Development issued by Prof Anyang’ Nyong’o, then minister for Planning and Development, while 10 per cent of the wealthiest Kenyans controls more than 42 per cent of incomes, the poor continue to be poorer, making Kenya among the top ten most unequal countries in the world and the fifth most unequal in Africa.
The poor in Kenya constitute a majority among the landless, people with disabilities, female headed households, households headed by people without formal education, pastoralists in drought prone districts, unskilled and semi-skilled casual labourers, Aids orphans, street families and children including beggars, subsistence farmers, urban slum dwellers, and unemployed youth.
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Africa – From Transition to Transformation – World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012
From: Judy Miriga
Folks,
There is no jurisdictional value to Public Wealth for which the forum was on call over Africa's Economic Forum Meeting where Raila with other African leaders attended in Ethiopia two days ago........We believe, it is a clear-cut ploy to seriously conspire in economic maneuvres and scheme meant to unscrupulously deprive public mandate to be mutually realized, but as can be seen, even with present prevailing situation where Kenya's Coalition Government term has expired, leaders still engage in non-atainable explosive deals that continue to build public debts and continue to rise fundamental basic needs to unprecedented level. We believe they are busy providing gateway for special interest to gain ground and where such deals are made unconstitutionally and illegally over Public Wealth and without consultations nor was there adherence followed to benefit Democratic legal order as mandated in constitutional policy ethics for public interest. Our voice of reason demands that transparency and accountability with checks and balances follow an over-view of the same to ascertain viability of its authenticity of the same, so public interest is not overstepped.
Kenya/Africa and the World is facing an unavoidable transition to economic Collapse of the World. This particular transition has with it, promises of most tumultuous and very costly Economic Collapse that humankind has never seen. It is politically a man-made crisis coming from economic imbalances from selfishness and greed from unscrupulous special interest business network of cartels…….where, those who have, have too much, and those who have not, are hopelessly victims of circumstances……..survival for the fittest……..this should not be so……..We need urgent re-organization in order to fix this sorry state-of-affair……..Take leaders who brought us to this state to task to face legal justice for incompliance.
Right now Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya is hanging in the balance, they are currently experiencing the worst drought conditions never seen in 60 years. Tens of thousands of African families have abandoned their homes as they desperately go in search for food and water. Hundreds of thousands of farm animals have died because of the drought. There are too much insecurity in Kenya with explosive Tribal Clashes like there is no Government to provide law and order........
Dadaab was originally designed to hold 90,000 people, but now over 360,000 precious people are camped there. In addition, approximately 30,000 desperately hungry people are standing outside the fences waiting to be admitted. It is projected that by the end of the year there will be over a half million people living in Dadaab. Sadly, this is just the beginning. According to the United Nations, there are already 10 million people in the region that are facing severe food shortages, and many fear that if the drought continues we could actually see mass starvation in Africa in 2012.
Meanwhile, the price of oil Globally has absolutely soared over the past year. If the price of oil continues to climb, it will become very hard to feed the entire planet. If leaders continue to engage ein unbalanced xcessive deals is should be viewed as totally unacceptable and against the law of governance.
The cost of Production of goods has increasingly risen exorbitantly, workers do not earn enough to supplement rising costs of basic needs such as food or upkeep. Consumer confidence is at its lowest, as economy crumbles. We are witnessing the fabric of society falling apart before our eyes. Small business are finding it difficult to get loans, Chinese and Indians use their unscrupulous wealth and power as Financial Weapon to influence Investment Debts from Africa and the world. The Chinese investment in Africa has eroded reality for livelihood and survival.
Consequences of African Leadership bad economic decisions are hurting the most vulnerable members of African Society the most, and is slowly affecting the Global Village Middle Class society, as Taxpayer money has been transferred to outsource business investment to Africa under Chinese and Indian mission Agency, yet, India and China are busy building their economic power in Gold with other neuclea and mineral resources from Africa, not returning them back to EuroZone economic resources........This trading entrepreneurship under “Free Trading Enterprise” is therefore profiting China and Indian economy......it is not feasible or sustainable in the EuroZone from where the capital source from Taxpayer originated, nor does it benefit Africa's public interest from where resource wealth to improve those businesses come from. Only a few of 1% of the unscrupulous Corporate special interest business Cartels and their African Leaders partners do benefit from this "Free Trading" without portfolio of security or regulation measures......and so this impacted the economic collapse as opposed to Mutual common interest that should benefit all stakeholders in the "Give and Take" conducive fair-play proceedure…….This business undertaking most of it relied on Government funding support (from Treasury Bills, Bonds or stimulants backup as capital booster or bail-outs) and yet others go through Ponzi scheme and hedge funding transactions, where Global public facilities and utilities (in Treasury bonds and bills) are used in many forms as collateral and capitals and from it, the business is able to pay 100% gains going as bonuses to CEOs, Lobbyist and business owners, does not provide a balance in stabilizing economic commerce in the business trading. These businesses evade paying taxes and instead, the expenses and debts are paid by ordinary workers and consumers as taxpayers…….as a result, many people are now hurting including large members of Middle Class society, who some are now living in their cars or are sleeping on the streets as Economic situation is soaring and hurting everyone globally, not Africa alone.
According to the World Gold Council, central banks around the globe purchased more gold during the first half of 2011 than they did before…….If Gold comes from Africa, why should Africa be suffering…….yes, it is poor vision with undemocratic bad leadership of corruption from African leaders……….How did China and India get their Gold economic value from if the investment deals are not corrupted……Are these African Leaders making a fairly mutual negotiated dealings for common interest that equally benefit Public Interests…..???......This is why, the Global Economy is facing a serious crisis on the verge of collapse……
Show-Case of Kenya’s Coalition leadership of the two Principles (Kibaki and Raila) are working outside fundamental logical reality of Democratic principles of legal justice where common law through a referendum was promulgated, is beyond comprehension. It is jurisprudence that the law of the New Constitution was put aside and was by ways and means avoided, but instead the Old Constitution sugar-coated with excessive corruption, became the order of the day.
One cannot form a Kangaroo Government and operate away from a constitutional democratic principles to serve Special Interest devoid of Public Interest……. It is against the law…..It is criminal, it violates ethics and abuse public office against human rights dignity, value, virtue and deprives rights to leave a descent and honorable survival and livelihood as the law demands.
Now that Kibaki’s name has featured at the ICC Hague and Raila became mission agent of an illegal and unconstitutional Economic Investment undertaking, they both have lost the mandate for moral Justification, Trust and good-Will to serve the people public of Kenya constitutionally or democratically. Since their term of office also, has officially expired, ended on August 2011, as voice of reason, I call on the world leaders to help save a situation, and jointly with Kenyans both locally and in Diaspora, keep both Kibaki and Raila away from engaging in Public Matters, that they should not return or call back parliament sittings under the Coalition Government. If they do, it will be chaos………as the environment has become fluid they are not able to handle……..A caretaker transitional committee should be constituted urgently to take Reform Agenda to its completion and fruitation in order that Kenyans are ready to go for election according to Reform principles and timetable.
This appeal should not be taken with a pinch of salt as it is an urgent critical situation that must be immediately arrested to save Things Falling Apart……..
The future of Kenya/Africa is in our hands. It depends on sound Democratic Governance with just rule of law. Following the rule of law according to public mandate with transparency and accountability, checks and balances, security of life with long lasting solutions can easily be found and it is an easy fix, but, corruption has eaten fabric of Kenya/Africa’s survival……..where, Special Interest has been put ahead of Public interest.
Kenya's official request for funding drive underscore anti-poverty for rural development as a priority. It calls for better irrigation, in agriculture, environmental and health security, to balance with infrastructure will provide real promises on emergency food reserves, where early-warning drought information will act as catalyst to help with production and marketing of traditional food crops, so to avoid excessive draught and hungers. It is therefore a serious criminal offense where the involvement of the Coalition Government under the watch of the two Principles have put Kenya in a cross-roads of economic plunder and collapse.
Government foreign assistance funds are meant to fizzle down to the local community to improve situation of drought, poverty, health, education, security and environmental conditions to provide a base for longer-term development agenda for action. This did not happen, but, purposefully avoided by the Coalition government.
The people of Katelembo (for example) for whom such funds were solicited say all that is news to them. They have seen no such help in their district, and in their locality agriculture is dying. They complain that local leaders, such as politicians and legislators, show little interest in Katelembo, unless it is just before elections, when they show up with cheap gifts and bribes in exchange for votes.
Senior officials at the Ministry of Planning and National Development in Nairobi admit to shortcomings in implementing the anti-poverty strategies. The planning minister, Henry Obwocha, says no effort has ever been made to build up food reserves or set up an early warning system anywhere in Kambaland.
Project activities for Government foreign assistance funds are for all regions of Kenya and as well with specifics of the arid and semi-arid lands in the districts of Kirinyaga, Maragwa, Nyandarua, Nyeri and Thika. Co-financed with USAID, AfDB, IFAD, IGAD, IMF, World Bank, with other such grants from the Belgian Fund for Food Security, that seeks to raise food production and income. It also aims to reduce disease through improved health care, sanitation and safe water.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) works with poor rural people to enable them to grow and sell more food, increase their incomes and determine the direction of their own lives. Since 1978, IFAD has invested over US$12.5 billion in grants and low-interest loans to developing countries, empowering more than 370 million people to break out of poverty. IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized UN agency based in Rome - the United Nation's food and agricultural hub. It is a unique partnership of 166 members from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), other developing countries and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Since 1979 IFAD has invested a total of US$214.5 million to support Kenyan Government efforts to reduce rural poverty. Investments include US$18 million in grants under the Belgian Fund for Food Security and US$4.7 million from the Global Environment Facility.
IFAD has also mobilized additional co-financing of about US$68 million from other donors. The Government of Kenya and project participants have contributed about US$56.0 million and US$11.0 million respectively.
Since 2008 IFAD has managed its Kenya operations from an office in Nairobi, which also serves as a regional hub.
Press release No.: IFAD/22/2011
For better practices and higher yields the Devolution helps with galvanizing community action around sustainable management mingled with user friendly community welfare agenda.
Changing agricultural markets are opening new opportunities for business success in rural areas, IFAD has noted. It calls for more investment to help rural people deal with food price volatility, risks posed by severe weather (such as the drought faced by so many Kenyans today), long-term uncertainties due to climate change and various natural resource constraints.
The project, co-financed with a grant from the Global Environment Facility, works with community groups. The objective is to boost their skills to formulate and implement plans to sustainably manage land and water resources. Another aim is to reduce conflicts between people and wildlife in an area with strong tourism potential.
What Went Wrong:
Part of the reason why poverty got worse in our continent is the result of governments inability to work with integrity according to public mandate and in a responsible manner to confront the many problems facing Kenya and the continent of Africa.
Developing country Governments are not able to organize professional team to provide a balance in commerce and distribution of industries and resources to Kenya’s potential rural areas equitably even after funds and loans were made available. Funds are therefore diverted and as well, it is coupled with failure to heed early warning system leading to a worsening of the crisis.
All about drought, desertification and poverty are areas requiring diverse serious popular participation in engagement in conserving environment in Kenya. When funds are made available through Government foreign assistance funds to support self sustaining development agenda, funds are seen to be diverted for private special interest and greed. There should be no reason why projects and programs have not been facilitated when funds have been disbursed.......This is against ethics and is criminal in nature.
If policy protocol for the disbursement of funds were clearly followed, sustained planting of trees in the dry region should have reversed the current trend of constant drought and low agricultural productivity with high poverty levels. It is as simple as engaging students, NGOs, community groups and religious institutions to be green ambassadors to plant trees in order to conserve the environment.
Consequently, UN and World Bank reports state, severe drought is affecting the entire East Africa region, the worst in 60 years. This condition has presently caused severe food crisis across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya which is threatening livelihood of 10 million people.
Many refugees from southern Somalia have fled to neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, where crowded, unsanitary conditions together with severe malnutrition have led to a large number of deaths. Other countries in and around the Horn of Africa, including Djibouti, Sudan, South Sudan and parts of Uganda, are also affected by a food crisis.
On 20 July, the United Nations officially declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia, the first time a famine has been declared by the UN in nearly thirty years. Tens of thousands of people are believed to have died in southern Somalia before famine was declared. On 3 August, the UN declared famine in three other regions of southern Somalia, citing worsening conditions and inadequate humanitarian response. Famine was expected to spread across all regions of the south in the following four to six weeks. On 5 Sept., the UN added the entire Bay region in Somalia to the list of famine-stricken areas. The UN has conducted several airlifts of supplies in addition to on-the-ground assistance, but humanitarian response to the crisis has been hindered by a severe lack of funding for international aid coupled with security issues in the region. As of September 2011, 63 per cent of the UN’s appeal for $2.5 billion (US) in humanitarian assistance has been financed.
While the famine in southern Somalia has grabbed headlines, southern Ethiopia is teetering on the brink of a food crisis. The Ethiopian government says 250,000 people need food aid amid what the United Nations says is the worst drought in 60 years. An aid organization and agricultural officials say the number of people who need emergency food aid in Ethiopia is bigger, around 700,000.
This behaviour is unacceptable. These are signs of Economic Crime violating and abusing public dignity to reasonable livelihood free from pain and sufferings, where, an urgent investigation should be constituted to arrest the before things fall apart.
Economic crime against public wealth is against public mandate and interest and must not be acceptable as it is catastrophically endangering lives and livelihood of many.
People should stand up in unity and demand for public rights and consider legal justice before Africa is wholly owned by Chinese and Indians. We are not ready to shoulder debts that were not made onbehalf of public interest. We should all stand up and demand for justice instantaniously without any further delay........
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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Truthmeter 27th Jan 2012
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@midifreemega yeah,tell 'em.Kenyans think success comes on their terms.Truth is success comes on its own terms which means you can't do anything? you please.That kenyan mentality is akin to winning the battles,but in the end lose the war.
rashaenka 2 hours ago
Bumpy final stretch for President Kibaki
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Analysts say the ICC saga may well present the biggest headache for president Kibaki as he prepares to quit office. The president's handlers are worried about how the indictments will affect his legacy especially following the damning claim that he may have been privy to some of the attacks. NTV's John Allan Namu now reports on the ghosts of Kibaki's controversial re-election, that have come back to haunt him, in his final months in office.
Street Symphony
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Africa - From Transition to Transformation - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7WTignYyR0
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As the region's political and economic evolution accelerates, what leadership and governance models will meet the people's expectations for the future?
Dimensions to be addressed:
- Strengthening governance systems
- Investing in commodity wealth long term
- Fostering stronger national and regional identities
Alpha Condé, President of Guinea
Jakaya M. Kikwete, President of Tanzania
Raila Amolo Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya
Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Jacob G. Zuma, President of South Africa
Chaired by
Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007-2010) and Chair of World Economic Forum Global Issues Group
PM at World Economic Forum, Davos
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Prime Minister Raila Odinga makes strong appeal for investment in infrastructure to facilitate trade and economic integration as a way out of the grinding poverty in Africa.
i was cringing watching this video and i honestly felt sorry for the PM.he was uncomfortable,fearful and incoherent from the beginning.his handlers should have prepared? him adequately.this is the world stage and his performance was mediocre.this was uncomfortable watching
itzwallstreet 1 hour ago
@jauyoma Kenya has a lot of people who can clearly? articulate what we need, we desperately need to elect qualified people. Not populists.
dnjuguna 2 hours ago
Kenya: STATE HOUSE VISIT: HOW JACK WAMBOKA, KIZITO TEMBA AND FWAMBA NC FWAMBA CANNIBALIZED PATRIOTISM.
From: Lee Makwiny
Shock is what can best describe the reaction of the people of Bungoma County when Jack Nelson Wamboka, Kizito Temba and Fwamba NC Fwamba were associated with the proscribed Mungiki youths. Some of them even paraded themselves before the full glares of the media, savoring every bit of the moment as they bawled from both ends of their mouths admitting to what many have considered the basest of unpatriotic act.
Whereas it is not my intention to associate them in whatever way with the proscribed Mungiki sect, one wonders why they chose to visit State House precisely at the time when Kenya was being decimated by this proscribed sect. Was it their insatiable appetite for quick wealth at the expense of the health of the Nation that propelled them to the pedestal of idolatry? Did their political ambitions receive a jab in the arm courtesy of the State House visit? It is instrumental to note that since then Jack Nelson Wamboka and Kizito Temba have declared their intention to vie for parliamentary seats in Bumula and Webuye Constituencies respectively.
The question on everyone`s mind is whether these individuals have the budding spirit of liberation that characterized yesterday`s youthful patriots who sacrificed everything including their valuable lives and those of their families to make a better Kenya for everyone? Are they really the atoms in the incessant human struggle towards the light that shines in the darkness—the ideal of economic, political and spiritual liberation that the electorates yearn for?
Unfortunately, the answer is an emphatic “No.” Their actions and inactions point to the fact that they have in so startling a manner departed from the philosophy of our founding fathers such as Masinde Muliro who gallantly fought to have us enjoy a better and meaningful life. Sadly, Jack Wamboka, Kizito Temba and Fwamba NC Fwamba have given the liberation struggle a wide berth. They do not care to be on the right side of history. Their proclivity for politics of deceit, corruption, self aggrandizement and negative ethnicity knows no bounds. They have demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that they cannot hesitate to stab the country on the back for the sake of the selfish course they pursue. Perhaps they mistakenly believe that the ability to cut stinking deals and becoming masters of impunity is a mark of true leadership and valor.
I for one cannot believe that love of one's country lies in blindness to its social faults, in deafness to its social discords or in not articulating its social wrongs. I know many people who love Bungoma County and the country at large with deeper passion and greater intensity than this current youthful harem whose patriotism manifests itself in pulling, kicking, and insulting the fabric of our society.
Unfortunately, the danger is that these are the individuals who have taken over leadership positions in political parties such as New Ford Kenya. Even more worrying is that the political kingpins in such political parties risk their minds being contaminated on account of their association with these idolaters of impunity. That they stand shilly shally on issues of national importance lends credence to fact that they constantly imbibe vile while in the company of these youthful political barkers.
I rightly think that now, more than ever before, the conscientious electorate is duty bound to bawl-out these political barkers. If we do not confine them in the dustbin of politics there is real danger that Bungoma County and especially Bumula and Webuye constituencies will inevitably sink deeper in morass. No constituency should wish to suffer from this worst form of impotency.
Lastly, I request the administrators of Bungoma County and Bumula Sub-County Stake-holders forum to desist from partisanship. I understand that they have declared some people personae non gratae in these forums courtesy of their reluctance to mince words in respect of a specific aspirant. Whereas other aspirants have received as much flak the administrators of these two forums have largely remained silent.
TOME SIMIYU FRANCIS,
BUMULA, MABUSI VILLAGE.
CELL: 0720 877 518
Kenya: Congratulations Hon Hassan of Kamukunji
from odhiambo okecth
On Saturday, Hon Yussuf Hassan- the Member of Parliament for Kamukunji Constituency, led a team from the Eastleigh Business District Association and residents of Eastleigh in cleaning up the 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue in Eastleigh.
This is very commendable and we want to take this opportunity to commend Hon Hassan ans the people of Eastleigh for stepping forward and joining us in the trenches. Kindly make this a Monthly affair and never give up till Eastleigh regains her lost glory.
Eastleigh used to be one of the cleanest Estates in Nairobi.
It is important to note that we launched the City Wide Clean up Campaign here in Eastleigh on the 18th September 2010 in partnership with Eastleigh Business District Association, the City Council of Nairobi, the Provincial Administration and other partners in a process that was flagged off by the then Mayor of Nairobi Cllr Geoffrey Majiwa.
We have since gone Nationwide.
It is our pleasure when many more organizations and Kenyans can step forward to help clean Kenya.
Let us all roll our sleeves and work for a Clean Kenya. If you want to view more of these photos, please visit our Facebook Page; Monthly Nationwide Clean up Campaign
A Clean, Green and Litter Less Kenya at 50 is possible and achievable.
Odhiambo T Oketch
CEO KCDN Kenya,
National Coordinator- The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign
Tel; 0724 365 557
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Kenya: Battle for Kisumu Senate Seat is in the offing, but might not favor Prof. Nyong’o
By Ndira-Uradi in Kisumu City
The Minister for Health Services Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o is reported by impeccable source to have expressed his wish to switch from defending his Kisumu Rural parliamentary seat and is said to be gearing to go full blast for the Kisumu County Senate seat.
However, political pundits and observers alike have been quick to dismiss the Minister’s candidature as inconsequential and political blunder, which he will live to regret for many years to come.
One opinion leader from the Minister’s Seme backyard has termed the Minister move as “political suicide, arguing that Nyong’o popularity in his home turf of Seme has waned drastically to an extent that he might not even recaptured his Kisumu Rural parliamentary seat in an already drastically realigned constituency, whose registered voters have now been separated from those of the old Kisumu Rural. Close to half of the electorate in the old Kisumu Rural have been transferred in the new boundary alignment and include in Kisumu Town West
Prof Nyong’o the man who is credited for being so mean, the pundits says, will be no match to the two Nairobi based business tycoons whose campaign is sad to have hit the ground like Tsunami. The other contenders for the same seat include a Nairobi architect Ocholla Ogoda from Muhoroni and Eng.Maxwell Otieno Odongo,the Managing Director of Otieno Odongo and Partners Engineering Company Limited with consulting and engineering businesses in Kenya and beyond.
Ocholla Ogoda hail from Muhoron ,district but he has a strong root in Nyakach his original home, and could easily marshal votes from Nyakach district an event which could complicate the matter and make it worse for other aspirants.
Reports merging from Nyando indicated that there will be no other aspirant from the same seat from the populous Kano sub-clan, to which Otieno Odongo belonged to. This community is well spread in three districts of Nyando, Muhoroni and Kisumu Town East.
Otieno Odongo is a well known investor whose vast investment in chain of hotels, sugar cane farming and rice and maize milling plants has employed hundreds of workers is favored as a possible winner. When it come to gambling for the votes from the Jo-Kisumo, Kajulu clans as ell as the cosmopolitan voters within Kisumu City, he is much ahead of the two other aspirants.
Reports also indicating that the electorates Kisumu Town West constituency would be the most hostile voters to Prof Nyong’o due to his poor track record of development in the constituency which he ha represented for the last ten years.
Other sources claim that Prof Nyong’o who is said to be a confidant of the Prime Minister Raila Odinga is banking mainly on the ODM party leader for support at the needy hours. There is, however, no assurance that such support will be readily available, because Raila also would be involve n cut-throat campaign or his presidential bid and might to have free time to come down to Kisumu and campaign for Prof.Nyong’o to capture the Senate seat in Kismu County.
Rumors making the round say that more aspirants for the same seat would emerge within the next two months or so from either Kisumu, Nyakach or Kajulu. But as the situation stands today, the battle is expected to be fought between the three candidates led by Eng.Otieno Odongo.
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- Uhuru: I will not quit, only MPs can push me out of post
From: Tebiti Oisaboke
Junior the son of Jomo is kidding the nation by insisting that he won't quit his DPM's job because he says the law doesn't "permit" him to do so. He is protected by the law. I don't blame him for misunderstanding the law but I blame the folks he hangs out with some of them holds colorful college diplomas in law. It makes no sense for someone like St. Steve the Watermelon who is a distinguished attorney to tell Jr and Mr. Kirimi Muthaura that it wasn't necessary for them to step down from their public jobs after the ICC court at the Hague confirmed their charges against inhumanity, rape and deportation of persons. Kalonzo and Prof Muigai are shamelessly telling the country that it was okay for these guys to continue holding on to their jobs even though they have serious cases hanging on their backs. I applaud the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs Mr. Mutula Kilonzo for telling Jr and Co what exactly the law states as written. I like folks like Mutula who stands and defends the constitution as is regardless of who is who in Kenya and has broken or is intending to break the law. Mutula is interpreting the law clearly as it says to Jr and here St. Steve the Wiper is busy telling Jr the wrong thing to do. He and his followers have given Jr a big thick head to confidently stand in a public rally and tell Kenyans he ain't going anywhere and those intending to push him out of the DPM's office should table a motion in the Chamber and evict or burn him out. Mutula has told St. Steve, Prof and the rest that the law will soon catch up with them for the law is SUPREME and must be respected by all citizens regardless who you are or who much you are worth financially.
Junior and Co should stop dreaming that they can fight with the law and just step down peacefully. We don't want any more troubles as we have enough than what we can handle. For him showing us that he is a MACHOMAN tells a lot and such kind of behavior could be counterproductive in his ambition of becoming the next occupant at the big house in the hill. If he is not obeying the law now, will he do it once he sets foot in the big house? He needs to humble himself and talk in a polite and respectful way in order to attract our trust in him. If he can't obey a simple law now how can we trust that he will safeguard our country Kenya if we hire him for the job? If he is not able to conduct himself in a mature and respectful way before his prospective future employers, then he is failing or franking the test with an F.
I am glad to hear that some of his buddies said at his prayer meeting that if Samoei arap Ruto and him are barred from contesting the elections they will boycott the exercise all together. That is very good, because we have thousands and thousands of Kenya citizens who have been on route 11 for years and can't find any job anywhere. We can always find somebody to do the job and we will be very much OKAY!!! Let them not think that without them we can't live. We have always lived and survived guys. If we made it through during Senior and Nyayo's days, why not now?
Finally, I'm surprised a lot of people spoke at that meeting but none mentioned anything to do with the IDPs. See how mean these dudes are?
God bless Kenya
TOI
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Uhuru: I will not quit, only MPs can push me out of post
By Mutinda Mwanzia
Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to stay put despite calls for his resignation. Uhuru insisted that he would not step down as one of the two deputy prime ministers, adding that only a vote of no confidence would remove him from office.
"Let those pushing the clamour to oust me bring a Motion in Parliament and we will fight it out there. The law protects my office," he declared. Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka urged Uhuru to stay put in office, adding that those pushing him to resign as the DPM, want to set the stage for the collapse of the Coalition Government.
"I had in fact told Uhuru and Muthaura not to resign since by doing so they would be betraying the interests of many Kenyans," said Kalonzo.
Assistant Minister and Nithi MP Kareke Mbiuki and Yatta MP Charles Kilonzo urged the Wiper party to sack Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo as its Secretary General, terming him a disgrace.
"We have given him an office yet he is even contradicting the party leader," said Kilonzo.
But in a swift rejoinder, Mutula told off Kalonzo and his critics terming them political opportunists. Mutula said he would not be shaken by their attacks, adding that it was immoral for the Vice-President to consort with persons charged with crimes against humanity.
"I am not losing any sleep due to their shouts, but I can tell you for free that the law will catch up with them. Let them grand- stand, but the Constitution will reign supreme," Mutula told The Standard On Sunday.
Machakos Town MP Victor Munyaka said Kalonzo was committed to ensuring that whoever wins PNU Alliance presidential nominations would be supported.
Munyaka said there was no stopping Kalonzo, Uhuru, and Ruto in their march to State House.
The politicians were speaking on Saturday at a second prayer rally in as many days by the G7 group in Ruiru Stadium, Kiambu County. Kalonzo joined presidential hopefuls Uhuru and Ruto in their prayer rallies where allies of the two ICC suspects vowed to boycott the General Election if the names of the accused are not in the ballot.
Fifty MPs drawn from various political parties said there was no provision in the Constitution barring Uhuru and Ruto from the presidential race.
Belgut MP Charles Keter sounded the elections boycott clarion call, saying if Uhuru and Ruto are locked out of the State House race, then they would mobilise their supporters to boycott the polls.
Branded opportunist
The rally was also a forum to hit out at Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo who has insisted that Uhuru and Ruto should stop their presidential ambitions due to the ICC charges.
Kalonzo declared he was not a traitor, adding he would not benefit from the ICC ruling that confirmed charges against Uhuru and Ruto. He said that he saved the country and especially the people of central Kenya when he joined Kibaki to form a government after the disputed 2007 presidential election results.
Kalonzo said he was not a coward, adding those who have branded him an opportunist did not understand him. "Some are saying that I am crying crocodile tears for Uhuru and Ruto and that is not true. I mean well for them," said Kalonzo.
Ruto said nothing barred them from the presidential race, adding their political enemies were behind the scheme to lock them out of the race. But Ruto did not mention Chapter Six of the Constitution that demands integrity in public office.
Ministers Kiraitu Murungi, Amos Kimunya, Robinson Githae, Chirau Ali Mwakwere, Samuel Poghisio, Naomi Shabaan and presidential hopefuls Raphael Tuju, Eugene Wamalwa, and Cyrus Jirongo were also present.
The leaders lauded Prime Minister’s Raila Odinga’s wife, Ida Odinga, for supporting a local mechanism to try those facing ICC charges.
PRESS RELEASE ON THE FORTHCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL
From: Yona Maro
The ECOWAS Commission has followed closely in recent weeks developments in the political party campaigns leading to the forthcoming Presidential Elections in the Republic of Senegal, and whilst satisfied with the democratic nature of the electoral process generally, wishes to express serious concern for the rising tensions among political parties and citizens.
The Commission would therefore like to remind all Senegalese stakeholders in the electoral process of their responsibility to preserve peace at all times and in all circumstances in their country. It therefore urges political and administrative authorities, political parties and all citizens to scrupulously respect and obey institutions and laws of the Republic.
The Commission would also like to call especially upon political party leaders, their members and supporters as well as all other political and social forces, to show tolerance and restraint, and to refrain from any incendiary language, verbal or written, which are likely to undermine public order and the electoral process. At the same time, the Commission respectfully appeals to the authorities to ensure that all citizens enjoy equal treatment and fundamental rights in accordance with the laws of the Republic.
In the present circumstance, which is threatening to law and order, the Commission wishes to encourage all stakeholders to opt for dialogue, and consensus building with a view to the creation of a cordial and peaceful environment for the conduct of free, fair and credible elections.
The Commission would also like to take the opportunity to assure the Government and people of Senegal of its commitment to support the country for the successful completion of the electoral process and the consolidation of democracy in this valued Member State.
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Nigeria: Draft ICT Policy of Nigeria 2012
from Yona Maro
Nigeria's Federal Government has released the Draft National Information Communications Technology policy for Nigeria. The document was released by the Ministry of Communication Technology as promised in January 2012 by Mrs. Omobola Johnson, Minister of Communication Technology
http://www.ebusinessnigeria.com/ebusiness/draft-national-ICT-policy-nigeria.html
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KENYA: THREE NUBBED WITH RELIEF FOOD, AND TWO PEOPLE ARE LYNCHED BY MOB IN KISUMU
By Dickens Wasonga
It was the end of the road for three suspects whom the police nubbed while ferrying relief food from Muhoroni district to Kisumu with the intention to sell.
According to the Kisumu CID chief Peter Matu, the trio were arrested at Miwani area by police on patrol following a tip off.
When the police intercepted them, they failed to produce document of purchase and the officers got into action when they spotted the GOK labels in the 50 kgs bags.
It is understood that the suspects told the police that they obtained the 250 bags of rice meant for relief from the government stores in Chemelil where it was being kept.
It was not immediately clear whether the trio broke into the stores to get the food given that such places are usually guarded round the clock by armed seccurity personnel.
The DCIO said the three who were being held at the Kisumu's central police will appear in court today.
Cases of theft of food meant for relief is not unique in the region. Three years ago several bags of maize and beans were seized at the famous Kibuye market while on sale.
After that incident several senior administrators from whose area the relief food was traced were reshuffled.
Members of the public have also on various occasions accused chiefs and their assistant of being behind attempts to divert such food given to alleviate hunger during drought or floods or just giving preference to their relatives and cronies.
Meanwhile a suspected car jacker was on Thursday lynched in Kisumu. The suspect had posed as a stranded passenger seeking a lift at night when a good Samaritan offered to rescue him.
Little did the motorist realize that he had offered a lift to a thief who pounced on him with a panga.
He raised alarm and members of the public came to rescue but ended up lynching the suspect. Area OCDP Musa Radoli confirmed the incident.
And in Manyatta estate a middle aged man was also killed by irate members of the public in what the police described was a love related fall out.
According to the police, the slain man had earlier snatched a lady from another said to be a motor cyclist in the estate.
The deceased upon taking away the woman, he left to his house but the aggrieved man went and mobilized his colleagues who traced him and burnt him. The deceased,is said to work in one of the local bara as a security man.
Police said they have since launched investigations into the incident warning the public against taking the law unto their hands. nobody has been arrested so far.
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Tax haven secrecy – Keeping the poor poor
from Yona Maro
`There’s a building in the Cayman Islands that houses supposedly 12,000 US corporations. That’s either the biggest building in the world or the biggest tax scam in the world.’ - Barack Obama, US President
US$160bn every year is the amount of revenue being denied to developing countries by unscrupulous multinational corporations that use tax haven secrecy to dodge taxes. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – a body that brings together the world’s wealthiest nations – recognises that developing countries are losing more from tax dodging than they receive in aid. In 2010 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated that the money on the balance sheets of small island tax havens alone amounted to US$18tn – about a third of the world’s financial wealth.
An end to tax haven secrecy would make it easier for tax authorities in all countries – including developing countries – to detect where tax dodging is going on and claw back the money they are losing.
http://www.christianaid.org.uk/images/TaxHavenBriefing.pdf
KENYA: KEMRI/CDC COLLABORATION WITH MOPH TO DECENTRALIZE TESTING OF MRD TB STRAIN.
By Dickens Wasonga.
Research scientists across Nyanza are alarmed that most medical laboratories in region, just like in other parts of the country still lacks the capacity to analyze specimen more so on the multi drug resistant TB strain.
Although the strain is still not common in the region and in the entire country,they are concerned that all the samples that needs to be analyzed currently about the MRD TB have to be taken to Nairobi.
This trend besides being time consuming, also adds to the cost of managing the disease and researchers have voiced their concern, asking that it be reversed.
Towards this end the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)and the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) in partnership with the Ministry of Public
Health and Sanitation (MOPHS) have now signed a memorandum of understanding which will see the decentralization of Multi Drug Resistance (MDR)
Tuberculosis {TB} testing services.
The move, according to the KEMRI Center director for Kisian Dr. John Vulule is targeting to create capacity of the medical laboratories in the region beginning with New Nyanza Provincial general hospital which currently serves as the regional referral facility.
Dr. Vulule pointed out that through the partnership , KEMRI/CDC will conduct trainings which will target laboratory staff in the selected facilities with those at the provincial hospital being considered in the first phase.
'' Most of our health facilities with labs should be covered overtime in the trainings which will enhance capacities of those labs so that they are able to handle cases that are presented in their areas of jurisdiction. Because it involves even buying of some equipments, it is going to be costly and the program can only start at the refferal hospital which is very critical then spread to the others later' He said.
Currently the Central Reference Laboratory in Nairobi, which conducts TB culture and sensitivity testing across the counrty is overburdened and this new collaboration will help ease the congestion and the burden witnessed there.
This is a timely decision because the MOU will now authorize KEMRI/CDC’s TB research laboratories to diagnose MDR TB and other suspected cases of MDR TB within Nyanza province.
Dr. Joseph Sitienei, the Director of National Leprosy and TB Control Programme (NLTP) in Kenya who witnessed the signing Ceremony which took place at the Kisian Center recently said the purpose of this partnership is to decentralize TB services and provide high quality services to Kenyans.
US Dollar 100,000 whci will go towards supporting this partnership will be through the KEMRI/CDC HIV Implementation Science and Services (HISS) branch which will facilitate culture and sensitivity testing targeting to benefit 2,000 TB patients every year.
Albert Okumu Ochieng, the KEMRI/CDC TB Lab Manager, said at the moment the TB lab at the research center has the capacity to conduct high quality diagnosis and surveillance having met all the international standard requirements.
“Our Current lab used for TB testing has well trained staff and superior modern facilities which is crucial for investigating MDR TB cases. This will reduce the turnaround time especially for specimens from Nyanza province.” Dr. Ochieng said.
KEMRI/CDC addresses the region’s toughest health problems at their source, directly working with vulnerable families and communities in local hospitals, clinics, and laboratories.
It also works in strong partnership with local, national, and regional partners working on health related issues.
We expect that with this new partnership ,KEMRI/CDC’s TB Research Laboratory will also be able now to train staff from the Central Reference Laboratory to help build their capacity as well.'' Said Dr. Vulule.
The Kisian Center under the stewardship of the current director has continued to make progress on various research activities amongst them the participation in the third phase of the most advanced malaria vaccine trial.
It was also under this center that a study on discordant couples carried out in Asembo in Rarieda district revealed that early introduction into A RVs can reduce chances of further transmission by up to 90 per cent.
Under the neglected tropical diseases, the centers branch on Bilharzia is currently undertaking mass drug administration in most parts of Nyanza, especially along the shores of Lake Victoria where the disease is more prevalent.
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The AU and the Tragedy of a New Headquarters
From: Yona Maro
On the 28th of January, 2012 African countries will collectively descend to a new low on the global index of state sovereignty, territorial integrity and actual independence of nations. On that day, Chinese President Hu Jintao will be in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to commission the new $124 Million African Union Headquarters built and donated to the continent by China. Termed “China’s gift to Africa”, the edifice was constructed by the China State Construction Engineering Corporation with over 90% Chinese labor.
According to Zeng Huacheng, a special councilor to the AU headquarters project from China’s Ministry of Commerce, “The panoramic view of the conference center is like two hands holding each other, signifying the strenghtening friendship between China and Africa.”
It is to the discredit of the African Union and therefore, every individual and country within that regional body that in 2012, a building as symbolic as the African Union Headquarters is designed, built and maintained by a foreign country, it does not matter which country.
The ancient and modern history of donation of buildings and structures from one nation to another is filled with intrigues and subterfuges, conquests, diplomatic schemings, espionage and counter espionage, economic manipulations, political statements and dominations. The construction of the Trojan horse by Odysseus and its ‘donation’ resulted in the Greek conquest of the ancient city of Troy after 10 years of unending skirmish.
In building the Basilica in Rome – termed the “greatest of all churches of Christendom,” contributions from faithfuls were emphasized rather than donations from friendly nations. Even the gift of the Liberty Statue from France to the United States on occasion of the latter’s independence was a joint effort, whereby over 120,000 Americans led by Joseph Pulitzer contributed funds for the construction of the pedestal in 1885.
In rare glimpse into the matter, the book Architecture of Diplomacy, Jane C. Loeffler reveals the underlying diplomatic maneuverings and political ramifications that defines the construction of American embassies all over the world . The author states that building an embassy requires “as much diplomacy as design.” Loeffler enumerates factors seriously considered in the construction of an American embassy building and they include “World politics, American agendas, Architectural politics, cultural considerations, security” and several others.
Common sense dictates that in an era of increasing exploitation of Africa’s natural resources by foreign powers including China, that the African Union, rather than the apparent submission signified by acceptance of the construction of its headquarters by China, will be an organization advocating for fairness in the relationship that exists between the continent and the global powers.
Should security considerations be included, then the question arises as to how African heads of state and government could hold confidential meetings in a building they have no idea how it was wired. What guarantee do African governments have that every word uttered in the new headquarters in Addis Ababa is not heard in Beijing? What evidence negates the suspicion that all activities in the just completed building are not replayed on a large screen in Beijing as Chinese secret service agents watch?
Culturally, indigenous Bantu culture abhors dependence on others for sustenance. A favorite Swahili proverb of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere’s is “Mgeni siku mbili; siku ya tatu mpe jembe” which means “treat your guest as a guest for two days; on the third day give him a hoe.” Indigenous African tradition largely abhors dependency of any kind. It is frowned upon for a man not to thatch his rooftops well before the rainy season, or to stay back while others are going to the farm, except he is bedridden. Add this to the logic espoused inArchtitecture of Diplomacy, and one reasonably concludes that it is unacceptable for Africans to accept a building from China that will house what should be the landmark of the continent’s achievements and its aspirations for the future.
Clearly, much indiscretion was exercised by the African Union officials in the acceptance of the offer of a new headquarters from China. The African Union has since deviated from the ideals of its founding fathers when in the 1960s Kwame Nkrumah and other great African leaders sought to establish an organization that would protect the geographical contiguity and territorial integrity of African nations. Emperor Haile Selassie in his historic 1963 speech stated clearly that the Organization was founded because “Africa has been reborn as a free continent and Africans have been reborn as free men. The blood that was shed and sufferings that were endured are today Africa’s advocates for freedom and unity.”
Contrary to his predecessor’s commitment to the continued freedom of the continent from imperial forces, Ethiopian President Meles Zenawi – currently being accused of selling huge swathes of Ethiopian land to foreign countries – on a tour of the facility boasted of how he single handedly lobbied Chinese officials to build the new headquarters and how he exempted taxes on all Chinese imported construction materials.
Gleeful at the opportunity for African heads of state to indulge in their lifestyles of conspicuous consumption during meetings and summits, AU Projects Director Fantahun Hailemikael reports that among the several luxuries of the building is a “helicopter landing pad so visiting dignitaries will be flown from the airport.” Of course the dignitaries will be spared the sight of the slum that much of Addis Ababa is. They will be flown from the airport to the AU building and from there to Sheraton Addis, reportedly the best of its kind around the world.
While the African Union might think it has gained from China by moving into its new ultra-modern facility, the reality is that the continent has lost tremendously in all matters worthy of reasonable consideration. The move to reverse the derogatory perception of Africa and Africans by all non-Africans has suffered another major setback. The resultant effect will be the continued political and economic manipulation and domination of the region by the West, and now China, and soon the rest of the non-African world.
Written by Chika Ezeanya
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Kenya: Baraza’s court move suffers blow
From: Tebiti Oisaboke
The DCJ Nancy Makokha Baraza seems to mentally incapacitated. Why is she trying to issue temporary orders to stop the tribunal appointed by president Mwai Wa-kabaki to investigate her official conduct? She is a very well educated or is it learned judge to have know what is the best way forward for her in the past 25 days. She can't waste public resources and time trying to buy extra time for her to make a wise decision. Where has she been and what has she been doing? This is some kind of a tradition all the time the big fish is taken to court, they try to block the case from taking off the ground so that the matter may die a natural death or go away. many Gurus have been using this window as a get away route and I am satisfied with the High Court's ruling of declining the request. If we keep doing this kind of shit, we will never get anywhere.
Ms Baraza is a confused lady. If she was wise enough, she could have resigned three weeks ago and collect her lump sum pay for ten years; instead of dreaming that if she settles her legal issues, she will resume duty and become a CJ in three year's time when Dr. Mutinga retires at the age of 70. Her contract states that she can collect a lump sum amount of money for the remainder of her contract period if either party terminates the contract agreement. If she resigns now she gets the rest of the ten year period term but if the tribunal finds her guilty then she looses everything and probably joins her buddy Boki Kibagendi at Malindi GK correctional facility center. She has some thinking to do and it looks like her cortege of attorneys is not helping her much. They are failing her.
Good luck Mama Justice!!
TOI
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From: Tebiti Oisaboke
Bro. Nganga;
I think I may agree with our Constitutional Affairs Minister Kilonzo who is quoted in tomorrow's EA Standard newspaper saying that "We should not rush and hang President Kibaki so soon, it could be that Jr drafted the resignation letter himself and Kibaki never asked about the DPM position". As for DCJ Baraza, she could be fighting a loosing war. She could have let it go and walk a way with a lump sum cheque. With the kind of money she rakes in every month, she could go into early retirement. I agree with you, things happen and there is nobody perfect in this world.
TOI
From: peter nganga
TOI
On this one, you are ssooo right, UK had better relinquished his DPM post as well. Infact I think all Mps should also stand suspended if something to do with their integrity is in question. For Amb. Muthaura, resigning seems a better option so he can retire peacefully, he is after all past the good age of doing so. I also agree with Reuben, other kenyans are highly qualified and these positions are not a reserve of Mt. Kenya regioners. It is not right to superiorise a community against all other 41 especially when we all watch. Kenya belongs to all communities and families.
For my dear sista, Nancy, TOI you are wrong she is not nuts. The public has condemned her unheard, in her words it was unfortunate. May be the bad move was to try and block the tribunal but otherwise, she is all human, a helpless woman as we speak. Publicly condemned, without a husband, her children may be asking questions and the public gaze. Working for the public will soon become a very risky affair, I remember my former teacher, the so called eloquent, anticorruption guru. One PLO, Kenyans did not spare him either, a small human mistake, and just like that gone.
Its true that these positions demand an above reproach and claen character devoid of any drama. But arent we all human. If I was Kibaki I would have appointed an all woman tribunal to investigate the DCJ, and if I was a judge, ad give her a second chance. Yes her mistake could be grave and legally she 'may' be wrong, but what happened to that person in you TOI that could forgive. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
All the best my friend and servant of God Reuben as u get down to serving the public. I think it will get crazier doing so as Kenya becomes more enlightened. Some countries in the world hold elections every so often and I read instability in governance and politics generally. This however refines service to the public as opposed to self. With time God help me, I will try a position - may be a judge, or senator but I gat to do some real soul search.
In all these, I believe God loveth His children of Kenya in a way so mighty and divine.
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KENYA: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANT VETTING OF ALL INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND DEMAND THAT THE PROCESS BE CONDUCTED IN PUBLIC.
By Dickens Wasonga
Members of the public in Kisumu who met the board which will be vetting magistrates and judges as from next month want court clerks, lawyers , state councils and police prosecutors also captured in the process.
Speaking during a sensitization workshop organized by the board at a Kisumu hotel most participants mainly drawn from the civil society said the corruption that has deep roots in the judiciary can only be tamed by vetting all those who are involved in the delivery of justice and should not therefore target the magistrates and judges alone.
Helga Kagumba , a human rights group crusader while addressing the board which was led by the vice chairman Mrs Roselyne Odede said cases are common where court clerks demand bribes while purporting that they are acting on behalf on magistrates or certain judges and any process that leaves them behind will not clean the judiciary as it should be.
She added that on many occasions cases are delayed unnecessarily or are dismissed by the judges or magistrates because the police prosecutors failed to call witnesses to testify in court after being compromised.
Majority of the participants who also included representatives from the LSK asked the board to consider carrying out the vetting process in public if the exercise expects to win public confidence.
There has been huge concerns from members of the public about the process with many people criticizing the idea of holding it in private saying doing so will be like hiding from the public scrutiny.
'' Article 10 of the constitution is clear about the public participation on this process which is critical but the Act which created the board denies the public this chance and we doubt whether the board will achieve it desire to restore public confidence in the judiciary if they conduct its sessions in camera'' said Kagumba.
However the vice chairman herself appeared to agree with the calls for the process to be done in public forums. She said even her team have been lobbying for the public participation where even the media is allowed to cover the proceedings live in order to give it more credibility in the eyes of the public.
'' we are also of the idea as suggested by most people that we do not hold the vettings in a closed door type. We are concerned that if we do so, most Kenyans might think we have something to hide but we will be fair and give the country a credible team at the end of our mandate which is one year.'' said Mrs. Odede.
Odede said in most of the places they have been to in the country since September last year when the board was established , most people have been raising the issue about the delay of cases , magistrates over staying in one station even for up to 7 years, prosecutors and state councils being accused of being involved in graft among other concerns that they would want to see addressed.'.
'' We will do our best. We are an independent team and we have lobbied to have the process conducted in public and still believe there is room for that to happen. All it will require is for the AG to do miscellaneous amendments and the cabinet to approve it and it does not need parliament's participation'' said Odede.
The vice chairman also assured the magistrates and judges of a fair and just process devoid of witch hunting adding that the rule of natural justice will prevail and asked them not to panic.
Judges and Magistrates who will be adversely mentioned by any member of the public will be accorded the chance to cross examine them, she added.
There has been claims amongst those who are set to be vetted that the process may be hijacked by those who have a bone to pick with some members of the judiciary as away to to get them out. This has spread fear amongst the sitting magistrates and judges e\who may be victimised or wrongly accused but the team allayed fears of such.
'' Unlike the Ringera team, we will not target anyone for whatever reason but if we get enough evidence about allegations made against you by members of the public upon investigations, then you will go and our rulings will be final'' Said Odede.
Kenyans largely lost faith in the judicial system when it became apparent that corruption had become away of life amongst those charged with the role of dispensing justice and it became open secret that justice was for the highest bidder.
Cases of missing files where court clerks would hide court files especially on cases they had interest on became common. Other cases would pend for years on end with suspects remaining in remand for long just because those who are in the wheels of securing justice are corrupt.
Things turned so bad that even when the 2007 general election results were disputed, opposition leaders defied calls by their colleagues in government to file a petition in court.
Determined to restore confidence in the country's judiciary, an ACT of parliament established the vetting board to help weed out those who were giving this important arm of government a bad name after a compromise was reached not to fire all members of the judiciary as earlier envisaged by many.
Currently the team is going round the country in a bid to meet the people and sensitize them about the mandate of the board.
According to the vice chairman, the team would also like the public to avail information that about any sitting magistrate or judge who may have been involved in miscarriage of justice.
Such information will be treated as confidential and those giving it would not be identified. However of identified the witnesses are assured of protection by the board. The witnesses are also asked to give only credible information.
Whatever information availed on corruption or any misconduct will be verified by the team before passing any verdict against those who have been accused.
Odede however suggested that while the process of vetting which will begin with the court of appeal judges, then to high court and later magistrates will be underway, LSK should also ensure they establish mechanism to get rid of its corrupt members amongst its ranks.
'' While we will deal with the judges and magistrates, we have cases where some LSK members stand in the way of securing justice to victims. Cases where some lawyers are accused of running away with clients money are not unique and should be addressed as well.They too need to style up.'' She added.
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KENYA: WHY KIBAKI WAS MISLED TO CREATE PANEL OF LEGAL EXPERTS
From: ouko joachim omolo
Colleagues Home & Abroad Regional News
BY FR JOACHIM OMOLO OUKO, AJ
NAIROBI-KENYA
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012
There are several reasons why President Kibaki was misled by his PNU loyalists to create a panel of legal experts to tackle the ruling by the International Criminal Court (ICC) instead of forwarding the matter to Cabinet sub-committee on the National Accord, which is tasked with the job.
One reason being that the seven-member sub-committee is chaired by Prof George Saitoti and Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang’ula who have already declared their interest to vie for presidency. Kibaki could also not trust Justice Minister, who has already spoken his mind that Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto cannot vie for presidency because their cases have been confirmed by the ICC.
Other members in the committee Kibaki cannot trust include Mr James Orengo, Mr Otieno Kajwang’ and Mr Amason Jeffa Kingi who definitely cannot support Uhuru’s bid for presidency or Ruto because Raila Odinga is also on the race.
He is now left with a ten member-team appointed by Attorney General Githu Muigai he can trust. They include Mr Geoffrey Nice, a Queen’s Counsel of London, Mr Rodney Dixon a Barrister of London, and Senior Counsel Fred Ojiambo, Joe Okwach, Waweru Gatonye, International law experts Godfrey Musila, Betty Murungi, Lucy Kambuni, Grace Wakio and Henry Mutai.
The team will decide the fate of Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Head of Civil Service Francis Muthaura after their appeal on the ruling by the International Criminal Court confirming charges against them.
The second reason is based on the revelation by The Hague judges that President Kibaki had a meeting with Mungiki members at State House alongside Francis Muthaura and Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, whose charges were also confirmed with Mungiki. The judges used the two meetings to anchor the charges against Uhuru and Muthaura.
The references to the meetings, which may cast aspersions on the President’s impartiality when it comes to making hard decisions on Uhuru and Muthaura, were also made by the report on post-election violence compiled by a judicial commission presided over by Justice Phillip Waki.
Although the meeting of November 26, 2007 according to Kibaki was a meeting with youths who were supporting his campaigns, even if Uhuru did not attend as the President claim, the fact that Mr Muthaura attended the meeting is enough reason to assert that allegations are so serious and it will always remain to haunt Kibaki and State House for good.
Kibaki while admitting that the meeting indeed did take place except Uhuru was not present, the big question is why could Muthaura be involved in a campaign meeting for Kibaki? And whose major policy issue affecting his youth campaigners that Muthaura had to attend?-Mr Muthaura is not allowed to participate in any political affairs because he is a civil servant.
So there is absolutely no way the allegations can be inimitable to Kibaki and contrary to everything he stands for. The bottom line here is not whether Kibaki is opposed to Mungiki as he claims- the issue at hand here is that Kibaki cannot escape this trap. Kibaki has no other alternative but to suspend Uhuru and Muthaura pending the outcome of the court.
This is in accordance to the promise Kibaki and Raila made to Kenyans in writing on December 16, 2008, that any public officer who is charged for offences related to the post election violence of 2007-8 which resulted in the killing of over 1,133 Kenyans and the forcible displacement of over 500,000 Kenyans would be immediately suspended from public office.
His move to defend Uhuru and Muthaura and refuse to suspend them from the public office then it would politically imply that if Uhuru becomes the president then Kibaki would be safe from the fact that when the State House will be preparing to start local trials for minor offenders in post-election violence, estimated at 5,000, with the Attorney General already asking the Chief Justice to set up a special court for international crimes committed in Kenya, the charges will easily be dismissed.
The Agreement signed by the two Principals of the Government of Kenya, President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga explicitly stated in Article 4 that: “The Parties shall ensure that any person holding public office or any public servant charged with a criminal offence related to 2008 post-election violence shall be suspended from duty until the matter is fully adjudicated upon. The parties shall ensure that any person convicted of a post-election violence offence is barred from holding any public office or contesting any electoral position.”
Mr Muthaura was alleged to have used his influence in government to direct Maj General (Rtd) Ali, then the police commissioner, to pave way for Mungiki youths to carry out attacks in Naivasha and Nakuru. He was also accused of obtaining police uniforms and military trucks to ferry the youths to Naivasha and Nakuru. Muthaura is the President’s permanent secretary and confidant.
Uhuru Kenyatta faces charges of developing a plan to take revenge for Kikuyus and keep Kibaki in power. He was allegedly the focal point between the government and the Kikuyu Mungiki sect, which was sent to the Rift Valley, set up road blocks and went house-to-house killing some 150 suspected of ODM supporters.
Majority of Kenyans are opposed to the ICC case referred to Kenya because this could be manipulated by those with vested interest, and the judiciary could not be relied on to deliver justice, especially in an electoral dispute. Mostly powerful individuals would use it to avoid accountability just as it used to be part and parcel of the colonial state, which used violence to ensure control of power.
After independence, President Jomo Kenyatta used it to maintain power, with the use of violence mainly concentrated in the hands of the State, rather than outside of it. Opposition parties were subjected to political harassment and those individuals who refused to support the status quo experienced various types of repression and even detention without trial.
This was and still impunity of high class where the president uses his power to refuse to punish those who disobey the law. When people break the law and not punished they tend to repeat their crimes because they believe they will never be punished-when many people from the habit of breaking the law and nothing is done to hold the accountable, this encourages the culture of impunity. This is not we want in Kenya.
The new constitution cannot work yet because there is no political will for institutional reform-that is why the judiciary and police and government departments do not function properly, resulting in poor service, and wastage of public funds, human rights violations, corruption, among other vices.
That is also why the National Accord has failed to work. In its four agenda, the accord requires that there should be immediate action to stop violence and restore fundamental rights and liberties. Immediate measures to address the humanitarian crisis and promote reconciliation and healing, how to overcome the political crisis and long term issues and solutions.
The National Accord noted that the post-election violence was not just about the dispute, results of the elections, but deeper underlying the root causes which were seen to be unemployment, poverty, unequal distribution of resources, perception of historical injustices and exclusion.
Agenda four was meant to outline solutions to these root causes-these solutions include undertaking constitutional, legal and institutional reform, tackling poverty and inequity, as well as combating regional development imbalances, tackling unemployment, particularly among the youth, consolidating national cohesion and unity, undertaking land reforms, addressing transparency, accountability and impunity.
According to political experts these have failed to work because there is no transitional justice in Kenya as yet. This is because government which was responsible for human rights violations has not changed. It has not recognized the fact that all Kenyans are equal and entitled to certain rights and freedoms. It is the government where people are not made to meet the consequences of failure to obey established rules or laws.
Yet still, some communities in Kenya feel that land distribution and settlement policies have unfairly affected their ancestral land-some feel that a new redistribution policy was necessary at independence to take care of those who lost their land during colonial rule.
It is also why the government is reluctant to deal with historical injustices in terms of unfair distribution of national resources and opportunities and see allocation as having favoured some regions.
In some parts of the country there are some who feel they have been habitually discriminated against to the point of being treated like second class citizens with fewer rights than other Kenyans accepting this as normal.
It further explains why crimes against humanity are serious and systematic coordinated offences which continue to cause harm and loss of human dignity, cause humiliation or shame to one or more human beings.
This is the summery of the accord timeline:
28 February 2008- The National Accord and Reconciliation Act is signed establishing a coalition government with Kibaki as president and Odinga as prime minister. It also established the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV).
15 October 2008- CIPEV submits its report and recommendations to the government of Kenya; recommendations include the establishment of a special tribunal of national and international judges to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of the post-election violence. The report also states that if the tribunal is not set up within six months, information collected by the commission will be passed to the ICC, including a sealed envelope of names of those suspected to be most responsible for the violence.
16 December 2008- An agreement for the implementation of the CIPEV recommendations is signed by the president and prime minister.
27 January 2009-The CIPEV report is adopted by the National assembly (parliament).
12 February 2009- The Kenyan parliament votes against the establishment of the proposed tribunal to address the post-election violence.
3 July 2009- Three cabinet ministers sign an agreement with the ICC committing Kenya to establish a credible and independent tribunal to try perpetrators of post- election violence by August. The Kenyan delegation agrees to provide the prosecutor a report on the status of investigations and prosecutions arising out of the post-election violence, as well as information on victim/witness protection mechanisms, by the end of September 2009.
It also agrees to provide the prosecutor with information on modalities for conducting national investigations and prosecutions of those responsible for the 2007 violence through a special tribunal or other judicial mechanism adopted by the parliament with clear benchmarks over the next twelve months; in the alternative, if there is no parliamentary agreement, and in accordance with the commitment to end impunity of those most responsible for the most serious crimes, the government is to refer the situation to the prosecutor in accordance with Article 14 of the Rome Statute.
9 July 2009- The prosecutor is sent six boxes containing documents and supporting materials compiled by the Waki Commission during its investigations. The document includes a sealed envelope that contains a list of suspects identified by the Commission as those most responsible for the violence.
30 July 2009- A bill to use the ordinary criminal courts and enhance the mandate of the
Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission to investigate and prosecute post-election violence, introduced by the justice minister, is rejected by the cabinet. A third attempt also fails when a private member’s bill, again to establish a local judicial mechanism, is unable to proceed because of a persistent lack of a quorum in parliament. The rejection by parliament of the bills to establish a special tribunal are accompanied by the slogan “don’t bevague, go to The Hague”.
9 November 2009- Parliament starts debating another constitutional amendment to form a special Kenyan tribunal. That debate has never concluded.
26 November 2009- ICC Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo files a request seeking authorisation from Pre- Trial Chamber II to open an investigation in relation to the crimes allegedly committed during the 2007-2008 post-election violence in Kenya.
31 March 2010- The three-member Pre-Trial Chamber II issues a majority decision that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation into the situation in Kenya in relation to crimes against humanity within the jurisdiction of the Court committed between 1 June 2005 and 26 November 2009.
15 December 2010- The ICC Prosecutor requests the issuance of “summonses to appear” for six individuals alleged to be responsible for the commission of crimes against humanity in the Kenya investigation: William Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey and Joshua Arap Sang (case one) and Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohamed Hussein Ali (case two).
8 March 2011- Pre-Trial Chamber II issues the “summonses to appear” for the six individuals, as it finds reasonable grounds to believe that they committed the crimes alleged by the Prosecutor.
31 March 2011-The Kibaki government files an application challenging the ICC’s jurisdiction over the cases.
7 April 2011- The first three suspects (Ruto, Kosgey and Sang) make their initial appearance before the Court in The Hague.
8 April 2011- The second group of three suspects (Muthaura, Kenyatta and Ali) make their initial appearance.
1 September 2011-The hearing to confirm or reject the charges begins for the first three suspects (Ruto, Kosgey and Sang).
21 September 2011-The hearing to confirm or reject the charges begins for the second three suspects (Muthaura, Kenyatta and Ali).
23 January 2012- Charges against Henry Kosgei and Ali are dropped-shortly thereafter Kibaki directs AG to create a committee of experts to look into the decision of the ICC and advice his government accordingly.
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World: Threats in the Facebook must not be Tolerated
From: Judy Miriga
Folks,
There are threats going on in the Facebook and one such is here under.
These threats must stop and people must use all means to standup for justice.
Let no one be fooled. We are not going to let our lives go for slaughter houses.......however you look at it, the unscrupulous Corporate Special Interest cartels are after extinguishing and exterminating all of us for their greed and selfishness after Public Wealth and are set to kill Public Interest by all means.......
People of the world must stand against this inhuman, brutal, barbaric, monster type of intimidation.......let us all stand and speak in one voice as people of the world......that, this must stop and stop now.......
There is no Peace, Love or Unity in this kind of attitudinal greediness....
We must see God in each of our lives and stand together to protect the same.......Truth and Goodness is Godly and let us uphold that for the sake of Peace in Shared Sacrifice and United in Love.......
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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o Brian Aduda Onyango
Today I am appalled and amazed to inform my friends that there those who believe in intimidating others. Someone warned me politely not to comment on the current mess created by the Kibaki administration. Under Kibaki Kenya almost became a failed state,ICC came in to help the weak but to my disbelief,elements of doom still exist, that some secret police or agents will crack down on those who seek justice through comments in Facebook,or Social Media on ICC, can you believe this primitiveness? I told off this agent of doom that he will not cow him,not this time, not anymore, I will continue to update my wall with facts, truth and without fear so help me GOD!
Brian Aduda Onyango
Guilty or not guilty once on trial the two can not perform their duties as civil servants. Kibaki's lame legacy in stumbles yet again to the dismay of the good people of Kenya. Surely he can even pretend to have sacked but call them at night to console them with love and hope. This lackluster and mediocre demeanor created a vacuum which was filled with mayhem and anarchy 2007. One particular mainstream media house appear ready to spin the current mess by justifying the president's positon. This does not look good friends.......
Lillian Tichi Kebaya ?@Sydney Kiplagat-your comment is so wrong...and I know you know that.Shame.
12 hours ago ·
Juliah W Thandi Hully coz its very clear ur doing ths coz of him. I know u want uhuru 2 resign maybe he wil resign or not but where is our patience?
12 hours ago ·
Hully Okwanyo Juliah been patient since 2007...
12 hours ago ·
Juliah W Thandi N its kaming again soon coz yenu ni pang'ang'a tupu
12 hours ago ·
George Mbewa
?...@Brian, dont be cowed by these heifers for saying the truth... but be safe, they can do anything... Impunity still hangs on@ What's up Juliah, your updates have been all about whining in the recent past... @Sydney Kiplagat, dont talk ab...out Nyayo chambers, you dont know how that memory hurts some of us whose parents and relatives were unconstitutionally tortured in their. And I'm sure you dont have the details of what happened in the chambers other than what you hear people say... But if you mean to hurt then go aheadSee More
12 hours ago ·
Sylvester Mboya Brian, did someone mention to the agent that you are a trained combatant in the air, on land and the (deep )seas? Hehe hehe They may perpetrate this impunity for a little longer but surely soon, they will be out. That's when they will get the punishment they deserve.
12 hours ago ·
Di Ana ?@Julia n Sydney~~hey..we r in the 21st century.or d'u need yo noses to be pînçhed 2 remind you.eeish!shame indeed.
12 hours ago ·
Juliah W Thandi So what wakikuyu husema u cant go 2 pay dowry with ihii yaani kipii the uncircumcisd one n its applyng very well hia so take yo men 2 the river first n then kam n face the real men nkt!
12 hours ago ·
Chris Ndaxi Nzyoka hakuna kurudi nyuma tena!
12 hours ago ·
Di Ana Juliah~~çircumcisîon z no longer 4 particular cultures.if u knw wht i mean.and hw does it apply here anyway?we need mature talk.
12 hours ago ·
Jimmie M Musyimi Wow...
11 hours ago ·
David Letting Kiprono How else do we make them behave?
11 hours ago ·
Henry Opany Truth will prevail upon the evil.
11 hours ago ·
Thomas Nyalik
Juliah, It sis true that when the scatter brains are faced with issue that require brains they resort to petty insults, it is also true that if you had the chance to look at Brian's manhood you will find that he is not uncircumcised and tha...t it is quite in the leagues of that are better than any you have ever had the chance to hold. We are talking about the people who try to stifle free speech and here you go with your cow dung. 90% of the people that you think are kihii's are actually not.See More
11 hours ago ·
Thomas Nyalik Is it not my prerogative to be a Raila puppet, yes it is and so I am as far as politics go and I make no excuses for this.
11 hours ago ·
Emma Ochieng Juliah grow up n be sensitive with wat comes out of yua mouth ts like yua becoming personal which should not be the case.plse stay on the topic that Brian raised on his wall.
11 hours ago ·
Hully Okwanyo Juliah why couldn't uhuru show his circumcised dick to eketrina and earn his freedom?? Or even ruto. This is so immature
11 hours ago ·
Rira O. Jay Ata hana haya,shame...
11 hours ago ·
Charles Ragot well oiled #!@&*machinery Working Out
11 hours ago ·
Abby Achieng Juliah u sound sooo immature grow up gal,dont be primitive, circumcision and politics are two different things , u soo bitter with uself i wonder why chunga usipate ulcers ati coz of RAO phobia.
11 hours ago ·
Joy Ayieko Johnson I always say cowards will die a 1000 times before their real deal. Let us speak the truth with boldness.
11 hours ago ·
Charles Ragot Patience please ...... Lamentations5:7 our fathers sinned and no more and we bear their punishment.
11 hours ago ·
Sidney Kiplagat Sidney i will always be a kale even when it is 21st century........i will never be a luo....nothing will change that fact so two impunities cannot make a right.
10 hours ago ·
Abiuth N Maronga
It is so disappointing that pple who look reasonable and educated can reduce themselves to petty thinkers by demeanor of other tribe by thinking they come from better tribes than others ! @juliah when innocent pple die, their graves cry for... justice! It is you and me who can speak for them. Its not a business of being raila or luo, its being a Kenya patriotic citizen. Pls for your respect you need to apologize to our brother brian!See More
10 hours ago ·
Odhiambo Odote Julia sanitize ua thanding mouth please,then use ua head properly and if you cant u can either be a ngoroko or a female mungiki if you want.I dont thikn you got anything to be disired in a woman.Simply shut up.
10 hours ago ·
Sidney Kiplagat Sidney
Odhiambo remove the log in ur eye first then....you will be able to help ur brother/sister...... Luos in Eld when into singing and jubilation when Rutos case was confirmed and not Kosgei....do yu think we are pleased for this scence..............we can keep yu guyz in political oblivion forever using the so call new constitution. We wanted to bring to power Hon. PM.....alias God of the lake...but all we got out of it is scorn and Hague.......get it right our voting company will stop you forever.See More
10 hours ago ·
Emma Ochieng Don personolise ua issues on a mature mans wall.put up ua stupid arguments on yua own wall and let the stupid ones like yu comment.tribalism should be a thing of the past but it seems some of yu are still sinking in it.shame on yu
10 hours ago ·
Ruth Oloo
?Brian Aduda Onyango, i think its about time you block the likes of the juliaz and sidnyz, first of all the Luo dicks you complain about year in year out you are forever ON THEM AND THEM IN YOU! it means the services you get are MUCH better... and cant settle with one of your kind, secondly only fools can glorify nyayo chambers, my brother was just a university chap back in the 80s and his life has never been the same, UDWARO ADIKA NYAMIN ANEGA (Tafakari hayo) last and not the least why do i get the feeling you are the people behind the 'AGENT',dont send requests kuchimba watu, Brian WATCH OUT ! if you have nothing to say SHUT THE FUCK UP!See More
10 hours ago ·
Evans Machera This is the problem of living in denial and covering up,we called for the Hague process,lets go on.
10 hours ago ·
Odhiambo Odote
Dont think you need to ethnisiz the hague matters.Thats Eldoret and i do not see where a proper thinking kenya will begin calling others 'your bro,sister luos,'.My sisters and brothers are kenyans not Luos alone,luos are just a small part o...f a big nation,Kenya.Stop bringing ua tribal panties into public,they look so ugly,am sure u need no mursik.You need the lashing of our sovereign constitution which you are violating.See More
10 hours ago ·
Kiprop Kiprotich This secret agent is known as NCIC. It is a permutation of ICC and Kenya's CIC. NCIC is headed by a Patriot (Mzalendo). For how long will we continue to operate in fear?
10 hours ago ·
Millicent Okeyo Shame on you all those who think they re not Kenyans but belong to different tribes.SHAME ON YOU!
9 hours ago ·
Daniel Kip
?@sydney. I keep wondering what arguments you sphewing over here. I bet you keep it to yourself and wait for election later this year and cast out your anger on RAO and the Luos as you say. You will not vote him out alone as Kalenjin. Othe...r communities have totally different view of RAO and note that the village thinking that mojority of our Kalenjin people will not take us anywhere. Come out of the called WSR psycophancy syndrom. I am sorry am not anywhere close to that thinking.See More
9 hours ago ·
Lillian Tichi Kebaya ?@Daniel Kiplagat-God bless your soul,couldn't have said it better:):)
8 hours ago ·
Nyangon Peter Hey i thought after 2007 kenyans grew up.what the heck is going on in kenya.men this is very petty,hope u people grow up or else at this rate u gona fight again
7 hours ago ·
Jacqueline Mamake Rays haiya!
7 hours ago ·
Abby Achieng Ruth oloo omg you made my day am hungry hahahahahaa uwiii ati the Luo dicks they complain about year in year out they are forever ON THEM AND THEM IN YOU! it means the services they get are MUCH better... and cant settle with one of y their kind, HAHAHAHAHAHA OOOH NIMECHEKA YANGU YOTE they better leave our luo men alone if that the case.
7 hours ago ·
Edward Odanga Let me like this, agents am reacheable. IDP's ni wetu and we pretend hatujui kama they exist. Spending chunks of cash to http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050736&cid=4&
6 hours ago ·
Douglas Joseph Adera Brian,the truth will out ,its just a matter of time,i love history comes back to haunt you,as kina kiplagat of TJRC
6 hours ago ·
Thomas Nyalik
Sidney- I like the fact that you can put in your two cents without ridicule and the fact that you own the m even if they might be skewed in the eyes of many in here. So let me also give you my two cents; two wrongs have never made a right t...hat is why human beings through a lot of pain, patience and time have tried through civilization to have a justice system. So, I implore the sane and rational part of you to see this as mans pursuit for justice, and just that, for both the suspects and the culprits. As far as the ones who celebrated, my two cents is they may have had reasons to celebrate however skewed that was and just like you have the exulted right to do so I think that they also do. As far as votes go, I have already stated that I am RAO supporter and will not make excuses for this and I will and is with you on the fact that you "will" find the reason to give your support if sober mindedness will prevail. I will, however, say this, I have very valid reasons for lending my support to my preferred candidate. Kosgey is also a Kale, the last time I cheked.See More
4 hours ago ·
Washington Ogaga
You guys should hold your horses about this Juliah woman,we screw these mumbi girls alot and they love kihii.Now we must encourage Brian to highlight these important issues affecting our banana republic.Brian im with you on the same platfor...m we've come from far and day s of impunity are about to end with the big hammer.Lets preach peace, saw seeds of love in the house of mumbi to help them out and use the power of our votes to speak.See More
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Brian Aduda Onyango Prophets of doom got it all wrong. My spine is tough like Iron steel, I confronted this agent of doom and it appears this lone agent scare tactics fell flat, he actually apologized. I will not be cowed friends,no no not me.
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Qiana Nelly Ondiaka
?@ Sidney Kiplagat Sidney: FYI, Moi is retired, Nyayo Chambers is a historical monument & Kenyans are the most politically free to say anything in Africa.If by any chance you are still fossilised in that era, wake up & smell the coffee coz ...it is 2012.What did i want to say?Oh, can someone give a reference book or medical journal where it biologically states that the presecence of a foreskin on a grown man's pendulum incapacitates his mental capacity to think, lead and work.Who are the authors?Some loosers are actually 'cut'. Am waiting, i need to catch up. FREE KENYA!See More
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Samuel Otieno Be as strong as always brother n let no one cow u
2 hours ago ·
Phestus Mangicho Let us not be emotional great ladies and honorable gentlemen, we lost the old and young ones at kiamba,some didn't even know that they were kikuyus but they had to die for the offence of being born of kikuyu parents.
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Phestus Mangicho
Let us not be emotional great ladies and honorable gentlemen, we lost the old and the young at kiambaa, some were too young to know their tribe leave alone to vote, why because they were brought to this world by kikuyu parents, if Ruto was ...involved in this he needs to be in jail yesterday. People were burnt alive in Naivasha and if Kibaki Uhuru and Mudhaura organised this then Uhuru and Mudhaura need to be with Ruto and then Kibaki to follow them next year. Its quite unfortunate that some are tribalising these realities while actually some pple are still in the IDP camps. I cry for my country Kenya if we shall continue to reason and expose to the world that we only boxes full of mursik between our ears like @ sydney kiplagat.See More
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Judy Miriga Aduda, thanks for standing for the truth and justice. The Truth shall set us free indeed......We will keep vigil in Prayer.......God is in control......Cheers !
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Antony Odera Your comments are always spot on Byro,continue with the fight man
about an hour ago ·
Asu Mwasi Very soon impunity wil end,in the name of jesus christ.
13 minutes ago ·
Lucy Kamau Everybody for themselves. The lone wolf, thinking only about his survival & his stomach. Is he more qualified in Law matters than all the heads of our learned friends put together?. He cannot believe that his milking cow is old & weak & he can no longer continue milking. Add Moi's 24 years to Kibaki's 10 = Total years 34 very good years of milk & honey is about to come to an end & its too much for him to accept. He would rather dye fighting.
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KENYA: FIVE COUNCILLORS MOVE TO COURT TO BLOCK KISUMU MUNICIPAL COUNCIL FROM HIRING 90 NEW STAFF
By Our Reporter.
Now it is official. All is not well for the 90 new staff hired last year in December by the municipal council of Kisumu . Their fate now hangs in the balance after five councilors moved to court to block them from being absorbed.
Although most of the employees reported to work between 2nd and 5th of January this year and immediately deployed to various departments, the manner in which they were hired has been faulted by the 5 civic leaders who petitioned a Kisumu high court to quash the decision.
The five civic leaders include Cllr George Weda, immediate former mayor Cllr. Prisca Auma Misachi, Pamela Apondi Omino, James Odhiambo Oyolo and Elly Okach.
Through their lawyer Ken Omolo the councilors have asked the court to quash the decision to hire the 90 on the basis that the process of recruitment was not transparent and procedural.
In their civil application to the High court in Kisumu dated 17th January this year, the civic leaders sought, among others, court orders prohibiting the municipal council through the town clerk Christopher Rusana from enforcing the appointment letters given to the new employees dated 22.12.2011.
They also want the court to compel the town clerk to avail to the staff and establishment committee which is charged with recruitment of staff and to the full council meeting the names and the marks scored by all the successful applicants who were interviewed on the diverse dates between 17.6.2011 and 29.6.2011 for the various posts.
The controversy which is pitying two rival camps of councilors at the council which has now sucked in a section of chief officers began sometime in June 2010 when the local government minister Musalia Mudavadi authorized the municipal council to fill the 90 vacant positions in its establishment.
During a meeting of the finance , staff and general purposes committee meeting held on 22nd of July last year, it was resolved according to minutes no.13/FS& GPC/2010 that the serving employees be promoted and their vacant positions be filled by new employees.
The vacant positions were advertised in two leading local dailies on the 11th of February last year to enable qualified staff and other members of the public to apply for the same.
Interested candidates applied for various positions as per the advertisement and on the 14th of June 2011 the names of those who were successful were short listed.
The short listed candidates whose names also appeared in the dailies as an advertisement were invited for interviews at the town hall on various dates from the 17th of June to 29.
This is where the problem began according to the five councilors.
According to them, after the interview, list of names of the successful candidates should have been tabled before a special staff and establishment committee for purposes of approval and adoption and then forwarded to the full council meeting for final approval.
Then the approved and adopted list of the successful candidates should have been displayed for the public on the notice board for all to know the results then the letters of appointments issued to the applicants.
The 5 claimed that the procedure was not duly followed as required adding that some of the people who were considered and appointed for various positions were neither short listed for the said posts nor appeared for the interviews.
Others who were short listed got jobs which they were never interviewed for , they asserted.
'' The list of the successful candidates and the marks scored was never brought before a special staff and establishment committee for purposes of approval and adoption and the same was never forwarded to the full council meeting for purposes of final approval'' Said Cllr. Weda.
But a source from the council who was privy to details of the recruitment told this writer on condition of anonymity that the civic wing and a section of the senior officers at the council used the process allegedly to hire their friends and relatives who he claimed included their wives, sons and daughters.
The source who was well paced to know what was going on at the time because he was in the interview panel alleged that the councilors had agreed informally that each one of them was to get two slots but some sneaked in three people hence the bitter fall out.
We reliably learnt that the council was duly served with the court injunction which is seeking to quash the recruitment on Tuesday last week and the hearing of the case kicks off on 5th of March.
Kisumu municipal has close to 1000 staff currently and those it hired were mainly watchmen save for a few who were recruited as nurses, artisans, nursery school teachers and building inspectors.
Every year it budgets for ksh1.28b and had a wage bill of Ksh 42m. This year it targets to collect ksh.865 m from its revenue sources.
Only a few weeks ago the council was in the news after its unions able employees of about 100 downed their tools demanding to be paid ksh.39 m salary arrears.
But just after two days of a low key performance, the employees abandoned the strike under unclear circumstances with even the union officials who called for it remaining silent.
ENDS.