Folks,
In August 3 – 5th 2010, when President Obama met with the Young African Leaders at the start of a three days conference and in recognizing 50 years of most African achievement for independence, President Obama reminded the youth they were the future of tomorrow, that as they work to build strong economies with jobs and targeting on opportunities, the United States will work with them to promote Trade and Investment on which progress and growth depends. That it is not right to pay Governments any bribe to get a job or bribe the Government for basic service needs.
As part of a New Focus to Development Strategy, there is need to emphasize on transparency, accountability and strong Civil Society, that which is able to stand the heat of realistic CHANGE we are all struggling for. It is believed, that when preparation for Advocacy, Sensitization and Mobilization and effectively instilled on these Youth, they will form part of a strong Civil Society movement.
The measuring scale depends on the current Youth’s ability to be prepared while being educational trained through information and exposure….which is the empowerment, as the Social Language pertains, will inspire Development Agenda that are seen to be progressive.
It my understanding therefore, that working with American counterparts and U.S. Government Officials, the delegates will go back to share with others back in their African Countries and begin to pursue for good governance and develop skills for economic opportunities to improve Africa and be able to meet Challenges and Competition of the Global world in an informed position.
These programs must therefore be designed through innovative Forward Strategy for Development Agenda Plan of Action. It is through these Youth with the larger Civil Society, that we structure Micro/Socio-Entrepreneurship to provide Advocacy, Sensitization and Mobilization to educate the masses right through the Local Village Communities for Agriculture and Research, at which Educational programs provide access to information to engage and get involved in Job Creation, Agricultural programs and participation, Business and Trade, setting up of Micro/Socio-Entrepreneurship for growth and expansion in a balanced distribution of service provided by both the reliable and responsible Government, incorporated by NGOs and the Institutions of Learning, those that offer such preparatory programs.
These initiatives for empowerment are to undertake teamwork processes in varying scales and programs which are meant to including for example, provisional sensitization and information to extend mobilization services for farmers to improve methodology, management for better yields, job creation, extension information through cultural diversity, improved greener technology such like Solar, windmill, promoting innovation and building opportunity for middle-class.
We based our Development Agenda through Strategic Planning Projection Indicators
· How to provide manageable and sustainable methods and logistics to present future for Immigrants and New Arrivals towards feasible resettlement towards self-sufficiency
· How to make the program sustainable in the future for larger loads and expansion
· How to develop achievable Indicators on yearly strategic planning towards based on specific programs
· How to interact by involving all community sectors into the mainstream of planning and implementation
· How to solicit for funding and create more funding maintain to make program sustainable
· The inclusion of Youth organizations, exchange programs and youth ventures and internship
· Social Enterprise initiative for women with Local Community Development Agenda
· How to involve the community in the awareness of the changing society and their participation
· Addressing urgent global challenges in poverty, violence, racism, environmental, destruction, with continual civic education
· Sensitize to create innovative energy thinking for Self-employment
· Empowerment of social entrepreneurs work within teams, networks and movements for change.
· Advocacy for the changing society and family sustainability in a Healthy society
· Addressing globalization, democratization, political and economic development concepts in social change and How Social innovation can harmonize entrepreneurship to strengthening the middle-class through Partnership between Africa and America in a Long term plan Agenda.
It was a clear indication and a notable fact that, most African Leadership are overly corrupt with lack of clear sense of rule of law for growth and opportunities to flourish thus the reason for Africa falling behind. In Kenya, our commitment to CHANGE, demonstrated factors that we have knowledgeable and skillful educated people who when given a chance, are able to provide good leadership.
President Obama said that Health Program funding has been increased during his administration, and that it is now included in a broader program attacking worldwide diseases. He said that former President George W. Bush, during his administration, initiated the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which vastly improved health care support for Africans dealing with the highly infectious disease.
That health program is being expanded under Obama’s broader Global Health Initiative. It does not stop at AIDS treatment, he said. It includes building a public health structure that also attacks transmission of the disease. One significant aspect of curbing transmission rates is empowerment programs for women, he added. Where women are empowered, researchers say, HIV transmission rates decline over time.
Another aspect of the Global Health Initiative, Obama said, is to improve public understanding of the nature of HIV/AIDS, how it is transmitted and what is needed to curb its spread.
Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), joined President Obama at the White House where he met also with the young African Leaders to discuss their Vision for Africa for the next 50 years. USAID offer commitment to support the Youth of Africa as they become the next generation of leaders both in their communities and throughout the world.
These are exactly factors of what we discussed with Ambassador Ranneberger when he recently visited State Department here in the U.S.A.
We have in our Team, experienced, skillful and talented professionals who are able to Train Trainers and meet our obligation, who would give reliable and effective sensitizations and mobilization. I believe Ambassador Ranneberger crossed his limitation and went too far, trying to fulfill make belief Mission he do not understand. Instead of Ambassador charting out his own Agenda, he would have maintained collaborating and comparing notes with us in a transparent manner so he is not seen as trying to organize direct open coup against Kenyan Politicians, or be seen to be colluding under-table activities aimed for other purposes we are not aware.
I am surprised to read the information as is attached and regret that he has behaved in a manner that would be seen to purposely want to cause direct open conflict with Kenyan Politicians and as well create ugly scene intended to exposed President Obama in a primitive un-diplomatic way.
Whichever the reasons and decisions which made to organize those youth groups are not known to us, none of which conforms with the needs on the ground as were indicated specifically my group. I had previously submitted proposals of our committed members on the ground through Ms. Peacock, in a clear mission Forward Strategic Plan. I have not received any follow-up or response. Those we had sent to make appointments to meet with Ambassador Ranneberger were never given audience nor referred to consult elsewhere.
I believe this is a mis-calculated serious embarrasment he has caused, and I therefore formed an opinion that Ambassador Ranneberger is not able to advance President Obama’a Foreign Policy in a responsible effective manner that which would help us realize our Missions and goals as planned, and to avoid further conflicts of interest.
I hope President Obama will consider providing a better replacement Envoy Mission to Kenya.
Thank you all,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
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US link to youth activities unveiled
By Stephen Makabila
The National Youth Forum (NYF), which aims at breaking new ground for Kenyan youth aspirations, was moulded from scratch by the US through its Nairobi embassy office and enjoys un-rivaled attention from Washington.
The six NYF Co-Conveners are drawn from all corners of the country. They include George Nyongesa (Bunge la Mwananchi), Caroline Ruto (Smart Citizens), Halima Mohamed (Coast Education Centre), Joshua Nyamori (Nyanza Youth Coalition), Hassan Ole Naado (Kenya Muslim Youth Alliance), Ngacha Njeri (Nyeri Social Forum) and George Thuranira (Meru Youth Network).
In an exclusive interview with The Standard by one of the Co-Conveners, George Nyongesa, laid bare the systematic role the US Government has been playing in sustaining the group.
“Not all the six of us knew each other. We met at the US embassy for the first time after having been invited there,” said Nyongesa.
It was in 2008 when the US embassy identified through its networks the six co-conveners and called them together.
“We were told by Ambassador Michael Ranneberger that we had been identified as young leaders who can bring change in Kenya and the US wanted to work with us. We were given resources to hold inter-ethnic community dialogues across the country,” Nyongesa said.
In November 2009, after going round the country, the six put together the 1st National Youth Forum conference at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC). Ranneberger addressed the conference.
Come December 2009 and the six travelled to the US for a familiarisation tour, where they met several Congress leaders.
In February 2010, the six had a teleconference for ten minutes with US President Barack Obama from the US embassy in Nairobi.
“Obama told us he was interested in supporting our efforts to bring better leadership to Kenya. He said he was personally paying attention to our grassroots activities,” added Nyongesa.
President Kibaki and Prime Raila pointed accusing fingers at the US, for allegedly using youths to undermine the Government during the Jamhuri celebrations at the Nyayo National Stadium on December 12, 2010.
Ranneberger has since dismissed this claims and Nyongesa agrees with him.
Special team
“We have no intention of fighting the Government, but we have intentions of mobilising the youth to contest for the country’s leadership in the 2012 General Election,” says Nyongesa.
“We are not even linked to a single politician in the current Parliament because we do not want to be seen to be fronting for any politician. When time comes, we will identify our preferred leaders to contest for elective positions,” explains Nyongesa.
Nyongesa however confirmed the six conveners have been meeting each and every top visiting US official to Kenya, at the ambassador’s residency.
Currently, NYF brings together over 20,000 grassroots youth organisations and youth initiatives with a subscriber base of over 1.5 million youth spread throughout the country and across religious, political, gender, cultural and ethnic divides.
“The organisations are now cognizant of their partners’ activities due to coordination efforts at the local, regional and national levels. Therefore, their activities have a greater impact and the youth they serve have an amplified voice,” pointed out Nyongesa.
During the August 4, last year’s referendum, the NYF held town hall meetings to drum support for the new Constitution in 27 districts currently referred to as counties.
“We are using this meetings to establish county steering committees that will in turn formulate constituency and ward committees,” says Nyongesa.
Between November 10 and 12, It’s speculated a Special team from the US may fly in this February to boost the ‘Yes Youth Can’ initiative and the NYF mobilisation and advocacy ability
10/12/2010
Africa/America Partnership Development Strategic Plan
His Excellency Ambassador Ranneberger, Ms. Nicole, Dignitaries, Members and Staff of the Federal Government, Kenyans Diaspora, ……Ladies and Gentlemen,
My Name is Judy Miriga, Diaspora Spokesperson and Executive Director of Confederation Council Foundation for Africa.
I am privileged and honored to be here tonight. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the organizers of this meeting to have availed an occasion to have a conversation with His Excellency Ambassador Ranneberger on Way Forward Plan of Action for Sub-Sahara and to stem for Africa’s conducive political platform for Good Governance which will provide conduit for effective and sustainable workable operational system for Economic Opportunity in Partnership between Africa/America.
I strongly believe that we must engage Public Diplomacy for Public Affairs for Strategic Planning for serious participation with results towards self-sufficiency job creation that which will bring positive sustainable development benefiting both Africa and America.
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa is truly committed to Civil Society and Local Community innovative solutions through Social networking and through conducive Africa’s growth and prosperity and job creation for the jobless, both locally here and abroad in Africa. We begun as a pressure group voice of the voiceless in 2007 February, and have been operating with no funding except goodwill support in response to voicing concerns. We advocated and pressurized the system to change and Yes, we must continue with pressure so we can achieve what was lost 47 years ago and provide education and exchange programs to empower and improve information channel targeting on Women and Youth, and implement real programs for prosperity, since Women and Youth are the Engine for Change. We must seize to demand how African Governments should function according to people needs and demands.
It is important that we engage diverse capacity of knowledge and ability that which will provide notable good results, which will promote greater opportunity to many in a lasting long future and agree to burry conflicting processes which delays CHANGE, but improve Partnership relationship in both short and long term.
Old ways that have brought Africa to its knees must be abolished and begin programs as incorporated in the New Constitution. We must involve popular participation so everyone participates responsibly with results on a given time frame with update narrative reporting. Our Plan of Action which conforms with the Civil Society and Locally based Agenda on WHY, HOW AND WHEN, progressive approach to economic opportunity and social development growth. This will limit the Old Brother-men story of “Lets each and Party at the poor man’s poverty and misery.
We are faced with Competitive Global Challenge, and our actions will prove the fact that we are determined to make this world a better and peaceful place to leave. As we face these great challenges, we must compete in Global Market only by preparing folks through such Public Democracy Advocacy group, where we will create base for Socio Entrepreneurship through Public Private Partnership that which will accommodate the effectiveness of the Civil Society to draw significant impact in addressing problems and interests without swaying or conflicting interests, but remain focused.
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa, in the role of Civil Society strategic plan will remain steadfast in our activities and effect good results in a short space of time. We have a show –case that are backed with results, that proves commitment to deliverables according to Reform Agenda and in Policy standing that meets popular satisfaction in the true balance of development factors.
When Women get involved, they engage in realistic logistics inputs that require the needed infrastructures be put in place for sustainability. With this kind of planning and development, there could emerge a provision to create Budget Funding Allocation for Regional safety-net account for Cooperative Banking set-up, that can easily be accessible within the community.
Partnership between Africa and America is timely and the sure way to go. It is therefore paramount important that we urgently create wealth and income for the middleclass to generate sustainability for the change we all want and participate in active reform for good governance based on secured justice for an improved rule of law.
It is without question that Obama’s Leadership Principles and Policies for both Foreign and Local are very good for this Great Nation of America where we are a part of. It is also true that most African Leaders have lost track for good governance, but we must provide the balance that which is lacking for sustainable stable economy.
It is our responsibility to engage popular participation, involving and expanding partnership relations between Africa and America through Innovation Forward Strategy and provide room for competitive development Agenda on Micro/Socio Entrepreneurship with factors to improve livelihood, Security, Education, Health and the Environmental Climatic change.
Kenya is behind in Millennium Goals. Donor funds that were disbursed found their ways elsewhere, which resulted in each and every Kenyan owing donors Shs. 25,478 to-date, a Total of 38.6 million people in Kenya owing trillions that have gone to private pockets. This is a DEBT TAG on poor Kenyans with no middle-class bracket. Living cost is going to go overboard very soon because of rising costs on commodities, bills, fees and rent. With the Natural potentials Kenya has, i.e. Salt, limestone, Gold, Iron ore deposits, Agricultural out put etc., Kenya would be competing with industrialized Nations like Indonesia, South Korea and the likes. Our Leaders have failed us and we must show them the way out of this mess.
Under the Micro-Economic finance budget available to local community, farmers in the future, will generate good capital to move Africa at par with the rest of the world.
There is need for Poverty Situation turn around for ordinary Kenyans and the Traditional land ownership is a potential base to get started.
The Miseries afflicting Africa is MAN-MADE….We are able to change things for Africa by putting beacons in place to incorporate those changes. We will engage new ways and achieve our goals for an improved better living for all.
We must accept that:
1) President Obama has done so much and we must help him to accomplish the goals rather than letting him alone to bring to surface the change we all need.
2) He acted quickly in the initial weeks of his Administration to wade off a World-wide-depression and created a balance to steady this Great Nation and the World from collapsing
3) Despite his opponents haven’t put on enough effort or specifics of their own nor offered genuine compromise, he continually strives for a united platform for both Democrats and the Republicans for the sake to save the people of this Great Nation with its allies.
4) We have seen how the Media have allowed the right’s activists to run wild with criticism without offering alternative solutions, but decide to give the enemy a blank check to hurt this great Nation.
5) The big-money cashed in for negative campaign has destructive repercussions and are meant for pay-backs by the unsuspecting public. These consequences of pay-backs will remain a burden for tax-payers for a very long time.
We must in our respective ways organize plans that builds and not destroy, plans that which will spur love, unity and growth to our already Troubled Assets and Relief Program Agenda.
Considering the future Diaspora participating on electioneering, it is important that we consider planning for diverse reasons that make the Diaspora’s needs are sufficiently met incorporating all interests by identifying neutral ground or Center and not at the Kenyan Embassy.
Special Interest Groups both those of Local and Foreign are doing negative intelligence Property Theft to Africa and the World, they are serving their own personal special interests. At the end of the day, it is the Nation that they hurt. It is imperative that we be vigilant and focused in progressive Plan of Action for growth, starting on Educational Empowerment and Partner Economic Development between Africa and America more formidable by doing the right thing, and by getting seriously committed through Civil Society Network that can deliver results, and fix areas where the Government had failed. We must avoid recycling and extension of the same corrupt system that bred corruption ideology and impunity in Africa.
Thank you all,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson &
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA