Folks,

The eyes of Impunity lingers……Corruption is a delicacy to these faces members of PUNU……They need an injection of Democracy to calm them down people…..Wana pupa, hawaoni hawasikii…A poroken for democracy is needed people, a peaceful one, It can be done……

The Wind of Democracy is blowing, ….No More Consultations, signs are on the walls, poor people cannot wait, they want to see actions that are in the direction towards the direction of their MANDATE…. as contained in the New Constitution…..their lives are at stake and they are not ready to play games……send Kibaki with his PNU home now……

It is Wapende Wasipende…….

PM Raila MUST pay attention and go by what the people want. There is no more short-changing the public or short-cuts….. The public must take their business serious as bosses, that of fire and hire……..otherwise their business will collapse again.

Be on top of your game people and act decisively…….

Kibaki has been served with NOTICE by the Public, hear us and hear us well.

Thanks,

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

The Kibaki maths and political advantage

NTVKenya | January 30, 2011

Political analysts are listing the recent political alliance-building activities as part of the motivation behind president Kibaki’s reportedly single-handed nomination of top judiciary officials. Just a week ago, president Kibaki entered into a political alliance of sorts with ODM deputy leader and suspended cabinet minister, William Ruto, a move that would tilt the numbers in parliament in the president’s favour.

Confirmation! Kibaki is not running things on the PNU side. His advisors are; however, this does not absolve him of blame for the numerous blunders he has been associated with…since after all he is the President and should make the final call on whether to heed the advice he is? given? by his cronies. Is it lack of backbone…yes!

kenya is bigger than Raila and Kibaki.Any leader who goes against the constitution of the land,whether Raila or Kibaki or myself is the enemy number one of the People Of Kenya and at this point we are ready to take? to the streets,if thats the only language our leaders will understand.KENYANS,RISE UP ONE RISE UP ALL.Enough of impunity from? our leaders.Lets take to the streets and demand for the sacking of The Ocampo ^ and the respect of our new constitution.

MPs reaction on appointments

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Separately, some members of parliament have endorsed the list of nominees to serve as chief justice, attorney general and director of public prosecution and accused Prime Minister Raila Odinga of politicizing the matter. The MPs drawn from both PNU and ODM say President Kibaki has the final say on the nominations and have challenged the prime minister who has opposed the nominations to resolve the matter in parliament through a vote.

PNU legislators Jamleck Kamau, Johnstone Muthama and Beth Mugo during a press conference in support of President Kibaki’s nomination of occupants of constitutional offices. They accused Prime Minister Raila Odinga of dishonesty, saying they were aware of the principals’ consultations over the matter

PM maintains appointments were wrong

Raila on appointments

standardgroupkenya | January 30, 2011

Prime minister Raila Odinga says president Mwai Kibaki was misled in the controversial nominations of a new chief justice, attorney general and the director of public prosecutions. Raila says he will meet with president Kibaki in a bid to reverse what he maintains is an illegality. But as KTN’s Bonie Odinga reports President Kibaki’s allies remain adamant that Kibaki broke no law.

Kibaki, Raila discuss new CJ appointment

NTVKenya | January 06, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

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President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga have taken what could be the initial steps towards the naming of a new Chief Justice. The two leaders met at Harambee House, where they discussed the process to be used in naming a new CJ, within the confines of the new Constitution.

Raila: I will negotiate with Kibaki

By PETER OPIYO

Prime Minister Raila Odinga is optimistic the controversial nominations of four individuals to key national positions would be solved amicably.

Yesterday, Raila said he would not engage President Kibaki in public but he would seek diplomatic means since the president may have been misled.

“Mimi sitaki kupigana na Kibaki hadharani nataka kusuluhisha haya maneno kiungwana (It is not my wish to attack Kibaki in public. We will meet and solve this issue diplomatically),” said the PM.

President Kibaki nominated Justice Alnashir Visram to the position of Chief Justice, Prof Githu Muigai as the Attorney General , Kioko Kilukumi as Director of Public Prosecutions and Mr William Kirwa as Controller of Budget. Immediately after the announcement, the PM insisted no consultations had been made. Parliament will vet the nominees before they assume office.

Raila said it was wrong to propose the name of a chief justice without going through the vetting process adding there is no hurry to replace Amos Wako.

“The AG still has a job so there is no hurry to appoint another one. His tenure has not expired. The women have also been sidelined yet they are also learned. If we talk with Kibaki, we will agree. Amepotoshwa! (he has been misled). Where there is a will there is a way,” he said.

Poll strategy

Addressing a rally in Makongeni, Nairobi , Raila said discriminatin women is unconstitutional.

Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang said ODM would “use both political and constitutional means to reverse the appointments.” He said all public appointments should be made in consultation with the PM.

Kajwang said if the anomaly is not rectified, Kibaki might appoint commissioners to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to gain advantage in 2012 elections.

Lands Minister James Orengo said Kibaki should realise the new Constitution bestowed power on the people of Kenya and no one should go against the people’s wish.

“The path Kibaki has taken is unlawful, unconstitutional and ill-advised,” said the Ugenya MP. The same sentiments were echoed by Nairobi Metropolitan Assistant Minister, Elizabeth Ongoro, Rangwe MP Martin Ogindo and nominated MP Rachael Shebesh.

Raila said it was imperative the implementation of the Constitution begins on the right footing. The PM also asked Kenyans to reject tribal politics propagated by the KKK alliance. He also dismissed generational change as championed by certain politicians.

Kibaki answers Raila

By Martin Mutua

President Kibaki answered Prime Minister Railla Odinga over his rejection of list of nominees he has picked for four constitutional offices — but through his Cabinet proxies.

They spoke out as MPs supporting Kibaki, mainly from Central Kenya, declared they were ready to face Raila’s allies in Parliament when the time comes for the House to vet the appointees picked by President. Overall, going by reactions by both sides, the battle between Kibaki and Raila appeared headed for Parliament where MPs often vote along party and ethnic lines rather than the twin issues of constitutionalism and fairness to both sides of the ruling coalition.

Curiously, it is two members of the President’s Party of National unity in the Grand Coalition Cabinet who both hold Security-related dockets, who picked up Raila’s gauntlet on behalf of the President.

Further sign the ministers — Prof George Saitoti (Internal Security) and Mr Yusuf Haji (Defence) — were communicating the President’s response to Raila was discernible in the fact their statement was released by the Presidential Press Service, which is solely at the disposal of the President. Saitoti is the PNU Chairman while Haji belongs to Kanu, which is an affiliate of the larger PNU alliance.

“We have confirmed with H.E. the President that indeed there were exhaustive consultations before these nominations were made as required by the Constitution ,” said Saitoti and Haji.

The ministers responded to Raila’s rejection of Kibaki’s nominations on the premise he was not consulted, even though State House insisted the discussions actually took place, as the PM appeared to change tact and push for a diplomatic solution to the row between him at the President.

Raila told a city rally he was optimistic the controversial nominations of four individuals to the office of Chief Justice, Attorney General , Director of Public Prosecutions and Director of Budget, would be solved amicably. He, however, insisted the President might have been misled into making the nominations unilaterally.

In an apparent twist of tact, the PM announced he would not engage President Kibaki over the matter in public but would meet him and solve the matter diplomatically. “Mimi sitaki kupigana na Kibaki hadharani, nataka kusuluhisha haya maneno kiungwana,” (It is not my wish to attack Kibaki in public. We will meet and solve this issue diplomatically) said the PM.

It also emerged the PM’s side is planning to stall tabling of the names in Parliament by writing to Speaker Kenneth Marende requesting him to make a ruling on whether the names should be accepted in the absence of consultation. “We hear they will try to force the Speaker to make a ruling, but Section 63 specifically gives the High Court the power to interpret the Constitution and that is the route those opposed to the appointments should take,” argued an MP.

Harambee house

Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara claimed he had a list the President gave the PM when the issue first cropped up. According to him, the list the PM was shown at Harambee House shortly before he left for Ethiopia for an AU meeting had Justice Kariuki Kihara as CJ, lawyer Fred Ojiambo for AG and Kilukumi for DPP.

“There was no agreement reached then and the PM requested the matter be left pending until he comes back only to be informed that the President was set to announce the names which had been substituted,” said Imanyara.

He said he was confident Speaker would not clear the names for debate in Parliament. Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo lamented the two principals having ignored his advice to advertise the positions must “now face the music in Parliament and risk damaging the Judicial renewal even before it begins.”

Saitoti and Haji spoke as the President, who is busy with African Union and Igad meetings in Addis Ababa stuck to his traditional silence when a political storm is raging around him. Their statement that there was no constitutional crisis and there was adequate consultation between the President and the PM echoed sentiments raised by Government Spokesman Alfred Mutua on Saturday.

Dr Mutua usually communicates the stand of the President, communicated through Head of Civil Service Mr Francis Muthaura, when Kibaki and Raila, or their parties, are at odds on serious political issues at which they are expected to work together.

Given their dockets in Cabinet, which Raila’s side could have noted, Saitoti and Haji warned politicians against making inflammatory statements that could cause anxiety. “We caution against divisive utterances by leaders that will generate unnecessary anxiety. Specifically, remarks to the effect that the President’s decision has “thrown the country into a major constitutional crisis” are exaggerated and uncalled-for,” they said.

House to decide

The two ministers also said Parliament would decide whether the nominees should be given the jobs for which Kibaki has nominated them.

Saitoti and Haji directly hit out at Raila, who is their senior in Government, saying they found the claim that the nominations were done without consultation and without adherence to the constitution “disturbing and unwarranted”.

But addressing crowds at Makongeni Grounds in Nairobi, Raila said he does not want a fight with Kibaki over the nominations of Justice Alnashir Visram to be the next CJ, Prof Githu Muigai to take over from Mr Amos Wako as AG, Kioko Kilukumi to be DPP, and Agricultural Development Corporation Managing Director Mr William Kirwa to be Controller of Budget.

Barring the possibility of intervention through a court injunction, the names of the nominees would be presented for approval or rejection to Parliament.

A preview of what could transpire in Parliament played out yesterday. A group led by spokesmen for MPs from different regional blocs met and announced they would vote for the nominees.

Leaders of the group of 16 MPs were Rift Valley Parliamentary Group spokesman Julius Kones, his Central Kenya counterpart Ephraim Maina and PNU Chief Whip Johnstone Muthama (Eastern). Three of the nominees have their roots in the blocs for which the senior MPs spoke for. Mutitu MP Kiema Kilonzo was among those who attended their news conference.

On Saturday, Kiema hosted Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto in his constituency where they defended the appointments.

Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa argued Raila should go to court if it was true he was not consulted or leave it to MPs to decide. Cabinet Minister William ole Ntimama, who is Raila’s ally, said: “We will put up a spirited fight in Parliament. They have the money but we will bank on like-minded MPs,’’ vowed Ntimama.