from Boniface Mutua

Fellow Kenyans,

There was a letter that was circulated this morning by the out-going chairman purporting to postpone the elections scheduled for saturday 6th August 2011. I wrote the attached protest note to the High Commission, but unfortunately I have not recieved any response to this point.

Despite the foregoing, we shall go on with our elections as scheduled. Before end of day tommorrow, we shall advise you the venue and time.

Meanwhile, I shall circulate to you the updated list of paid-up members as recieved this afternoon. Kindly go through the list and ensure your membership is upto date. Let us all turn up on saturday and vote.

We need to get over this and focus on how to help out our brothers and sisters who are dying of hunger back at home and other more beneficial initiatives.

Mutua

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3rdAugust 2011
Boniface Mutua
P.O. Box 341
Kigali,

The Kenya High Commission
Kigali, Rwanda.

Attn: Fred Eshikuta

AKR ELECTIONS

Kindly receive my highest regards.

Your letter KHK/CONS/12/(80) received today morning refers.

With all due respect, I beg to differ with your position. Kindly be advised that the mission has nomandate to postpone AKR elections. The power to do so rests on the members in a generalassembly and Kenyans are ready for elections. All we are asking for from the High Commissionis facilitation as the patron and given the fact that the out-going committee has totally failed in execution of its roles. Any further postponement will increase the acrimony among Kenyans and further deepen the lack of trust in the affairs of the association.

The term of the current Executive Committee is already expired and thus they are in office illegally. We need fresh mandate and energy to steer AKR forward. This was stronglydemonstrated by your intervention to get AKR back on track and the meeting you called on 25thJune 2011. On the invitation email sent out by the ag. Chairman, the elections were fixed to takeplace on 16thJuly 2011 at 2pm. This was later on postponed to 6thAugust 2011. On an email of24 May 2011, from the outgoing Organizing Secretary, Mr. Koech, “The Executive Committeeas is constituted at the moment cannot function. The team has been dormant since we last held a meeting three or four months ago” He further observed that “We need fresh team and sincethe Chairman has not call any meeting, orhas had any mention of Elections, I request members to make suggestions on the way forwardI propose Elections”.

Your request that all members aspiring to vie for various offices to familiarize themselves with the provisions of the AKR Constitution approved on 16thJuly 2011 is totally unacceptable for thepurposes of this elections. One issue that we should all bear in mind is that, you cannot applyamendments to statutes retrospectively. Secondly all members need access to minutes of theprevious AKR meetings and attendant list (if any) as provided for under the constitution. Further,the decision to re-register members from 1stJuly 2010 was illegal and unconstitutional.

KRBA held their elections a few weeks ago, without the involvement of the High Commission.Your direction on the AKR matter appears to give credibility to the rumours that, they did not seethe need to involve the High Commission for fear of interference.

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In view of the foregoing, I disagree with your position and insist that, elections will be held on 6thAugust 2011 as scheduled.

We reiterate our highest consideration.

Yours Sincerely,

Boniface MutuaASPIRANT0788-713619

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from Thomas Kamire

Let us watch call first then we deal with these people after. For vs Tusker 0 0

Thomas Kamire

from Daniel Koech

Dear All,

We do agree that there is a serious issue which needs to be addressed especially on the issue of the constitution

I wish to draw the attention of everyone purporting to be sending mail to AKR members to read carefully ARTICLE 4 section 7 a-e concerning communication via any format to AKR members

As the current organizing Secretary I have not at any time received a mail which mail should be given the go ahead by at least any three members of the executive committee to communicate to Kenyans

Please lets us respect the constitution- This email applies to all AKR members.

It is only the organizing Sec who can send mail to AKR members! AKR Members wishing to communicate should follow the same rule

ARTICLE 7
Section 7: Communication to AKR Members

All official written communication and correspondence to other organisations shall be sent out by the Chair of the association.

All email communication to members shall be sent out by the Organising Secretary .

All sms communication to members shall be sent out by the Organising Secretary

Procedure of communication by email.

Any member of the executive committee shall be able to originate a message to members. This message shall be drafted by the originating party and sent out to all members of the executive committee. The Organising Secretary shall wait for an ‘okay’ response from at least 4 of the seven members of the executive committee one of which will be the chair of the committee .

Any message that will not be approved by the chair of the association shall not be valid to be sent out to members.

Procedure for communication by SMS

Any member of the Executive Commitee shall be able to originate an SMS message to all members. This SMS shall be drafted by the originating party then sent to all members of the executive committee. The Organising Secretary shall wait for an ‘Okay’ response from the Chairman and three other members of the committee before sending the SMS to the general members.