Folks,

Kenya’s past Rulership was infested with jiggers, generated from infectious seed of tribal corruption that which became chronic within some politicians. These politicians developed a Touch Me Not Immuned Syndrome and so they assumed that Kenyans will continue to make a political endless “Sing Song” without remedial.

Donor funds have been mismanaged and misappropriated for unscrupulous political and personal projects. Public Properties have been managed and sold as private and personal effects and Citizens Security compromised. The public needs to know and be empowered to take necessary action against their Economic Development biggest enemy.

The enshrined innuendos of great divide, compeled a framework for National Action embodied in Grand Coalition Government expected TO SAVE KENYA FROM CORRUPT RULERSHIP AND MISMANAGEMENTS FROM UNCARING and selfish POLITICIANS. The misappropriation of public funds, diverting social policy by omission or commission and the engagement of corrupt Public Officials who encourages corrupt dealings must be censored because they stand to face serious legal offence charges requiring prosecution by law.

Those proved to have stolen or embezzled Public Money must face consequences that go along way jurisprudence measures squarely. A process which will curtail, expose and highlight corruption as an actpunishable by law. A sounding warning to those relying on cushioning graft and whose aim is to stay and remain in power at the cost of tax-payers money will now be forced to change tactics by providing Leadership Program of Challenges and Opportunities.

This is because these actions create a situation of loss of livelihood and social displacements where it distortes markets for Citizens, discourages Foreign Direct Investors in greater volume and expands poverty into deeper pit.

The Grand Coalition Government must therefore be taken to task so that they should complete the Constitution within one year. In the event of not doing that, they will be denying Kenyan Nationals Rights to live responsibly. The Grand Coalition Government should deliver to Civil Society a genuine and non-partisan information package for constitutional reform for good governance and the provision for transparency mechanism that guard against corruption and graft.

Kenyans have been treated to titanic demonic Rule of fear and intimidations. Twist and turns and casualties of tribal and ethnic cleansings. Massacres of never ending tribal ethnicity, animosity and hostility in countryside uprisings. Notable continuous blatant killings and mayhems is everywhere in the country. These scenarios are characterized with crafty schemes of swaying and manipulative of ideas; schemes after schemes by the interested parties a case that requires to be put to end. There is too much power in the Constitution windows that provided for lopsy Government effectiveness, which also provides for too much immunity to the Presidency as is the current constitution.

Lastly, a fair comprehensive Civic Education is therefore extremely important starting from the grass-roots. These should be carried out by the NGOs Faith Based (Churches & other Religious Organizations) and other Corporates and Non-Governmental Agencies.

Let us therefore together condemn the injustices and nail this Titanic Demon that has ripped off the Kenya fabric of survival by bringing culprits to book, in the event, we can lookforward to Good Governance for value which is beyond compliance.

Sincerely,

Judy Miriga
USA

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Exhibit A

Commonwealth warns countries on breaking law
Definition of Governance, Good Governance and a Proposed Framework for Good Governance
Governance is the exercise of political, economic and administrative authority to manage a nation’s affairs. It is the complex mechanisms, processes, relationships and institutions through which citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their rights and obligations and mediate their differences. Governance encompasses every institutions and organization in the society, from the family to the state and embraces all methods – good and bad – that societies use to distribute power and manage public resources and problems. Good governance is therefore a subset of governance, wherein public resources and problems are managed effectively, efficiently and in response to critical needs of society. Effective democratic forms of governance rely on public participation, accountability and transparency

Its aim is to help promote collaborations between NGOs throughout the world, so that together we can more effectively partner with the United Nations and each other to create a more peaceful, just, equitable and sustainable world for this and future generations.

A broad conceptual framework for good governance, whether in political or economic decision-making includes six components:
1. Leaders/Decision makers
Since women often lack access to the traditional sources of knowledge, capacity-building and experience (mentoring) that generate men leaders, leadership training is especially important for women. This is especially the case in relation to economic decision-making, where women tend to believe -sometimes mistakenly – that male leaders are better equipped with technical understanding of the relevant issues.
2. Constituencies:
Active and empowered constituencies must be aware of and able to exercise their basic human rights, as well as sufficiently informed about issues and supported by access to relevant information in order to develop a clear agenda.
3. An Agenda:
Women’s leadership has sometimes been unfocused and support from the constituency lacking because of the lack of an agreed agenda on which both can focus. This is a particular gap for economic governance, where both women leaders and the women’s constituency often feel that they lack technical understanding of the issues.
4. Institutions:
The institutions of governance must be generally open to public scrutiny and subject to accountability through a democratic political system.
5. Information:
“Good” decisions can only be made if both decision makers and their constituencies have access and are able to make appropriate use of “good” information.
6. Accountability Processes:
Institutionalized monitoring and accountability mechanisms enable constituencies to hold their leaders and Government to account.

From another point of View: UNDP work on Governance
Governance can be seen as the exercise of economic, political and administrative authority to manage a country’s affairs at all levels. It comprises the mechanisms, processes and institutions through which citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their obligations and mediate their differences.

Good governance is, among other things, participatory, transparent and accountable. It is also effective and equitable, and promotes the rule of law fairly. Good governance ensures that the voices of the poorest and the most vulnerable are heard in decision-making over the allocation of development resources, and that political, social and economic priorities are based on broad consensus among the three stakeholders the state, private sector and civil society. All three stakeholders are critical for sustaining
human development: the state creates a conducive political and legal environment; the
private sector generates jobs and income; and civil society facilitates political and social interaction. With the advent of globalization and the integration of economies, the state’s task is also to find a balance between taking advantage of emerging market opportunities and providing a secure and stable social and economic environment domestically.

UNDP identifies nine core characteristics covering eight key urban issues which measure good governance.
Core characteristics of good governance
1) Participation
All men and women should have a voice in decision-making, either directly or through legitimate intermediate institutions that represent their interests. Such broad participation is built on freedom of association and speech, as well as capacities to participate constructively
2) Rule of law
Legal frameworks should be fair and enforced impartially, particularly the laws on
human rights
3) Transparency
Transparency is built on the free flow of information. Processes, institutions and information are directly accessible to those concerned with them, and enough information is provided to understand and monitor them
4) Responsiveness
Institutions and processes try to serve all stakeholders
5) Consensus orientation
Good governance mediates differing interests to reach a broad consensus on what is in the best interest of the group and, where possible, on policies and procedures
6) Equity
All men and women have opportunities to improve or maintain their well-being
7) Effectiveness and efficiency
Processes and institutions produce results that meet needs while making the best use of resources
8) Accountability
Decision- makers in government, the private sector and civil society organisations are accountable to the public, as well as to institutional stakeholders. This accountability differs depending on the organisation and whether the decision is internal or external to an organization
9) Strategic vision
Leaders and the public have a broad and long-term perspective on good governance and human development, along with a sense of what is needed for such development.
There is also an understanding of the historical, cultural and social complexities in which that perspective is grounded

Engendering Economic Governance
Decision-makers
Economic decision-makers must be aware of the need for, and have the technical capacity to incorporate, a gender perspective into policy and programme analysis. The National Women’s Machinery and women in politics must be able to participate effectively in dialogues and debates on economic policy.

Active and empowered constituencies must be created and strengthened among women (and men) to advocate and demand accountability from government and political leaders at the national and international levels for the impact of macroeconomic policy on women.
In a globalized world, linkages need to be built and/or strengthened between national and regional NGOs working on women in politics, women in media and women’s human rights and those working on women and trade and women and macroeconomic policy issues

The women’s economic agenda must be generally understood by leaders and constituencies. Other actors, particularly key government economic agencies and international economic institutions, must also understand and accept the general validity of the conceptual basis of the women’s economic agenda.

The institutions of economic governance must be engendered through advocacy and their active involvement in capacity building under the program

Appropriate data – sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics on the differential impact of macroeconomic policies on women and men, particularly in agriculture, especially unpaid farm work and within the informal sector, especially home-based work, sub-contracted homework and street vending. It should also include data on women’s and men’s differential contributions to the care economy through domestic work, childcare, family care and community activities.

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Exhibit B

Rich-poor divide a threat to economic growth

Published on 11/07/2008
By Benson Kathuri
The widening gap between the rich and the poor is a threat to the realisation of Vision 2030 economic strategy, the World Bank has said.
The Bank, which has supported economic development for decades, warns that unless the issue is addressed urgently, the seven per cent economic growth rate recorded last year was unsustainable.
It says inequality has risen in the last decade and was hampering poverty reduction efforts, especially in western Kenya and the Rift Valley.
A report launched by the Bank in Nairobi on Wednesday showed that 17 million people live below the poverty line and often sleep hungry.
“Despite the economic recovery, the economy is not yet at a stage of development where higher or even recently achieved growth rates — around six per cent per year can be safely assumed,” said the report.
“Serious bottlenecks to investment, and thus to growth, continue. The Government has not managed to make a major dent in the problem of corruption,” it said.
Last year, the economy recorded seven per cent growth, but is projected to grow by 4.5 per cent this year due to the impact of the post-election violence that rocked the country early this year.
Youth are unemployed
World Bank acting country director, Mr Sanjivi Rajasingham, said the Government must address the growing inequality that poses a serious threat to economic development. “Such imbalances create tensions and conflicts and derail development,” he said during the launch of report, Kenya: Accelerating and Sustaining Inclusive Growth.
“Kenya’s experience underlines that economic growth is not sustainable if there are serious inequalities.”
low earnings
The Bank said 72 per cent of the youth are unemployed, while 60 per cent of those employed, especially in the informal and agricultural sector, are working poor due to low earnings.
The Bank said the Government must maintain a stable business environment and ensure that the Grand Coalition Government remained intact in order to reduce political risk.
“The sources of political risk or instability are many. These include uncertainty over the course of future policy, corruption and the importance of political connections to do business,” said the report.
Rajasingham said the Bank would use the report to develop the country assistance strategy that will guide its participation in the implementation of Vision 2030.
On Wednesday the Bank said the country needs to lower political risk, maintain macro-economic stability, reduce business costs and export more to rich nations if it is to achieve high economic growth.
The Sh2.393 trillion economy targets annual growth of 10 per cent in the next five years in order to meet its goal of being a newly-industrialised country by 2030.

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Exhibit C

Meeting Millenium Development Goals
By Purity Kago
KENYA is one of four pilot African countries chosen
undertake a comprehensive assessment of the cou
level needs for achieving the Millennium Developme
Goals (MDGs) recently launched.
The government hopes to eradicate extreme pover
hunger, achieve universal primary education, prom
gender equality and empower women, reduce child
mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AI
malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental
sustainability and develop a Global partnership for
Development.
The report makes an assessment of Kenya’s perfor
in relation to each of the eight MDGs, identifies whe
problems are, analyses what needs to be done to r
the problems and offers concrete proposals actions
accelerate progress towards achieving the goals.
The process further offer an opportunity for govern
consolidate the results of several years of costing o
programme work and also move to new frontiers in
account their associated costs.
Vice-President Moody Awori during the launch note
the road towards achieving the MDGs can only be r
by strengthening the partnerships between the dev
and developing countries adding that a lot of suppo
needed to achieve these goals by year 2015.
The Minister for Planning and Development, Prof An
Nyong’o reiterated that, apart from the education g
possibly HIV/AIDS, and at the current pace of deve
with limited resources, Kenya may not meet most o
goals by 2015 due to inadequate resources
Poverty remains a major impediment to fulfilment o
needs of Kenyans, especially women and children,
has greatly undermined the government’s effort to
the pressing needs in such critical sectors as prima
health care, nutrition and basic education.
It is reported that the proportion of Kenyans living
the poverty line is on the increase with the urban
population accounting for the highest proportion of
increment. Poor governance, corruption , and suffic
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of public resources still remain critical barriers to the
achievement of the national targets of poverty reduction.
The government in realisation of the MDGs should invest in
agricultural production and access to food storage facilities
improving post-harvest receipt system to encourage
agricultural production.
The NARC government’s policy of free and compulsory
primary education will substantially contribute to meeting
the MDGs goal of universal access to primary education by
the year 2015.
However the education sector is faced with many
challenges including, finance, lack of adequate teachers,
insufficient learning facilities among others that may
hinder the government in achieving this goal. Inadequate
provision of education to children with disabilities owing to
the weak identification and assessment mechanisms also
pose a great challenge to the government that need to be
addressed if universal education is to benefit all Kenyans.
The third MDG goal is to promote gender equality and
empowerment of women. But in a country where violation
of women rights, domestic violence and sexual violence is
rampart, the government has a long way to go in fighting
this vice that is deep rooted in our societies.
Thus if this is to be achieved, Kenyans need to be
sensitized on the importance of educating girls and giving
them equal chance with their male counterparts in all area
and encouraging the election of women to leadership
positions.
In the area of health and nutrition, there has been a
general decline in the provision of health and services.
However the Minister for Health Charity Ngilu said that 56
per cent of the population live below the poverty line,
meaning they cannot afford basic services including health.
The health indicators in Kenya have been declining over
the last two decades. The Kenya Demographic and Health
Survey further confirm this and unless drastic actions are
taken Kenya is unlikely to achieve the MDGs.
The achievement on other goals heavily depend on the
attainment of health, they are: reduction of child mortality,
improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and
other diseases.
To reduce child mortality, programmes that address the
main causes of infant and child mortality should be
reinforced with particular emphasis on post- neonatal
mortality diseases like diarrhoea, and malaria. There is
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need to improve access and quality of maternal and
child-care services and put in place an effective referral
system. Training and updates for health workers and
Traditional Birth attendants is required to enhance
essential obstetric care.
Biodiversity and environment have to be adequately
addressed. Environmental degradation is also related to
rural poverty that leads to over exploitation of natural
resources. If the MDG goal number seven is to achieved,
the government should protect biological diversity and
restore the forest cover.
There is urgent need to put in place properly directed
pro-poor natural resources conservation program in a
manner that ensures sustainability of livelihoods and
ecosystem management.
Developing a global partnership for development, the
government should develop an open rule based
predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial
system to encourage more investors and donors. This
include a commitment to good governance, development,
and poverty reduction.
Although the government has shown it’s commitment in
eradicating corruption, mismanagement of national
resources among other ills, there is a need for more
political will and practical action to root out these vices.
It should work together with development partners and
stakeholders to create awareness and promote MDGs
vision in the country. With determination and commitment
of all stakeholders these goals can be achieved.
Other Editorials
Copyright © 2003 Kenya Times Media Trust,All rights reserved.

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Exhibit D

National News

Civil group accuses Ali of arrogance
Updated on: Monday, July 14, 2008
Story by: By Daniel Luseno
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POLICE Commissioner Hussein Ali has been criticised by International Centre for Policy and Conflict (ICPC) for allegedly being “arrogant, dismissive and lethargic to criticism”. The group claims the force has been using excessive brutality against citizens.
The ICPC has also demanded a substantive statement from Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Internal Security Minister Prof George Saitoti on the matter. Ndung’u Wainaina, the Executive Director of ICPC, says police have been curtailing the citizens’ civil liberties and freedoms. “The situation has been deteriorating by day with police coming out as ruthless, mean and brutal institution headed by a Police Commissioner.
He is careless about public displeasure, perceptions and expressions about police acts of brutality, regime policing and absurdly limiting the enjoyment of the fundamental human rights to freedom of assembly, expression and association,” he said. Wanainaina said the actions by police clawed back the tenets of democracy achieved over the years. He says police conduct has no place in a functioning democracy.
In a press statement, ICPC also took issue with Attorney-General Amos Wako whom it accused of being “curiously silent, unconcerned and allowed police brutality to continue unabated.
He said since the run-up of November 2005 referendum,police brutality and limitation of the civil liberties, constitutional rights and human rights of the Kenyans have been deteriorating. “Ali has suspended constitution with impunity while President Mwai Kibaki has turned blind eye to this barbaric and unacceptable action,” the statement said.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:59:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Beyond Compliance: Governing for Value

Folks,

Ababu is on track. The truth shall set them free – Go Kido Go!!!!!!

Judy Miriga
USA

National News

Anti-Uhuru schemers are cheap populists, say Central Kanu chiefs
Updated on: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Story by: By Clement Kamau
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CENTRAL Province Kanu leaders have warned Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba against dragging the name of national chairman Uhuru Kenyatta in his “opulist politics agenda.” They said claims by the “self imposed leader of the official opposition” that he would marshal the support of fellow parliamentarians to censure Uhuru over nomination of councillors was misplaced.

In a statement read by Rironi chairman David Mbiyu Nga’ng’a yesterday, the officials from 29 constituencies said politicians scheming to tarnish the name of the Deputy Prime Minister were calling for chaos. Uhuru is also Gatundu South MP. They alleged that the MP was being used by senior politicians planning to gun for the presidency in 2012.

The leaders told Namwamba to keep off national politics and concentrate on delivering services to his constituents. They said Uhuru’s action was in good faith, adding that if the nomination of some of the councilors is revoked, their families and dependants will suffer.

They said the revocation would harm the political stature of Local Government minister Musalia Mudavadi because it would cast a shadow on the cohesion of the coalition government. “The alleged fight against corruption should not be used as a path of discreetly crucifying innocent people,” the statement read in part.

Mbiyu said although President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga were determined to see the grand coalition government deliver pledges to Kenyans, some disgruntled elements were out to frustrate the goal. On Monday, a group of Central Kenya parliamentarians, among them Maragua’s Elias Mbau, George Thuo and Jamleck Kamau, also attacked the Budalangi legislator over the scheme to censure Uhuru.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:35:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Anti-Uhuru schemers are cheap populists, say Central Kanu chiefs

Now that the International Criminal Court has called for the arrest and prosecution of Sudan ‘s President Omar Al Bashir, questions arise as to the ‘obsolete’ nature and legitimacy of the former in trying to help solve the aftermath of the Darfur crises and the need to foster further peace in a seemingly united Sudan .

Since the tragedy in Darfur , Sudan ‘s Western region, that began in the year 2003 about 35,000 people are estimated to have died. More than two million in a population of six million have since been displaced and many chose to settle in Chad . The African Union with its ill-equipped military troops were unable to restore peace except for the twelve to twenty thousand UN troops that appeared as ‘military spectators’ with some losing their lives to the gun though the UN’s aim was to put blue helmets on the heads of the AU force. Currently there are about 15 UN peacekeeping missions around the world but the one in Sudan only helped leave many more dead. The UN troop was approximated to be about 10,000 in number then.

On the other hand the Sudanese government in Khartoum had being accused of supporting the Arab militia, the janjaweed, to cause atrocities. The janjaweed had been accused of propagating rape, murder and pillage on ordinary citizens.

Previously the head of the AU mission had accused one of Darfur ‘s two main rebel groups of provoking the violence by attacking a government-held town. It also had claimed to have photographs of government attack-helicopters strafing villages to support the marauding janjaweed. In one sector of Darfur, which is bigger than Italy , about 760 AU infantrymen were supposed to patrol some 12,000 sq km (about 4,600 square miles) but all in vain.

All said and done, the latest stench of arrest of Sudanese President may set a bad precedence to Africa in as far as solving conflicts is concerned. Many wonder why the UN and the United States have deemed it right to bring criminal charges against a President of a rather stable and sovereign state now that the genocide seems to be over. Isn’t the incrimination of Sudans ‘s President a recipe for more instability and chaos similarly to what happened in Iraq under President Saddam Hussein and other leaders?

Not that Africa should condone atrocities against humanity but the ill timing of the President’s arrest brings more doubt and questions about the genuineness of the military pre-occupation of the UN and AU and involvement of Western countries in the Darfur saga.

In fact the UN’s Security Council’s resolution 242 (1967) emphasizes the inadmissibility need of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every state can live in security. It affirms further that, ‘termination of all claims or states of belligerence and respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every state and their rights to live in peace with secure and recognised boundaries free from threats or acts of force’. It also considers achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem and which Darfur was severely affected.

It seems the President of Sudan may be headed for the courts and jail but what about the fate of the Sudanese State and its people that are at stake and risk of falling into re-organised atrocities against humanity? Should the world punish the Sudanese people ‘again’ when its president as a person violates human rights? Africa ought to stand firm for the sake of the Sudanese people.

Mundia Mundia Jnr

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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:01:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: mundia mundia
Subject: SUDAN: OMAR AL BASHIR’S SOUTH-NORTH ‘CRIMINAL’ AXIS

Folks,

This is a point blank Vote of No Confidence by the Parliamentarians. We are treated to dramatic yet another misuse of Public Office using acquired powers for matipulative excercise against powerless/voiceless Kenyans Citizens being robbed of their rights.

Can we trust Parliamentarians for this one motion to be tabled in the house people? Start making calls and sending emails to your Legislatures.

This is the only way you can gain your powers and voices back. The power that will bring Justice to your doors people. The Civic Society must stand up together with the rest of Kenyans in Staying the Course for their DEMANDs for Justice, Human Rights and Good Democratic Rulership. Dont faulter people, we will be with you all steps of the way.

The Day is Today, and the Time is Now…………

Keep on keeping on!!!!!!!

Judy Miriga
USA

Uhuru: Here is ECK evidence
Published on 16/07/2008

By Evelyn Kwamboka

Evidence is now available that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta was warned that he had broken the law when he nominated councillors whose names were not forwarded by political parties.

In a development that shoots down Uhuru’s insistence that he acted within the law, it has emerged that Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman Samuel Kivuitu told the then Local Government minister, now in charge of the Trade docket, that he had broken the law by trashing names given by parties and coming up with his own. In a letter obtained by The Standard, Kivuitu wrote to Uhuru as soon as the minister gazetted the list of nominated councillors and told him it was against the law.

The letter is stamped as having been received by Uhuru.

Kivuitu told the minister that he had no option but to re-gazette the correct list as given by ECK, instructions that Uhuru defied up to the time he left the Local Government docket in April.

Kivuitu’s February 28 letter reads in part: “The Electoral Commission of Kenya has perused the special issue of the Kenya Gazette No 1276 dated February 22 and noted various discrepancies where the names that ECK submitted on February 21, 2008 have been substituted with other names.”

Kivuitu added: “However, as it offends the law it has to be corrected and the corrections gazetted to reflect accurately the list of candidates the ECK supplied to you.”

Kivuitu pointed out the 93 names in the Uhuru list to the minister, plus the names ECK forwarded to him from political parties and local authorities affected. He implored him to amend the records.

The names are expected to be deleted and replaced with the ECK list by Uhuru’s successor in the ministry, Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi.

Likely to be axed

Notable among those who could be affected by Mudavadi’s pen are Mombasa Mayor Ali Abubakar Modhar, who could be dropped because he was picked outside the ECK list, as well as Ms Esther Passaris who could be reinstated as her name was dropped.

In the same letter also, Kivuitu made it clear to the minister that he had nominated more councillors than allowed under the Local Government Act.

“Under the Local Government Act, nominated councillors cannot exceed one-third of the elected councillors in any given local authority,” Kivuitu stated.

Uhuru nominated 33 more councillors over and above the 729 slots available according to the ECK slots.

The minister also filled slots where no parties had forwarded names of nominees.

In subsequent letters, which The Standard obtained, Kivuitu asked Uhuru to replace such nominees with names forwarded late by parties. Uhuru never did.

The most affected authorities by the alterations were Nairobi and councils in the Coast, North Eastern, Central, Eastern and parts of Rift Valley.

In Nairobi, ODM had forwarded 12 names to ECK and PNU seven, making it a total of 19. However, PNU was awarded 13 slots as opposed to the seven the ECK provided.

ODM was given 11 as opposed to 12 it had forwarded. The minister omitted ODM’s Passaris and PNU’s Wilfred Magara Apencha and Rachel Wanjiku Kamweru’s from the Nairobi City Council list submitted by ECK.

The Nairobi list featured eight new people whom Uhuru gazetted. They were not in the ECK list.

They are Mr Lee Muchiri, Ms Amina Mohamed, Mr Paul Mutunga Mutungi, Mr Badi Ali, Mr Alex ole Magelo, Mr Dishon Njoka Nyaga, Mr Abdulrahman Ahmed Abdalla and Mr Thomas Kinuthia Ng’ang’a.

In the Mombasa Municipal Council, where ODM had submitted 10 names to ECK, four new names appeared in the gazette notice, with the sitting mayor, Modhar, being among those the minister picked.

Pressure piled on Mudavadi to revoke Uhuru’s nominees and settle the issue once and for all.

Nairobi Mayor Godfrey Majiwa has deplored the delay in degazettement of excess councillors, saying it was straining the council’s coffers.

“We appeal to the minister to ensure that excess councillors are defrocked accordingly because we have a Sh9 billion debt and we cannot continue wasting money,” Majiwa said in an interview.

At a glance

– The number of councillors in a county or town shall be as follows:
– Such number of councillors (if any) as the minister may by order determine, elected for each electoral area by the electorate thereof;
– Where the minister by order so determines, in lieu of the councillor or councillors to be elected by any electoral area within a county or township, a councillor or the same number of councillors, appointed by the council of a county division within which the electorate area wholly falls
– Such number of councillors nominated by the minister to represent the Government or any special interests as the minister may by order determine
– Where the county or town council in its discretion so agrees with the council of any municipality or county, one councillor from among the councillors of that council appointed by that council
– Provided that the total number of councillors nominated or appointed shall not exceed one third of the number of elected councillors or where the number of elected councillors is not divisible by three, the next lowest number is divisible
– Every councillor appointed shall, for all the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be an elected councillor of the county or town council

Uhuru Kenyatta wild and Dangerous Ambition !!!!
Posted in July 14th, 2008
by Editor in Western

By Khaguli Maurice Nandwa

Western Kenya, Movement for Change.

Following the meeting at Blue Post Hotel Thika (Uhuru Kenyatta’s Hotel), a look at what elected MP’s from PNU and central Kenya were doing in one day, two weeks ago is revealing itself.

Some of the MP’s committees sitting, only a few were examining Kimunya protection and how they can front another one from the community, which was a success (Michuki).

Uhuru Kenyatta sympathizer’s engaged the rest of MP’s in various studies and reviews of topics ranging from failure to post-traumatic political stress disorder of last year election violence in rift valley and Nairobi.

“Some might call it make-work projects,” concede this insider, who acknowledged the PNU wing of government has taken ago-slow approach, only introducing bills it is confidence can gain the support of at least the self declared grand opposition members to brake ODM inner unity.

Even with that, kimunya had to use the hammer of declaring non-money matters like on constitution review and MP’S taxation to force confidence and support from the ODM and self declared grand opposition, which is desperate to a void triggering discontent in the parliament on issues that play tribal and ethnic traditions strength that has been played by the last three brutal regimes. Expect to see more of that he claimed.

“This is the most divided parliament,” It was supposed to be the strongest and united but it’s turned to be the most un-trusted and unstable, and in a way, the most unproductive which is to their advantage.

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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:00:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Uhuru: Here is ECK evidence / Uhuru Kenyatta wild and Dangerous Ambition !!!!