http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gE983kf5Y4
World Bank suspends projects over missing millions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmmPXU3dmRs
US govt focus on 15 public figures slowing Kenya’s reforms pace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoSQXtMiOvo
Ringera resurfaces and pays CJ a courtesy call

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5-ibWSyig0
Moi University closed indefinitely 23/09/09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKHpB23gvrs
Varsity student dies during riots 23/09/09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JydNjPRvKhE
Police officers arrested over 25 million cash theft
Saitoti Minister for Security

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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From: Judy Miriga
Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Subject: World Bank Missing Millions and other Corruption Saga in Kenya

My Sister was recently conned my a certain man and in the process lost household items and cash ( Ksh 80,000/-). This happened more than two months ago.
The con man sweettalked my sister and she thought he was a good man and allowed him to enter her house. He drugged her and made away with her gas cooker,gas cylinder, TV, DVD player among other things.He also stole my sister’s ATM card( PIN) and made withdrawals amounting to Ksh 80,000/-. We asked Cooperative bank to provide the pictures covered by their CCTV but they are taking too long.
She reported the matter to the Police at Kayole Police station but they seem to be doing nothing about this matter.

Out of desperation we have even paid Ksh 10,000/- to a certain officer to help us get this man arrested but still nothing positive is coming out. Imagine he is asking for another Ksh10,000/- before he can make any move on the conman!

We have provided the registration number of the vehicle this man was using but the Police are not using this as a possible lead to catch this thief. We have confirmed from Nyayo house that the vehicle does not belong to this conman but was hired .

The conman’s telephone number ( 0722- 853094) is still working and the police are not willing to use this to track him. He has the support of the police …that’s why his phone is still.

This man is very smart and I wonder how many people he has conned.
My sister can be reached on 0721- 616194 to provide more details. Any kind of help will be appreciated.

Thank and God bless.
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From: richard kigen
Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 5:29 AM
Subject: PLEASE HELP – CONMAN WORKING IN CAHOOT WITH POLICE.

There was a very important event at the City Council of Nairobi that was held yesterday, 22nd September 2009 and which was addressed by His Worship the Mayor Mr. Geoffrey Majiwa, the PS Performance Contracts Steering Committee Mr. Richard Ndubai, the Town Clerk Mr. Phillip Kisia and Mr. Odhiambo T Oketch, Chair to the Team of Evaluators. In attendance were the 2 Deputy Town Clerks Ms Jane Ndong’a and Mr. Abdi and the employees of the City Council of Nairobi.

We also had the entire team of Evaluators in attendance.

When people put in some positive efforts in their work, it is important to appreciate that effort. And this is what the Town Clerk convened the meeting for; to appreciate the positive efforts by some staff of the Council. And to encourage the Departments that did not perorm so well to pull up their socks next time.

The City Council of Nairobi has been in the news for some of the bad news. These constitute a very small percentage of all the efforts being put in place. The sad reality is that we have a lot of effort that is very positive that is not being mentioned and that we have some of the best employees in public service at this house that is more often than not associated with acrobatics and side shows from the town fathers.

I want to believe that time has come when we must all join in as stake holders in our city and appreciate the good work that is being done. Let us compliment the good as we castigate the poor show. The irony is that the 6% that is bad overshadows the 94% that is good.

During the award ceremony for the best performers, City Treasurers Department took the coveted number. They were followed by Engineer, Audit, Inspectorate and Public Health Departments in that order. The rest struggled with the other numbers and it means that they must put in more efforts at service delivery to enable them join the top league next year.

In terms of personnel, special mention was made of the top six performers which I want to mention not in the awarded order; Nick Otieno, Eng G Kamau, Jackson Getahi, Dr Charles Wanyonyi, Daniel Kibet and Ekaya Ghonzour. These were the six top achievers with points of 80% and above. This is something that we must applaud and appreciate.

As residents of Nairobi, I want to believe that time has come for us to engage the Council and ensure that officers so employed to serve us deliever on that promise.It does not pay when we complain in a vacuum. Let us all come forward and be proud of our Council.

We live most of our lives here and if it stinks, lets say so. It it shines, lets proclaim it at the roof tops. By so doing, we will keep the sectional heads on their toes, and Nairobi will derservingly compete Singapore and the rest.

Bravo to the team at the City Hall; His Worship the Mayor, the Town Clerk and all the employees of the City Council of Nairobi.

Odhiambo T Oketch
Chair to the Evaluation Team
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From: odhiambo okecth
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Subject: City Council of Nairobi

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela

Mama Dorca Nyong’o has nursed a dream over several years: to see the girl child reach her full potential through access to quality education. To achieve this dream, Mama who is now well into her eighties has been mobilizing support and spearheading a vigorous initiative to build a girls hostel for secondary school girls in Ratta.

The girls’ hostel is to provide shelter for disadvantaged secondary school girls where they will have better learning conditions away from the vagrancies of life. This initiative, once fulfilled, will also contribute to the UN Millennium Development Goal of improving girl child education.

Currently, the school drop-out rate for girls in Nyanza is over 50%, largely due to teenage pregnancy and poverty. The number of orphans and vulnerable children has increased dramatically in the past two decades, especially due to the HIV and AIDS pandemic, resulting in many children either being raised by poor aging grandparents, or by fellow children. The girl child faces additional disadvantages as she often bears the burden of domestic chores while at the same time facing high risks of sexual exploitation and abuse.

In an attempt to avert these risks, Mama Dorca shared her dream with fellow members of Ratta Mothers’ Union, women’s social welfare and economic development arm of ACK where she has been an active Patron over several years. In response, the mothers’ union members in their individual capacities have provided shelter to some disadvantaged children, giving them a rare opportunity to access education with minimal interruption. However, they realized this is not adequate to address the problem in terms of scope and numbers of disadvantaged children at risk.
The mothers are keen to see a sustainable solution. This solution partly lies in building a girls’ hostel as a first step to ensure security and safe learning environment for the girls. On their part, the mothers have donated a piece of land for the construction of the hostel; contributed building materials such as ballast, sand, stones, worth Ksh 898,800.

In addition to this, the mothers reached out to their daughters and friends resulting in the creation of “Friends of the Mothers Union” (FORAMU), an informal group of young women who quickly organized modest fundraising activities such as “Three Times a Woman”, and “Nya Nam Nite” both held in Nairobi on 7th May 2006 and 28 July, 2006 respectively to support the mothers initiative. To this end, an additional Ksh 1,200,000 has been raised and banked towards this project. However, the total projected cost of the project is estimated to be Ksh 8,000,000.

To help meet this shortfall, Hon. Phoebe Asiyo, Chairperson of Caucus for Women’s Leadership, and a renowned champion for women’s development, has graciously accepted to officiate at a major funds drive and laying of the foundation stone for the Girls’ Hostel, on Sunday 4 October, 2009, at St. Paul’s ACK Church, Ratta. She will be assisted by a number of dynamic ladies who are great supporters of this cause.

We are inviting you to join us in this noble initiative through your generous contributions and/ or participation, to enable these determined mothers. Like Mama Dorca, let’s take a step towards realizing the dream of educating and empowering the girl child, as they say, ‘educating a girl is educating a household.”
May the Lord bless you abundantly for giving.

Payments to: St. Pauls ACK Mothers Group Ratta,
A/C 077136005568, Kenya Commercial Bank, Kisumu Branch.
Dorothy Nyong’o
7th Sense Communications
P.O. Box 15730-00100
Nairobi
Tel/Fax: 3861910
0733 937660

Please find attached invitation card. We look forward to seeing you there and/or receiving your generous contribution.

For those who may not be able to join us in Ratta, together with those who can join us in Nairobi as well as in Ratta, we will get together on Friday 2 October, 2009, at United Kenya Club, Nairobi at 5.30pm for a talk by Dr. Margaret Wanjohi of Starehe Girls Centre on “The Challenges of Rural Education for Girls” and a mini-harambee.

Thank you and Kind Regards

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From: Secretariat-Nyanza Economic Forum
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:43 AM
Subject: A Hostel for Girls in Ratta – Nyanza

TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT IS POINTLESS

The advancement of Tanzania and the success of its government will remain a mere dream unless everyone (government officials, politicians – partisans and oppositions and the public in general) put the national agenda or interest over personal ones. Are the people who run this government so insecure in their sense of power that they have to go around picking on the least fortunate in our society? There are many cracks in the financial system, some of which we now know.

These political assignees have corrupted, conspired and destroyed the trust and faith of ordinary Tanzanians. Children are being denied national mainstay and forced into poverty.

With the situation on the ground, legal aid is being phased out which deprives the poor and poverty stricken Citizens of Equal Protection and their Constitutional Rights.

Full-house of undoing gentle-men and ladies, gallivanting to make laws, research and design unpatriotic proposals, but it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their conduct and example, the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions, on accident and force. Everyone in life has an agenda (a plan that he or she wants to accomplish), but said agenda should not outdo the national agenda, especially when one serves in the public sector.

Unfortunately, personal interest and selfishness has characterized the activities of most public officials and politicians in the country, though I cant name any. Tanzania’s government is under obligation to ensure the security of and provide conditions for better education and quality health services for the masses; civil servants were to carryout government’s operations Ministers and other top-level government officials needed to reexamine themselves and better serve the over 40 million population of Tanzania.

These ministers are chosen among the [Tanzanian people] by ‘will’ of Mr. President. Is this the gratitude they are showing back to the president and the Tanzanian people by doing the wrong things by being selfish some officials of government are serving only themselves and failing to follow the national agenda set by the government in which they serve. Many of them were boastful, mean to those who worked under them, and refuse to come down to understand their problems as a way of enhancing government’s performance. They see government offices and materials as their personal properties, what a shame they need to repent. Heads of ministries and agencies of government ought to provide scholarships and other learning opportunities for their employees instead of discouraging those who are working and attending universities to advance themselves academically.

Opposition politicians, who are always criticizing the Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete government are only making empty criticism and doing nothing to help the country rebuild. This regime may not be the problem. Tanzania polls are often wildly inaccurate. The numbers rarely matter as much as the trajectory. In the 2005 polls, it mattered little what the ruling party’s actual numbers were. What mattered was that they consistently went up (and their opponents’ went down) after The Polls .

As the candidates go into full swing in Tanzania, it will be interesting to see what happens in the 2010 polls. This time, CCM is starting with the advantage of incumbency (which can also become a cure or a curse) & higher initial poll numbers. But it’s interesting that the ruling party’s numbers only increased 3 points relative to the full field. This suggests that while most (urban) respondents support the party, those who don’t would oppose it irrespective of their next option. That was a highly polarized electorate.

The prevalence of corruption as indicated what is happening in Tanzania, coupling with our own perception about how it accounts for our abject poverty and underdevelopment made the President’s pronouncement looked hollow. However, the incessant use of presidential prerogative of mercy to pardon convicted public officials is worrying, as it reduces the power of the law courts in upholding public values against corruption and bad governance. Invariably, it also undermines the Nation’s resolve and commitment in fighting corruption ruthlessly. It must be recalled, the trial and imprisonment of the indicted Ministers and other Officials in signaled a ruthless resolve of the government, spearheaded by the Attorney General not to shield and protect corrupt officials.

What does this say about us? How have we so lost our way? We need nuclear power plants, oil refineries, alternative energy sources, infrastructure replacement and enhancement and new transportation systems. We all know we need to address these things. And yet, we can’t because we largely hamstring ourselves with layer upon layer of bureaucracy, rules, regulations, and licensing requirements, permit processes, etc. etc.

Our grandparents and parents have left us a bountiful lifestyle that was created by the toil and grit of their labours. The more we have the more we seem to take our plenty for granted. We don’t want a power plant anywhere near us. But, we certainly want heat in the winter, cool in the hot summer and plenty of power to ramp up our myriad appliances whenever we wish to enjoy their benefits. No drilling for oil, offshore, onshore, or in a remote mosquito infested Central bog where no animal or man goes! But, we sure want oil for our cars and natural gas for our homes in quantity and preferably cheap! We can’t have it both ways.

The Indonesians, the Americans, the Chinese, Indians and eastern Europeans have not inherited our bounty. They are creating theirs as we diddle here. There are building dams, roads, power plants, harvesting minerals and building infrastructure at a record pace. Their growing middle classes realize that sacrifice, hard work and vision are needed to advance in a competitive world. They will, and are doing what it takes to succeed.

Statistics shows that 33.3% are of Tanzanians are not expected to live to 40; 51% have no access to safe drinking water; 59% lack proper sanitation; 70.2% live on less than 1$ a day, while 43% live below the national poverty line. An improved economic performance and a record of respect for democratic rights and freedoms are some of the major achievements of the Jakaya Kikwete administration. As his days in power come to an end, there will be a lot of talk about the president’s legacy and listening to the president’s speech recently, I felt very sorry for him that there is a lot he can actually point to as what he’s actually achieved. The performance of the economy and respect for democratic freedoms are not a single term goal, they are very important but they are intangibles that mean very little to the man on the street who can’t afford housing, has to queue for hours for a rickety to take him to work and could be killed by the most treatable of diseases because our health centres are in such a poor state.

Setting -up sensitive policies for our people, developing and strengthening a democratic system is an essential component that can generate development. Partnership and collaboration between donor agencies, Tanzania governments, church, Moslem institutions and local communities must be built on values, which are at once social, economic, moral and religious. True development must promote capabilities on Tanzania to achieve the desired functioning.

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Yona Fares Maro
I.T. Specialist and Digital Security Consultant

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From: Yona Fares Maro
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Subject: TANZANIAN GOVERMENT AND LEADERS ARE POINTLESS

Jawadh Kanisa Adwen motelo no Kolej mar Adwen ma Kamagambo kar rito rombe gi mwandu makanyono to olokore ondiek ma dwaro kidho rombe gi mwandu moket e lwete.

Ondiegno oseng’ado ni jarit pesa ma e dala no ma oket gi kanisa nyaka wuog kanyo nikech tame bilo mwandu mar dalano. Osetimo mpango kata mar nego miyo marito pesa e dalono gi jaode.

Nyocha ooro jagot marito kanyo mondo ochuo mama no gi jaode kod asere e seche mag otieno. ma en wach ma wawuoro ndi Rongo ka, ni to kare jakwath
nyalo dwaro chamo rombe ma omiye ni oriti.

Ka ne iloro skul edwe mar abiryo, jakwath ni ne ogole milome magala gala ne nyithindo ni omed pesa ma owinjo gi chul mar somo-milome ma weg dala no mar
adwen ne kia to ooro japuonj ma jaka bim mondo okon nyithi kolej ni milome oa ir miyo no marito pesa.

Bang’ milome no to nyithindo ma jo got gi joka bimbe mane oseng’iewo ne ogolo nyithindo mamoko ni gi dhi giwang’ miyo no gi nyithinde ka nindo ei ode.

Gima iwuoro ni jakwadh ni en mana jaluo kaka miyo no kendo en ng’ama jotel mar adwen ei Kenya omiyo lwedo klendo ogene ni oromo bet jakwath ma ber.

Jokanyanam, magi e ma omiyo oganda moko ochawa kendo njawowa.

E

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From: Fuambo Janyandito
Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Subject: JAKWATH OLOKORE ONDIEK E DALA MAR MISHEN

From: Christine Baraza
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 11:18:19 PM
Subject: Recall Ambassador Ogego Immediately

Many Kenyans abroad have expressed the view that Ambassador Ogego should be recalled on many grounds and I believe its time he was recalled. His stay in the US as Kenya’s Ambasador is only hurting the relationship between Kenya and the United States.

1. First, Mr.Ogego hasnt built any good relationships with the United States at a time when Kenya needs that relationship more than any other time before. It’s Mr.Ogego who even before presenting his credentials to President Bush rubbished the current President-Barrack Obama the wrong way for no apparent reason but only that Ogego was selfishly protecting his job and his stomach. Its no wonder that his continued stay in the US will not be helpful to any bilateral relationship with the United States. The Kenya government by leaving Ogego as Ambassador is only hurting itself and the benefits that Kenya can gain from US-Kenya relationship. Ogego is not the one to build that relationship and this is not something that Kibaki doesnt know. For the good of the country, he should be recalled immediately.

2.Secondly,any Kenyan who lives in the United States knows very well that Ogego is not a Diplomat at all..maybe only by name. He is arrogant and more than proud to lead any group of people. He has proved that political appointees with no diplomacy training do not make good ambassadors. All that Ogego has been doing is protecting his job by any means necessary..by being partisan and not doing what a diplomat is supposed to do. Ogego can do anything to protect his job at the expense of serving Kenyans abroad. It seems that Ogego has exported serving PNU to the United States at the expense of serving Kenya. He seems to have zero respect for the Prime Minister for reasons better known to him. Just as we speak there are rumours that he championed the view that Raila should not meet President Obama before Kibaki does. What does that help Kenya with?

3. Third, Ogego is more partisan that politicians in Kenya today. In 2007, he openly campaigned in the United States for Mwai Kibaki and made every meeting that he attended a political meeting where he bashed ODM and Raila Odinga and championed the vote for Kibaki. He even said that donors will run away from Kenya if ODM wins. Are civil servants supposed to do that? Is Public Officer’s Ethics Act being flouted with abandon here? He went as far as saying that no one should symphathise with him for being partisan and warned the country into voting ODM saying that donors will run away if ODM won. Today, Ogego continues to rubbish ODM and the Prime Minister, wherever he goes and seems to represent PNU in the United States and not the Kenyan government. This is not what Kenyans in the United States want their ambassador to be. Its time Ogego was recalled back into the country.

4. Fourth, Ogego’s contract expired more than 4 months ago and he is today holding the position due to political reasons and not any reasons that would benefit Kenya.Its political shananigans that is keeping Ogego in the United States and not any good reason at all. This is the time that Kenya needs a strong team and an enlightened Diplomat in Washington D.C and Ogego is not that diplomat. For the Good of Kenya, let Ogego be recalled with immediate effect.

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From: Stevens Musuku
Subject: Re: Recall Ambassador Ogego Immediately
Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 6:17 AM

Christine Baraza, well audited report. Better put and said more than I could ever imagine in my wildest of dreams. But I do beg to differ wit you on only on item; recalling him back home. I don not really know how this may/will help the people back at home. This is a fellow who does not have the interests of the people of Kenya, or even Kenya itself at heart. He’s got his own interests at heart. Kenya needs recalling people who would/will add value to the well-being of our nation and the people that occupy it.

Ogego, given he has done all these wanting stuff while out of Kenya, what do you imagine the guy would do if brought back home? Kuna msemo wa kiswahili, naukumbuka nyakati zile nilikuwa bado shuleni. Mwalimu wangu a lugha ya kiswahili at that time told me, “akumulikae mchana, usiku akuchoma”. Now just in case u may want me to expound on that, if this guy is tribalistic while in the US, where there aint no tribes, what would he do once he jets back to the country where tribalism is strangling a great population of this country? He will have a field day spreading his seeds of discord. I would rather this guy is kept at bay.

Najua na ninafahamu kuwa yeye ni mkenya tu kama mimi na wewe na wale wakenya wengine. Kenya ni kwao nyumbani, lakini ikiwa yeye hana itifaki hata kidogo, hana heshima kwa nchi yake na kwa binadamu kwa jumla, yeye hafai kupewa heshima. Kono mtupu haulambwi, scratch my back I scratch yours. I believe someone somewhere has to take some time and pump some knowledge of etiquete into him before he even qualifies to jet back home. I am indeed sorry for my input in this, but again, this is just a personal opinion, thats how I feel. My sentiments are subject to criticism, I am not an angel to claim that whatever I say has to carry the day. I just dn’t like this guy.

Thats it

Steve

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From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Recall Ambassador Ogego Immediately
Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:47 AM

Glad to hear from Christine,

It is true Ambassador Ogego is a big embarrassment in Washington D.C. All his actions and sneekiness are associated to those of Mafia gang of the underworld. I believe he has overstayed his usefulness if there were any. Keeping him here any longer confirms how Kenya is completely dysfunctional and is a failed State. I had registered my complaint of the same in the past.

No one in any administration can trust information of diplomatic consultation as credible and reliable coming from Ambassador Ogego.

I therefore wonder, of what use would Kenya Coalition Government be keeping Ambassador Ogego in the U.S.A.? Under which category bracket of Diplomatic Representation is Ogego serving Kenya or Kenyans and the host Country? Whose interest is he serving? Can we get answers from Kenyan Government and the Parliamentary policy Governing body?

I believe these are wastages of Public Tax Payers money, exposing lack of integrity in the part of Kenya’s standing and weakening all possible Diplomatic relations and ties between Kenya and the world.

The Citizens of Kenya must demand to account from the Kenyan Government and pressure for immediate action.

Thank you.

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