From: Tuse David
Sent: Sunday, 18 October, 2009 10:58:54
Subject: Re: CHADEMA

Kuna baadhi ya watu ambao wanataka tuamini kuwa siku Tanzania ikichukuliwa na wapinzani basi matatizo yote ya Tanzania yatatoweka kama ukungu! Baadhi ya watu hawa, hawaishi kuonesha udhaifu wa chama tawala na serikali yake iliyoko madarakani. Ni watu hawa ambao kwao hakuna jema lolote, na hakuna kitu chochote kizuri ambacho kimewahi kufanywa na serikali iliyoko madarakani. Kwa watu hawa, ili kuweza kuona angalau kitu kizuri basi inabidi utumie darubini!!

> > > > > > wa Yanga wakihamia Simba na wa Simba wakihamia Yanga, bado shabiki

from Hildegarda Kiwasila
date Oct 18, 2009 5:33 AM
subject Re: CHADEMA Na Helikopta

Tuse mimi ni mmoja nisiyeamini kama upinzani utaleta mabadiliko. Toka tumeanza na baba wataifa alitegemea tutabadilika hadi leo bado. Tumesoma bure huko nyuma, tukapata scholarship, study tours ulaya, nchi za kiafrica-bado tupo ndio kwanza tunazama.

Mbona hizo nchi zote hizo ulizotaja ambako wapinzani wamechukua madaraka kumekuwa balaa. Chiluba hakutoka upinzani? Au nimechanganya? Hakuwa mtu wa labour movement akitaka kuboresha hasa? Imani ya wapinzani kufanya vyema sijaipata kwani unaona hapa bongoland nao wanagombana ktk vyama vyao, kufungiana milango etc.

Pili, tunasikia matumizi mabaya ya fedha wanazopewa za ruzuku, malalamiko ya udini na ukabila ndani ya vyama vyao. Vyama vingine unakuta ni cha mahala fulani tu mfano kina wafuasi zaidi Moshi au Pemba au Mwanza kilikoanzishwa kwengine hakina wafuasi wengi au hakuna kabisa. Vitashindaje kwa wingi wa kura na kutawala nchi? Una chama Pemba, ukatawale nchi nzima?

Makosa kama ya CCM yapo. Unakuwa Mbunge una jimbo hujibidiishi kuhamasisha maendeleo ukaonyesha mfano. Upo kuweka vikao na kulaani tu. Wananchi hawaoni unachofanya au si mfano mzuri katika jamii. Sasa helikopta, ni gharama kiasi gani? Kama angejenga visima vya maji, kuanzisha au kutafuta mhisani wa kiwanda kidogo au mashine mfano za kutoa beeswax katika asali na masega kwa wafuga nyuki, ambulance ya wagonjwa kwa zahanati; kununua mizinga ya nyuki kuwapa akina mama na vijana Moshi maana wana miti mingi na wanalinda uoto vizuri. Mzinga mmoja wa kisasa ni 20,000-28,000/= Mtu anajiwekea shamba au nyumbani kama ni zile nyuki zisizouma. Asali ya nyuki zisizouma lita TAS 6-8,000/= organic foods zinatakiwa sana duniani, bibi kizee asingepata fedha akamuona wa maana?

Helikopta si gharama zaidi? Unapita juu, chini watu wanatembeza mgonjwa kwa baiskeli kilomita kadhaa kumpeleka kutibiwa. Nyumba inawaka, mji mzima hauna gari ya zimamoto, watu wanaungua na kupoteza mali, wewe unaleta helikopta ya kuuza maneno ya siasa? Mtu hawi mjinga siku zote, watayapima haya yote. Sijashawishika.

Kingine unaona kama mtu anatoka CCM, anakwenda upinzani, anahamahama vyama kama akikosa cheo mfano kama yule anayehama hama dini. Leo RC, kesho msabato, anahama-AIC; -Kakobe;-Kwera;-last church of Jesus;-Holly Ghost; Mikocheni kwa mama Mbunge mwenye kanisa kubwa, mashule na Mikopo kwa waumini-hapo katua etc kote huko anatafuta Mungu au Yesu??? Hakieleweki na sina imani kama wakipata madaraka, kutakuwa na mabadiliko. Kutakuwa na magomvi ya vyeo.

Mwisho, mentality yetu waafrika ni moja, iwe Kenya, Tanzania, zambia etc. Ukabila, ubinafsi, udugu, uroho umetutawala; ufanisi mdogo kazini, kuabudu vya nje; kutokupenda kusoma na kugundua. Jioni aidha upo unauza utaranta, upo viti virefu au umelala. haupo katika maktaba hata kama ya home, unasoma, unapekua, unaunda, unajaribia unavumvua teknoligia. Twangoja tuletewe hata ferry ya Ukerewe au Kigamboni. Hatuundi!!

Ndio maana ukoloni mambo leo unarudi. wanarudi tena kuchimba madini, mafuta, kuanzisha viwanda, mashamba mpaka ya maua tunaajiriwa na kuyanunua maua daily gharama za ofisi, Kanisa, sherehe. Sio tuyatoe ktk bustani ya serikali karimjee, Magomeni-hizo zote zimekufa. Yanakuja kwa ndege kutoka Arusha agenti anayaleta. Tumeshindwa tumbaku, chai, mahindi, mashamba ya NAFCO ya majaribio ya minazi, ngano na mahindi ya kujaza maghala ya serikali-hata maua ya ofisi bajeti ya GVT? Ni sisi sisi sitegemei mabadiliko kama ndani ya ubongo na mitazamo yetu hatubadiliki. Ndio maana private sector utendaji wake ni kama public sector.

Hilda K

from “dr.augustine rukoma”
date Oct 18, 2009 6:24 AM
subject Re: CHADEMA Na Helikopta

Dada yangu maoni yako ni mazuri lakini naona unaelekea kukata tamaa. kama hali ndo hiyo unayosema toa mawazo au mapendekezo kupingapinga na kulalama si suruhisho. mimi ni mwanasayansi nimeone tatizo watanzania wengi wanang’olewa meno badala ya kuzibwa. sikupendezwa na hali hile nikaamua kufanya utafiti kuona nini sababu hasa ukizingatia meno bandia hayafanyi kazi kama meno halisi nimepata majibu sasa nakamalishi uchapishaji wa utafiti wangu na baadae kutoa elimu kwa umma. nimekwisha toa matokeo ya awali mbele ya watafiti wa kimataifa kule mombasa kenya nitafanya hivyo mwezi wa kumi na moja hapa tanzania.na wanabidii nitawapa nakala.

si nia ya kupinga mawazo yako dada lakini kama umeona tatizo fanyatafiti mapata majibu na toa mapendekezo. kutoa mifano ya akina Chiluba sio sahihi kwanini usitoe mfano wa Ghana?

from Gululi Gululi
date Oct 18, 2009 6:52 AM
subject Re: CHADEMA Na Helikopta

Hilda, nimesoma kwa umakini ujumbe wako, ukweli nimejifunza na kugundua vitu viwili muhimu. moja, ni hali ya kukata tamaa iliyopo miongoni mwa watanzania wengi kama uliyonayo wewe juu ya mabadiriko kama yataleta ufanisi ama laa. pili nimegundua kwamba, watu wengi hatuamini katika mabadiriko.

kifupi ni kwamba, watu wengi hubeza mabadiriko, lakini ni mabadiriko hayohayo ndiyo huleta maendeleo katika jamii yoyote, waingerza wanasema, something we fear, it is fear itself:’ hiyo sipendi kuamini kuwa eti hata wapinzani wakiingia madarakani hawatafanya kitu chochote, hiyo siyo kweli kwani hata chama tawala wenyewe walianza

kwa kuwa wapinzani wa ukoloni kupitia misingi ya TANU.
Ninachoweza kusema, ni mfumo wetu wa siasa hapa nchini ambao ni tatizo na kikwazo kikubwa katika maendeleo ya siasa hapa nchini. kutokana na ukweli kwamba hakuna ushirikiano kwenye mambo yanayohusu maslahi ya nchi, iwe kwa CCM au vyama vya upinzani. kwa upande wa vyama vya upinzani wao wana kitu ambacho kinaitwa ” To oppose, everything, to propose nothing untill the downfall of the government” na kwa upande wa CCM kwa upande wao wanakitu kinachoitwa, ” to reject everything, to agree nothing untill the demise of opposition party”. hiyo ndiyo tatizo katika mfumo wetu wa siasa hapa nchini.

Lakini siyo kweli , kwamba hata wapinzani wakiingia madarakani hawatafanya kitu. kwani huwezi kukosoa kitu kama ni kibaya, wakati hujakipa dhamana ya kuongoza. Mwanazuoni moja aliwahi kusema kwamba, “we are the change we wish to see”

from Hildegarda Kiwasila
date Oct 18, 2009 12:25 PM
subject Re: CHADEMA Na Helikopta

Thanks Gululi,

Hayo ni mawazo yangu tu na wasi wasi wangu. Ila angalia kitu kinachoendelea, onyesha indicator ya kule ambako kuna mbunge wa upinzani ambaye ni tajiri ana mahelikopta, viwanda ameleta mabadiliko yanayoonekana katika jimbo lake au kata yake anapoishi ikawa inawika tukaisikia kuwa ya mfano. Ninawaomba wao wafanye tathimini na watoe makala za vitabu watuonyeshe hayo na vigezo.

Kingine ni pale mimi ninapoona migogoro vyamani mwao kama CCM. pamoja na kuwa chama kipo eneo fulani tu-Pemba, Mwanza, Bukoba kwingine hakuna au finyu. pamoja na haya unakuta kama usemavyo ni kupinga kupinga, kupingua kwa mifano no-kama ule waraka unaosema-wao wamesoma sana, wana mahospitali-wewe husomi why?

Mwisho ni pale, inapofuka kutuoa mgombea-kila mmoja anataka nkugombea yeye awe Rais. hawatoi mgombea mmoja, wanaliona chaguzi zote, wanatawanya kura, CCM inachukua nafasi, wanaanza tena kubwata kupinga na bila kupingua. wengine wapo vile vile kama hivyo CCM waisemayo-wanagombea, wanaafya mbaya, wanaumwa, hawaachii wengine na wanawafungia nje? demokrasia itakuja kweli. Nyerere alisema kweli-hakuna chama tena kama CCM, wengine wote wana matatizo, ikarabatini CCM ipo hapa kudumu. na kweli itadumu. wanavyochomeana nyumba, kumwagiana kinyesi, ukabila, udini uliwazi-watu watasema., mmmmh bora jini likujualo. Tunatishwa?

Ktk Vyama vyote, si uongo nikisema hata kama si mwanachama wao-Ninaimani na Chadema tu. lakini bado ninawasiwasi mwingi. Sina haja ya kujaza karatasi. hata kama ni mchumba anayehangaika-si mpaka atoe mahari ndio uone ni kweli. Na uongo-mpaka muingie kanisani au msikitini yaani aonyeshe mfano ndio uamini.

Thank you.

From: Christine Baraza
Date: Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 7:21 PM

By MUTAHI NGUNYI

This is a letter to the ‘‘House of Mumbi’’, those of the GEMA community. I address you as the son of a ‘‘Mau Mau hustler’’.I have three thoughts from my late father. When I was a boy, he gave me stories about a guy called Gikuyu and his girl, Mumbi. The two founded the tribe. They had nine girls or something like that. No son. And they lived happily there after. But I had questions about this romantic relationship. As a boy, I asked my father, who married the nine girls?

He kept quiet. Then I asked him; if they got children, who was their father? How was the tribe created? He got violent. In fact, he gave me a beating for asking questions ‘‘… without legs’’. But then later, I figured that may be he had no answer. Or may be there was a hidden secret in the tribe. I became curious. And so I began my boyish inquiry. If the only man in the tribe was Gikuyu, did he have children with his daughters?

This thought was appalling beyond. My father would have killed me for thinking so. I had to settle on a more acceptable deduction. That is: If Gikuyu had nine daughters, their children must have been fathered by other tribes. That is the Maasai, Ndorobo, Luo, Luhya, and all. But even this, my father would not accept. I had to rest my case. Allow me now to interpret my boyish deductions. To reproduce your GEMA tribe, you have only two choices.. One, you can choose the path of incest. This is the path of in-breeding and sin. Although shameful, it is the path you chose in 2007. And the results are obvious: Political incest can only produce mongoloids.
This is what you have in the coalition government.

The second choice is the one taken by Gikuyu and Mumbi. They sent their daughters to breed with others. This is how the tribe survived. Your survival, therefore, depends on others; the Maasai, Ndorobo, Luo, Luhya and all. And, on this, the alternatives are zero. My father’s second thought was given when I got circumcised. But not explicitly. He had a telephone at home; what you would call an antique today. As a way of controlling it, he locked it using a padlock from the government. He always carried the key. One day, he came home for lunch. He needed to call his boss badly.

Unfortunately, he had forgotten the key at the office. The man was disparate. And from the ‘‘kindness’’ of our hearts, my brother Peter and I decided to help. We tapped the phone for him. He watched in amazement as we handed the receiver for him to talk to the boss. When he finished his call, he stared at us with a ‘‘kali sana’’ face. But instead of punishing us, he decided to remove the padlock for good. He knew we were smarter now. After all, we had just gotten circumcised. And this is how he gave us the second thought about the tribe. Explaining his frustration with the phone call, he told us that the Gikuyu had two categories of people; the ‘‘ahoi’’ and the ‘‘athomi’’. The ‘‘ahoi’’ were the poor..

In rural areas they walk around without shoes, their feet all cracked up. And in urban areas, they are the ‘‘shamba boys’’, the drivers and the cooks. As a driver, he told us he was in the urban group of ‘‘ahoi’’. The ‘‘athomi’’ were the educated and propertied. They were also arrogant, insensitive and ruthless. This is why he needed to make the phone call; he had to drop their children somewhere. His point? The ‘‘athomi’’ did not think much of the ‘‘ahoi’’. They saw them as slaves of sorts. And this is how you must understand President Kibaki. Most of you follow him blindly. In fact, because you are in the ‘‘ahoi’’ group, he expects you to.

Unfortunately, and together with the ‘‘athomi’’, he dragged you into a state of civil war. They used you.. And since the ‘‘athomi’’ are untouchable, you bore the brunt of the violence. Where are your IDPs today? In the meantime, you think the presidency is yours. Zero. It belongs to the ‘‘athomi’’. Allow me to describe your position as ‘‘ahoi’’ using a story. A man set out on a journey through a thick forest full of thorns and rocks. Suddenly, an elephant appeared and gave him chase. He took off and went to hide in a well. To his horror, he saw a huge snake at the bottom of the well.

He had to cling to a thorny creeper that was growing around it. Looking up, he saw two mice chewing the creeper he was hanging on. But just as he was contemplating his next move, he saw a bee hive next to his mouth. Occasional drops of honey were trickling from the hive. And this man tested the honey. He got confused. Although a kind man offered to help him out of his trouble, he refused. He wanted to be excused until he had enjoyed himself to the full. Not clever. Good people, you are behaving like this man. You have seen a bee hive dripping with honey.
And although you are hanging on a thin creeper between an angry elephant and a snake, you don’t care. You want to enjoy the honey, the presidency.

Unfortunately, the creeper will snap and you will have to deal with the snake at the bottom of the well. On this, the choice is yours. The third thought regards Mungiki. When my father joined Mau Mau, they called it a Mungiki-type movement. Yet it was a group of restless young people whose ‘‘wazees’’ had lost direction. I want to put it to you that you have no leadership. The ‘‘wazees’’ in your ranks have reached intellectual menopause. And in this state, they have exhibited unnecessary arrogance towards others. As a shareholder in your tribe, I submit that you need new leadership. A leadership that will cause you to climb down in the interest of the country. One that is not beholden to the ‘‘athomi’’ and one that will respect the other communities.
mutahi@myself.com
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Subject: Why the “House of Mumbi” Must Climb Down

From: Francis Tome
Date: Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 12:18 PM

Dear Sir/Madam,

Going by the recent bits and pieces from a section of the clergy it becomes abundantly clear that the most surreal aspect of our great constitutional debate is the Beltway credence given to the ravings of the seemingly apolitical and unrepentant religious blunderers. They have made it their sole business to constantly erect road blocks by way of rushing to court to emasculate us in our collective efforts to midwife a new constitutional order. And now they have the audacity to imperiously and tardily demand for minimum constitutional reforms rather than the constitutional overhaul that the country is in dire need of!

If my mind serves me right the same clergy was and has been in the forefront in clamoring for a total overhaul of the constitution. And now they have seen the light, and changed from Paul to Saul. It cannot be the other way round. That is why the pulpy clergy are harping from the pulpit and in many other available forums; “No to comprehensive constitutional reforms! We want minimum constitutional reforms” This is extremely ridiculous. I am convinced that behind this facade are certain political big wigs who are deeply anti-reformists. The question that bothers many people is why this section of the clergy continues to harbor extremely cynical views of the Kenyan electorate. Why unashamedly engage in political ping pong with the constitution making process? It is not difficult to explain their sudden change of heart.

They all along hoped that by engaging in all manner of antics, they will force the Committee of Experts (CoE) into a last minute, cut-and-paste exercise that will favour their political disposition. Their collective actions and inactions are not only embarrassing them as leaders but also the church as a whole. They must be reminded that the church is not a political party that demands that all its members must take a similar political view on an issue. So whose interests are they representing? Theirs would be a lousy way to run even a chicken farm. It’s an unconscionable way to run the church. But then this was not entirely unexpected since most of these clergy manage their churches just like a Stock Exchange. I would love to think that there might be someone out there who would at long last put that case loud and clear to the this pretentious lot before they get more opportunity to peddle their deeply depressing opinion.

If left unchecked they will adamantly and deliberately refuse to see that failure in adopting a new constitution poses adverse monumental and multilateral effects for this country. They will continue to lay blame at the feet of the two principals and resort to using all manner of whimsical and unconventional adjectives to convey their powerful rush of emotions. They will call them “moribund and ineffective” but at the same time engage in impious antics to deny the nation that which is central to its stability.

TOME FRANCIS,

BUMULA CONSTITUENCY.

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Subject: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS: THE CLERGY IS GIVING THE FAITHFUL A POISONED CHALICE.

From: odhiambo okecth
Date: Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:39 AM

Cases of thieves walking into your offices, stealing from you and walking out are again becoming a feature in Nairobi.

Yesterday, the nation reports that Mr. Anil Patel was robbed in this manner along Biashara Street, and immediately the thieves walked out, the police walked in to inquire how much loot had been taken. Remember, NOBODY called them.

I had such an experience some years back. I was with my wife at Mitsumi in Westlands when thieves walked in and robbed the premises at gun point. Immediately they left, the police came in a peugeot 504 and asked us how much had been stolen. Again in this case, NOBODY had called them.

Is it by any coincidence that the police know of such theft cases without being called? Or are they part of this problem?

The sad thing is that they come to ask how much had been stolen.

Tough call for action to Mr Jonathan Koskei with Police Reforms.

Odhiambo T Oketch
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Subject: City Shops easy targets for thieves

From: Leo Odera Omolo
Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:48 AM

CONFLICTS OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS ARE THE MAIN SOURCE OF DISCONTENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NYANZA AS PTAS AND BOGS ENGAGE IN WAR OF ATTRITION.

Commentary By Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu City.

CONFLICTS of economic interests are the main cause of tensions between the Parents Teachers Associations {PTAs}, the Boards of Governors{BOGs} , head principals and head teachers in various schools in Nyanza Province.

In most schools, the principals and head teachers, the Parents Teachers Association and the Boards of Governors are always at war of attrition over petty issues such as the supplies of food-stuff, detergents, hardware and building materials.

It is even worse, particularly when the money involved is disbursed from the government evolving funds such as CDF and school bursary cash. It is always a big scramble as each and every group want to have a cut in the money.

Other contentious issues which the Government must step into to ensure they are resolved amicably is the question of head teachers importing their relatives and friends from their back home and employing them as members of non-teaching and backup manual laborers in the schools which they head, to the chagrins of the local communities.

In some schools, the greedy head teachers have imported their own kin and engaged them on petty work at the facilities such as grass clearing, cleaners, sweepers ,cooks, drivers at the expense of the locals.

It can be remembered that districts, nationals etc were established after independence in 1963. The school were established through the sweats and sacrifices of the local communities, and the government only moved in and took over the management of the schools. These people {Members of the local communities} feel bitter about seeing strangers employed on petty jobs, which could easily be filled with their own sons and daughters.

It makes no sense for a head teacher who hails from Seme in Kisumu West district, but heading a secondary school in a rural Migori or Nyatike districts, to import his or her relatives . All kinds of workers could easily be sourced from within the locality. But this is the common practice with the head teachers inside Luo-Nyanza.

And when cornered, the head teachers resort to dirty tricks and tactics of inciting students to street demonstrations and name calling protests against the PTA members perceived to be enraged over these matters.

My investigations has revealed that as soon as the new head of a secondary school is transferred to a new station of work, such teachers begin their work by weeding out all key staff who were serving his predecessor, such as bursar, clerks, messengers, day and night watchmen. The staffers are mostly the locals, and the new head teachers want to create employment opportunities for their kin and friends..

Other head teachers have adopted the bad habit of making themselves the suppliers of all the essential supplies to their schools. Such supplies are purchased with the monies from the school’s own coffers through the proxies, just for the purpose of minting more profits from the schools funds.

A case in point is that of a head teacher, who is alleged to be using the school money for purchasing beef cattle, to be slaughtered at the nearby butchery. The meat of poor quality, taken out of the cow, are feed to the students, while the best part is sold to the public for huge profits.

Another area of open abuse of offices, is the practice by the head teachers of misusing school buses, which are serving their relatives when ferrying them to funerals almost on weekly basis to the homes of their dead relatives. This is in total disregard of the bus’s wear and tear and the expenses involved. The school buses are insured exclusively for the use of students and teachers, and strictly not outsiders. This practice must come to a stop.

There is also a clear evidence of inefficiency and incompetence in terms of secondary school supervision in Nyanza Province. Non-performing head teachers, who have overstayed in one station of work, and become wealthy by engaging in illicit trades and supplies of material to their own school, are usually allegedly dishing out money to their supervisors, against any possibility of them being transferred to other schools.

This pathetic situation calls for overhauling of schools management in the entire Province, and radical changes put in place. Such changes must include the tendering system for the supplies to that school, which must be done at a central place for all schools in order to avoid corruptive practices by the principals and head teachers.

It does not make sense for a head teacher to engage his kin, who is a not a local person, as painter or a carpenter, maintaining woodworks at the school, and yet this categories of workers are so much in abundance within the locality. All these kinds of nepotism and clanism must come to an immediate end if the schools in the region are to maintain high standard of education and good performance at the national exams. Non-performing teachers who have stayed in one school for more than eight years should be reshuffled, particularly in those schools which do not score sufficient marks for the university entry points.

The Luo MPs are silent over these contentious issues. Why? The e issues need to be addressed as a matter of to priority and the high level of school management restored.

Ends

leoderaomolo@yahoo.com

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Subject: Conflicts of economic interests are ruining secondary schools in Nyanza Province

From: odhiambo okecth
Date: Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:01 AM

The Judiciary and the police have once more been brought to public scrutiny.

Mr. Moses Washika and his wife, Rinah Washika were arrestedly shortly after their 5 daughters were found killed on 18th December 2005.

They have been in remand for the last 4 years until the courts set them free for luck of evidence recently. And our sympathies alone cannot reconcile the waste years behind bars.

How many Kenyans suffer such? And what happens to the police officers who arrested them without gathering enough evidence before the arrests were made? What happens to the Judicial officer who sat on the case for all those 4 years?

Many Kenyans are victims of such incompetence from the Police and at the Judiciary. They are arrested on flimsy charges, kept in remand homes for as long at takes without intervention from the Judiciary, and such are the cases that should compel the public to insist on the Police and Judiciary being placed on performance contracts.

Such accountability will make one who is offended to seek redress and counter sue the officers for wrongful arrests. It will minimize cases of witch hunt and incompetence. We have officers who arrest innocent Kenyans just to settle scores. They lock you in for as long as it takes because they know that by the time you are set free by the courts for luck of evidence, your time shall have been wasted and you will then have come down to zero.

Kenyans need to become assertive and demand that Judicial Officers and the Police are held accountable in a manner that indicates output on a daily basis.

Odhiambo T Oketch
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Subject: Justice delayed…..