By Rev Okoth Otura
 
www.cdmk.org
 
Toronto-Canada
 
I congratulate Hon Minister for Lands Mr James Orengo ( Nyatieng’) by exposing his former fellow Minister of Finance, Mr Amos Kimunya corrupt deal of the Grand Regency Hotel sale, and a such Mr Orengo many of his positive transformation force in his ministry are awesome, however, this should not consumed much of his time. I suppose the matter should now be left for the law to take it’s course.
 
Therefore, Hon Mr Orengo would you please set up an agenda for luoland to obtain the title deeds for the purpose of bank loan sureties across entire luoland to enable us compete with other communities’ in terms of economical development since we are already a head in political activisms.
 
The PM Raila Odinga had already evokes our memory of the Late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga vision of Luo thrift and Trading Company, which refreshed our memory of his father slogan of the of 1946 of  €œRiwruak e Teko €? ( Unity is Strength).
 
The PM Raila is not to be blame for Luoland underdevelopment since he is not a luo homeland MP, and therefore history will judge harshly some of our current busy body leaders if they fail to empower our people economically before 2012.
 
The late Jaramogi was a political, education and economical institute seer, he tirelessly work hard before independence to bolster luo community with economic base through Luo Thrift and Trading Company to empower them in their pose for struggle for independence.
 
Below are Some of his quotes:
 
   I was convinced that political power had to be struggled for and achieved as a stepping stone to any advance at all, €? he writes in Not Yet Uhuru.
   I was convinced that to start the battle against white domination, we had to assert our economic independence. We had had it drummed into us that the whites had the brains to give the orders and it was for Africans to carry them out. We had to show we were capable of enterprise and development in fields beyond our shambas, €? he wrote,  €œI hated the idea of our people begging from the government. €?

While we still waiting for the Majimbo Constitution to be enactment by April 2009, I call upon all the luo Ministers and our leaders to initiate economical entrepreneurships across the luoland, assist brilight young people to further education, provide employments for the luos in theirn respective ministries and departments, those without papers can be employed as laborers or tea boys/girls.
 
The time has come when we first become luos before we become Kenyans, it was well demonstrated during political crisis in 2007 and it will still repeat itself if Majimbo constitution is not enacted.
 
After several years of Luo political realignment since the death of the late Jaramogi in 1994, the PM Raila turned the page in the Luo political history book last year 2007 by engage major luo political experienced and capable giants across the board to help him forge development in for our homeland.
 
If the late Jaramogi, Ker Adala, Jaduong’ Ombok Thim, Councilor Mbewa Ndeda or Ogago Thiko could come from the grave today they will definitely bless the PM Raila Odinga, for having managed to bring Prof Anyang; Nyong’o ( Woud Padri), Orengo Jim ( Nyatieng’) and Otieno Anyang’ ( Woud Bado Mboyo) together for the sake the luo development and unity.
 
Luo Leaders must stop bickering!
 
While the Gema community in the Grand Coalition are busy reinforcing and empowering their community economically, some our of Luo ministers and elected leaders are pondering on insignificant political substance debates which cannot improve the livelihood of our impoverish people.
 
The PM Raila Odinga made an extreme sacrifice to settle a deal with President Kibaki for Grand Coalition Government, which is a worldwide historical and symbolic political conflict settlements of its kind.
 
Instead for some of the Luo Ministers and leaders to put an economical and development strategy agenda first for their constituents, they are playing the roll of civil rights activists.
 
It is however, unfortunate that the Luo elected leaders are still making public utterances as if Kenya is still on a campaign trail, the duties which should be left for the civic societies.
 
The PM Raila Odinga, made a very clear statement that Luos should desist from the opposition political mentality and start seek bank loans and venture into business entrepreneurship, since then no major progress has been made.
Luos are desperate for a new start while some of our MPs are desperately strategizing how to win next election basing their development record on government Constituency Development Funds instead of engaging the electorates in economical investment activities.
 
The dependency syndromes to the government and handout culture is being promoted by our own leaders, who are forever threaten to empower their constituents for their fear that they may run for the political office.
 
Meanwhile, the Gema Ministers and MP’s are compaigning for their IDP’s constituents to be compensanted by the Grand Coalition government, while some luo MP’s have not even carried the head count of how many of their constituents relatives outside luoland were killed or disapear or in jail, maimed, widows, widowers, orphans and those still living under the tents elsewhere in the country or currently homeless.
It is unacceptable for some of leaders to major on the minors, at this time when the Kenyans are trying to recover from the painfull past, particurlarly a tribe that has been victims because of staunch stand against injustice for decades, for their leaders to dwell in the high tower of the luxuries lifestyle.
 
Finally, I also appeal to all the ODM Ministers and Leaders across the Jimbos to do the same for if the Gema Community practicing the act perfectively, why not us
 
Courtesy of: http://majimbokenya.com/home/2008/07/08/some-luoland-ministers-and-mps-are-becoming-embarrassments-to-pm-raila-odinga/

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Date:  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:05:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:  ndebele okoth
Subject:   Some Luoland Ministers and MP’s are becoming embarrassment to PM Raila Odinga

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Compatriots,

If you want leadership of this country, you must involve other regions in your daily
activities including your thoughts. Leadership means taking risks for others welfare.

Read our story on Kimunya resignation on http://www.mamboleo.com

-James

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Date:  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 09:53:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:  James Ololo Mamboleo
Subject:   Re: Some Luoland Ministers and MP’s are becoming embarrassment to PM Raila Odinga

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Eh Okoth Otura!
 
If we get drunk we will miss the bigger picture.   Wacha Jim afanye kazi yake, wata saidiana na Raila, ODM Legislatures, Wanainchi wa Kenya na hata sisi wa Diaspora. Anapo enda kusalimia Constituent yake inatakikana apeleke nyam, nyam yaani, vittuuu sio tu peremende, napia maendeleo, hapo jamani tumsaidie.   Mwasemaje? Hii Ndiyo sababu  nilisema kwamba hiyo allowance ya wa MP  wanapata bungeni wasamehewe na wanainchi wa Kenya kwa osuru, maana ya kwamba wasilitolee kodi.   Au la itakua ngumu.   Hata hapa America wanapiga kazi mbili tatu, jamaa wakirudi nyumbani wamekwisha.   Nguvu imeisha -  lazima tuwa rejuvinate kwa hali na mali   – au vipi?
 
Hii jambo limepasha moto likiachiliwa lita poa, na ikishika baridi kama vile kawaida kutoka siku za Tom Mboya, tuta kuwa hoye haye!! mimi sioni kama ita kuwa bora.   Hawa jamaa wenzetu ni sugu, wana penda kula pekeyao, hata wenzao wakifa maskini hawajali, ajabu ni kwamba hawatapelekwa kaburini na mali haya ya dunia.   Kwanini tusipendane Jamani nauliza?   Hawa wenzetu hawaelewi pia ustaarabu, wana penda nguvu ya vurugu nama ngumi tu.   Sasa hata kama hupendi uzozi wa mangumi, nakwambi ndungu mpenzi, utapenda. Hawa jamani watakufanya upende usipende. Kwani lazima tuvuke mto.   Hapo basi tukisha vuka mto, mambo yatakuwa shwari.   Mapenzi kwa wa Kenya  katika milango/kabila  42 ita zidi, tena litaganda. Kwani ndiyo twakamilisha sababu ya Mwenyezi Mungu Muumbaji.   Kwani ordinary family ni aje? Si watu wana kosana, wana pigana kisha wana sikilizana maisha iendelee.   Basi Familia ni nuclea organization ya Community, ya eneza Nchi nzima hadi  kukolea Dunia nzima mviringo.
 
Kila mtu ana kipawa chake, kila mtu ashike ujuzi/talanta yake Mungu amewatunisha wana Kenya katika kabila hizo 42 – tutumie hizo vipawa tujenge Kenya pamoja.   Wenzetu wasio na vipawa vya kuelekeza majengo yao, tusaidianeni ndugu wapenzi.
 
Mtu mmoja hawezi, mtu ni watu, akili nywele kila mtu ana zake.
 
Mambo ya embarrassment hapa hakuna.   Kwani ikiwa mtu atasema, kutafuta njia kwa hali yeyote ile iwezekanayo ili tuweze kuleta Justice, Human Right and uongozi wa kiDemocracia itakuwa mtu ana embarras PM Raila; basi, itambidi Raila avumilie, akae tu ngumu kwa muda, tuvuke mto, kwasababu, hawa ndugu zetu tumesha jaribu njia zote za kuhojiana kiustaharabu lakini wamekataa kinaga ubaga.   Sasa ikiwa ni mapigo kwa ngumi, mateke hata, mieleka na nduru ikiwezekana, ndiyo itawafanya wakubali tujadiliane, basi itakuwa hivyo tu. Kwani lazima hili gari litembee tufike na tujenge pengo la Constitution tuweze kuwa na uongozi na maendeleo na kutunza mali ya uma kwa njia ya usawa.   Lakini, wakifikiria wao tu ndio wana ukora na ujanja kuliko wengine, imewasaka koo -   wamekula hu!!!
 
Tume waachilia kwa muda wa miaka 45.   Imetosha, kama walikuwa hawaja kula yakutosha, basi hawata weza kula tena, mambo imebadilika.
 
Bwana awalinde, akae nanyi nyote……..
 
Ahsanteni Nyote, Shukran,
Mimi wenu,
 
Judy Miriga
USA

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Date:  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:22:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:  Judy Miriga
Subject:   Re: Some Luoland Ministers and MP’s are becoming embarrassment to PM Raila Odinga