Folks,

Breaking of the Law by senior Government employee, a public servant is a serious offense punishable by law and a reason to vacate public office with immediate effect.

1) A public government employee should not, according to law, run his NGO using government facilities and resources for personal gains.

2) No Public servant should make use of his or her NGO as a tool for political campaign

3) Kalonzo Musyoka is seen to be invading in the Masailand which has been lodged pending in court, overriding court rulings and ordering resettlement of IDPs on a disputed land pending in court

4) Kalonzo Musyoka is out of order, using his personal NGO to garner and lure votes for 2012 Presidential election by false manoeuvres through public utility theft, taking for a ride unsuspecting voters. This is a criminal offense and this is a criminal act which must be condemned by all.

We expect these good-for-nothing leaders do a better job of resettling IDPs and not engaging false pretense or using shoddy quick fix to gain political credit.

Such leaders are creating more problems than good, where it is seen that they are paying off their bills and stuffing and fattening their personal accounts through ill gotten public funds. Where the public end up paying accrued taxes in Loans and Credits for such activities.

It is time they must be stopped and investigated because, the public facility and utilities are plundered and mismanaged by such leaders resulting in, Public Budget deficiency, in other words, causing the budget to fall short of binding legal implementation according to the Rule of funds disbursement. For this reason, the circumstances results in havoc and continued destruction.

Kalonzo Musyoka must be told and made to honor responsibility of his actions.

The wishes of Masai Community must be respected and honored. Their livelihood is at stake and they have a right to protect their land by all means.

Thanks,

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

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Armed youth keep vigil to prevent resettlement of IDPs

By Beatrice Obwocha

Armed youth are keeping vigil at the disputed Rose Farm in Mau Narok to prevent surveyors from subdividing land meant for resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons.
The youth armed with rungus, simis, bows and arrows vowed not to allow the surveyors into the land and threatened to lynch them.

Addressing the Press at the farm, representatives of villagers from Tipis accused the Government of using force to resettle IDPs there.

Kantet ole Yengo said they have vowed not to allow strangers to be resettled in the land as it belonged to their ancestors, hence it is theirs.

He said they chased away surveyors who wanted to subdivide the land last week and will not allow them in.

“This is our land and we will protect it even with our blood,’ he said.

Calls for dialogue

On Wednesday evening, a group of youth stormed the land that was bought from a British farmer, David Hampshire Rose, and chased away surveyors who were demarcating the land.

According to the villagers, the controversial land is part of the 30,000 acres taken from them by the British Government and should be returned to them. The Government has bought the land and plans to resettle over 900 IDPs on it.

Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Special Progmammes Minister Esther Murugi assured IDPs that they would be resettled on the land early 2011 after surveyors finish subdividing it. But Eldoret Catholic Diocese Bishop Cornelius Korir has called for dialogue to resolve the standoff over resettlement of IDPs in parts of Rift Valley.

Bishop Korir said land was sensitive and communal dialogue should be embraced to curb recurrence of violence in future.

Cause of conflict

“People should not ignore sensitivity of land issues in Rift valley. Communities should not be ignored when it comes to resettlement to prevent eruption of violence in future,” said Korir.

Speaking at the Eldoret Catholic diocese, Korir urged Kenyans to use the festive season to build peace and reconciliation.

He told politicians to ensure the country was united before embarking on 2012 election campaigns.

Elsewhere, two MPs have urged the Government not to resettle IDPs on the controversial Mau Narok land. Fred Outa (Nyando) and Pollyns Ochieng (Nyakach) said resettlement of the IDPs on such land would cause conflict.

They cited the killing of an activist Moses ole Mpoe recently for speaking out against the planned exercise.

“We ask the Government to be cautious in its plans to settle IDPs in Mau Narok against the wishes of the local community,” said Outa.

Yesterday, the MPs told The Standard the Government needs to consult extensively with the Maasai, and listen to them on the particular land, before IDPs are resettled there.

– Additional reporting by Titus Too and Mangoa Mosota

Ocampo Six ‘legal kitty’ an insult, say IDPs

By TITUS TOO & KARANJA NJOROGE
STANDARD CORRESPONDENTS

Internally Displaced Persons in the North Rift are dismayed at efforts to raise legal fees for the Ocampo Six.

The IDPs, still languishing in camps, three years after the Grand Coalition Government was formed, are angered by the fact that they have not only failed to get justice, but have seen no real effort to resettle them.

Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi led the appeal to raise money for the now infamous Hague Six.

Kiraitu even suggested not only the rich could contribute, but ordinary Kenyans could also conribute Sh100 each.

“We cannot sustain ourselves further because we are ravaged with diseases, lack of food and shelter. For the last three years, we have lived under God’s grace,” said Ms Mary Wambui, an IDP at Yamumbi camp in Eldoret.

She said the Sh100 ordinary Kenyans are being asked to contribute is hard to come by in the camps.

“That money can sustain a family of three for three days. Those planning to raise funds for the six suspects should give priority to Kenyans like us,” adds Wambui.

She claimed ten IDPs had died at the camp in the last three years, adding that it was unfortunate the next elections were approaching while people were still in camps.
Elsewhere in Nakuru IDPs at the Pipeline camp term the move to raise legal fees for the ‘Ocampo Six’ a mockery of their predicament, adding that most leaders spearheading the fundraiser had ignored their plight.

“We have always tried to lobby the MPs to put pressure on the Government to fast track our resettlement, but the MPs have not been enthusiastic like they are now for the Ocampo Six,” says Ms Nduta Marai outside her tattered tent.

Nduta says none of the leaders has ever bothered to come up with an initiative to raise money for their resettlement.

After the Government failed to assist them, some IDPs pooled resources and bought the 14-acre farm.

“The Sh10,000 we received is the one we used to buy this piece of land. Had we relied on some leaders we could have gone to the streets to beg,” she adds.

But many leaders are undeterred in raising money to help the Ocampo Six.
Nakuru Kikuyu Council of Elders chairman Samuel Maigua and Nakuru Mayor John Kitilit say it would be unfair to abandon post-election violence suspects.

“There is nothing wrong with the contributions. But if you want to assist you should not publicise it,” says Maigua.

“They(suspects) have been leading a life of opulence and they now want us to fundraise for them while they have been blind to our predicament,” Mr Nathan Waweru, who has been at the camp for two years with his family of six.