Kibaki campaigning, Raila on foreign trips, Legislatures closed Parliament for recess in a hurry without passing the new constitution fundamental bill, “shame”, narrates diaspora spokesperson
Posted in August 11th, 2008
by Editor in International News

By Judy Miriga USA
Diaspora Spokesperson
Without a Tale Tale or going by riddles, the majority poor in Kenya are languishing in serious poverty from lack of food, housing, clothing a result of joblessness situation. Even the educated have scrambled.
There is undercover reports of many dying from lack of food. Food prices have gone high while the urban poor have no means let alone access to food. The Government of Kenya does not have Welfare Program to cutter for such critical urgent needs.
Many have resorted to Molasses local brew and othe run cultured form in order to survive. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=Y_WlP2Dk4zE
Legislatures closed Parliament for recess in a hurry:
We are dumb founded to see that Legislatures closed Parliament for recess in a hurry, turned their faces the other way to avoid public demands, and went for break to go away to enjoy themselves with big fat earnings from public taxes which makes them comfortable with enough to eat and live comfortably without care to address serious hunger situation faced by many Kenyans.
This was the most urgent concern followed by the Constitution Policy Agenda. They would have considered staying a little longer taking into consideration the many lives going to be lost because of lack of food, and work-out means to tackle the situation.
This is the kind of Leadership Kenyans have, a sorry state of affair one can tell how considerate these Legislatures are to the people they represent and as policy makers.
Added Parliament is taking yet another break 02:30 From: NTV Kenya Views: 3,730
Evaluation Contract for Ministries should have relevance to Poverty Eradication and rated according to needs met and employment creation to the jobless members of public.
Millenium Development Goals Strategic Plan
This being the recommendation for funds requests and the Millenium Development Goals Strategic Plan. Any development realized should be seen to trickle down to ordinary Mwanainchi. The School leavers should have some form of employment in the Ministries after completion of Internships etc.,
Nothing of the sort was noted, except employment and Government Contracts has previously been done according to who know who, and how one is related to the ruling government.
Added Performance contracts:

Document in its current not fair 01:44 From: NTVKenya Views: 206 It is pathetic and not logical to see President Kibaki busy spending public money and energy in financing Campaign Rally’s for his succession candidate for 2012, while the Prime Minister is busy making schedules for overseas business trips accompanied by groups of unscrupulous corrupt people who have corrupted the country in the past government leadership and whose activities are not for the good of Kenyans, spend huge sums of money in the financing of such trips instead of pulling these resource funds to subsidize for the poor situation in Country and also to provide incentive programs for the same.
What we are seeing is a dilly dallying hide and seek, avoiding to tackle situations as they stand.
All donor funds Kenya and other thirds world receive are tax payers money from the International Community for Foreign program undertaking which is part of their policy and the Citizenry have the right to DEMAND to know if their money is utilized in a responsible manner.
If physical killings of innocent Citizens by gun bullets and other forms of thuggery is regarded as treason, what about denying same Citizens basic fundamental needs like food to survive? Can we not equate this as an act of Economic Crime to the innocent Kenyans when funds are seen to be diverted for other none urgent and luxury use to the few.
Is it right to treat Human Beings like animals without due regards of how and what they will eat? Leaders are therefore accountable and charged to be answerable for being Cruel and inhuman to their electorate.
Money is already trickling down to Kenya from Donor Agencies and other European Countries as well as from America while the purpose of these funds are not expressly addressed. Would it be not proper for the International Community to start calling for a halt of funds directed to Kenyan Government until things are put into perspectives and lives are saved?
Government Ministries have money for other things but they don’t care if lives are lost for having no food or accommodation or employment. Is it a debatable subject that which is shelved for months and years, to be revisited when tides are good, or else to be forgotten wholesome when days and months and years have passed just to be visited at election time with a boost of handouts?
Many people now suspect and believe the Prime Minister Raila is helping the Gema Mafia and other corrupt Business Tycoons to swindle the country by design, so they can hole up the money they stole from Kenya and supervise their businesses while in company of the Prime Minister as their goodwill when in overseas trips together.
If this poverty case is anything to go by, Parliament must resume immediately to find solution for this pathetic miserable situation.

Kenya’s coalition still facing challenges, says EU envoy

ODM leader Raila Odinga, French Ambassador to Kenya Elisabeth Barbier and Head of European Union Eric Vander Lindner (c) at Pentagon House where they discussed issues regarding the power sharing deal in April. Photo/FILE
By SAMWEL KUMBA (email the author)

Posted Monday, August 4 2008 at 12:18

In Summary

IDP resettlement poses greater challenge
Fight against corruption should be reinforced
Increased poverty as a result of the post-election violence and inflation

The Coalition Government is faced with extraordinary challenges, which demand its immediate and focused attention, the European Commission head of Mission Eric Van der Linden has said.

“The Kenyan political elite should show more resolve to pave the way forward on the so called Kofi Annan Agenda 4 items,” the envoy told Nation in an interview.

The EU head of mission said the Government, with the help of specialised agencies, has done a lot to alleviate the plight of Kenya’s many displaced persons, however, noting that their successful resettlement seems to have presented more challenges than the government expected.

“In addition, the fight against corruption needs to be reinforced in order to make impunity a thing of the past,” he said.

Van der Linden said most pressing issues facing the Coalition Government include increased poverty, both as a result of the post-election violence and inflation.

He cites the need to forcefully tackle fundamental socio-economic problems of inequality, resource distribution and unemployment.

“More can also be done, notwithstanding progress, to further improve the investment climate. Kenya needs to attract more Foreign Direct Investments, which has a direct positive impact on job creation,” he adds.

At the same time, he says, these problems should not inhibit the Coalition Government from actively working on delivering a new Constitution and to tackle the complex land issue.

“The common wananchi rightfully expect their Government to deliver on all these issues,” he maintains.

While noting that it is up to the Kenyan citizens to assess the performance of the Coalition Government and not up to interested and friendly outsiders, Van der Linden nevertheless cautions against expedite results from the Coalition Government.

“We shouldn’t expect wonders from the start. Let us not forget that the Coalition Government is only a few months old. Clearly, given the size of this government, co-ordination of activities takes an even more important place and the importance of the role of the Prime Minister here is evident,” he said.

As a major donor, he added, the EU will focus on good co-ordination and clear priorities to ensure that agreed aid volumes will indeed be realised.

The envoy described the relationship between diplomatic missions in Kenya and the Coalition Government as basically good.

“As elsewhere, contacts with some ministries are easier than with others,” he added.

Van der Linden pointed out that assessing the performance of a government is difficult and provides a mixed picture in most democratic states.

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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:30:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Kibaki campaigning, Raila on foreign trips, Legislatures closed Parliament for recess in a hurry without passing the new constitution fundamental bill, “shame”, narrates diaspora spokesperson