By Rose Awinja
USA

The unregistered-Christian Democratic Movement of Kenya (CDMK), leadership recently launched aggressive campaign urging the International community to reconsider imposing travel ban on Kenyan politicians and business persons linked to post-election violence and economic crimes.  The call came in the wake of the recent extensive travel itineraries of Grand Coalition Government officials and ministers led by the PM Hon Raila Odinga, to market the country abroad.   The mission which CDMK officials dismissed as an extravagant, misuse of power and an extension of grand corruption within the government caucus.Meanwhile, the CDMK is working with the Kenyan Diaspora living in Europe, Australia and USA to send the same signal for their respective host governments.   The Kenyan PM Raila Odinga schedule to visit Canada on the August 30 2008, was postponed as per the email circulated by the Kenya Living Ontario, President Mr Ben Ondoro, whose leadership has been in loggerhead with the Kenyan refugee claimants in Canada, because of his ties with Kenya High Commission office in Ottawa, Mr Ondoro is being portrayed by the Kenyan dissidents in Canada as spy web of PNU.   Below are the copies of:
1)CDMK Letter to Canadian Foreign Minister
2)Email circulation for Kenyans in Canada  August 11th 2008 

Hon. David Emerson Minister of Foreign Affairs
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1A 0G2

SUBJECT:Travel Ban for Kenyan politicians and business persons linked to post-election violence and financial scandals. 

We are writing to ask your office to impose a travel ban on Kenyan politicians and businessmen seeking to travel to Canada, either on official capacity or on private basis.   The current Grand Coalition Government was formed as a transitional government for the sole purpose of:    “Enacting the long-awaited constitutional reforms, to change the political culture of corruption and to implement reforms as road map to addressing inequalities that cut across ethnic, corruption and socio-economic lines in Kenya.  The current Kenya government has failed to show the will to address the purpose of which it was formed. Instead they have invented a new style of corruption and human right abuses, which are rapidly taking roots within the cartels of the corrupt individuals in the government, who still afford immunity to prosecution.   While we  welcome the Kenyan Prime Minister, Hon. Raila Odinga’s effort to travel across the world and market Kenya as a business hub, we ask foreign governments and investors to re-consider partnering with Kenya in development. We express strong doubt that the effort may be short-lived if a new constitution is not enacted within a year to safeguard the future of such initiatives.   On the other hand it is hypocritical and an abuse of power for Prime Minister, Hon. Raila Odinga, to travel alongside known perpetrators of the past and most recent crimes in Kenya.   It is therefore our desire that your office impose travel ban on Kenya politicians who wish to travel to Canada and are implicated in economic crimes and other crimes against humanity until the Kenya government takes action against them and provides a new constitution that will safeguard the future of Kenya.

Yours sincerely in Christ Reverend Okoth Otura
President, Christian Democratic Movement of Kenya (CDM-K)

Signed: Mr. Barry Onyango Obondo – CDM-K Official
Mr. George Buoga – CDM-K Official

2)
PM Hon. Raila Odinga’s visit to Canada postponed to late September 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008 11:43 PM
From: “Ben Ondoro”
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To: kco-l@yahoogroups.com

Hello Members,The PM’s visit to Canada has now been postponed to late September 2008 and I apologize for the inconvenience this announcement might cause. We were trying to get him and his team to meet with the top Canadian officials but it seems like it was impossible for it to happen due to the coming long weekend so we are now shooting for late September. Please stay tuned as I will try my best to update the general membership as soon as the date is confirmed. we are working behind the scenes to make this happen and we all know how important it is for the PM to meet with the top Canadian officials including the Prime Minister.Thanks,

Ben Ondoro – President, Kenyan Community in Ontario.  Meanwhile Kenyans in diaspora are expressing strong discontentment with the Grand Coalition Government due to delaying tactics to implement the political, socio-economic and constitution reforms, and have lost enthusiasm in backing the government.    http://majimbokenya.com/home/2008/09/01/kenyan-dissidents-in-canada-urges-intl-community-to-impose-travel-ban-on-kenyan-politicians-linked-to-post-election-violence-and-economic-crimes/

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Date:  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 20:52:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:  ndebele okoth
Subject:   Kenyan dissidents in Canada urges Int’l. community to impose travel Ban on Kenyan politicians linked to post-election violence and economic crimes