Folks,

To call for a consultative meeting for circumcision discussion was not necessary just too much for Luos, a slap on the face. Leaders should not stoop too low. This is how leaders loose trust and faith with their supporters.

I wish this effort and the available funds would be translated to fighting hunger campaign to reduce and eradicate state of abject poverty in the midst of Nyanzan community. Start small packaging industries for dried fruits and snacks, honey, vegetables, water and other minerals for overseas export market where there is a ready market for natural organic non toxic foods with an opening for huge supply to meet surging demands. This will provide an immediate job creation for the jobless members of the community in a short period of time.

Leaders too, especially the MPs should mobilize and utilize the readily available Constituency Development Funds to organize District project programs for job creation and project implementation as a start-up pilot scheme to improve lives of their constituents, and develop stimulative structures for investments to boost economic future prospects.

Political Leaders should form Official Working Team elected from District Level. This does not need central Governments intervention. There is no time to waste in petty unproductive and unwarranted costly meetings like that of the “Consultative Meeting for Circumcision of Luos”.

Old Fashioned or Not, Luo men have kept themselves whole over the years – a state which in decades have made woman feel satisfied and complete in their partnership with their male counterparts. We dont want to create situation avenue for homosexualism and lesbianism by destroying the perfect linkage bond and commitment of God’s purpose for creation between a man and a woman in the lasting institution of marriage. Lets focus on a much bigger picture of Peoples-Driven Demands.

With the coming call, we suspect witch hunting, we see a situation where Nyanza People are going to be Up-For-Grubs in a chase hunt with Power Agents messengers. Could there be a deal (some of us don’t know) of some sort of lucrative business of selling the blood of Nyanza Community or possible human organs? Good People, Don’t be fooled and Don’t let that happen. This call is provocative. If the meeting must take place, let people attend and may the leaders of Nyanza as a whole divert course and utilize the called meeting to boost for their advantages as well as those of their electorates. Let it be a win win situation forum people……….that which will generate peaceful happy dialogue to evade conflict and confrontation – a conducive environment for the target messenger. Its tricky, don’t give in to mouse trap.

I love you all.

Thanks

Judy Miriga
USA
NB: Please see the attachments here under, they may through some more lights and concerns.

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National News

PM acts on thorny ‘cut’ issue
Updated on: Sunday, September 14, 2008
Story by: By FREDRICK ODIERO and
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Prime Minister Raila Odinga has announced a major consultative forum in Nyanza to deliberate on the controversial male circumcision that has been recommended by experts as a means of reducing HIV infection. The meeting in two weeks time in Kisumu to discuss the controversial male circumcision in Luo Nyanza will involve all the stakeholders. Raila said the meeting will be attended by the Council of Elders, youths and medical experts to deliberate on the issue.

He said the medical experts will present the scientific evidence that a male circumcised is less prone to attracting HIV/Aids. He said the issue has been blown out of proportion for no apparent reason noting that the meeting will come up with a way forward. Speaking in Nyakach Constituency during their cultural festival, Raila however said the exercise is voluntary and nobody will be forced to face the cut.

He said people who are forcing others to go for the cut will be arrested.
Raila told the Luo community that culture is not static but dynamic and urged the community to retain good culture but discard detrimental ones. Meanwhile, the PM has reiterated that teachers must sign performance contracts for effectiveness. Raila said teachers are just like other workers in the country who have signed the performance contact. He said teachers will not be intimidated and urged them to embrace performance contracting.

He said promotion of teachers will be pegged on their performance. Speaking in Nyakach during a cultural festival, Raila warned students violence in schools. He urged teachers to dialogue with students to prevent cases of unrest that have rocked most schools in the country of late. Meanwhile, Raila was yesterday asked to allow democracy to prevail in the Orange Democratic Movement by letting the pro-Grand Coalition Opposition government by crusaders champion their cause.

A section of leaders from Kisii led by Dr Rashid Minyonga told party Members of Parliament championing for the formation of the opposition in Parliament not to be cowed by Raila’s stand because many Kenyans were behind them. Dr Minyonga said the days of party dictatorship were long gone. He urged Raila to support democracy because he, too, made his career in the opposition benches.

Speaking to reporters in Kisii town, Dr Minyonga said opposition in Parliament was crucial for the sake of checks and balances and anybody out to oppose this would be treated as an enemy of the common man. Dr Minyonga who contested the South Mugirango Parliamentary seat but lost to Omingo Magara accused those opposed to the formation of opposition in Parliament of trying to take the country back to the era of one party state in the process reverse the democratic gains made so far. Meanwhile, Dr Minyonga has dismissed those criticizing Constitutional and Justice Minister Martha Karua over her declaration that she would seek the Presidency in 2012 He defended Karua saying that she was within her democratic right to declare her candidature for the top seat in the next election.

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See also relevant past stories…………….

>>> Kamau Ngethe 07/15/08 7:49
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It is no longer a secret tension is building among Security corridors after it was discovered that several youth among the 1,700 arrested in Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza for participating in post-election violence were executed and their bodies secretly burnt and buried in exclusive place in Mt Kenya forest in Central Province. Senior security officials are said to be scared after Waki Commission ordered for files of those who were arrested to be brought to the commission.

Meanwhile, Kalonzo is in trouble after a secret deal they stroke with Kibaki two weeks prior to general election to help him retain power was revealed. After Kibaki’s men met Kalonzo and key Kamba’s civil servants at Karume’s Jakaranda hotel, they agreed to use them to rig the elections and contain the aftermath of what was to come later. This was after they realized that there were easy target Kambas at strategic positions who could do this dirty job. Now, those who feel shortchanged or fear of being implicated are pointing fingers at Kalonzo.

The list follows,

Kalonzo – architect of rigging plan
Samuel Kivuitu – Chairman ECK (the main actor of the scheme)
Jeremiah Kianga – CGS (was to order military intervention)
Alfred Mutua – PNU Spokesman (master of propaganda)
Ezekiel Mutua – Director of Information (advised govt to ban live coverage)
Grace Kaindi – former Nyanza PPO (to deal with Raila and ODM hardcore supporters- shoot-to-kill order)
Tito Kilonzo – former OCPD Central police station (deal with Nairobi particularly those entering Uhuru park) The Kibaki men in the meeting were; Michuki (Internal Security Minister), Martha Karua (Justice), Evans Gicheru (CJ), Karume (Defence) Uhuru Kenyatta (Opposition leader and Mungiki Financier), George Muhoho (KAA), Eddy Njoroge (KenGen), Chris Kirubi, Muthaura (PS), and Stanley Murathe (State House)

Kamau Ngethe

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Things just don’t happen …………………… they are made to happen.

People,

It is time to investigate this information thorough. There is smoke a sign of fire. Would there be possibility of Trading in Human Organ using political platform situation as a cover-up? What happened to the lost Youth supposedly in jail and have gone missing?

Help me here people………..

Judy Miriga
USA

Naivasha serial killer: Raped and killed victims

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DAILY NATION – Bishop at the centre of killer rapist horror

21 Aug 2008 … A religious cult angle is emerging in the serial killings and rape, accompanied by drinking of human blood in Naivasha. …
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Bishop’s home searched

Curious wananchi peer into one of the graves dug by police in the compound of the killer-rapist of Naivasha, who is accused of drinking the blood of his victims. Photo/HEZRON NJOROGE

By MACHARIA MWANGI (email the author)
Posted Monday, August 25 2008 at 19:18

Police have searched a home, church and business premises associated with a bishop being investigated for killings in Naivasha.

The officers were looking for clues to support a testimony by the man accused of raping, killing and drinking blood of his female victims.

According to a statement recorded by detectives, the blood thirsty killer had on several occasions delivered human blood to the cleric’s house. This prompted the search, which, however, failed to yield any evidence.

Police forensic experts conducted the searches at the bishop’s residence at Unity Farm Estate in Naivasha Town. They also visited a bookshop, church and curio shop in the town.

The detectives recorded the key suspect’s testimony on video besides a written one taken last week.

The bishop’s statement was also recorded by police Monday, four days after he was locked up at the Naivasha District police headquarters.

Sources close to the investigation told the Nation the bishop denied any involvement in the bizarre killings unearthed barely two weeks ago.

The body of a girl was found buried in a shallow grave in the key suspect’s house in Kihoto slums.

Cult saga

A police source told the Nation that the cleric spent the better part of Monday being questioned by the investigators.

“The bishop has already recorded a statement in connection with the suspected cult saga,” said the source.

The bishop was picked up by police five days ago after the suspected killer rapist brought officers to his church claiming he supplied human blood there.

On Saturday, forensic and diagnostic experts video-recorded a statement from the suspected killer.

Area deputy head of police Paul Kisang said they had also recorded statements from the two women who were allegedly raped and tortured by the suspect.

The two are recuperating at Nairobi Women’s Hospital.

He said the suspect, who was arrested more than 10 days ago, would soon be arraigned in court.

Teenager’s body

A police pathologist is set to conduct a postmortem examination on the teenager’s body Wednesday after relatives positively identified it at Naivasha District Hospital mortuary on Saturday.

Meanwhile, fearing a backlash from the public, some of the streetboys have abandoned their ruffian ways. Most of them are donning new attire and spotting neat clothes, making it difficult to spot them.

Naivasha teacher: ‘People are killing each other’

Antony, 35, is a secondary school teacher in the Kenyan Rift Valley town of Naivasha. He describes what he witnessed and heard during the weekend’s violence.

I can see smoke rising above the town and that means that houses are burning.

Earlier, I went round some of Sunday’s scenes of violence. Police were trying to disperse all the people that were gathering by firing gunshots but no-one was taking any notice of the police.

People are not scared by the gunshots.

We are just awaiting what will erupt next.

Everything here has been broken up by all the tribal clashes.

We had been living together all this time before, we had peace, we worked together.

Hide-and-seek

Resident of Naivasha started fleeing the town on Sunday

Now it is kind of as if people are trying to chase away one another.
My feelings are that if God doesn’t intervene we will continue to have problems.

Yesterday the clashes took up the better part of the day.

The situation was like this: people would attack a certain area and then when the police came running to the rescue, then another group would go to a different area – on and on and on, over and over – it was like a cat and mouse game whereby when the police took a group to safety, then another group would move on somewhere else and start attacking until the police managed to get to the new location of violence.

It was hide-and-seek.

Killing

Those attacking were mostly from the Kikuyu community because they were very angry about what happened in Eldoret – they thought it was time that the Luo and Kalenjin in Naivasha tasted what their relatives had had too.

People running up and down, police shooting and throwing canisters, burning of houses, people being killed, people killing one another.

I saw all this.

But before they got out of the house, they met a crowd waiting for them

More eyewitness accounts

People were running after other people’s lives.

The plot where my mother lives was burnt down yesterday.

Not her house.

Terrible sight

But a house burnt down where mostly Luos were camping.

Naivasha’s roads are filled with makeshift roadblocks

They had wanted to leave the house and run away but before they left they wanted to burn their belongings so looters could not have the opportunity to take their things but before they got out of the house, they met a crowd waiting for them. So they decided to lock the door inside and they then got burnt alive.
It was a very, very, terrible sight. I witnessed it.

I am Kikuyu but am not getting involved. I am a school teacher and my responsibility is to keep the calm – my students at our boarding school are all combined from different ethnic groups and so I must ensure security.

Between my students, there is no animosity. I thank God for this.

Before dark came yesterday, the military had grouped with police. They all ganged up and were patrolling around the town.

Commotion

Police have been escorting people at risk out of Naivasha

But still, the violence did not end then.

It was drizzling around 1900 local time (1600 GMT) so people went into their houses to get out of the rain. Likewise the police and military went back to barracks.

But after the rain I could hear gunshots and during the night, I heard a lot of whistling and people calling one another and then gunshots and ululations and people shouting for help.

This was in the early hours of the morning – around 0330 local time.

In the commotion, I was told that police arrested many men who they believed to be involved.

And most of them are still in police custody.

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National News

PM acts on thorny ‘cut’ issue
Updated on: Sunday, September 14, 2008
Story by: By FREDRICK ODIERO and
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Prime Minister Raila Odinga has announced a major consultative forum in Nyanza to deliberate on the controversial male circumcision that has been recommended by experts as a means of reducing HIV infection. The meeting in two weeks time in Kisumu to discuss the controversial male circumcision in Luo Nyanza will involve all the stakeholders. Raila said the meeting will be attended by the Council of Elders, youths and medical experts to deliberate on the issue.

He said the medical experts will present the scientific evidence that a male circumcised is less prone to attracting HIV/Aids. He said the issue has been blown out of proportion for no apparent reason noting that the meeting will come up with a way forward. Speaking in Nyakach Constituency during their cultural festival, Raila however said the exercise is voluntary and nobody will be forced to face the cut. He said people who are forcing others to go for the cut will be arrested.

Raila told the Luo community that culture is not static but dynamic and urged the community to retain good culture but discard detrimental ones. Meanwhile, the PM has reiterated that teachers must sign performance contracts for effectiveness. Raila said teachers are just like other workers in the country who have signed the performance contact. He said teachers will not be intimidated and urged them to embrace performance contracting.

He said promotion of teachers will be pegged on their performance. Speaking in Nyakach during a cultural festival, Raila warned students violence in schools. He urged teachers to dialogue with students to prevent cases of unrest that have rocked most schools in the country of late. Meanwhile, Raila was yesterday asked to allow democracy to prevail in the Orange Democratic Movement by letting the pro-Grand Coalition Opposition government by crusaders champion their cause.

A section of leaders from Kisii led by Dr Rashid Minyonga told party Members of Parliament championing for the formation of the opposition in Parliament not to be cowed by Raila’s stand because many Kenyans were behind them. Dr Minyonga said the days of party dictatorship were long gone. He urged Raila to support democracy because he, too, made his career in the opposition benches.

Speaking to reporters in Kisii town, Dr Minyonga said opposition in Parliament was crucial for the sake of checks and balances and anybody out to oppose this would be treated as an enemy of the common man. Dr Minyonga who contested the South Mugirango Parliamentary seat but lost to Omingo Magara accused those opposed to the formation of opposition in Parliament of trying to take the country back to the era of one party state in the process reverse the democratic gains made so far. Meanwhile, Dr Minyonga has dismissed those criticizing Constitutional and Justice Minister Martha Karua over her declaration that she would seek the Presidency in 2012 He defended Karua saying that she was within her democratic right to declare her candidature for the top seat in the next election.

care of:
http://www.eastandard.net/news/InsidePage.php?id=1143994475&cid=159&

STOP LUO FORESKIN CHOPPING COMPAIGN:

Meanwhile all luos living in diaspora or at homeland who are oppose to this barbaric and disrespectful political policy and would like to support the campaign against ” LUO FORESKIN CHOPPING can reach the office of Luo Counsel of Elders at 254 722 925 064 or reach the youth leader Migosi Odongo at 254 728 635 612

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