Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:10:23 +0000 [11/18/2008 09:10:23 PM CST]
From: barack abonyo
Subject: RE: KENYAN MP SALARIES IS HIGHER THAN US SENATORS: SIGN A PETITION TO REDUCE IT
Dear Kenyans
I am very sory for having not noticed a very crucial part of i petition. It appears that after you sign up, the i petition website requests one to donate some money ranging from $2-$100. Please note that neither me or KDFC is requesting for this donation. I also noticed that the system automatically signs you in whether you donate or not. So go ahead, sign up and put up your comments. You do not have to pay for you to sign up.
Please note that this was not brought to my knoledge when I put this up neither was such a request put forward to me when I started this. While I do not appreciate this, I do understand that these services are paid for by the website hosts. As at now, approximatley 419 people have signed. We need a few more people before we can proceed. Please go ahead, sign up but when it comes to donation, ignore it if that is not your intention.
Again I apologise to those inconvenienced
Yours Sincerely
Dr. Barack Abonyo
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:22:27 -0800
From: jakisumu@ . . .
Subject: RE: KENYAN MP SALARIES IS HIGHER THAN US SENATORS: SIGN A PETITION TO REDUCE IT
Dear Dr Obonyo,
YES the donation request is active and these are the range of figures as soon as one signs the ipetitions website. $ 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 then press the next button. I have made direct consultation with you in line with what others might have seen on this link.
Regards
John Vorster
JAKISUMU
— On Tue, 11/18/08, barack abonyo wrote:
From: barack abonyo
Subject: RE: KENYAN MP SALARIES IS HIGHER THAN US SENATORS: SIGN A PETITION TO REDUCE IT
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 2:10 AM
Dear Rose
I am still surprise you are seeing a donation sign from the petition. Could you let me know where it is. Is it on the document I wrote or on the I petition website. If it is on the ipetition website then you might want to contac them. We have nothing to do with it. Once again let me make myslef very clear. THERE IS NO DONATION REQUESTED UNDER OUR PETITION. IF THERE IS THEN IGNORE IT. IT IS NOT FROM US. IT IS FROM A CROOK. And the way Joram Ragem is talking, you might want to ask him more about it. He seems to know more about it than us.
Barack
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:22:32 -0800
From: love_kenya77@ . . .
Subject: Re: KENYAN MP SALARIES IS HIGHER THAN US SENATORS: SIGN A PETITION TO REDUCE IT
Dr. Abonyo,
Good initiative!
I signed up for the petition but the next page asked me to donate.I find that tasteless. Asking people to donate is valid, but for the ask to come right after one signs the petition may be constured as a set up to lure someone into giving.
I am passionate about issues affecting Kenyans but I would hate to feel corced into giving. Just a thought!
Thanks,
Rose
— On Tue, 11/11/08, barack abonyo wrote:
From: barack abonyo
Subject: [africa-oped] KENYAN MP SALARIES IS HIGHER THAN US SENATORS: SIGN A PETITION TO REDUCE IT
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 6:18 PM
Please read the facts below and sign this petition at the address http://www.ipetitio ns.com/petition/ KDFC
for Kenyan parlierment to reduce the MPs salary.
KENYANS SET TO PETITION DONORS AGAINST KENYAN MP’S SALARY
Dear Kenyan,
Below is your MPs total salary per month
Basic salary = Sh. 395,000
A minimum commuted mileage = Sh. 75,000
Entertainment allowance = Sh. 60,000
Extraneous allowance = Sh. 30,000
House allowance = Sh. 70,000
Monthly car maintenance allowance = Sh. 247,000.
Gym membership allowance = Sh. 2,000.
Vehicle fixed cost allowance = Sh. 336,000
Committee meeting allowance = Sh. 40,000
Constituency allowance = Sh. 50,000
TOTAL TAX FREE = Sh. 1,242, 2000
= $17,742 per month
Per year each MP earn = $212,904 per year
EXTRAS Car loan = Sh 3.3 Million
House loan = sh 10 million
COMPARE THIS WITH A US SENATOR SALARY
USA senator’s salary = $165,000/year
= $13,750 per month
The salaries the Kenyan MPs are earning are from donors. This money will be paid back to a single drop by Kenyan tax payers. Kenya is a very poor country compared to United States . Just why these MPs earn more than the USA senators baffles everyone. However, they do so because the public have not demanded their rights. We have 207 MPs may be more. In five years they will draw about Ksh. 2 billion. This is greed. Only the Kenyan public can stop this.
Sign this petition and we will make sure it is delivered to the hands of the donors. We will also make attempt to lobby US/UK congress/senate to look into the money these two countries give to Kenya . Kenyan economy cannot sustain this. This petition may help stop this.
Again the petition site is: http://www.ipetitio ns.com/petition/ KDFC
Dr. Barack O. Abonyo
http://blog.jaluo.com/?p=1639
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:28:46 +0000 [12:28:46 PM CST]
From: mathias aguta
Subject: RE: KENYAN MPs’ SALARIES
http://blog.jaluo.com/?p=1632
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:12:28 -0800 [11/14/2008 08:12:28 AM CST]
From: kilimo Kapcharoi
Subject: RE: KENYAN MP SALARIES IS HIGHER THAN US SENATORS: SIGN A PETITIO N TO REDUCE IT