Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:25:49 +0300 [12:25:49 AM CST]
From: Omollo Wawchira
Subject: Re: Khalwale Tables documents implicating Ruto
You all do not get it again anyway. There is not a tidy bit of corruption here. What we have are issues of moral depravity. The National Cereals Produce Board Act states that anyone can buy any cereals form the board or sell to it, even an individual. Was it wrong for Ruto, Lucy or any other company or individual for that matter to buy maize from the NCPB? No! Was it wrong for them to sell it to the Southern Sudan? I believe not.
But issues of morality then arise. Why did our leaders buy and then sell maize to our neighboring country at a higher price making profit out of it while they fully knew Kenya was lacking the commodity due to (not the failed rains) but because they had incited people to fight, burn produce in farms and in silos? These are the matters that we should be addressing. The rest should be left to the correct channels such as the Parliamentary Select Committees, and the courts to decide. Is Ruto guilty of corruption? That much I do not know. But we have already judged the man, taken him to court and found him guilty. Hence we think he should resign. How does that help us? Amos Kimunya resigned and is now back in the cabinet. Will Ruto’s case probably not end the same way?
Bonny Khalwale on his part was working with innuendos, sensationalism and rumors. The documents he was using to refer to were not even authenticated documents. They had not been certified or verified in any way. Instead of building up a case against Ruto and taking it to the courts or bringing it to the Parliamentary Oversight Committees, Khalwale actually only intended to tarnish the name and the image of the minister, which I believe is not good already anyway. So what did Khalwale achieve? He achieved nothing of consequence really and for that very reason, Ruto will not resign because Khalwale has played into his very hands.
STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT OF KEY ARLIAMENTARY COMMITEE IN KENYA PDF
The lesson here is that we need responsible leaders and not people who are either used to settle scores or out to simply tarnish the names of others. We need responsible governance and people with the moral authority that we see in the person of Barrack Obama. The maize was sold by irresponsible leaders; the response to the “maize scandal” was irresponsible too just like Lucy Kibaki’s response to the tragedy in Nakuru was irresponsible, as well as the subsequent answers by the women leaders.
The first lady was out of her mandate in condemning the Internal Security Minister and then demanding a written explanation from him. George Saitoti is not responsible to Lucy Kibaki. He is responsible to the people of the republic of Kenya and accountable to the President, the parliament and there is protocol that needs to be followed if and when the Internal Security Minister is wrong or at fault. The women leaders were equally wrong in backing the first lady unequivocally because their agenda is sexist and feminist and has no other reasonable basis.
What am saying here guys is that this nation needs to have a sense of morality and we need to go bout creating such a culture. We need to break from the past where we have had impunity rule our lives and we need to begin to look at things differently. We also need closure in cases that have never been resolved and we need to institute such that we have not only an end to the culture of impunity, but we also have a change in the way we deal with corruption, cases of moral depravity and the culture of tarnishing the image of others without any real objectives and goals. In my view,
Khalwale achieved nothing of consequence and the first lady did not help the cause of those who died in the tragedies. Hopefully, we need not have a next time. We need to elect responsible leaderships and we need to look to making these leaders come up with solutions that are lasting and not just blame others. That is the only way our country can move forward and the only way we can see and achieve tangible and lasting results. And that is why we need change and not just reform.
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:52:31 -0500 [10:52:31 AM CST]
From: Kuria-Mwangi
Subject: Re: Khalwale Tables documents implicating Ruto
Looks like alot of people from both sides are involved in the mahindi scandal.
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/524670/-/u1v9u3/-/index.html
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Robert Alai wrote:
Mafuta firm owned by Jackson Kibor bought 100,000 bags of Maize and sold them to Southern Sudan.
A company associated with Lucy Kibaki acquired also maize. Another company called Nasaada which belongs to an MP and Riana company which is a cement selling company also allocated Maize.
We want our Kenya back wananchi
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Wycliffe Ouma wrote:
Mike,
Am very eager. Tell me more pliz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I believe I shall get there!
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:03 PM, mike oketch wrote:
Guys
Cant Ruto resign since Bonny Khalwale has gave out all the evidence which we were waiting for?
Ruto is implicated in many companies which fraudulently bought Maize
Mike