from Judy Miriga

Folks,

Kenya is treading on a tricky murky ground shrouded in smoky misty cloud………These leaders have already put their neck on a rack of gross misconduct, in abuse of power, violation and crime against humanity, denying public legal rights and justice because of corruption and impunity………as a result, which they will find it difficult and extremely hard and confusing to fix their mess………They are continually endangering and deeping people’s lives into extreme insecurity……. This is completely out of bound……and is unacceptable……….

Life, Water and Land are gifts from God……..It is illegal and unconstitutional to take away public resouces and wealth, trading in a Ponzi Scheme and Hedge Funding without public’s full consent……..No one chooses to live in make-shift residential camps………no one chooses to live as squarters refugees in their own Country…….no one chooses to be given food in hand-outs for survival……..this is illegal, inhuman and unconstitutional…Life and nature is from God……..United in Peace under Love, we can share God’s gift amicably under Mutual partnership, and not under selfish criminal thieving ………You cannot steal God’s gift from the poor……victims have become targets of the corrupt unscrupulous powerful……….These corrupt leaders are engaging in plunder of Economic Crime Against Humanity……….We the people of the world, must stand against all forms of abuse, violation and crime against humanity…….there is no security, our step of Faith is our security…………People of the world, Let us all unite and condemn this behaviour in the strongest term……..

This conspiracy of African Leaders against their people will not work and it is a Violation of Legal Rights and Abuse and Crime Against Humanity.

Wetangula has no authority, is not the boss or power over CJ Willy Mutunga. He cannot give a resolute statement like he has. It is illegal and unconstitutional and cannot be tolerated or accepted by good people of the world………..Going with Ali, Wetangula is trying to overrule CJ Willy Mutunga’s statement that Al-Bashir will not be arrested if he steps in Kenya……what is Wetangula trying to show……that he owns wits of power???………..Are we celebrating corruption, genocide and Impunity ? This is an abuse…….This must not be let to happen……..

In all these, where is public’s Constitutional Rights, interest and security in all these frame of Political and Economic jungle of idiologies…….

Check it out and connect the dots……….The World is not safe, We are all not safe, wake up people……..!!!

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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Kenya, Sudan resume ties, resolve court row: minister
By James Macharia | Reuters –

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Sudan has lifted a package of punitive trade and political measures against Kenya after the countries defused a row over a Nairobi court order to arrest the Sudanese president, Kenya’s foreign minister said on Friday.

The court this week ordered Kenya’s government to carry out an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir if he sets foot in Kenya.

Sudan quickly announced the expulsion of Kenya’s ambassador – and Bashir also initially ordered other reprisals, including the expulsion of all other Kenyans in Sudan and the cutting of trade, Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula told reporters.

Wetangula said he and Kenya’s Defence Minister Yusuf Haji met Bashir in Khartoum on Thursday night and managed to resolve the dispute.

“Sudan had set out a raft of reprisals against Kenya that would have had a negative effect on our economy and country … We were able to stop these,” Wetangula said, on his return to Nairobi.

Sudan had agreed to reverse its decision to expel Kenya’s ambassador, said the minister. Asked whether relations between the two countries had returned to normal, he replied: “In a nutshell, yes.”

He did not give details of what assurances he had made to patch up the disagreement, but signalled Kenya would stick to an African Union decision not to carry out the ICC warrant.

Asked if the government would arrest Bashir if he came to Kenya, Wetangula said: “If I was the one making the decision, I would not. I would advise the president not to arrest him.”

“The Kenyan position is that of the African Union,” he added.

The ICC has charged Bashir with masterminding genocide and other war crimes during his country’s Darfur conflict.

As an ICC member state, Kenya is legally obliged to cooperate with the court and its arrest warrants. But the African Union has told its members to ignore the warrant, because of a perception the court is unfairly targeting African rulers and because it would destabilise Darfur.

Kenya has already been criticised by the ICC and foreign governments for failing to arrest Bashir when he attended a ceremony to enact a new Kenyan constitution in August last year.

Nairobi has since said it is appealing against the Kenyan court ruling that it carry out the ICC warrant.

Wetangula said Kenya would also have lost a key market for its tea, coffee and other products if the row had continued. Sudan bought tea worth $200 million from Kenya last year, but its exports to Kenya were negligible, he added.

Wetangula said Bashir had ordered that all flights by any airline taking off or destined to Kenya would not be allowed to fly through Sudan’s air space.

Bashir had ordered all trade ties between Khartoum and Nairobi severed, and that all Kenyan nationals in Sudan – who he

estimated at about 1,000 – be expelled immediately.

Bashir had also instructed that all Kenyan troops serving in a United Nations peace force in Darfur be expelled from Sudan, said the minister.

“In this time when Kenya is engaging with the Somali government troops against al Shabaab, the last thing we need as a country is additional enemies in our basket,” said Wetangula.

Kenya ordered soldiers into Somalia in mid-October to crush the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels who it said had attacked its security forces and tourists inside Kenya. The militants want to topple Somalia’s Western-backed government.

Kenya: Nation Among Most Corrupt Countries – Report
Bernard Namunane

1 December 2011

Kenya still ranks as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, the latest index shows.

According to the Corruption Perception Index 2011 released by Transparency International Thursday, Kenya ranked 154 out of 182 countries that were surveyed.

Kenya, which shares the same score as President Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, is among 27 low scoring countries in corruption which include the Somalia (182), North Korea (182), Afghanistan (180), Sudan (177), Equatorial Guinea (172), Burundi (172) and Libya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Chad all taking position 168.

New Zealand (1), Denmark (2), Finland (2), and Sweden (4) are the least corrupt countries. Only Botswana (32) and Rwanda (49) are in the club of 50 countries of the world that have entrenched the war against corruption in their official ranks.

The survey results, which were released by the Berlin-based anti-corruption watch-dog, show that the publicly stated zero-tolerance policy fight against corruption by the Grand Coalition Government only improved Kenya’s score of 2.1 per cent last year marginally to 2.2 per cent.

It also goes all the way to show that the implementation of the Constitution and the wide ranging reforms being put in place at the moment are yet to change the thieving ways of the past.

TI (Kenya) executive director Samuel Kimeu, who spoke during the simultaneous launch of the report in Nairobi, blamed the lack of political will and the slow pace of reforms in the Judiciary and Kenya Police Service for the poor scores in corruption.

“This is an indication that reforms catalysed by the new Constitution have not yielded dividends in the fight against corruption. The lack of progress in tackling graft can still be attributed to lack of political will and the slow pace of reforms in critical sectors, despite implementation of the Constitution,” he said.

Weak institutions and a long culture of corruption were a running streak among the African countries that were ranked most corrupt and Mr Kimeu challenged the government to change the trend to pave way for economic growth.

“At the moment, in Kenya as in many countries in Africa, the political leadership remains the greatest obstacle to effective anti-corruption initiatives,” he said

The results, which form the TI’s annual ritual of Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), contribute negatively to the level of foreign direct investments (FDI), the credit worthiness of a nation, and the ability turn round an economy. It draws data from 17 sources provided by reputable institutions that measure the overall frequency and size of bribes in both public and private sectors.

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“This year we have seen corruption on protestors’ banners be they rich or poor. Whether in a Europe hit by debt crisis or an Arab world starting a new political era, leaders must heed the demands for better government,” said Huguette Labelle, Chair of TI.

Mr Kimeu submitted that the dismal show by Kenya could be attributed to the failure by the government to tackle conclusively major scandals such as Anglo Leasing, Nairobi City Council cemetery, Free Primary Education funds, Ministry of Water scams, and Kazi kwa Vijana money.

TI-Kenya urged the government to ensure the scandals which run into billions of money have been speedily investigated and those involved, regardless of the status, be prosecuted and if found guilty be required to pay back the funds.

“The frequency with which resources for projects aimed at lifting the majority of Kenyans from poverty are being misused or stolen casts doubt on the ability of the state to protect the public interest and achieve its economic development plans,” he said.