From: Judy Miriga

My Dear Good People,

I am a very concerned person and I want to share this observation with all of you so anyone may advice appropriately as it deems fit:

1) Respect, dignity, value and honor is earned over long passage of time and falling from Grace to disgrace takes no time and your respect is thrown to the dogs.

2) A person with a vision does not do things blindly, except he or she uses wisdom and consult widely before they engage in doing things of great maltitude that concerns many lives

3) If you are blessed with a brother in a foreign land, you are a blessed person and you do not go behind their back to dig a hole in their backyard to cause them harm, pain or backstab them or even cause them disharmony in the company of an enemy, because a brother is a gift from God.

4) A wise person does not go after rejects in exchange for their valuables, but bargain over things that add credit and value in exchange; just like the pillar that the builder abandoned or deserted is of no value or use to anyone …………. because a house built on strong foundation, shall not be shaken even if the wind and storm pound on it…………………

Therefore, a good manager strives to upholds the esteem and goodwill name of a Company; likewise, a good leader must be responsible to deliver services with integrity according to the trust of those he or she is of service……….and timing to engage in favorable business return is of essence.

With the above theories, I am saddened that former PM of Kenya, Raila Odinga seem to be making desperate and dangerous moves of embarrassment coupled with high expectation of missed opportunities.

To embark on a journey to the US in company of some County Governors at the time of US Government Shut-down is lacking credibility and logistics for intelligence and was of no significance value.

Why do I say this:

a) Washington DC is the heart of the Government where all Government facilities operate……….with the Government shut-down, Government facilities and utilities were all shut down. A lot of programs and appointments were all cancelled. Government workers were out of work. The assumed Emerging Markets forum or conference must have been cancelled and so a back-door skeleton of service may have been offered to Raila and Team. This begs the question therefore, did the Government Officials invite him to discuss the March 4th elections???

The business that brought him to the USA therefore was definately not credible…………but it was confirming missed opportunity for unfinished business which is not constitutional or legal in any way………

b) The Emerging Markets of GM, the Genetically Modified Foods to feed the world is a reject in the whole world with just a few days world demonstration against it and the business organizations of the GM are stranded with their reject goods and are looking for a dumping station, the reason why they are scrambling for Africas Grabbed land. It is only danderhead fools who will want to subject their people to loose huge land to accommodate rejects of GM foods. During a Government shutdown, any business deal with the Government is unconstitutional and is illegal………….So how are these Governors going to explain or account to their constituents after spending taxpayer money in wasteful trip.

c) Because GM is a reject, negotiators can only engage deals in dark corners, during a Government Shutdown. Does this explain the type of Emerging Market former PM Raila came to engage? Who want to engage in failed business at the expense of taxpayer??? What are the gains for the people who are about to loose their land under such questionable circumstances???

d) What about the timing of the selling of his book…….Did Raila think twice that his business partners or advisors had actually taken him for a fool?

e) GM is environmentally and healthwise unfit and has failed the test of feed the world………….its business community have a host of problem and rethinking to do…………..Africa must not be made a dampting station under the guist of Free Business……………and Raila with team must stop fooling Africans……………it is time for Africans to stand up for their rights………………

Raila must stop treating President Obama as his enemy. He should stop his negative sneering and sneaky attacks on Obama and begin to act normal. It is important that former PM Raila slow down, that, he is just doing himself more harm than good……..that something about his politics with business engagement of unfinished business is not going down well in the right way. When Rift Valley and Nubians begin to run away from him, something has seriously gone wrong.

Raila must get some reality……..he must know that although he is agreed to be used negatively by his business associates and partners here in the USA to stab our good President Obama negatively, at the end of the day, he is the looser and will remain a laughing stock……….He should know better and do something about his failed attitudes with hopeless negativity on Obama……….Let him take a deep breath retire from politics peacefully with dignity before the tides are high and he finds himself sinking with the waves………………

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

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Raila Odinga tells US government officials he has put March 4 elections behind him

Updated Wednesday, October 16th 2013 at 08:36 GMT +3
By GEOFFREY MOSOKU

WASHINGTON DC: CORD leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday held talks with a number of US government officials in Washington, DC.

Raila held separate talks with Assistant Secretary of State for Africa ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the US State Department in Washington, DC, chairman of the Senate sub-committee on Africa and member of the Senate Foreign Affairs CommitteeSenator Chris Coons of Delaware and Special Representative forUS Global Food Security Mr Jonathan Shrier.

Discussions between Raila, Thomas-Greenfield and Senator Coons focused on progress in Kenya since elections, implementation of Devolution provisions of the constitution, regional security and strengthening of principles of democracy, the rule of law and reforming and strengthening Kenya’s key institutions including police and judiciary.

The Cord leader said he has put the election behind and is focusing on ensuring a faithful implementation of provisions of the new constitution.

“We are also keen to work with you in deepening institutional reforms in Kenya especially reform of the police, judiciary and other institutions of governance and we look up to this administration to walk with Kenyans in their dream to strengthen and institutionalize democracy, the rule of law, government accountability and national security,” he said.

At meetings with the assistant Secretary and Senator Coons Raila called on the US to support the implementation of devolution because it holds promise for Kenya’s future stability through inclusive growth, equitable sharing of resources and state accountability.

He also asked the US to support Kenya’s governors through training, capacity building and actual investments in various counties.

“We need the administration’s support for our governors through training, capacity building, funding and, most importantly, by directing investors to our counties.”

The Assistant Secretary pledged continued support for Kenya on security, especially in war against terrorism.

She pledged support in hunting down those behind the attack at the Westgate Mall no matter how long the search lasts.

The Westgate Mall attack underscored vulnerabilities in the Horn of Africa and demonstrated that al Shabaab has a capable network in East Africa and is willing to carry out attacks outside Somalia, she said.

Raila reiterated that when it comes to matters of National Security, there will be no opposition and government and Kenyans will stand together as one people.

The former PM appealed to the administrators of the Feed the Future program in Kenya to allow governors to have an input on the agricultural initiatives being undertaken in their counties.

He appealed for stronger support for counties in arid areas, singling out Marsabit, Wajir, Garissa and Tana River.

Raila appreciated the focus the Feed the Future program has put on Kenya, but appealed for assistance to farmers in areas of training, provision of quality, drought resistant seeds and storage facilities.

Feed the Future is a U.S. Government hunger and food security initiative, supports partner countries in developing their agriculture sector to spur economic growth that increases incomes and reduces hunger, poverty and undernutrition.

Raila later launched his autobiography at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC.

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Thursday, October 10, 2013
Raila Odinga, CORD governors head to US

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. PHOTO/FILE
In Summary
The Cord Delegations will be in the US for two weeks
The former PM and his delegation will also attend the Emerging Markets Forum in Washington
Mr Odinga will promote his newly launched autobiography Flame of Freedom

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will on Friday lead Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD governors on a second tour to the United States.

Mr Odinga and the Cord delegation will be in the US for two weeks. Mr Odinga is expected to popularise his recently launched autobiography, Flame of Freedom during the tour.

The former PM and his delegation will meet business executives and also attend the Emerging Markets Forum in Washington.

“Mr Odinga will also use his two- week stay in the US to promote his newly launched autobiography Flame of Freedom in Washington, DC and Minnesota, among other US cities,” a statement released by his spokesperson Mr Dennis Onyango stated.

Mr Odinga will be accompanied by governors Ali Hassan Joho (Mombasa), Wycliffe Oparanya (Kakamega), Nathif Jama (Garissa), Ahmed Abdullahi (Wajir), Ukur Yatani (Marsabit) and Josephat Nanok of Turkana.

While in Washington, Mr Odinga and his delegation will also meet opinion leaders and officialsfrom both government and non-governmental agencies before travelling to Minnesota for meetings with business leaders and to launch the biography.

In July 2013, the former PM led Cord governors on a tour to the US (READ: Governors’ US trip not political: Raila).

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Biography

Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Assistant Secretary
Bureau of African Affairs
Term of Appointment: 08/06/2013 to present
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Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a member of the Career Foreign Service, was confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013 and sworn in on August 6, 2013 as the next Assistant Secretary for African Affairs.

Prior to assuming her current position, as Director General she led a team of about 400 employees who carried out the full range of personnel functions for the State Department’s 60,000-strong workforce – from recruitment and hiring, through evaluations and promotions, to retirement.

Since beginning her Foreign Service career in 1982 as a consular officer in Kingston, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield has risen through the ranks to the Minister Counselor level. Overseas she has served in Jamaica, Nigeria, The Gambia, Kenya, Pakistan, Switzerland (at the U.S. Mission to the UN), and most recently as Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, where she served from 2008 to 2012. In Washington she has worked in the Bureau of Human Resources, as well as the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, where she was a Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2004 to 2006, and the Bureau of African Affairs, where she was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2006 to 2008.

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield was the 2000 recipient of the Warren Christopher Award for Outstanding Achievement in Global Affairs in recognition of her work with refugees. She has received several Superior, Meritorious, and Performance awards, including the Presidential Meritorious Service Award. She was a 2010 inductee into the Louisiana State University Alumni Association Hall of Distinction.

Prior to joining the Department of State, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield taught political science at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, where she also did work towards a doctorate.

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a member of the Career Foreign Service, was confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013 and sworn in on August 6, 2013 as the next Assistant Secretary for African Affairs.

Prior to assuming her current position, as Director General she led a team of about 400 employees who carried out the full range of personnel functions for the State Department’s 60,000-strong workforce – from recruitment and hiring, through evaluations and promotions, to retirement.

Since beginning her Foreign Service career in 1982 as a consular officer in Kingston, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield has risen through the ranks to the Minister Counselor level. Overseas she has served in Jamaica, Nigeria, The Gambia, Kenya, Pakistan, Switzerland (at the U.S. Mission to the UN), and most recently as Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, where she served from 2008 to 2012. In Washington she has worked in the Bureau of Human Resources, as well as the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, where she was a Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2004 to 2006, and the Bureau of African Affairs, where she was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2006 to 2008.

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield was the 2000 recipient of the Warren Christopher Award for Outstanding Achievement in Global Affairs in recognition of her work with refugees. She has received several Superior, Meritorious, and Performance awards, including the Presidential Meritorious Service Award. She was a 2010 inductee into the Louisiana State University Alumni Association Hall of Distinction.

Prior to joining the Department of State, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield taught political science at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, where she also did work towards a doctorate.