Folks,
True, this is PURE REDUNDANCY and a big JOKE of its time. What I can say to the people is – it will be ONLY 6 months to election TIME.
How sensible is SENSE for a THIEF having STOLEN takes the THRONE of ALLOCATING MINISTRIES and DISTRIBUTION OF CONSTITUTED GOVERNANCE DELIBERATELY at OWN DISCHARGE without the ELECTORATE raising CONCERNS.
Democratic Governance is PEOPLE DRIVEN DEMANDS met by PEOPLEs VOTE to elect LEADERS who can be TRUSTed to REPRESENT the majority interests and together VOICE THEIR LEGISLATIVE CONCERNS as well as MAKE POLICIES for other local and international business, security & trade concerns. The ELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT are the PEOPLES REPRESENTATIVES. Ministries are the SERVICE ORIENTED DEPARTMENT where PUBLICs needs are met – projects FUNDED, CONTRACTS requests made/awarded, agricultural supplement received, Job creation & skills are innitiated, Faith Based and NGOs are Funded to provide extension service to public. This is where the PUBLICs Day to Day effective communication, activities and participation is. Here is where Wananchi MUST RECEIVE FAIR deal for their VOTES, an ACTION PACKED DEMANDS attended to – so their VOICES MUST BE HEARD.
A LEAN Government would have therefore been REPRESENTED by the majority ELECTED members with strong offices taken by ODM not PNU . A people oriented Governance WILL restructure and Overhaul Internal Security Police Force AND its leadership with NEW FRESH BLOOD to curb against MADNESS of SHOOT TO KILL “Extermination Mode”; eliminate Government Offices control by INDIVIDUAL self-syled Mt. Kenya Mafia BLACKMAIL beaurocracy. ODM then get the control of the GOVERNMENT SYSTEM so the society have a sense of DIGNITY. BUILD a SYSTEM where PUBLIC can CONTROL their own DESTINY. Provide conducive atmosphere ROOM for Self-employment and CRIATIVE thinking. Which Kibaki is an IMPOSITOR who failed to DELIVER. A democratic Government must be able to DELIVER and be able to CREATE JOBS evenly not sectionally and provide other services too. Incase they take these strong offices then we will not have the CONSTITUTION FULLY FLEDGED, SECURITY OF THE PUBLIC COMPROMISED AND CORRUPTION ELEVETED IN EXTENSION.
However, the PURPOSE for ELECTION is and was to be able to make the availability of CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION so to be IMPLEMENTED AND OPERATIONAL so to serve a FAIR CONSTITUTED DEMOCRATIZATION process FREE from CORRUPTION, TERRORISM, HOOLIGANISM AND KILLINGS OF INNOCENT CITIZENS and to stop NEPOTISM and DISCRIMINATION OF ALL FORMS AND OTHER ILL VICES
If PNU has Finance, Justice and constitutional affairs, Defence, Home affairs, Internal security, provincial administration, Education, information and communication, the president and perhaps vice president and 1 deputy prime minister; all these are very strategic important to any new election or controlling public anxiety like the one kenya had during post election violence.
Where is the LOGISTICS that will guide people to COME close to SAFE ELECTION come the next 6 months NATIONAL ELECTION. Come on PEOPLE if RAILA is WRONG then he MUST be TOLD that he is and he must KNOW that he is doing a DESERVICE to KENYANS. He must NOT ACCEPT BRIBERY – he will be CONDEMED FOR EVER. What is MONEY it is like FLOWER which weathers and flies away.
Finance Ministry is a CLEARING HOUSE for RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTING FUNDS channelled through respective Ministries for SPENDING. At these spending FUNCTIONAL Ministries are the OPEN ENDED POCKETS where MONEY GETS IN AND DISSAPEARS to individual Mt. Kenya MAFFIA POCKETS. How can THE PEOPLE of Kenya sit to watch STUFF like that.
Like I said earlier, Political Strategist is a SCHEMER, sometimes CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH constructive negotiantions onbehalf of the GENERAL PUBLIC. My Proposal Therefore is that, other ODM Leaders and Mr. Ruto should take this LEADERSHIP seriously and together make RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP consultations along with PARLIAMENTARIANS – VOICING CONCERNS the DEMANDS OF THE GENERAL MAJORITY KENYAN PUBLICS and that RAILA MUST BE FORCED TO OBLIGE.
My Appeal to Kenyan People is not to ACCEPT the CABINET as will be read when their INTEREST is not PROTECTED well in PNU STATEMENT.
Good Luck.
Judy Miriga
USA
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Paul Nyandoto <paul.nyandoto@phsotey.fi> wrote:
Judy and the rest,
I just read how the ministries are distributed and I am very surprised to see a lot of redundancy: take, for example, the Ministry of Planning and National development and the Minister of Development of northern Kenya and semi-arid lands, both of which are held by ODM. But the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development, Minister of Regional Development Authoritative, Minister of Cooperative Development, and Minister of Livestock Development are held by PNU. You see that ministry of Development is having six ministers and perhaps a lot of assistant ministers.
Let us see the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources Development (ODM) and the Ministry of Public Works (PNU).
Ministry of Agriculture (ODM), but Minister of Lands and Settlement (PNU). Minister of Roads (ODM), Water and Irrigation(ODM)… What the hell is the Minister of Agriculture doing if water and irrigation has its own ministry? ODM is given Ministry of Housing but Lands and Settlement is PNU. You do not built houses on air but on land. Do you get it?
The Ministry of Energy is ODM’s, but I do not know what paradox is behind this since the Ministry of Science and Technology has been given to PNU.
All the ministries of basic education and higher education are given to PNU. What is wrong with these people?
PNU has Finance, Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Defence, Home Affairs, Internal Security, Provincial Administration, Education, Information and Communication, the President and, perhaps, Vice President and one Deputy Prime Minister. All these are very strategic and important to any new election or controlling public anxiety like the one Kenya had during post election violence.
ODM is like a social worker in this government: Their only portfolio ministries are Foreign Affairs, which does not generate money, Local Government, Immigration and Registration, which 100% needs the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security and sometimes needs Justice and Constitution as well.
Health and Agriculture have been very badly divided.
Anyway, let us wish them success.
Paul Nyandoto.
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>>> Judy Miriga 04.04.08 18:43 >>>
Folks,
This is the more reasons why ODM has failed the MWANANCHI. In addition ADD the ACCUMULATIVE FUNDING from OVERSEAS Governments which is a PAYBACK and will be paid from TAXPAYERS the ordinary MWANAINCHI – which in ESSENSE the IOU MONEY is supposed to SERVICE the FALLEN & REVAMP ECONOMY to its feet.
You know what, I HATE TO SAY THIS but – it will be necessary for someone from ODM – to take over from RAILA the AGWAMBO than put Kenyans to a MESS. This is the same style his father did after winning with the majority opposition elected members in 1992. As people rightly says RAILA was TINGA TINGA. Well the saying goes without MUCH ADO that he was just a GOOD POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SKEWED MOBILIZER and a SCHEMER – BUT NOT an ASTITUDE POLITICAL LEADER. At this point he needs to PAVE way for some serious LEADERS who will lead Kenya to the fulfilment MILLENIUM PLAN OF ACTION by the year 2020.
Thanks,
Judy Miriga
USA
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CMW wrote:
Hudson,
PNU in this case behaved the way we expected it to behave. Now, for ODM this is the beginning of a disaster. As good a politician as Raila is, his greatest failing has always been impatience. Already the pressure was beginning to mount on Kibaki and the PNU from the international community and from NGO’s. All ODM had to do was sit and wait.
Wafula
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From: obed
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [africa-oped] 40 Ministers!:Cabinet to be named on Sunday
Kenyan politicians are not role models to follow. They have no stand on anything ,they can be bought and sold anytime. It not a surprise that Raila was duped to accept 40 cabinet arrangement so that the other side would say that RAILA was in agreement with it. It is a joke to have 40 cabinet positions in country where people cannot afford one meal a day and we have IDPS suffering in camps without food. It is a big disappointment for the Kenyans people because politicians never takes instructions from them after they are elected.
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fred wrote:
I am dissapointed by the “BREAKTHROUGH” if this means the taxpayer is to be saddled by
some 40 ministries, complete with assistant ministers and permanent secretaries! ODM should have rejected this and instead pushed for ha! lf this number even if it meant loosing some political support.
Raila should walk the talk and be consistent on this. Yes, the election was stolen and everybody knows it but throwing tax payer’s money is hardly a solution! This flies in the face of ODM’s blueprint for cleaning the mess politicians have created in the country. Raila has support across the country and should reject this so called “breakthrough.”
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On 4/3/08, Kuria-Mwangi wrote:
What made Raila change tune? Wish he stood by the Kenyans.
Cabinet to be named on Sunday
Written By:Emmanuel Kola
Posted: Thu, Apr 03, 2008
President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Designate Raila Odinga will name the grand coalition government this Sunday.
The development emerged after the two principals Thursday held talks for over two hours on the formation of the new coalition cabinet at Harambee House in Nairobi.
The two leaders agreed on the appointment of a cabinet comprising of forty Ministries. The cabinet is scheduled to be sworn in on Saturday April 12.
Thursday’s meeting at Harambee house by the two principals eventually ended the anxious wait by Kenyans on the naming of the grand coalition cabinet.
Both parties said they were pleased with the outcome of the discussions in the spirit of give and take and expressed their appreciation to Kenyans for their patience during the period of consultations.
Briefing the media after the meeting Raila noted that the long consultations were necessary to ensure an agreement that is amicable and good for the country.
Meanwhile the government spokesman Dr. Alfred Mutua says the breakthrough in the naming of the new cabinet will now pave way for the government to focus on other issues such as resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons.
Addressing the press during his weekly briefly briefing Dr.Mutua said most of the displaced people have been sent back home and are rebuilding their lives.
At the same time Mutua dispelled fears over the alleged distribution of leaflets in Burnt Forest area warning IDPs from the area not to return saying that the government is investigating the issue.
Agreeing to such a huge cabinet in order to satisfy the needs of the thieves does not help kenyans in anyway. I have been a firm supporter of ODM and its course and wonder what the ODM leadership and Raila were thinking when getting into this outright theft of public resources.
Raila should realise that the coalitions main work is to build institutions and facilitate the enactment of laws/constitution that will take Kenya forward and to ensure what happened in Dec 2007 shall never happen again. Those of us who had our families in danger areas know what it means to live in fear and anxiety. That is something no kenyan should experience. Unfortunately the IDPs are going through that right now. Has Raila forgotten that this are the same people he has been fighting for? Compromising principle is one thing I have never seen him do and I was so suprised that he did so this time. Is it possible that the astute defender of the people has finally been turned into the wrongs that he has been fighting against? We cannot have such a situation. If Raila has become too old to continue the fight then we should look for the next available leader. ODM should stand firm on what it expects of the National Accord as it is written. Once again we have seen Kibaki has gone against his word. Why am I not suprised? That has been the person since he joined politics in the 60s. Imagine the 60s and the guy is still there.
ODM should now chart a new way forward since clearly we can see that Panua is not ready to solve the crisis and are just stalling. This was inevitable and I wonder why Kenyans are suprised about how PNU is behaving. Even their supporters see the same thing and wonder what is wrong with Kibaki. There is nothing wrong with the man. He is just been himself.
Raila wake up and dont you dare compromise our values and beliefs. The greater good is only served when justice prevails however painful it is!
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:15:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Cabinet Size a total Disappointment
I have believed that free and unfettered straight talk is the basis of a free society. I am a stanch ODM supporter and have not wavered the least bit from the beginning. However, my thoughts and opinions have been strangely provoked because of the cabinet selection wrangling.
I believe that if ODM/Raila is to be an agent of change then we must see consistence and persistence with the goal always in focus. The goal is to bring real lasting change to the government machinery in our beloved Kenya to effect real change from the grassroots. If the just agreed number of cabinet ministers is any indication of things to come, than I am VERY DISAPPOINTED. This coalition is going to see a whole lot of turbulence in the coming weeks, months and years (if it makes it that far).
I said before that ODM/Raila must stick to their guns and ask for that which be for the people’s interest.
I feel that it is time for all Kenyans to speak out against this misguided trend. Left unchecked, then we are in for more bad news. I hope that is not the case.
ODM was pushing for 34, PNU was pushing for 44 that is a delta of 10. The people of Kenya were hoping for a “mean”, lean and clean cabinet of not more than say 24. How come the agreed number was not in this case a max of 39? Is this true power sharing? If anything for the sake of even numbers why not 38 then? PNU just wanted to show that they have the upper hand.
I expect to hear disappointment from ODM/Raila supporters.
I call for civil disobedience against PNU/ODM cabinet selection.
I expected ODM/Raila to send out a strong message against the needless and shameful teargas attack on honorable Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai. I was left dissatisfied and quit frankly discouraged on this matter.
The BIG question now is this: What else is ODM/Raila is going to compromise on?
To PM designate Raila Amolo Odinga (RAO): Please be careful not to let us down. We have come too far to sink!
Keen Nyamwange (Obama’s Illinois for Raila – OIFR)
Posted on behalf of Keen Nyamwange by Jaluo Press.
05.04.08 5:31
It is said Hyena will feed on itself if wass wounded around the stomach and the intestines are hanging out.
Our friends from central seems to be exceedingly greedy that they don’t even realize that many of their own are in the cold and in the rain. They would not care even if it took another year bickering with the power sharing thing. So you think they(Kibaki and co.) will care about the poor?
Unfortunately ODM group whom we thought cared have given us reason to doubt them. Imagine the whole world were calling for a lean government and all over sudden Raila emerges out of a meeting that they have settled on “40” plus “50” assistant ministers positions!!!!!!!. Why couldn’t they stick to 34 or less? To please? completely Unacceptable. I now suspect the highest Raila will ever go is PM position unless something good comes out of this. I feel the dead and the suffering Kenyans have been betrayed.
They died for what? Bloated Government and convenient settlements? Their deaths were never convenient. It was the worst time for ODM to accept that kind of settlement.
David
Posted on behalf of David by Jaluo Press.
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:16:00
Subject: Raila can still save his political ambition and help the mass
Kenyans,
If he Raila is clever and a trusted politician who really wants to bring good change to Kenyans, he can still save his image: How? by making sure Kenyans goes to an early election next year 2009. This present PNU ODM combination = thieves, robbers, killers, corruption, tax payers burden, jobless, begging international community for aid, begging for investers, lack of trust on the government, Mistrust by foreign diplomats, no long term investers to Kenya and finally constant suffering to the common Kenyan ,& IDP and lack of development. You can not tell me that Kalonzo, Kibaki, Raila, Ruto, Karua, Michuki, Uhuru, Saitoti, Ngiulu, Mdawadi, Balala will sit in one cabinet and bring any good thing to Kenyans, come on guys let us wake up; look at even the agenda they did have before election. This combination is like putting sheeps, foxes, wolves, liones, gazelle, leopard , hyenas, antelopes in one box and expect to get what the next day?. Think hard guys we are going down into the drainage.
Paul Nyandoto
Posted on behalf of Paul Nyandoto by Jaluo Press.
I had my doubts that Raila would really keep his word since he has jumped ship so many times in the past, but I was willing to give it a try just to get some postitive change. What a disappointment that after throwing so much mud on the NARC government, ODM has brought back all the skunks from the moi regime…and a couple of their own vermin too – Kajwang who steals from his clients????.
What has he done to us? We wanted change and many died as a result of our votes. He told us some people had to die for change. Where is the change they died for? It was bad enough he agreed to 40 seats but look what he did with his 20. Out of 102 MPs is this the best of the ODM crop?
He must explain why has he brought back all the known falas from Moi Government? Is this a joke? How could he do this to us? I still cant believe he really meant to give those seats to those falas. He is as bad as they are for pretending to kenyans that he was bringing change only to give our lives and our futures back to the people we worked hard to get rid of in 2002.
We Kenyans should be ashamed of ourselves for believing in lies and liers. Nest time we hear the word peoples president we will know which people – cronies, crooks and criminals. Sorry to rant but this is very painful. I hope the people who burned tyres, houses, and shouted themselves hoarse get what they deserve. They held our country at ransom and this is what we got.