From: People For Peace
Date: Sun, May 13, 2012 at 9:58 PM
Subject: Regional News
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THE UNCURED
HATCHED TRIBALISM IN
BY FR
JOACHIM OMOLO OUKO, AJ
NAIROBI-KENYA
MONDAY, MAY
14, 2012
The charade that is playing out at National Hospital
Insurance Fund is a war between ODM and PNU. When Gwasi
MP John Mbadi went to Ramogi
FM last week to defend himself from misappropriation of CDF in his constituency
he said if Prof Anyang Nyo’ngo is suspended ODM will
challenge that by forcing Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi (PNU) to be suspended due to corruption in KenGen.
Tribalism has been hatching in
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Kiriako Tobiko has already asked
the national anti-corruption agency to investigate KenGen
boss Eddy Njoroge over alleged corruption in
tendering for a Sh9.6 billion power project.
Even though the investigation could put Mr Njoroge’s job on the line, according to Mbadi
Noroge cannot be touched since he belongs to PNU. The
Nairobi
Law Monthly magazine, published by city lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi in October
and November last year alleged that there is corruption in the tender award to
Great Wall Drilling Company, a Chinese firm, to drill geothermal wells.
The articles alleged impropriety on the part of Mr Njoroge on a 2008 contract extension for drilling wells at
the Olkaria geothermal project, the composition and
legality of the committee that approved the transaction, and the tender price.
Mr Abdullahi, a member of
the Judicial Service Commission, then wrote to the DPP, Mr Keriako
Tobiko, asking him to trigger criminal proceedings
against Mr Njoroge and the KenGen
board of directors.
Even before the allegation could be investigated, Mr Tobiko, on April 27, 2012, noted that Mr Abdullahi made “serious allegations” of breaches of various
provisions of procurement laws, the Penal Code and the Ethics and
Anti-Corruption Act by Mr Njoroge in the awarding of
the drilling contract. Of course, Tobiko has to
defend his work.
PLO Lumumba did not behave like the rest of loyalists
and he lost his job as Anti-Corruption Commission Director when he alleged that
the husband of PNU MP Cecily Mbarire was trying to
bribe him. This saga started when the Vice President Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka said that Kenyans
should defend PLO Lumumba who was being targeted by politicians.
Inset- former
The saga between Lumumba and Assistant Minister Cecily
Mbarire emerged after the KACC director claimed Mbarire’s husband attempted to bribe him with Sh100, 000 at
a time when his company was under investigations.
It is against the background that PNU MPs were united
in Parliament in ensuring Lumumba’s term comes to an end as quickly as
possible. Even before the Bill replacing KACC was taken to the august House, it
was apparent that his days were numbered.
Enquiries within the political corridors revealed
ministers, mainly from PNU were unhappy over what they viewed as Lumumba’s
treacherous acts of inciting the public against them and damaging their
credibility.
They accuse Lumumba of allegedly tipping the media
every time high profile suspects were summoned to KACC for questioning —
thereby undermining their credibility in public. The MPs were referring to KACC
claims that Assistant Minister Richard Onyonka spent
Sh130 million from the Kitutu Masaba
CDF kitty.
The MPs would rather have a CEO against whose head
they can hold a gun and blackmail rather than an independent person adept at
making tough decisions and who has the courage to take on ministers and
backbenchers alike.
As Lumumba and his subordinates were technically
hounded out of office, Parliament’s next target before proceeding on recess in
late August was Nyachae, who had criticised the
President, Cabinet, and MPs for attempting to water down the new laws through
piecemeal amendments. He survived after sleeping on the matter.
In addition to heading the country’s leading power
generator, Mr Njoroge is the chairman of the Nairobi
Securities Exchange and Telkom
It explains why corruption and impunity are king in government of
One of the examples of nepotism is recent revelation
that Transport Minister, Amos Kimunya appointed Gichiri Ndua as Managing Director
of KPA, Ian M Karanja to the KPA board of directors,
Bernard Gaithuma Njuguna,
Eunice Wanja Njeru and Khadija Karim to the board, and
revoked the appointment of Komora M Jillo whom he replaces with Abdalla
Mohamed Abdalla Fadhil.
Finance PS is Joseph Kinyua,
Transport PS Cyrus Njiru, Attorney General Githu Muigai, Kenya Railways
Managing Director Nduva Muli,
Mr Edward Ngige, representing the Inspector of State
Corporations, Ms Muthoni Gatere
who is KPA’s Corporation Secretary and head of legal
services, and the Managing Director Gichiri Ndua.
No wonder why Mombasa Republic Council is demanding
that
Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development is the
same story. The ministry has breached the ethnic composition rule in its staff
establishment. Out of the 119 officers at the ministry 47 are from the Kikuyu
community, representing 39.5 per cent.
This is 3.3 per cent above the benchmark required by
the law, which requires that no single community should have more than one
third of staff in any government department.
According to the report produced by the minister at
the Parliamentary Committee on Equal Opportunity meeting, the Luo community has 15 workers (12.5 per cent) at the
ministry, Luhya 10 (8.4 per cent), Meru 16 (13.5 per cent) and Kamba
14(11.6 per cent), amongst others.
Incidents of corruption in
One factor that fuels the problems of corruption in
It explains why corruption has played a role with all
3 Kenyan presidents up to now. Jomo Kenyatta was the
first president of
After the independence (in 1963), Kenyatta did not
return those lands to the former owners, but handed it over to members of his
own clan and tribe. Kenyatta himself became one of the largest private land
owners in the country.
Second President was During Daniel arap
Moi and the story was the same. Corruption was
widespread and involved Moi himself on many
occasions. In the 1990s, he was part of the Goldenberg scandal, where smuggled
gold was exported out of
Many officials from the Central Bank and more than 20
senior judges have also been implicated. As of 2008, only a small handful of
people had been charged with a criminal offense, which some see as an example
of the continuing problem of corruption and favoritism.
Here comes the third president, Mwai
Kibaki. Apart from nepotism, from 2003 to 2006, his
cabinet spent 14 million dollars on new Mercedes cars for themselves. In late
2008, several members of Kibaki's parliament were
found to have taken large "allowances", which were not legally part
of their official compensation.
The appointment by President Mwai
Kibaki Friday of 47 County Commissioners to undertake
coordination of National Government functions in the 47 counties is just few
examples to demonstrate historical nepotism in
The following are the
1. Joseph Keter -Kirinyaga
2. Michael Mwangi -Nyeri
3. Kula Hache -Muranga
4. Wcyliffe Ogallo – Nyandarua
5. Wilson Njega – Kiambu
6. Nelson Marwa –
7. Evans Achoki – Kwale
8. Maalim Mohamed – Kilifi
9. Joseph Rotich – Tana-River
10. Stephen Ikua – Lamu
11. Rashid Khator – Taita Taveta
12. Isaiah Nakoru – Marsabit
13. Wanyama Musiambo – Isiolo
14. Chege Mwangi – Meru
15. Christopher Musumbu – Tharaka Nithi
16. Hellen S. Kiilu – Embu
17. Erastus Ekidor – Kitui
18. Ann Gakuria – Machakos
19. David N. Ole Shege – Makueni
20. Moffat Kangi – Garissa
21. Naftary Mung’athia – Wajir
22. Michael Tialal Nkodi – Mandera
23. Lorna Odero – Kisumu
24. Joseph Kimiywi – Siaya
25. Joseph S. Otieno – Homabay
26. Ann Ngetich – Migori
27. Wilson Wanyanga – Nyamira
28.
29. Julius Mathenge – Turkana
30. Peter Okwanyo –
31. Charity Chepkonga –
Trans-Nzoia
32. Arthur Osiya -Kajiado
33. Kassim Farah – Narok
34. Amos Gathecha – Nakuru
35. Bernard Leparmalai – Baringo
36. Esther W. Maina – Laikipia
37. Wilson Nyagwanga – Samburu
38. Abdi M. Hassan – Uasin Gishu
39. Birik Mohammed – Keiyo Marakwet
40. Matilda Sakwa – Nandi
41. Pauline Dola – Bomet
42. Rashid Mohammed – Kericho
43. Albert Kobia – Kakamega
44. William Kiprono – Vihiga
45. Jamlick Baruga – Bungoma
46. Joyce Isiaho – Busia
47. Shadrack Mwadime –
That is why Kenyans have no faith in other presidents
who will succeed Kibaki, be it Raila,
Uhuru, Ruto, Kalonzo, Mudavadi, Saitoti, name them all, the story will be the same.
It is against the background that the G47 political
grouping has reiterated the need for alternative leadership saying the present
presidential front runners lacked ideologies. It called on progressive Kenyans
to get involved and steer the country to achieve its desired goal of a new dawn
in leadership.
G47 believes that a Raila
presidency will not bring meaningful change, while Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North
MP William Ruto's bid will kill change. “Electing
(Vice President) Kalonzo or (Deputy Prime Minister) Musalia is delaying change unnecessarily while electing Saitoti, Jirongo or Wetangula is corrupting change completely, according to G7
spokesperson Mr Aukot Ekuro.
Kenyans are yearning for a president they can trust, a government they can
respect and associate with and one that can deliver change they can believe in.
Kenyans are yet to suffer more as the Government plans
to spend Sh200 million in payouts to dozens of current and former MPs in new
allowances backdated to 2003, Sh60 million more than was approved in the Finance
Act passed last month. The same Act provided for another Sh825 million in
gratuity payments.
My fear goes to Mumo Matemu who has just been picked as Kacc
Director at the time Sh20.3 million is to be recovered from seven powerful
individuals in Kibaki and Raila
governments. If he does not play his card well he can be shown the door as they
did to PLO.
The seven powerful individual politicians taken to
court in 2008 are Poghisio, assistant minister David Musila, Turkana Central MP Ekwee Ethuro and former PSC vice-chairman Oloo
Aringo.
Others are former MPs Joseph Kamotho
(Mathioya), Daniel Khamasi
(Shinyalu) and Justin Muturi
(Siakago). Musila was
Deputy Speaker in the Ninth Parliament while Poghisio
was a member of the Speaker’s panel.
In January 2009, Kacc sued
another four former MPs over Sh14 million they were paid in irregular
allowances. The four are former Government Chief Whip Norman Nyagah, former MPs John Sambu (Mosop), Abdullahi Ali (Wajir North), and Jimmy Angwenyi
(Kitutu Chache).
Kacc wants Nyagah to refund a total of Sh5.6 million paid to him by
the PSC between 2006 and 2007. The other three were each paid Sh2.8 million.
It is against the background that Kenyans cannot trust
recent cabinet recommendation that 3.4 billion be allocated in 2012/2013 Budget
for the recruitment of additional teachers, 3.1 billion be allocated for
recruitment of 900 doctors, nurses and health workers and 5 billion shillings
be used for the implementation of the second phase of allowances for doctors,
nurses and health workers and 2.5 billion for recruitment of 7000 police
officers among others.
There is fear because such budgets have been looted
previously just like the looting the budget-Ksh 9.6
billion and the fraudulent unjustifiable approval of an amount of kshs 26.7 billion from the supplementary estimates of
recurrent expenditure of the Government of Kenya for the year 200,2009.
These are happening when more than Sh380 million
channelled through the Constituency Development Fund and the Local Authority
Transfer Fund during the 2009/2010 financial year was misused. So corruption
continues just because it is our turn to eat.
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