His Exellency President Obama, I humbly bring to your attention, the following plea that concerns serious risk to human dignity and survival in Kenya. The State of Affair in Kenya is falling apart by the minute and things may get out of control because it is a talk in every corner of Kenya that people fear for their lives and that fear and insecurity can be felt everywhere you go in Kenya..........that, there is no safety........ Kenya cannot continue to live in fear and degenerate like it has in Congo today. Signs are clear that President Kibaki has failed and he has put spanner at work to push Kenya down to its knees and it is the reason why he engineered to kill the stronghold of the Constitutional Policy Legislation to comply with the Reform Accord for which he took Oath to uphold. Kibaki now realizes his term of Office is comming to an end and has started offensive to throw Kenya out of balance. As Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Kenya, President Kibaki has time and agin failed misserably. He failed to protect the Citizens and provide peoples mandate as required in the Reform Accord Agreement. Kibaki therefore has not honored or respected the dignity of Human Rights from the moment he took Office in the Coalition Government. It is widely known that he is the genesis of all problems in Kenya starting from Kenya's Things fall apart in 2007/8. He too have failed to comply and uphold the Oath he took as the President of Kenya. Kibaki has compromised livelihood and survival of the people of Kenya and put the Kenya's Constitutional Reform at serious dissadvantage of collapse by engineering coup to defeat and derail the Constitutional Policy Legislation tactfully. Because of these reasons, Kibaki cannot be trusted and the acts of violence and careless killings has been condemned from all quarters by people and sympathizers in the Country and in Diaspora. His ways to dissentagrate the country through back doors so he can extend his stay in power are unacceptable and must be put to an immidiate stop. The following attachments are confirmation of the same appeal thatKibaki Must Go Now and not any time later...!!!!....He should be requested to step down immediately or face the wrath of people to pressure him out of Office. I hope this matter will present urgent attention to demand Kibaki's urgent step-down. Judy Miriga Diaspora Spokesperson Executive Director Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc., USA http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com Political will lacking for Kenya prosecutions Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on Jan 2, 2012 In arguably the most significant general election since the country's independence, Kenyans will test a new constitution adopted in 2010, after widespread violence and near civil war following the last ballot four years ago. The coalition government is in its sunset years of governance. For the past four years, it has wobbled from one crisis to another leaving Kenyans to wonder as to who is in-charge. The third President of Kenya, Mr. Stanley Emilio Mwai Kibaki, with his trademark of hands-off style of leadership has greatly contributed to the mess we are in today. This is the second or third time I am writing about it and I grieve as I do it again today. While other nations give security the first priority, the Kenyan government gives none. The security agencies have either gone to sleep or clandestinely support activities of criminal gangs leaving a sorry state where insecurity is the order of the day. Kenya is the only stable nation in the region where people butcher one another like animals. It is in this land where security personnel remain perpetually susceptible to fatal harm by criminals and even warring communities. In Kenya, under the custody of President Kibaki, either communities simply take weapons and attack one another or seek cessation. It is only in Kenya where neighbouring countries have even claimed parts of the territory read Migingo Island. That is a nation in the hands of a sleeping man, sandwiched by glories of blind satisfactions. Kibaki's neglect of his country may be lodged in the artificial lens formed by selfish persons around him. Initially, the first lady was the vocal voice in the House, seeking family identity from all and sundry, including the nation; and protecting it to the extent of chastising perceived spoilers of the same. People thought she mastered Kibaki's decisions, but not before she subsided and left a horde of money makers also keen on owning the nation. Ever since, Kibaki has never made a sound security decision for the nation, not on time! The legacyPrior to 2007, it took personal decision of the late Hon. John Michuki to deal with Mungiki in action dubbed "Operation Wipe Out". The clandestine warriors had become "an economical" risk when they targeted businessmen in Central province, Nairobi and parts of Rift Valley in bloody murders. Using his position as a Minister for Internal Security, Michuki ordered 'execution on arrest'. This effectively reduced, scared and scattered the group. If Kibaki knew any detail, it was reported to him. In early 2008, hell broke loose after Kibaki and his handlers forced their way back to power. Kenyans brusquely massacred one another in a horrible two weeks' animosity. Kibaki, having assumed power and a Commander-In-Chief, was missing in action as rumours blew by winds that he would be holed up in places including Uganda. Since then, Kenya has never become the same. In fact, Kenya has never known peace. We have become a regional laughing stock as neighbours have sought to share up the nation. Even internal regions are seeking to pull out. That is what Kibaki want to bequeath to Kenyans as a legacy! Thinking about money making and economy is not a bad thing, Mr. President; it is good, but is it everything? … A stitch in time saves nine! Only last week communities living in Tana River delta slaughtered one another right in the face of a sleeping security machinery under the leadership of President Kibaki. He is not looking at it at all. A week before, the police in South Africa had opened fire to striking mine workers an incident that led to the killing of 34 workers. This act led to the South African President to cut short a Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Mozambique to attend to the crisis. This isn't something that will neither make Kibaki get out of the House on the Hill nor appoint a substantive Minister of Internal Security. He rather looks at money makers than the lives of poor Kenyans. Like he asked of Migingo Island; 'what are poor people to Kenya's economy?' The Makerere Economist would rather sit for a short while and read a statement promising actions than work out security details in order to forestall further careless loss of lives to such aggressions. Before he masters a blink of his eyes, vengeance has thawed the land and everybody is lost of words. Stitch in timeToday, a few hundred youths are threatening lives in Mombasa. No Church! No market! No road! No home! Walking, bathing, eating, sleeping, etc, are luxuries to the residents for the past almost three days. Kenyans run for their dear lives. If innocent Kenyans are not being butchered in the streets in broad daylight, security personnel are exploded by grenades! That is here in Kenya. Kibaki is preparing to go and open Agricultural Show in the same city. With his security beefed, the head of State House has prepared a speech to deliver on the matter. Speeches! Mere speeches and statements! Over the years as future leaders die careless deaths! Mr. President, don't you have a heart?! Don't you have an idea?! Thinking about money making and economy is not a bad thing, Mr. President; it is good, but is it everything? If you ever got my past message, Sir; insecurity can reduce your hard work to zilch. Remember what a week's unrest caused to Kenya's GDP you worked hard to build in your first five years' term-it has failed to get back even to half! A stitch in time saves nine! Kibaki's Economic and Anti-Corruption Policies have Failed Catastrophically in Kenya: Part 1Many Kenyans remain pessimistic about the economy in 2012. According to an end of the year poll by Ipsos-Synovate, whose results were released on December 30, 2011: "the poor economic conditions experienced in 2011, evidenced by soaring fuel prices and ever increasing prices of consumer commodities, have made Kenyans pessimistic about the economic prospects in 2012." The high cost of living and rising prices of basic consumer commodities are unbearable for the ordinary Mwananchi. President Kibaki's economic policies have sunk majority of Kenyans into deeper poverty, as they continue to bear the brunt of skyrocketing food and fuel prices. Although Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta reduced excise duty on kerosene and diesel by 30 and 20 per cent (KSh2.16 and Ksh2.06) respectively in April 2011, petrol prices were increased by KSh9 and ranged from KSh111-113 per liter, countrywide. As usual, Kenyans ended up paying more for increased public transportation costs. In addition, government taxes on fuel ran between 45 and 55 per cent of pump prices, so the government reductions were meaningless. To make it worse, official corruption rocked the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (Nock), scandals which led to huge financial losses for the government, yet Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi failed to offer solutions. Eventually, it was the poor and helpless consumers who were highly taxed to compensate for the grand theft. As an economist and the longest serving Member of Parliament, Kibaki knows virtually everything pertaining to the country's economy, having served as the Permanent Secretary for the Treasury in 1963, then Assistant Minister for Finance and Chairman of the Economic Planning Commission the same year. Kibaki later served as Commerce and Industry Minister in 1966. From 1969 to 1982, he held the Finance and Economic Planning docket and in 2002, he was elected president on the platform of reforms to turn around the economy, which had been mismanaged by then-Dictator Daniel arap Moi, for 24 years. Although Kibaki is lauded for the country's improved economic growth, there is little to show by way of social capital among the majority of Kenyans. Revenue collection is at its best, yet most of the public institutions remain poorly managed and still offer low quality services. There is also a serious disconnect between the government's investment priorities and that of the citizenry. For instance, the budget for expanding Thika Road is KSh27 billion and counting, yet many roads in other parts of the country are not being improved. Such a strategy adds up to the inequality of service delivery, since good roads are necessary for all Kenyans. Property developers are already attracted to Thika town because of the road infrastructure. In the long run, this will only amount to the cyclical one-sided economic prosperity within one region — a fact that has prevailed in Kenya's history since Independence and which is fueled with tribalism and "it's our turn to eat" politics. Kibaki era billionaires Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi's op-ed titled: "Voodoo economics and development corruption" (Saturday Nation, October 15, 2011), criticized Kibaki's skewed infrastructural development that favors certain counties. He wrote: "For instance, the billions spent on the Nairobi-Thika super highway could have given us a dual carriageway from Mombasa to Nairobi or even beyond. Look at Nairobi itself. The northern parts of the city are undergoing massive infrastructure developments that open to central Kenya. The other parts are frozen in an underdevelopment capsule." His opinion on Kibaki's economic policies was equally harsh. "With the shilling in a free fall, basic commodities out of reach for ordinary Kenyans, millions starving year after year, the poor getting poorer and the few privileged stealing more from the coffers of the State, Mr Kibaki's disastrous economic policies will leave an indelible imprint on Kenya's history far beyond his term." He also felt that, "the typical new billionaire is a man who was on financial death row in 2002. In 2003, he was appointed to head an important state organ. From 2003 to 2011, he has been benefiting through kickbacks in tenders and procurement." In reality, there is nothing being done by President Kibaki to stop public funds from being siphoned into private hands, despite his repeated directives against corruption. It means that he has accepted and encouraged corrupt means of generating private wealth through State coffers. Ahmednasir fears that, "these billionaires, with their ill-gotten wealth, pose the greatest threat to stability in the next administration. They will probably try to destabilise it using their wealth." Further, he asserted that by allowing wealth to be created illegally, Kibaki is deliberately promoting "communal empowerment" within a certain ethnic group. Another piece published in the Nairobi Law Monthly titled: "Kibaki era billionaire flex their muscles" (May, 2011), suggested that Kibaki's leadership has seen the emergence of more billionaires than the previous regimes. It also gave a historical perspective of how such billionaires "from one part of the country" were created. "The emergence of a new class of wealth owners is a tectonic shift never witnessed since the 1960s when then-Minister for Commerce, the late Dr Gikonyo Kiano, handed over enterprises owned mostly by Kenyan Asians to a select elite and motley Murang'a business operatives. Since then, the only changeover in business would involve unsophisticated speculative grabbing of property by Moi operatives and a group of newly rich Kenyans of Asian origin who took advantage of the arbitrage of Rift Valley power brokers." Murang'a County in Central province has 12 billionaires who emerged during the era of President Kibaki. Is Vision 2030 realistic? On October 30th 2006, President Kibaki launched the process of Vision 2030, which is the blueprint for transforming Kenya into a middle-income economy, covering the period 2008-2030. If implemented successfully, all Kenyans will have a high quality of life by 2030. However, in a Wikileaks cable released in September 2011, the Vision was criticized for being just another of the many sugar-coated government dreams. Former American Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger, noted in 2007 that: "Vision 2030 often reads like a naive call for a perfect society, smacking a bit of old-fashioned socialist central planning." The cable claimed that the Kenyan government is good at charting development plans but does not implement them. "But with the right leadership and a little bit of luck, Vision 2030, even if only partially successful, could help frame a reform agenda that puts Kenya on a higher growth path," he wrote. How does the Kenyan government expect to join the middle-income category if say, it cannot invest heavily in research and development? With grand cash theft in the free primary education (FPE) program, what kind of skills-base is it building among public school children? The 2011 results of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) were an indictment of the poorly-run program, especially without adequate teachers to impart basic literacy skills. Kibaki's administration keeps shocking Kenyans. Last year, the Education Permanent Secretary Professor James ole Kiyiapi, said that trained teachers were allowed to seek employment outside the country, since they had no local opportunity on a permanent basis. It is ironic that the education system lacks teachers, yet those trained using taxpayers money are jobless. This is a typical sign that the whole system is in crisis. What can the government learn from Cape Verde that became a middle-income country in 2007? Its country brief by the World Bank states: "In December 2007, Cape Verde achieved middle-income country status. Good governance, sound macroeconomic management, including strong fiscal discipline and credible monetary and exchange-rate policies, trade openness and increasing integration into the global economy, a responsible use of donor support, and the adoption of effective social development policies have produced impressive results throughout the Cape Verdean archipelago. Growth in real income per capita reached more than 5 percent during 2005-08, well above the average for Sub-Saharan Africa and for Small-Island States." Further, what can Kenya learn from the former Asian Tigers that invested heavily in higher education, research and technology, to leapfrog the Western models of economic development? Final part to be continued on Thursday this week. Jared Odero
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