Friday 25 January 2013

[wanabidii] Kenya at war between Choosing Justices against the Injustices


 
 
Good People,

 

Kenya is at War between Choosing Justices against the Injustices

 

A leader is needed in Kenya very urgently to help Kenya against the injustices.  A leader who is Responsible and is with Integrity.  To be of Responsibility with Integrity, one has to accept independence of Judicial system to justify injustices without intimidation or manipulation.  This means, those who do wrong, who act unfair to others or engaged in careless killings of the innocent or stealing other peoples properties must face the Court of Justice and face consequences of injustices they committed.

 

In every establishment, there must be someone who provide guidance and that person is the leader.

 

A good leader of substantial value must apply the Law for Justice to prevail.  A Responsible Government leader of people who is with Integrity will continually seek Public Mandate in order he/she can remain relevant and fair before public eye and must be seen to advance public interest first.  He must be seen to protect and preserve Public wealth, finances, public land, public resources, public utilities and facilities including public Corporations and Investments; for which at the end, Public gain profit from any Government Trading Bonds and Revenues collected from Bilateral or Multilateral engagements with other countries; which is why, upon taking Government service responsibilities, one has to take Oath of Office and swear to commit to serve the public discretely.

 

A Dictator is the opposite of a Responsible Leader with Integrity.  A Dictator is a corrupt Leader who do not value Justice, Responsibility or Integrity but uses force to influence his/her authority against people’s wishes.  A Dictator is Anti-Democracy who practices ”DemonCrazy”, a practice that is not compatible and is not in harmony with Nature and Life.  DemonCrazy conflicts with being fairness in sharing to make life affordable to all, except it continually inflicts pain and suffering to people with great unhappiness.  DemonCrazy is against happiness of people.  It is against God’s purpose of creation.  A Dictatorship rule is against the will of people and is against Reform Change we all want.

 

Things are getting worse in Kenya and signs of times are here.  Without  Reform Change, there is no way to put right the injustices of the oppressive DemonCrazy regime for us to gain the Reform Change we want.  Satan comes to kill and destroy, we cannot therefore sit and wait to be destroyed, we must accommodate Reform Change through Justice and we must fight harder than never before……..because, what we are witnessing is not what we want for Reform Change we have fought so hard for.  It is a struggle good people who care for Reform Change must prepare and unite to win at all cost, fighting it on all corners……..this is because, it is now or never.

 

If we win, poverty, hunger, extra-judicial killings, pain and sufferings will end on the face of Africa.  We will join the world as partners and Allys in Development progressive agenda; negotiating and bargaining public wealth, finances, resources, land, government corporation’s profits with its facilities and utilities with mutual responsibility and respect.  If these plan can be fairly managed by a Responsible Leader with Integrity in a balance, respecting Justice and treating people with dignity to preserve life and nature, life will be meaningful and worth living again.  

 

In the Reform Change, we have a commitment to put people of great wisdom who through their past, have shown passionate commitment to Responsibility with Integrity, working and advocating through thick and thin to save Public Mandate and are people value human dignity and who respect Justice.

 

Someone with questionable unbecoming behavior cannot be a Leader because they cannot stand before justice and be found without faults; which is why, those without integrity fear to go before justice.  Why should we then go after those who fear to go through the threshold of Integrity if Change Reform is our goal???

 

It is for this reason why we must elect leaders of Responsibility with Integrity who must apply Transparency and Accountability…….as Truth and Legal Justice  will be our defender……

 

When we say No to Injustices and Dictatorship, let us stick to our principles and remain firm on what we want in order to improve our lives and that we remain respected and dignified on the face of the world mutually sharing for progressive endeavors’. 

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

UK sergeant 'stranded' in Kenya after civilian shot dead

Updated Friday, January 25 2013 at 09:06 GMT+3
Colonel Mark Christie who said Army equipment was
sometimes taken by local poachers[Photo:BBC]
Britain's relations with Kenya are under strain over an incident in which a Kenyan civilian was shot and killed during a military training exercise.
A British army sergeant is at the centre of a political tussle between the two governments over the case.
The soldier has been unable to leave Kenya for more than seven months following the shooting.
Britain has a military agreement with Kenya, with 10,000 UK personnel a year visiting the country for training.
UK soldiers were clearing an area of scrubland early on 10 June last year in preparation for a live-fire exercise.
Confrontation
They spotted a group of local men, at least one of whom was armed. In the ensuing confrontation, a Kenyan civilian was killed.
The precise circumstances of the shooting are still unclear, but the sergeant who was involved in the incident is still in Kenya.
BBC East Africa correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse says the sergeant is confined to a British base while the two governments wrangle over legal jurisdiction in the case.
He says the soldier has been named in the Kenyan parliament as Sergeant Madison.
Our correspondent says the question of what should happen to him has become a big issue in the "febrile" atmosphere as a general election looms in Kenya in March.
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga denied the case would damage Anglo-Kenyan relations but told BBC Radio 4's Newshour programme he believed that someone should be tried "in the jurisdiction" where a crime is alleged to have been committed.
"I think that our judiciary, which has been fundamentally reformed, is fairly competent in offering a fair trial to any national, including British," he said.
Rafael Letimalo, the local MP, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "If foreign troops commit an offence that is punishable by Kenya's laws, then they are also subject to the same laws."
The military training base in Kenya provides British troops with valuable experience before being deployed to conflict zones such as Afghanistan.
The deal is worth £25m to the Kenyan economy, and more in infrastructure projects, but officials and diplomats on both sides are suggesting this agreement is now under revision.
Col Mark Christie said of live-firing exercises: "The normal form is to negotiate and move [people] off because clearly it's dangerous. And on this occasion there was an exchange of fire, which resulted in the incident."
A British Foreign Office spokesman said: 'We are working closely with Kenyan authorities to determine jurisdiction under the memorandum of understanding agreed between the two countries. We hope that this will be resolved soon."
A British Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "The British military has trained in Kenya for decades and we have an excellent long-standing relationship with the Kenyan armed forces and local communities surrounding the training areas. The vast majority of deployments are without incident and thousands of service personnel have visited the country in preparation for Afghan operations.
"We are aware of a shooting incident involving a British soldier and a Kenyan national and we are co-operating fully with the Kenyan authorities to resolve the case.
"We remain in close contact with the soldier and his family to ensure that they have all the necessary welfare and legal support."
-BBC
 
 
 

Kibaki, Raila should be on ICC list, says Uhuru

 
Jubilee Coalition presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta has said President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga should be the ones to face trial at The Hague. Photo/FILE

Jubilee Coalition presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta has said President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga should be the ones to face trial at The Hague. Photo/FILE NATION MEDIA GROUP

By DAVE OPIYO dopiyo@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Thursday, January 24 2013 at 00:30
 

In Summary

  • Deputy PM says Mr Odinga bears political responsibility for the poll violence
Jubilee Coalition presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta has said President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga should be the ones to face trial at The Hague.
“I was never a candidate for presidency in 2007, neither was William Ruto,” Mr Kenyatta told Al Jazeera.
“The question (on who must bear responsibility for the violence) must be addressed by the two individuals seeking presidency in 2007”.
The candidates were President Kibaki for the PNU and Prime Minister Raila Odinga for ODM.
He noted that Mr Odinga, his main rival for the 2013 presidential elections, should be held responsible for the violence that rocked the country after the hotly disputed 2007 election.
At least 1,000 people were killed and more than 350,000 other rendered homeless in the violence.
He recounted that when he lost the presidential election against President Kibaki in 2002, he conceded defeat, thereby averting any violence that could have erupted.
 
Asked whether the PM should have been on the ICC list of those who bore the greatest responsibility for the violence, Mr Kenyatta said: “I am not an investigator but what I do know that Raila Odinga has political responsibility for the chaos that occurred in 2007. I stand by that position.”
Mr Kenyatta dismissed concerns that his alliance with Mr Ruto was aimed at capturing the presidency as a prelude to defying the ICC, insisting it was geared towards leading Kenya along the path of peace and reconciliation.
He accused Western countries planning to impose sanctions on Kenya should he win the elections of pursuing a hidden agenda.
“If you want to impose sanctions on a country because it has followed through and elected its leaders through a democratic process, that puts to question what the interests of those countries are with regard to Kenya,” said Mr Kenyatta.
The Deputy Prime Minister said ICC had its role, but his election would mean that Kenyans question the process that landed them at The Hague.
“I am not saying that international justice doesn’t have a purpose... but if Kenyans do vote for us, it will mean that Kenyans themselves have questioned the process that has landed us at the International Criminal Court. But that does not mean that we will cease to cooperate because as I have said most importantly we understand and recognise the rule of law,” he said.
He also dismissed fears that there would be a power vacuum should he and Mr Ruto win and then have to attend trial at the Hague.
 
“Kenya is not a banana republic,” said Mr Kenyatta.
 
 
 
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Uhuru is not a leader. He is trying to be president just because his dad was one. The same case applies to Raila. He is trying to satisfy his selfish ego. He feels like kenya owes him something and thus should be handed the presidency.We need to change kenya politics. We can't continue electing the same old tired men who have no new ideas to develop kenya. They continue dividing people along tribal lines so they can continue to rule. It's time for all these crop of crooks to get out of the way.
 
 
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capaldi David Miringua day ago
You've spoken like wazee wa kale my friend. Rao and UK have absolutely NOTHING to offer this country but they just wish their names to go onto the annals of Kenya's history that they were at one time presidents of the country. Any sane Kenyan who cares to critically analyze these two guys will see this open secret vividly. Just listen to the kind of issues they articulate when in their campaign trails. They make mention of issues that add nothing to the mwananchi at all! Every time they stand up on a podium, they just attack each other CONTRARY to what national leaders ought to address; the real underlying issues like how they're going to make health-care affordable to all, giving education to all Kenyan children, having clean water and sanitation to rural and marginalized areas, etc. VOTE WISELY!!!!
 
 
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And how to deal with sky-rocketing food prices. These guys seems to have no idea what the commoner grapples with everyday.
 
 
 
Vetting and transfers await public servants
 
 
By JOHN NJIRU jnjiru@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Thursday, January 24 2013 at 02:00

In Summary

  • Decentralisation of the government requires displacement of state resources, and this includes employees
 
As the March 4 General Election draws nearer, so does the realisation of country governments, the formation of which will impact on civil servants.
Some will have to change their work stations following transfers to harmonise manpower and skill.
Others might have to change employers altogether if vetting does not favour them.
This is according to the Transition Authority (TA), whose role is to facilitate and coordinate the country’s switch to a devolved system of government.
Decentralisation requires displacement of government resources, which civil servants are part of.
Apart from coming up with a report on assets, debts and liabilities of the 175 municipal and city councils in the country, and developing a conceivable public finance management system for each county, TA has been given the authority to audit the suitability of all government employees.
The board has also been asked to handle the transfer of state employees to county levels as needs and abilities will determine.
The idea has caused a scare among some public servants, and the TA chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi has had to explain the predicament.
“There has been uncertainty about the personnel of local authorities. Let me make it clear that they will automatically become the first employees of county governments,” he told the Budget Committee of Parliament last October 26 as he sought Sh1.2 billion to set up structures to ensure that officials of the devolved units would perform their duties soon after they are elected.
Work to that effect is in progress as confirmed by Mr Wamwangi.
“We are identifying the human resource in the parastatals and Public Service Commission (PSC). We also have a technical committee to prepare terms of reference for transfer of county assets. The team is also preparing standing orders and induction programmes for staff of the county assemblies,” he says.
TA wants to ensure that before a county is formed, there will be an interim staff that is well cultured and learned to handle the varied administrative duties.
But upon the formation of counties, the governors will have the power to recruit their own staff under the Counties Public Service Board.
Still, explains Mr Wamwangi, some functions will be transferred from the national government to counties, and will be handled by staff posted by the PSC.
In the new law, TA will recommend some of the staff in the national public service to the county governments, in any part of the country.
However, the law lacks clear guidelines on the process of transferring the employees to county administrations after the elections.
There are no clear prescriptions either on how to bar the governor from filling his county offices with relatives and cronies while disregarding the employees forwarded by the TA.
The governor may argue that their powers are vested in the Constitution, which is superior to any other law created by an Act of Parliament. As such, some could overrule TA appointed employees, whose jobs could then be in limbo.
There are nearly 25 different categories of employees, with each of the clusters mostly offering 47 positions to correspond with the number of established counties.
Only the top positions of Interim county secretary, the equivalent of the current clerk of the National Assembly, and the county transition team, have a similar number of deputies.
There will be 141 clerk assistants, three for each of the counties.
Other job openings include head of human resource, payroll manager, record management officer, ICT manager, chief officer finance, head of treasury and head of budget policy function as well as head of supplies management.
Others are general accountants, internal auditors, human resource administrators, sergeant at arms, budget officers and Hansard reporters.
With the limited job lines and the bloated size of civil service in the country , which has more than 200,000 personnel, competition for the jobs is bound to be tight.
In the past few months, there have been jitters among provincial and other local government administrators, prompting the state to move quickly to dispel fears.
“Nobody should be worried of job loss. The government will, match the skills with the assignments in the county governments,” said the local government permanent secretary Karega Mutahi.
Minister for Local Government Paul Otuoma has also had to calm the worried public servants on their jobs when the devolved government becomes operational.
“No public servant will lose his or her job as the government, through the Transitional Authority, will ensure all council employees are absorbed into the county governments in a rationalised manner,” he said.

     
     
    Police probe incident involving judge
    The chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Tana Delta Clashes Lady Justice Grace Nzioka (right) addresses a news conference in Mombasa December 4, 2012. The judge was ambushed as she drove into her Hardy home, Nairobi January 24, 2013. FILE

    The chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Tana Delta Clashes Lady Justice Grace Nzioka (right) addresses a news conference in Mombasa December 4, 2012. The judge was ambushed as she drove into her Hardy home, Nairobi January 24, 2013. FILE

    By VINCENT AGOYA
    Posted Thursday, January 24 2013 at 09:16
    Police are investigating an incident in which a High Court judge was last night ambushed by five heavily armed gangsters in Nairobi.
    Lady Justice Grace Nzioka was accosted by the thugs as she drove into her home in Hardy Estate, Nairobi at around 10.30pm. The thugs forced their way into her compound and held the judge hostage for hours.
    She was alone at the time of the incident.
    The gangsters stole household goods including laptops, and other electronics
    Investigators have been sent to her home and are dusting the scene of crime for fingerprints.
    No arrests have been made.
    Lady Justice Nzioka was the chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into the Tana Delta clashes.
    The Commission is preparing its final report before handing it to President Kibaki.
    This is what ordinary Kenyans go through day in day out. I do not think this is news.

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