Judy,
I know you have some personal issues with Raila but that does not mean that you should therefore minimize his role in the "Second Liberation" struggle.
Yes, there are those like Ajim, Muite, Shikuku, etc. who worked hard in the 1980s.
But what did they achieve before Raila came out detention to organize the masses ?
They were just getting arrested every week and getting nowhere.
Courage
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:07 PM, 'Judy Miriga' via WANAKENYA <wanakenya@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Cosmos,
You are dead wrong. What about us? Did we not sacrifice our lives and continue to struggle to achieve Human Rights with true independence that are against corruption. It is only that we do not have to blow our horns. But, I want to correct you with facts going down the memory lane. It is because, a true freedom fighter should not indulge, feed and benefit from corruption head on. We must begin counting from where democratic journey for Kenya begun and with who were on board:
The list of Kenya's Freedom Fighters and the Founding Fathers of Kenya who contributed to the struggle for Kenya's liberation from colonial rule till Kenya got its Independence in 1963 with Jomo Kenyatta as their President are as follows:
1.Jomo Kenyatta.
2. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.
3. Daniel Arap Moi
4. Mbiyu Koinange son of Senior Chief Koinange wa Mbiyu.
5 Harry Thuku.
6. Dedan Kimathi
7. Martin Shikuku
8. Paul Ngei
9. Ronald Ngala.
10. Achieng Oneko.
11. Tom Mboya.
12. Masinde Muliro.
13. Argwings Kodhek.
14. Bildad Kaggia.
15. Kung'u Karumba
16. Fred Kubai.
17. Waiyaki Hinga
18. Koitalel arap Samoei 19. Gor Mahia K'Ogalo
Tell me where Raila's name features in that list? But having been in the front line with the second liberation of Change the Constitution in 1992, Raila would not have done it alone. Where are those who initiated, let it and joined with the rest to achieve the 1992 "Change the Constitution" After the change, Raila included, is ranked very high "TO-SHOW-ROLE-MODEL" of fighting against corruption. I have issue with you here because lists of wrong doings by Raila
has caused many more sufferings to many people and in comparison, the Late Tom Mboya did a lot
that after his death, the institutions are still standing and are employing people and providing education as well.
Raila instead has been seen as blocking everybody else at the door and negotiating for self-interest and not those of the people's progress. He started by sending his foot-soldiers to sell propaganda and that "Raila know how to fight Guerilla War", that, it is what he went to study in Russia and that is what he wanted people to believe. This is how he sent chill and fear on people whom he saw as challenging his way to Presidency.
Going down the memory lane, Raila Amolo Odinga was born on 7 January 1945, when Tom in 1953, at the age of 25 years old joined the movement to free Kenya and Africa and begun the struggle for independence and negotiating for better deals for Kenya and Africa. In 1958 at the All-Africa Peoples Kwame Nkurumah of Ghana convened a meeting in Ghana and Tom Mboya was elected as the Conference Chairman at an early age of 28 when Raila was only 13 years old then. When Kenya got independence in 1963 Raila was 18 years old fully grown adult. Tom Mboya became the Minister of Justice and for the Constitutional Affairs, a position he utilized to shape the future of the Independent Kenya. In 1964, Kenya became Independent with Tom Mboya being appointed the Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Raila then was 19 years old.
Because of Tom Mboya and others in unity led by Kenyatta, Kenya moved to where it gained recognition in the world to include a remarkable American school known as "Kenya Starehe Centre" initiated by Tom Mboya and which is instrumental for positive change and development in the Kenya/American Partnership which also followed with National Youth Services in Kenya. This followed with the famous "Air Lift" of the first US students from Kenya to America including Wangare Mathai among others, and where Obama Snr. was amongst those students airlifted to USA.
In between, the constitution saw several minor and major changes culminating in the 1982 Constitutional Amendment that transformed Kenta from a multi-party to a single-party state. The 1983 and 1988 elections affirmed and strengthen the single-party system headed by the Kenya African National Union or KANU.
The 1990s witnessed institutional decay, social breakdown and economic distress that conspired to agitate reform movements with roots dating back in the 80s. Abetted by US pressures to achieve a clean governance, its parliament amended the constitution in 1991 that resulted in a multiparty elections held in December 1992.
Raila suffered a set-back in the jail for what was termed as a coup, which in my opinion, he may have wanted a repeat of the same through removing the constitutionally elected President with mass action by force after he has lost election in 2013. These are common traits seen in Raila aka Agwambo, that if he can't get what he want, he must use force.
Proof of the pudding is show-cases of Raila's achievements, because even in the famouse "Change the Constitution of Section 2A in 1992, it was Raila's father who led us all to achieve now this Change the Constitution which was initiated by Jim Orengo who invited Shikuku, Jembe Mwakalu, Muite, Gitobu Imanyara, George Kapten, and Raila Odinga with others, the the group grew bigger and bigger.....with the office set up at Spectre House in Nairobi.
So if Raila participated and suffered casualties in jail like everybody else, that does not mean that the true Freedom Fighters should be forgotten so Raila should take all the credits he does not deserve. What about those who paid the price for Freedom and Change the Constitution with their lives, like the Constitutional Lawyer Odhiambo Mbai who was shot dead in his house for writing the change constitution? What about President Obama who took initiative and helped to finance the complete process of the New Constitution for Kenya we are now proud of, does he need to be considered in the History books as well?
Good people, it is important to know history and be sincere with ourselves putting light to historical facts with where we are coming and going historically.
On Mon, 6/2/14, Cosmos Omondi <omondi.cosmos@gmail.com> wrote:
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
--------------------------------------------
Subject: Re: [PK] Re: MCcain on Raila........Take Care !!!!!!
To: "progressive-kenyans" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>
Date: Monday, June 2, 2014, 12:53 PM
Judy,
Gol odok ma nitie e iti (remove the wax
blocking your ear). You wonder what Raila has done for
Kenya? They are uncountable. One of the many is the
democratic space he successfully fought to create. A Kenyan
like you can now criticize anything (the government
included) the way you want, and even if you are bereaved you
can fly back home, mourn and come back to the US without
"watching your back!" It was never like that some
years ago courtesy of Jakom.
On 2 June 2014 19:23,
Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
wrote:
Judy, I have watched video several times in the
past and have even posted in in other countries'forums
where people discuss important issues.
I will repeat one more time what I said
earlier:
Kenya has a
president.
His name is
Uhuru Kenyatta. Before that we had Mwai Kibaki.
Raila has never
been president and is not even in Parliament now.
The issues such
as Migingo and Yala Swamp should be directed at the
President, Uhuru.
If you keep
crying with Raila's name over these issues, then you
will keep crying until at least 2017.
If you want a
solution to those issues, direct them to Uhuru.
Otherwise,
it's beginning to appear to me that your hatred for
Raila is more important to you than the solution to these
problems.
Courage
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:03 AM, 'Judy Miriga' via
WANAKENYA <wanakenya@googlegroups.com>
wrote:
No Maurice,
Watch this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cbEuwqKKqE
I must say, I respect his speech here because he touched on
matters close to my heart. PLO Lumumba is one professional
in the freternity field of Legal Justice. Like Miguna
Miguna, he kick start the fight against cancer of corruption
from Musevenis' back-yard. We too must put Raila to
task to save Kenya/Africa from unlawful infux of invasion
and extermination.
Leaders must be taken in trust in high esteem and be
expected to act rightly by doing the right thing. They
must go down in shame if they contravened in their trust.
If Raila has never been a President, the fact remain that he
was a PM in a 50/50 coalition sharing in the ruling
government which means, he had equal powers like that of the
President, and sometimes PM is regarded internationally as a
post with more powers than the President. When Raila
came to power he came on board as a reformer who is against
corruption. In this case, he had no excuse of not doing
the right thing. It is because he had equal sharing with
the President and this means he was as good as the being the
President to have made the meaning of Democracy take effect
on the right footing; and therefore, if he made deals with
the likes of Museveni e.g. and both travelled to Israel and
made deals against democratic principles, who is he to blame
after he chewed more than he can swallow.........my
question therefore, did they or did they not made
deals……..yes or no?? If they did, who did they
inform? Did the people know that their
wealth
and resources were part in the deals that Raila and
Museveni engaged on? If not, then let Raila take
responsibility to tell the world what he took illegally from
the people and who benefitted up to this point if he did not
steal from public, so he can be asked carefully to return
the value of public wealth and resources that he stole and
sold without the consent of the people and the community and
without complying with the principles of constitutional
mandate.
Let us be sincere, objective and serious on matters that
affect us with our people. The future of Africa begins
with an individual's commitment who collectively agree
to accept reality of the matter and do their best to improve
and fix a problem which is about to consume a whole
population of all Africans.
Oburu's claim did not come out of a vacuum, or like
foot-soldiers sycophants would like it said,
"vacuumated". When Oburu announced threat on Raila, he
inferred a secret information given to him by a Zionist
Mossad about Raila's assassination, John MCcain therefore
knows well which side his bread is buttered on.
What is before us is a serious malignant and a contagious
cancer that need urgent fix. We cannot pretend that all is
well or that we push the problem to the President alone.
People must stand tall to protect their interest against
adverse effects from the politicians. All of us must
engage because all our interests are at stake, and we must
push the Government system, the Judiciary with all other
relevant fraternity to commit to save Kenya by doing the
right thing to secure people's rights, value, respect,
dignity and virtue; where Kenya has been dug into. While
we are doing that, all those responsible, must be taken to
task even if they have 100billion followings, they must
account for their mess and take responsibility for the same,
whether they are most powerful, big or small.
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
--------------------------------------------
On Mon, 6/2/14, Maurice J. Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
wrote:
Subject: [PK] Re: MCcain on Raila........Take Care !!!!!!
To: "wanakenya@googlegroups.com"
<wanakenya@googlegroups.com>
Cc: "wanakenya@googlegroups.com"
<wanakenya@googlegroups.com>,
"progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com"
<progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>,
"wanabidii@googlegroups.com"
<wanabidii@googlegroups.com>,
"Mabadiliko" <mabadilikotanzania@googlegroups.com>
Date: Monday, June 2, 2014, 7:46 AM
Judy,
Kenya has a president.
His name is Uhuru Kenyatta. Before that we had Mwai
Kibaki.
Raila has never been president and is not even in
Parliament
now.
The issues such as Migingo and Yala Swamp should be
directed
at the President, Uhuru.
If you keep crying with Raila's name over these
issues, then
you will keep crying until at least 2017.
If you want a solution to those issues, direct them to
Uhuru.
Otherwise, it's beginning to appear to me that your
hatred
for Raila is more important to you than the solution to
these problems.
Courage
On 2014-06-02, at 6:59 AM, "'Judy Miriga' via
WANAKENYA"
<wanakenya@googlegroups.com>
wrote:
> Good People,
>
>
>
> Bad politics lacking discipline with bad diplomacy
for
engagements can be damaging. Wether Uhuru gave campaign
money to the Republicans is not relevant on the issue of
MCcain attack on Raila. It is as is "Caribou
Babie"
and therefore, it is is a million food of thought. Do
your research carefully. Possibility of facts from
connecting dots, MCcain's reaction may have resulted
in the
aftermath of promises that were undelivered to the Jewish
community from the ties of Raila and Museveni in Israel.
Then in the name of Laula, Raila or Laura meets, if no
value, it signalled sour note thus; the MCcain comment.
>
>
>
> Was there some inner pressure from Havard University
that made Raila to leave USA following with MCcain fire?
Why
then did Raila employ private security escort while in
USA?
Something is not adding up....The attack came too soon,
which is why, speculative theories are high.
>
>
>
> In this, let Raila advisors take caution. There is
no
secret in this world anymore. Raila too must be
careful with his deals and how he carries himself in the
international business world, more specifically when out
of
political power and must engage on behalf of African
business community to gain favor with those of the
International Business Community globally. It is not as
simple as A, B, C play cards. A lot can change in a
flip of seconds.
>
>
>
> If this is why Raila want to come close to power
badly,
his chips are exposed. People must know their
livelihood is crucial and mostly important top on the
list
for Politician's. LIFE must not be taken for
granted, or accept to be sold out for a
penny.........Again,
watch PLO Lumumba video "God gave each one gifts for
life",
use your gifts preciously, honorably, affectionately,
securely and discretely. Make your gifts the pearly of
your beauty. Let it bring you glory and pride in
happiness. There is no happiness in poverty, pain and
suffering. If you can count any good thing that
Raila's leadership added to your life, think again,
then you
can continue to dance in his court, if not.........It is
time to RE-THINK and ENGAGE how to move forward to make
your
livelihood more meaningful by taking your VOTE to be of
meaning for your survival and livelihood. First, ask
Raila to join with Yala Swamp community to fix the mess
there, second, let
> Raila join with the people and the Government to
tell
Museveni to return Migingo and get the hell out of
Migingo
in a hurry. It is what Raila must begin to get busy
about.
>
>
>
> WATCH THIS: Speech by Prof PLO Lumumba at the 3rd
Anti
Corruption Convention
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cbEuwqKKqE
>
>
>
> If the deal got bad, dont blame Kenyans and you dont
drag Kenyans into your problems you created
> yourself.........You just have to surrender and
retire
peacefully. Otherwise, you are carrying
> too much burden on your shoulder and fighting Evans
Kidero or Ruto to pave way for you to come back into
active
politics will not help.
>
>
>
> From now on, Leave Kidero and Ruto alone at peace.
THIS
IS THE HARD TRUTH ONE MUST FACE.
>
>
>
>
> Judy Miriga
> Diaspora Spokesperson
> Executive Director
> Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
> USA
> http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
>
> HAIYAA:RAILA ODINGA lambasted by OBAMA's foe,
Senator
JOHN McCAIN
> One of the leaders of opposition in America, John
McCain, over the weekend used harsh words to describe
former
Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, who has been on a three
month
political tour of the US.
>
>
>
> Speaking to a New York based radio on Saturday
morning,
McCain, who was defeated by President Barrack Obama in
the
2008 Presidential elections, said Raila's presence in
America was useless because he had nothing to offer to
Americans and Kenyans.
>
>
>
> He said he was happy with the return of Raila Odinga
because "a village in Kenya was missing a man who had
gone
to US to destroy credible institutions"
>
>
>
> This is not the first time, McCain has lambasted
Raila
Odinga, in 2011, McCain described Raila as a dictator who
thinks he wins all elections.
>
>
>
> McCain who is now a Senator of Arizona also said
Raila
Odinga is "social Marxist" who was instrumental in
causing the 2007-08 post election bloodshed in Kenya
that claimed the lives of 1,300 people and over half a
million displaced.
>
>
>
> Raila Odinga returned from the US on Saturday after
attending a political and military training at Boston
University for three months.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 6/2/14, Tom Oreje <tomoreje@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Subject: [PK] Re: MCcain on Raila
> To: "wanakenya@googlegroups.com"
<wanakenya@googlegroups.com>
> Cc: "Progressive Kenyans" <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Monday, June 2, 2014, 4:17 AM
>
> Is this the
> same McCain whose opinion pole institute was begging
ODM to
> give them a recommendation?
> Cheers
> On Jun 2, 2014, at 10:38, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Maina,
> Why do you hate the tingod?
> By the way, if I may ask, whom do you mean by
> "we" ?Your family or Kikuyus in
> general?
>
> Courage
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at
> 3:26 AM, maina ndiritu <litshooz@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Its
> the tingod we loathe , the enemy of my enemy is my
friend
>
>
>
> On 6/2/14, Maurice Oduor <mauricejoduor@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Maina,
> We expect John McCain to lambaste Raila.
>
> We would be surprised if he didn't.
> McCain is a prominent member of the Republican
party.
> It's rumoured that Uhuru donated 86 million
> shillings (1 million dollars)
>
> to the Republican party campaign in 2012 against
> Obama.
>
> P/S I'm not sure why you're applauding
> MacCain's asinine remarks though.
>
> During the election campaign, you Jubiliars told us
> that the "West is bad".
> How come they are good only when they don't like
> Raila?
>
> Courage
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:06 AM, maina ndiritu <litshooz@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> One of the leaders of opposition in America, John
> McCain, over the
> weekend used harsh words to describe former Prime
> Minister, Raila
> Odinga, who has been on a three month political
> tour of the US.
> Speaking to a New York based radio on Saturday
> morning, McCain, who
> was defeated by President Barrack Obama in the 2008
> Presidential
> elections, said Raila's presence in America was
> useless because he had
> nothing to offer to Americans and Kenyans.
> He said he was happy with the return of Raila
> Odinga because "a
> village in Kenya was missing a man who had gone to
> US to destroy
> credible institutions"
> This is not the first time, McCain has lambasted
> Raila Odinga, in
> 2011, McCain described Raila as a dictator who
> thinks he wins all
> elections.
> McCain who is now a Senator of Arizona also said
> Raila Odinga is
> "social Marxist" who was instrumental in
> causing the 2007-08 post
> election bloodshed in Kenya that claimed the
> lives of 1,300 people
> and over half a million displaced.
>
> Raila Odinga returned from the US on Saturday after
> attending a
> political and military training at Boston
> University for three months.
> - See more at:
>
>>> http://www.kenyanjobsasa.com/haiyaaraila-odinga-lambasted-obamas-foe-senator-john-mccain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JobsInKenya254+%28Jobs+In+Kenya%29#sthash.DoDrcW48.dpuf
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