Tuesday, 26 February 2013

[wanabidii] Re: [PK] Presidential Debates; Kenya moving in the right direction

oto,
thanks for this and keep the good work- one thing  though, with Rao being the
next  CEO, the  opposition should be allowed to be just that-opposition. Only in this way, will  Rao and his team be kept in check. Kenya has moved in the right direction and should maintain that. So  UK should be left free to oppose or offer his support where indicated  in equal measure. Let us not forget that the opposition will still have representatives in all areas of governance -this is popular known as shadow cabinet. UK will have to do just that run a shadow cabinet.  Including him or any other rival leader's in Rao's team will only dilute this vital part/role.



From: odhiambo okecth <komarockswatch@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 7:36
Subject: [PK] Presidential Debates; Kenya moving in the right direction



Dear Friends,
Kenya has made great strides in the last couple of days.
We have hosted 2 Presidential Debates and we have hosted several Peace Initiatives culminating with the massive Peace Rally at Uhuru Park organized by Pst David Owuor on the 24th Feb 2013. Besides, many are in the trenches preaching Peace for the love of Kenya. And one thing is becoming very clear; Kenyans want a Clean and Peaceful Elections.
The one word that is gaining prominence is Peace. And we at The Clean Kenya Campaign are happy that we have been part of the Peace Campaign across Kenya. We have been invited for Talk Shows on TV and on the FM Stations and we have also been literally on the trenches. We are happy that the many Kenyans we talk with are happy that we are all Kenyans and come 4th March 2013, we will all vote as One Family under God.
Seated L-R; PC Nairobi Mr. Njoroge Ndirangu, IEBC Chair Mr. Isaack Hassan, Executive Director TCKC Mr. Odhiambo T Oketch. Standing L-R; Mr. Nahum Okwiya- Executive Director AYT, Commissioner Kule Galma, Commissioner Mohammed Alawi, Vice Chair IEBC Ms Mahiri Zaja, Deputy CEO IEBC Mr. Wilson Shollei, Deputy CEO IEBC Ms betty Nyabuto, CEO IEBC Major [Rtd] James Oswago when we launched a massive Voter Registration Campaign on the 13th Dec 2012.
We have also been excited by the Presidential Debates and I was impressed by the levels of discussions in yesterdays debate save for one incident when Ms Martha Karua denied the obvious. All Kenyans know that the root cause of the Post Elections Violence of 2008 was the ineptness of the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya. May the good Lord rest the soul of Mr. Samuel Kiviutu who passed on this morning. He was the Chairman of that body.
Ms Karua knows like all of us that the Commission was handpicked without due consultations as was by law required. Yet, she had the audacity to look at us straight in the eye and tell us that there were no political parties in Parliament to consult at that time.
We cannot afford to have such kind of leaders who lie to you as they look at you straight in the eye. It reduces the quality of an argument when you are arguing with a liar.
I was impressed once again by the maturity, composure, the calmness and confidence of the Rt Hon Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the debate. He once again proved to all and sundry that his time to be the CEO of Kenya is now and come 4th March 2013, he will offer the best for Kenya. He was firm and steady.
I was impressed by the Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta for summoning the courage to come and face the land question. And he did well. Despite disclosing that his family has 30,000 acres of land in Taveta, no one pinned him down with any impropriety on the emotive land question. Maybe his running mate has a case to answer with how he has behaved with land in the past. However, Hon Kenyatta showed some good promise and he is a potential Vision 2030 Presidential Candidate. His time has not yet arrived though. However, he needs to be in the next government, and if I were Raila, I would consider Mr. Kenyatta for a Cabinet Secretarial Post.
The other guys were equally good and in my modest thinking, we must all come out in large numbers on the 4th March 2013, and have this thing cleared with. Thereafter, it would be prudent for Ralia Amolo Odinga to invite all his competitors for a role in Nation Building as we truly start the work of reconciling Kenyans.
The best way would be to have all these guys play a role in the next Government.
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya. 

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC
The Clean Kenya Campaign is an Initiative of KCDN Kenya
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