Monday, 21 December 2015
ODM drains the hopes of its supporters due to failure in proper conduction of grassroots elections.
ODM party is the largest party in East and Central Africa with majority of supporters from all corners of the regions that exists along East and Central Africa, it is the most popular party in kenya and the most respected party in Kenya. despite being the best performing party, it seems the competition has become less stiff to the leaders of the same party therefore forgetting the interest and will of the people. The party has been conducting its grassroots elections in the last four months where the recent one was done in early December in Kisii, Nyamira and Homa Bay counties. The party elections were meant to strengthen the party from polling station level to the county level hopefully it would have been well conducted contrary to the current situation at the scenes, it was realized that these elections created more divisions across the ODM strong zones just because party did not offer them the services they were promised. People paid money from Ksh. 200 to 50,000 to be allowed to take part in the said elections excluding the cash that they used to campaign in their various positions, the people expected the services to be rendered according to their wish not some self interested individual's wish. The elections were only conducted at polling station level since party never paid much attention at that level. It was again realized that elections from ward levels were much interfered with since those who call themselves owners of the party had their people of choice not party supporters choice, this was seen in various counties when leaders claiming to be close allies of the Party leader Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga went ahead and formed camps that had just left great divisions on party members and supporters. Many announced themselves to be the duly elected leaders at various capacity of the available slots. This is very dangerous since we are approaching national elections and as ODM supporters should be united not divided as we currently see. The party leader should intervene and help the situation before it goes to the burning side for him to be assured of presidency come 2017, he must know that the current leaders claiming to be his advisers and opinion leaders are not doing much to him but playing self interest politics, they are out to do business with ODM to the extent of minting money from various institutions and individuals promising them to offer soft landings come 2017. Top party officials have decided to take sides, they have forgotten their roles and become as petty as campaigning and playing market politics around the villages. I wish to inform the party leader that if he really need the statehouse come 2017 then he must now show his leadership skills and clean the house or else he will be much disappointed come that time when his current friends will be happily reaping as he looses. He must not allow the current stupidity and madness shown by branch and county officials in various counties since he have got the capacity to create order in the party.
Saturday, 1 August 2015
Friday, 31 July 2015
Finally Homa Bay County Governor cleared over audit report.
Homa Bay Governor Cyprian Awiti has been cleared of nearly all the audit queries raised by the Controller and Auditor General last year regarding the financial misappropriations.
Awiti, who is the first governor to have appeared before the Senate Public Accounts Committee (PAC), said he was encouraged by the level of professionalism during the grilling process.
The governor, who appeared with his top county officials before the committee explained that most of the issues raised regarding the financial operations of the county.
PAC chairman, Boni Khalwale urged other governors not to fear meeting the Senate over the same. He had been accused by the auditor general of procuring receipt books from Africa Herald Publishing House at Sh1.2 million among other things without following the procurement procedures through tender as per requirements of section 54 of the Public Procurement Act 2005.
However in response, Awiti said by the time his team assumed office in 2013, the former county council had signed a deal with the publishing house to supply it with receipts.
On the personnel and payroll audit, Awiti said when they assumed office they inherited about 593 employees in August 2013 but the number increased to 2,044 after the National government forced them to absorb the employees. Dr Khalwale told the governor to ensure that he automates the revenue collection.
He said Awiti needs to hasten the appointment of the chairman and secretary of the Public Service Commission (PSC) who have died. He also told the auditor general to ensure that the national audit office publishes each county’s financial report to avoid waiting until they are through with all the 47 counties.
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Kenyan's tax payers will continue suffering
About a quarter of Kenya's Sh2.2 trillion budget
cannot be adequately accounted for, the auditor
general has said.
Commentators said the report by Auditor General
Edward Ouko's office exposed the scale of official
corruption in Kenya, east Africa's biggest economy,
which investors often cite as a hurdle to doing
business there.
In the report released late on Tuesday, the auditor
general said 2014/15 spending worth Sh450 billion
was not properly accounted for, demonstrating
"persistent and disturbing problems in collection
and accounting for revenue".
"Corruption thrives in a big way in government
offices, yet little is being done to arrest the
situation," he said.
"We must end the culture of misuse of state
resources. Those implicated must be seized and
punished."
Spending cited in the auditor's report included
Sh113 billion in "unconfirmed subscriptions" to
international bodies, and an unexplained over-
payment of Sh38 billion by the Transport Ministry.
The figure did not include an audit of county
spending, which was done separately.
"As reported under the respective revenue
statements, the discrepancies are mainly due to
unexplained and unreconciled differences between
revenue statement balances and the exchequer
records maintained by the National Treasury," the
report said.
The report was released shortly after Obama called
on Kenyans at the weekend to do more to end graft
to help the economy grow faster.
"Here in Kenya, it's time to change habits, and
decisively break that cycle, because corruption holds
back every aspect of economic and civil life," said
Obama, whose father was Kenyan.
Obama said the government had to show it was
tackling corruption with prominent prosecutions,
adding that it was an issue that also needed to be
addressed elsewhere in Africa.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said the fight against graft
was a priority when he took office in 2013, but
critics complain that too little has been done.
Uhuru promised in March to take personal charge
of the battle against corruption and said that any
official being investigated for graft must step aside.
Transport CS Michael Kamau has been charged over
abuse of office, while Lands CS Charity Ngilu has
been charged with obstructing an investigation.
A spokesman for Uhuru and the Transport ministry
did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
Past Kenyan governments have made similar
commitments to fight corruption, only to have the
campaigns fizzle away.
cannot be adequately accounted for, the auditor
general has said.
Commentators said the report by Auditor General
Edward Ouko's office exposed the scale of official
corruption in Kenya, east Africa's biggest economy,
which investors often cite as a hurdle to doing
business there.
In the report released late on Tuesday, the auditor
general said 2014/15 spending worth Sh450 billion
was not properly accounted for, demonstrating
"persistent and disturbing problems in collection
and accounting for revenue".
"Corruption thrives in a big way in government
offices, yet little is being done to arrest the
situation," he said.
"We must end the culture of misuse of state
resources. Those implicated must be seized and
punished."
Spending cited in the auditor's report included
Sh113 billion in "unconfirmed subscriptions" to
international bodies, and an unexplained over-
payment of Sh38 billion by the Transport Ministry.
The figure did not include an audit of county
spending, which was done separately.
"As reported under the respective revenue
statements, the discrepancies are mainly due to
unexplained and unreconciled differences between
revenue statement balances and the exchequer
records maintained by the National Treasury," the
report said.
The report was released shortly after Obama called
on Kenyans at the weekend to do more to end graft
to help the economy grow faster.
"Here in Kenya, it's time to change habits, and
decisively break that cycle, because corruption holds
back every aspect of economic and civil life," said
Obama, whose father was Kenyan.
Obama said the government had to show it was
tackling corruption with prominent prosecutions,
adding that it was an issue that also needed to be
addressed elsewhere in Africa.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said the fight against graft
was a priority when he took office in 2013, but
critics complain that too little has been done.
Uhuru promised in March to take personal charge
of the battle against corruption and said that any
official being investigated for graft must step aside.
Transport CS Michael Kamau has been charged over
abuse of office, while Lands CS Charity Ngilu has
been charged with obstructing an investigation.
A spokesman for Uhuru and the Transport ministry
did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
Past Kenyan governments have made similar
commitments to fight corruption, only to have the
campaigns fizzle away.
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
HOMA BAY COUNTY GOVERNOR APPEARED BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND INVESTMENTS
Today the Governor for Homa Bay H.E. Cyprian Otieno Awiti appeared before the Senate Committee on County Public Accounts and Investments on the financial operations of Homa Bay County in the 2013/2014 financial years.
This is a routine appearance to respond to queries raised by the Auditor General. Most the governors have developed resistance to do what H.E. Awiti did today and this clearly shows that the homa bay county governor is a brave leader sure of himself. He attended the questions that were presented to him and made the unclear issues clear. senators praised him for appearing before them at a time many governors were avoiding appearing before them to shed light on their expenditures
This is a routine appearance to respond to queries raised by the Auditor General. Most the governors have developed resistance to do what H.E. Awiti did today and this clearly shows that the homa bay county governor is a brave leader sure of himself. He attended the questions that were presented to him and made the unclear issues clear. senators praised him for appearing before them at a time many governors were avoiding appearing before them to shed light on their expenditures
LUO NYANZA LEADERS HAVE DECIDED NOT TO BE FOOLED AGAIN ABOUT TYRANY OF NUMBERS
Couples in Migori county have been asked to deny partners without IDs and voters cards sex and marriage benefits, this is done as a way to motivate the partners without IDs to seek for the IDs to ensure Cord leader Raila Odinga becomes the next president in 2017.
During a tour of five constituencies last Friday, ODM leaders asked opposition supporters to ensure either the man or woman, or both, acquire the documents.
“Any adult who has reached sexual maturity in Migori should never be offered any comfort of sex unless he has the two vital documents,” said Ruaraka MP Tom Kajwang’.
He went ahead and urged girls not to date or marry men without the documents saying they can neither open bank accounts nor use mobile money transfer services therefore they will continue being bankrupt and will never provide for their families .
“Some jealous men have refused to allow their wives to get the vital documents as they are afraid they may acquire an M-Pesa account and get money from their side lovers,” he said.
Women should sleep "while facing the wall", while men should send wives without IDs and voters cards back home, said Homa Bay women's representative Gladys Wanga.
“We will also instruct elders never to allow any woman to be married in their homesteads without an ID,” she said. The leaders said said they will create small
groups in villages whose members will ensure locals acquire the documents.
During a tour of five constituencies last Friday, ODM leaders asked opposition supporters to ensure either the man or woman, or both, acquire the documents.
“Any adult who has reached sexual maturity in Migori should never be offered any comfort of sex unless he has the two vital documents,” said Ruaraka MP Tom Kajwang’.
He went ahead and urged girls not to date or marry men without the documents saying they can neither open bank accounts nor use mobile money transfer services therefore they will continue being bankrupt and will never provide for their families .
“Some jealous men have refused to allow their wives to get the vital documents as they are afraid they may acquire an M-Pesa account and get money from their side lovers,” he said.
Women should sleep "while facing the wall", while men should send wives without IDs and voters cards back home, said Homa Bay women's representative Gladys Wanga.
“We will also instruct elders never to allow any woman to be married in their homesteads without an ID,” she said. The leaders said said they will create small
groups in villages whose members will ensure locals acquire the documents.
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
DP RUTO ASKED TO RETURN WESTON HOTEL TO KENYANS
RUTO MUST RETURN WESTON HOTEL TO KENYANS!
The response by the Deputy President regarding the illegal allocation of the parcel of land on which the Weston Hotel stands does nothing to assist his defence if he has any.
The Deputy President has responded by stating that he built the Weston Hotel when Hon. Raila Odinga was Prime Minister of Kenya.
He has also said that the land on which the hotel sits was not a subject of the Ndungu report on illegally acquired titles of public land.
On the first issue, we wish to state that the office of the Prime Minister was not involved in the approval of applications for change of user or building plans nor the supervision of construction sites. So the fact that Hon. Raila Odinga was Prime minister at the time when these approvals were given and construction undertaken is irrelevant.
Instead, we all know these matters surrounding construction were the mandate of the defunct City Council of Nairobi and judging from the number of buildings that continue to collapse in the city killing innocent Kenyans, many of these approvals were not obtained ethically and above board.
Regarding the fact that this property was not listed in the Ndungu report, we wish to reproduce some excerpts from the Ndungu report regarding how comprehensive their report was and why many titles were not exposed as grabbed.
“High profile cases of land grabbing could not be verified easily because relevant files had gone missing. In the view of the Commission, this was no accident and no reflection on the general competence and accuracy of the Records Department. It seemed to be deliberate”
Page 38, Ndungu Report
“Some ministries, State Corporation and local authorities did not send in the required information at all either out of negligence or intentionally.”
“The Commission was unable to get the necessary cooperation from the Nairobi City Council and other local authorities despite intervention by the Permanent Secretary for Local Government. The Commission was therefore unable to establish the full extent of land grabbing in areas administered by local authorities”.
Page 39, Ndungu Report
“While the Commission did not succeed in preparing a list of every conceivable illegal or irregular allocation of public land in the country, it managed to identify many such allocations…………”
Page 41, Ndungu Report
The title to Weston Hotel is just one of the many titles that were deliberately withheld from the Commission of Inquiry into illegal/ irregular allocation of Public Land, which the Commission observed in its report was done at a large scale.
In any event, the Commission was established on 30th June 2003 and published its report in June 2004. This is the period when the Weston Hotel title was being “grabbed” as is clear from the letters from the government annexed to this statement.
We therefore reiterate the demand made by Hon. Raila Odinga that the title to the Weston Hotel , must be revoked by the President if he is serious and honest about fighting corruption in Kenya.
We further demand that the government implements the recommendations of the Commission which are found at page 191 of the report. It says;
RESTITUTION
“The government should embark upon the legal recovery of all monies that were justly gotten through illegal allocation and sale of Public Land. The recovery should be extended to original allottees, professionals, brokers etc.”
PROSECUTION
“All public officials, private individuals, companies and professionals who participated in the legal allocation of public land in ways that disclose the commission of crimes should be investigated, prosecuted and/or retired from public service in the public interest”
Page 191, Ndungu Report
We can think of no better conclusion than that of the Commission itself . The Commission said:
“...illegal allocation of public land is one of the most pronounced manifestations of corruption and moral decadence in our society. It has also demonstrated the loss of public responsibility for present and future generations by those entrusted with power. The memoranda received from the people by this Commission leave no doubt that they expect nothing short of restoration of their land: Political statements made against this Commission during the inquiry on the other hand demonstrate the lack of shame on the part of those who may have benefited from the plunder of public resources. Such people would go to any lengths to protect their ill gotten property. At the end of the day, the challenge lies with the government to summons all its political will and might so as to implement the recommendations made in this report. Only that way, will impunity be stamped out of our society”.
Page 192, Ndungu Report
Hon. Opiyo Wandayi
Secretary, Political Affairs,
ODM.
The response by the Deputy President regarding the illegal allocation of the parcel of land on which the Weston Hotel stands does nothing to assist his defence if he has any.
The Deputy President has responded by stating that he built the Weston Hotel when Hon. Raila Odinga was Prime Minister of Kenya.
He has also said that the land on which the hotel sits was not a subject of the Ndungu report on illegally acquired titles of public land.
On the first issue, we wish to state that the office of the Prime Minister was not involved in the approval of applications for change of user or building plans nor the supervision of construction sites. So the fact that Hon. Raila Odinga was Prime minister at the time when these approvals were given and construction undertaken is irrelevant.
Instead, we all know these matters surrounding construction were the mandate of the defunct City Council of Nairobi and judging from the number of buildings that continue to collapse in the city killing innocent Kenyans, many of these approvals were not obtained ethically and above board.
Regarding the fact that this property was not listed in the Ndungu report, we wish to reproduce some excerpts from the Ndungu report regarding how comprehensive their report was and why many titles were not exposed as grabbed.
“High profile cases of land grabbing could not be verified easily because relevant files had gone missing. In the view of the Commission, this was no accident and no reflection on the general competence and accuracy of the Records Department. It seemed to be deliberate”
Page 38, Ndungu Report
“Some ministries, State Corporation and local authorities did not send in the required information at all either out of negligence or intentionally.”
“The Commission was unable to get the necessary cooperation from the Nairobi City Council and other local authorities despite intervention by the Permanent Secretary for Local Government. The Commission was therefore unable to establish the full extent of land grabbing in areas administered by local authorities”.
Page 39, Ndungu Report
“While the Commission did not succeed in preparing a list of every conceivable illegal or irregular allocation of public land in the country, it managed to identify many such allocations…………”
Page 41, Ndungu Report
The title to Weston Hotel is just one of the many titles that were deliberately withheld from the Commission of Inquiry into illegal/ irregular allocation of Public Land, which the Commission observed in its report was done at a large scale.
In any event, the Commission was established on 30th June 2003 and published its report in June 2004. This is the period when the Weston Hotel title was being “grabbed” as is clear from the letters from the government annexed to this statement.
We therefore reiterate the demand made by Hon. Raila Odinga that the title to the Weston Hotel , must be revoked by the President if he is serious and honest about fighting corruption in Kenya.
We further demand that the government implements the recommendations of the Commission which are found at page 191 of the report. It says;
RESTITUTION
“The government should embark upon the legal recovery of all monies that were justly gotten through illegal allocation and sale of Public Land. The recovery should be extended to original allottees, professionals, brokers etc.”
PROSECUTION
“All public officials, private individuals, companies and professionals who participated in the legal allocation of public land in ways that disclose the commission of crimes should be investigated, prosecuted and/or retired from public service in the public interest”
Page 191, Ndungu Report
We can think of no better conclusion than that of the Commission itself . The Commission said:
“...illegal allocation of public land is one of the most pronounced manifestations of corruption and moral decadence in our society. It has also demonstrated the loss of public responsibility for present and future generations by those entrusted with power. The memoranda received from the people by this Commission leave no doubt that they expect nothing short of restoration of their land: Political statements made against this Commission during the inquiry on the other hand demonstrate the lack of shame on the part of those who may have benefited from the plunder of public resources. Such people would go to any lengths to protect their ill gotten property. At the end of the day, the challenge lies with the government to summons all its political will and might so as to implement the recommendations made in this report. Only that way, will impunity be stamped out of our society”.
Page 192, Ndungu Report
Hon. Opiyo Wandayi
Secretary, Political Affairs,
ODM.
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