Raila Odinga Set To Tour Western Kenya

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Emerging reports indicate that former Prime Minister, Hon Raila Odinga is expected today to tour Busia County. 

Railas' Visit follows recent spurts of insecurity in the area. 

The reports further reveal that Raila is greatly concerned by reports of violence in the Bungoma, Kakamega & Busia and seeks to encourageSecurity Agencies in the area to ensure peace and stability. 

Raila is equally scheduled to attend the funeral of former Cabinet Ministet;  The Late Arthur Ochwada.

Mutula wa Kilonzo — My Story

By: Tom Hollum

When Mzee Wilson Kilonzo Musembi and Mama Rhoda Koki Kilonzo had their second baby 56 years ago and named him Mutula, little did they know that the young boy who had to repeat class one for lack of fifteen shillings in school fees, would be a successful lawyer and legal advisor to Kenya’s president.

Mutula’s turning point came one afternoon when he was twelve years old. He returned home from school to find his parents and grandmother in tears because the area chief, David Musyoka, had brought a judge to demarcate the Musembi’s family land. “Then I didn’t know the difference between a judge and a magistrate,” Mutula says. “When I asked what was happening, an uncle told me that the chief wanted the judge to mark off my parents’ land for him.”

This incident happened during the same period that his father was having a land succession problem with his stepbrother. Mutula’s grandfather, who was polygamous, had the land shared equally among his wives — a decision that Mzee Musembi’s stepbrothers never agreed with. Consequently, one of them unilaterally decided to reallocate himself a section of Mzee Musembi’s land.

“At that age, I still could not understand how someone could just disregard all the traditional and cultural norms and take our land,” Mutula says. “I made a decision there and then to study law in order to understand the reasoning that judge had used to give away our land.”

Raila Hits Out At Chief Justice Willy Mutunga

CORD leader Raila Odinga today hit out at Chief Justice Willy Mutunga for the first time since the Supreme Court upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya’s fourth President. Speaking at JKIA after arriving from London this morning, Raila said that Mutunga should not complain that he has been offended by the reaction of some  Kenyans to the Supreme Court’s ruling; “When the Chief Justice says he is offended, he should know that there are Kenyans out there who are more offended than him,” said Raila.

The former Prime Minister also said that his legal team had presented enough evidence before the Supreme Court to warrant a fresh election; “Remember that 800 pages of our evidence was struck out with a stroke of the pen. Then the same court goes ahead to say that there was no evidence, is this justice or injustice,” he posed.

Raila also reiterated his previous attack on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) saying the commission has lost its credibility and cannot be relied on to deliver a free and fair election; “We had a lot of evidence showing the misconduct of IEBC, even the court said that IEBC should be investigated. This IEBC must be reformed, Kenyans cannot afford to go into another election with this IEBC,” he said. 

Raila was received at JKIA by Johnston Muthama, Mpuri Aburi, Elizabeth Ongoro, Francis Nyenze and other CORD officials.

Why Sarah Serem Team Must Be Protected

The plot by Mps in the 11th Parliament to send home (disband) the Sarah Serem Commission {Salaries and Remuneration Commission} is the fullest manifestation of impunity as well practiced in Kenya over time.

I am one person who believes our law-makers should be paid well so that they concentrate on the general good of Kenyans and not sell our Country to those who have cash.
However, Kenyans from all walks of life complained of the trend adopted over the years by our Parliamentarians who could double, triple or do anything they want (upwards of-course) with their salaries at will. 

This is the only Country where an employee would be allowed to adjust his/her salaries without any checks whatsoever. So the coming of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission was God-send to Kenyans, since we had hoped that every caliber of Kenyans Public servants would be subjected to professional job evaluation and compensated commensurable to their level of responsibility. It is in this sense that I cannot accept our Parliamentarians bullying the SRC; leave alone disbanding it.

Having said this, I believe the Sarah Serem led Commission did a good job at the beginning but allowed themselves to be un-duly influenced into salary reduction without any strong basis. I remember last year after the job evaluation of top-Public Servants by the Price-waterhouse Coopers, the commission set MPs & Senators salaries at Kshs. 700,000+ and that of County Reps at Kshs 200,000+. 

This commission then went round the Country and did what they call "Public involvement" after which they drastically reduced these salaries to Kshs. 541,000 and 79,000 respectively. Actually they lowered the Head of States Salary to much less that the Chair of the Commission fo the Implementation of the Constitution. You will be ashamed to relate the salaries of Governors, Cabinet Secretaries, County executive Committees, Commissions, etc; I don't know what will happen when they get to teachers and messengers in govt. offices.

In my opinion, Job evaluation can only be done by professionals and not lay-farmers in my village. For me the Commission's un-professionalism started here.

Now how do we cure this;
The government has complained of a very constrained wage bill in our Country.
With this in mind, Kenyans must go back to the drawing board and access the necessity of the Bi-cameral system of legislature that we overwhelmingly voted for in the New Constitution.

My suggestion if this.

 
1. We scrap off the National Assembly and transfer their roles to the Senate. Transfer the 47 Women Representatives to the Senate and nominate 10 special group representatives to the Senate. we demand that Senators be of sound academic qualification.

2. We strengthen the County Assembly and compensate County Representatives well, equip them sufficiently and demand that they be of certain minimum qualification or exemplary track record in various areas of the country's economic and social affairs that would enable them be able to propose sound legislation that would be beneficial to the County and by extension the Counties as a whole.

3. We compensate the Senate, the County Assembly, the Governors, the Cabinet secretaries, and the County Executive Committees handsomely so as to attract the best of minds and result in quick dispensation of their duties.

4. We strengthen the Salary and Remuneration Committee and make it high-level professional so as to make very sound judgement that be defended professionally at any given point. Provide them with necessary Financial Resources and tools that would allow the to carry out their work to the expectation.

5. We demand of our elected leaders quick results which if not provided, we can recall them at the earliest possible opportunities; just like we ordinary Kenyans can be fired by our employers when they are convinced that our performance is below expectation.

Kenya is really rich; if the 30% of Revenue that is lost in corruption and the many cases of tax evasion Atwoli listed on May 1 can be sealed; we definitely would finance our Institutions and move this Country forward like is the dream of all Kenyans.

May god Bless Kenya! and the people of Kenya!!

Courtesy of Hillary Ghai.

Daniel Owira of 'Otonglo Fame" Lands Over Ksh 200,000 In A Naivas AD Deal

'When you really want to achieve something, Just make a decision and a plan on how to do it. The the whole universe will conspire to help you achieve it.'....Paulo Coelho

It seems that the goddess of good luck has not yet finished with the the Sensational Daniel Owira of the Otonglo Fame. More and more financial breakthrough has invaded his life and just will not cease anytime. He is now making real otonglo. In a more recent deal with Naivas Supermarket Back to School Advertisement, He just clutched over ksh. 200,000.

The sun has now lit his path and the whole world is happy at how far he has come and how far he is to go.

This is the Naivas Advert ...... Here below

Barcelona Vs Bayern Munich, (0-3) - Watch All The Goals

Barcelona 0 Bayern Munich 7 (The Final Score)

Barcelona wer bungled out of the UEFA Champions League by Bayern Munich. 

It was a humiliating 0-3 loss to the Bayern Munich on second leg return of the champions league game. In Total, Bayern scored 7 goals past a wounded Barcelona.

For the First time in history, Barcelona bungled out of the Champions League without scoring any goal against the German Team.

Watch all the Goals HERE....>>>>>>>>  Courtesy of (www.3news.co.nz)

HIV Cure In Months - Danish Scientists Reports

The London telegraph has reported that Danish Scientists believe that they may have a cure for HIV 'within months'. A group of researchers at Arhus University Hospital in Denmark are testing a new technique that involves flushing the virus from so called reservoirs in human DNA. The virus is then destroyed naturally by the body's immune system.

They are expecting results to show that finding a mass-distributable and affordable cure to HIV is possible . 15 patients are taking in the trials, funded with 2.1 million dollars from the Danish Research Council. If they are found to have successfully been cured of HIV, the new technique will be tested on a wider scale.

any cure would be affordable to any of the 33 million people worldwide afflicted by the virus. however, despite the trials Dr. Ole Sogaard, a senior researcher in the department of infectious disease warned that the efficacy in the human body remained unproven. He was quoted in the Medical Daily as saying that ' The challenge will be getting the patients; immune systems to recognize the virus and destroy it. This depends on the strength and sensitivity of individual immune systems'.

Source: www.globalpost.com

President Moi Condoles Mutula Kilonzo's Family

The Former President, Damiel Toroitich Arap Moi has visited and condoled the family of the late Makueni Senator: The Late Hon. Mutula Kilonzo.

He is one amongst a group of other world dignitaries who have visited the home of the fallen Kenyan Law Maker turned Senator.

Why Mombasa Residents Refuse to Save 'Human Cat'

There was drama in Mombasa's Kiembeni area , after locals gathered to stare at a cat whose head had been trapped in a jerrycan for 4 days.

Residents have refused to save it, attributing the phenomenon to witchcraft or demons. Some say that the cat is actually a human who was unable to change back during a ritual. 
Of the hundreds who turned up to watch the poor cat struggle in pain, none gathered enough courage to save it. KTN's Ferdinand Omondi tried to save it, but was stopped by residents.

Listening to the reasons why they won't save the kitten, it gets weirder. One villager recounted how one male cat recently gave birth to kittens, which they threw away. The said cat went away never to return. 
Cat - demon stories are not new in the coast region. A lot of stories have been told about how some humans transform into cats, especially black ones, and cause havoc to the society. With this in mind, maybe the villagers worries were justified.

Picture Speak - Labour Day Celebrations

Francis Atwoli, H.E Uhuru Kenyatta, Hon. William Ruto and Dr. Evans Kidero at the Labour Day Celebrations

Sharing Some Light Moments

And Some Consultations Came In

'Solidarity Forever'

Watching Vitimbi on Stage

Delivering Keynote Speech

Delivering The Keynote Speech

Its Time to Say Bye

Thanking Wananchi who attended the function