President Obama has curiously won the Nobel peace price,

President Obama has curiously won the Nobel peace price, While that is an achievement in itself, it is a very rare gesture by the awards committee, strange as it is, it looks like it is based on perceived notions of change in US Foreign policy in a post Bush era .
Little has changed, in Afghanistan , US and NATO forces are still battling "terrorist" the Taliban in a never increasingly ideological , useless and expensive war , Nuclear disarmament and non proliferation is still a far way dream, Iran and North Korea are pursuing an active weapons program, the Israeli and Palestinian final peace agreement is yet to become a reality.
There are outstanding issues in Africa, in areas of governance, democracy , corruption and not to mention the impending global environmental disaster and the global economic climate.
While Obama has set the tone, the pace and willingness (at least in his own imagination) to pursue and tackle this issues he has yet to come up with a template to actually achieve his goals. In My opinion the "Obama" peace prize is premature, it has generated criticism and wild expectations, battle lines are being drawn ...(to be continued)

KENY A ANTI CORRUPTION MESS

There are mounting concerns a bout the re -appointment of Justice Ringera(ret) to the chairmanship of the Anti corruption Commission, there needs to be an intense review,a thorough audit of his leadership by all concerned before a rush to judgment,

The Kenyan parliament has responded with the threat of budgetary constraints, a lot of noise and nothing substantive to back the arguments..the truth is the man does not have prosecutial powers, this has severly encumbered the process and the ability to carry out his duties.

What we need is reform, the legalframework and truly indi pendent body that can carry out it,s mandate without interfererence from politicians, we should consider adjucation of these responsibilities to established international standards in fighting corruption,

The US through it,s outspoken ambasador Mr Ranneberger has protested, while this might be taken as interference , The United States has an established record of a no nonsense aproach to the latter..Case in point the indictment of several elected officials in NJ read the story here http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/nyregion/24jersey.html.

We should consider strenthening the present authority, i.e reform. appoint a new leadership, add a legal framework to the existing model and consider to trim Presidential powers to appoint the commisioners.
The Kenyan Parliament to it,s credit has used an existing vetting process..but we need a follow up. we as wanainchi should rise up and demand changes...To be continued....?

Post election violence

  It,s about time the truth is perpetrated,enough is enough, a whole village perished, churches got burned, innocent men and women killed and a country's  nascent democracy and international credibility and not to mention a young vibrant economy vanished in a few weeks of post election violence.

  What,s the truth? we will never know who actually won the disputed election, it is about time the instigators are brought out in the open, we are tired of hearing about mysterious envelopes, the rule of law must prevail?

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Dead Coalition

We Kenyans are being held to ransom by politicians and individuals, bickering,amid the waste of government resources, corruption ,impunity ,flamboyancy, tribalism....In a nutshell they are just a bout the most disgusting individuals..ever to run a country..It,s time to move on..?.

What happened to vision 2030?, The fight against poverty, Free education. infrastructure development.

Our leaders have let us down, we have become an international laughing stock,shot of becoming a banana republic...The so called coalition is not working, It,s a bout time we had an election

This is not good

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/02/18/nyregion/18delonas2.480.jpgb


Read the NYTimes story follow link below: new york post cartoon says it all. Unfortunate sad,and completely inappropriate.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/chimp-stimulus-cartoon-raises-racism-concerns/?hp

corruption IN KENYA

Institutionalized corruption, is eating the very moral fiber of our country, (KENYA)It will bring us down to our knees, aided and abetted by politicians, a bloated bureaucracy and a willing entrepreneurial class, When will it end?....Corruption as defined is

Corruption is essentially termed as an "impairment of integrity, virtue or moral principle; depravity, decay, and/or an inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means, a departure from the original or from what is pure or correct, and/or an agency or influence that corrupts."^[1]

Corruption, when applied as a technical term, is a general concept describing any organized, interdependent system in which part of the system is either not performing duties it was originally intended to, or performing them in an improper way, to the detriment of the system's original purpose.

Political corruption, as the dysfunction of a political system or institution in which government officials, political officials or employees seek illegitimate personal gain through actions such as bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement. Political corruption is a specific form of rent seeking, where access to politics is organized with limited transparency, limited competition and directed towards promoting narrow interests (rent seeking is not to be confused with property rental).description,
I am sure all of us Kenyans and Africans have come across individuals who fit the above criteria

Corruption in Kenya is so institutionalized that the world Bank estimates that it is a crisis beyond a crisis...It,S THE GREATEST SINGLE threat to development and the fight against poverty any where in Africa. (In my opinion it,s worse than AIDS and Malaria) It,s not imminent threat but it is real and existing.

Law enforcement ,judicial and other legal avenues have failed, I have yet to see to a serious conviction by the anti corruption body..This leads to widespread poverty,Gross failure of public institutions and the finally ultimate, the lack of confidence in Government and social chaos, The present coalition government has yet to come with a plan to control, or abate the problem...We lack a RICO law (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (commonly referred to as RICO Act or RICO in the US.

Does Kenya need a Rico Law, Yes we do, This should include mandatory ethical training for all public officials..Law enforcement,procurement,contractual,Legal and judicial and parliamentary and other key institutions.

No stone should be left unturned , ...To be continued?.

I a apologize to all my readers for the unfortunate delays. But we do need to to seriously address the day forward and future our country Kenya, While corruption is the red herring,

What do we need to do as citizens and people who love the country. ?

It,s all about change in thinking, behavior and practice. l am inviting all KENYANS to contribute their ideas on the way forward,

We need to question our future social , Political and economic well being,

A Kenyan friend as i write has a problem obtaining ( import) Letter of credit financing to import Kenyan tea into the US....Quote "Credibility,Transparency and potential fraud" Letter from a major US Bank/////What do we need to to do? ,I am inviting everybody to comment . Usiogope To be continued.......

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In "It's Our Turn to Eat" (Fourth Estate, 12.99 pounds), journalist Michela Wrong delves into the corruption that has poisoned African societies, put a brake on development and discouraged investment.

Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S

There is a very interesting story in the WSJ...Some Russian professor /analyst Igor Panarin is predicting, The disintegration of the US, as a result of quote
"that mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation will trigger a civil war next fall and the collapse of the dollar. Around the end of June 2010, or early July, he says, the U.S. will break into six pieces...".
What is amazing is that he is getting attention from the Mainstream Russian media , This guy is just not another pundit.He is a professional analyst, though suspiciously with a background from the K.G.B and it,s successor the F.S.B...I,M very skeptical my self..My take is that i will not happen.