Infringing aspirants rights to self determination against the letter of the new constitution

Infringing aspirants rights to self determination against the letter of the new constitution

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Nairobi, Kenya: Nairobi metropolitan assistant minister Elizabeth Ongoro has rejected the direct nomination offered to her by ODM to run the Ruaraka parliamentary seat.

Ongoro maintained that she was never consulted by the party leadership to step down in favour of former Starehe MP Margaret Wanjiru.

"What has happened to me is a classical example of discrimination based on ethnicity. My conscience will not serve me right if I take the position of the legitimate Ruaraka nominee Tom Kanjwang," said Ongoro.

Speaking to the press on Thursday, Ongoro said she was thoroughly disappointed with ODM but vowed to continue supporting Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

She said it was unfortunate that the senate has become a dumping ground for academic dwarfs.

Source: standardmedia.co.ke
 
I asked a senior member of JF about this new phenomena where a principal of a coalition is free to force down the throats of Nairobians via tribal-lenses to prescribe on who to stand where when and why.

PS mkuu come out and explain this!
 
Kabaridi said:
I asked a senior member of JF about this new phenomena where a principal of a coalition is free to force down the throats of Nairobians via tribal-lenses to prescribe on who to stand where when and why.

PS mkuu come out and explain this!
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I take the challenge and say thus.

I abhor the direct nominations of candidates by any party whatsover. Be it ODM/CORD, TNA/Jubilee, UDF or
KNC...or any party whatsoever.

I rest my case...:smile:
 
Ok on a more neutral note, CORD :becky:is struggling to uphold democracy, and respect for its own candidates, how shall it present its case to the public
 
Kabaridi said:
Ok on a more neutral note, CORD :becky:is struggling to uphold democracy, and respect for its own candidates, how shall it present its case to the public
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Mkuu Kabaridi,

why dont we just say Kenyan political parties instead of identifying CORD kana kwamba the
other side is not going through the same struggles?

#Jussayin .
 
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Kabaridi ni kama Ruto/Uhuru chochote kibaya lazima itakuwa ni ODM au CORD au RAO,yanayotokea CORD/ODM ndio yanayotokea kwa vyama vyote vikubwa Jubilee,TNA,URP kwa kifupi yanayotokea Kenya yanatokana na Wakenya wote ambao huka zao wote ni sawa yaani za ukabila na ubinafsi wa hao viongozi kuangalia masilahi yao ,ndio maana kuna akina Waititu badala ya Mbaru,Wanjiru badala ya Ongoro,wakubwa wameona hawa wana wafuasi wao wengi malofa ambao ndio wengi wapiga kura ,wanachojali ni kukamata nafasi za uwakilishi na si umakini wa viongozi
 
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Kabaridi said:
I asked a senior member of JF about this new phenomena where a principal of a coalition is free to force down the throats of Nairobians via tribal-lenses to prescribe on who to stand where when and why.

PS mkuu come out and explain this!
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Kabaridi,

this is a more balanced approach to your assertion:

Women aspirants fall victim of party chaos

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By BILLY MUIRURI bmuiruri@ke.nationmedia.com And NJERI RUGENE nrugene@ke.nationmedia.
Posted Sunday, January 27 2013 at 00:30

In Summary

  • Some of those who won lost their tickets to male rivals, others assaulted and in Embakasi an aspirant was raped

Helplessness. Betrayal. Shattered dreams. Perhaps this is how best to describe the ordeals suffered by a cross-section of women who tried their hand in politics this year.

Several of them emerged out of party primaries with bruises inflicted by a blatant violation of the Political Parties Act, outright intimidation and corruption within parties.

Some of those who won lost their tickets to male rivals, others were physically abused and in Embakasi an aspirant was raped.

In other areas, gender discrimination perpetuated by cultural beliefs reared its ugly head, with elders declaring a win by a woman in the TNA primaries in Kajiado as "a curse to the community".

Accounts pieced together by the Sunday Nation in the post-nomination period paint a gloomy picture of the possibility of having less than 16 elected women MPs in the next Parliament. The 10th Parliament had 16 elected MPs and six were nominated.

At the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) tribunal sitting at the Milimani Commercial Courts since Wednesday, women politicians spent long hours sitting and waiting to be heard.

The tribunal had more than 250 petitions to hear and, on Friday, it sat until late into the night. Still, justice was not dispensed to some of the affected women.

The unorthodox tactics deployed by the male rivals against women aspirants were baffling.

In central Kenya, the name of a TNA aspirant for Kandara constituency, Alice Muthoni Wahome, was printed on condom packs and distributed at local trading centres a few days to the nominations.

The condoms had this message: "A gift from Alice Muthoni Wahome. Kandara tupange uzazi (Kandara, let us do family planning). It was reported to police that 50 cartons of the branded condoms had been printed for the smear campaign that was largely blamed on her main male rival.

Outgoing Kandara MP Maina Kamau came out fighting and rubbished claims that he was a suspect in the saga. "She just wants to seek sympathy votes by distributing those things. I cannot do such a thing," said Mr Kamau.

Ms Wahome's rivals were not through. Besides the condoms, there were also printed materials to the effect that she was an alien in Kandara and that she was married in Nyeri County.

Voters were told that Ms Wahome was gunning for a parliamentary seat in Kandara while her husband was running for governor in Nyeri. Ms Wahome denied this, saying her husband was a gynaecologist and was not seeking any seat.

Although the incident tortured her mentally and briefly interrupted her campaigns, Ms Wahome went ahead to garner 27,602 votes against Mr Kamau's 10,845 votes.

In Nakuru, Keziah Ngina was forced to stay in a hotel after threats on her life. The TNA Nakuru Town West aspirant was trailed on several occasions and was forced to leave her home. In one incident, she stared death in the face after a gang of armed youths confronted her in Kaptembwa.

By the time the primaries were done on January 18, she had been pushed to quit the race after her rivals warned her against interfering with the seat. She was facing off with 13 male aspirants.

Still in Nakuru, women voters were not spared. A case has been filed against outgoing Molo MP Joseph Kiuna who allegedly slapped a woman.

According to a report made at Mau Narok police station and at the Federation of Women Lawyers, Mary Wanjiku Njenga, a voter, was assaulted in public by Mr Kiuna.

In Embakasi, a woman aspirant was raped by unknown people. Although the Sunday Nation could not trace her to her seclusion, the case startled a meeting called at Serena Hotel by Eminent Persons, a lobby for peaceful elections.

The lobby's chairperson Phoebe Asiyo termed the developments saddening and asked the electoral commission to offer women enough protection.

Still in Embakasi, a female aspirant was attacked last Thursday night by unknown people and warned against indulging in politics.

Culture was at its worst in Kajiado County. A win by Peris Tobiko in Kajiado East was declared a curse for the Maasai community. Elders said it was untenable to have a woman MP, a move that engineered the departure of her opponents to support a candidate in a rival party.

After beating her opponent, Julius Ntayia, Maasai elders who met at Sultan Hamud took issue with the "victory of a woman married in another district". They warned they will curse whoever supports her.

The tough talk by the Maasai elders put Ms Tobiko's bid on a swing even after her case landed at the IEBC tribunal on Friday. If she wins, she will become the first Maasai woman MP since independence.

Almost a similar fate befell Millicent Omanga who was robbed of the Nairobi gubernatorial running mate position in the Jubilee alliance after her community's elders allegedly preferred a male candidate.

Ms Omanga, who had rolled out a bid for the senate race, was proposed to be a running mate to The National Alliance (TNA) candidate Ferdinand Waititu by her party, URP, a partner in the coalition.

However, she was dropped in favour of Mr Robin Achoki in what was described as a decision by Kisii elders.

Yesterday, Ms Omanga was a distraught woman. "I respect our elders but their discrimination against me on gender and age is an abuse of my human rights," she said.

She added that they should have rejoiced that "one of their daughters had reached a level where she could be proposed to be deputy governor of a city like Nairobi by a serious party". The confusion, Ms Omanga said, had affected her motivation and she had retreated privately to "agonise over the turn of events".

Physical abuse apart, several women have suffered psychologically after being denied tickets, on top of undergoing huge financial losses.

In Embakasi East, TNA aspirant Mary Mwangi found too late that it was her rival's name that was forwarded to the IEBC even after beating her opponent by close to 1,500 votes.

Returns of the nominations show Mrs Mwangi, normally known as Mama Double M, garnered more than 2,900 votes against her rival Amos Masenge's 1,400 votes.

Mrs Mwangi, a widow, filed a petition with the IEBC tribunal and she is one of the women who have camped at the tribunal for the last three days waiting for justice. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) had controversial scenarios involving two of their former MPs in Nairobi.

It discarded former Kasarani MP Elizabeth Ongoro out of contention for the senate seat and handed the ticket to outgoing Starehe MP Margaret Wanjiru after the Orange party barred her from running for governorship on academic grounds.

Mrs Ongoro, who had already hit the campaign trail, was instructed to vie for the Ruaraka parliamentary seat whose ticket had been won by lawyer Tom Kajwang. She declined the offer.

A peep into some cases at the tribunal demonstrated a calculated move to lock some women out of contention. In Kiambu, for example, a TNA aspirant for the women's representative seat Lillian Mwaura had her name and picture missing in the ballot, even after fulfilling all the party's obligations.

"I paid Sh75,000 to the party. Everything was intact until the last day. Someone interfered with my name somewhere between the secretariat and the printer," the lawyer said on Friday.

A mix-up of the names could have caused huge vote losses to Wanjiku Mwangi who was running for Nairobi's women's representative seat. The ballot read Rose Anne Mwangi, a name she had never used in her campaigns.

Few women have the machinery and will power to put up a spirited fight such as businesswoman Mary Wambui whose ticket for the Othaya parliamentary seat had been snatched by her bitter rival Gichuki Mugambi.

The circus, which was said to have been engineered by powerful forces in government, was seen as an attempt to hand certificates to preferred candidates at the expense of women aspirants.

The nominations fiasco has rattled women's organisations in the country who have expressed outrage at the lack of respect for women aspirants.

The Centre for Multi-Party Democracy executive director Njeri Kabeberi says the parties were on "a robbery spree" against women.

"At least 15 of the 36 or so women nominated for governor, senator or MP have been robbed of their certificates or do not appear anywhere in the parties' lists or the IEBC lists," she said on Saturday.

Ms Kabeberi said the Political Parties Act and the Elections Act have codes of conduct that regulate political party behaviour and special clauses on gender including non-violence against women which were not implemented.

UN Women, an international organisation that has been supporting women aspirants, said Kenyans expected disciplinary action against all those who violated women's right to vie for political seats.

According to the organisation's head, Ms Zebib Kavuma, the IEBC, the Registrar of Political Parties and police must take action against rogue aspirants and rogue parties.

Fida Kenya has protested at the humiliation meted out on women.

Additional reporting by Simon Siele, Ponciano Odongo and Samuel Karanja

Women aspirants fall victim of party chaos - CAMPAIGN NEWS - elections.nation.co.ke
 
Ongoro rejects ODM's Ruaraka MP ticket

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By STELLA CHERONO
Posted Thursday, January 24 2013 at 13:41

Nairobi Metropolitan Development assistant minister Elizabeth Ongoro has rejected ODM's offer to run for the Ruaraka parliamentary seat.

Ms Ongoro said she was not interested in the seat and criticised the party's move to hand the Nairobi Senator ticket to Bishop Margaret Wanjiru. ODM had initially given her the ticket.

"I will not accept the seat because I know that Tom Kajwang' who has been vying for the seat for three terms won the nominations. He deserves it and my conscience will not allow me to accept it. I am very bitter and I will not allow myself to be used as the instrument of injustice," Ms Ongoro said.

The former Kasarani MP said that the move by the party had created the impression that it was okay to dump academic dwarfs to the Senator's position.

"If Bishop Wanjiru did not qualify for the gubernatorial position on the ground of academic qualifications, what makes it right for her to vie for any other top position. One wrong cannot be concealed by another wrong," she said.
"What has happened to me is a classic example of discrimination on the ground of tribe and gender. It is sad that this comes at a time when the country is striving to achieve equality."

The assistant minister said she had not been served with any written notification, but she learnt about the party's position from the media and was shocked.

"Despite being a party official, no communication has been made to me by any party official, the nomination board or the strategy team. I have campaigned for the senator seat and I won yet Mr (ODM National Election Board chairman Franklin) Bett decided to state that I could not vie for the seat because I am from a certain tribe," she said.

She said despite the party's move, she will continue supporting Cord presidential candidate Raila Odinga's bid for State House, saying that his triumph would be advantageous for all members of the Cord affiliate parties.

Ms Ongoro pointed out that she would rather stay without an elective position, than run on a ticket that belongs to someone else who won after using his money and energy to campaign. She said that she would announce her next political move after consulting her supporters and other party members.

Mr Bett on Wednesday said that the awarding of Nairobi Senate Seat to Bishop Margaret Wanjiru instead of Ms Ongoro was done for strategic reasons.

"The decision was reached by the National Executive Committee, which is ODM's top decision making organ" Mr Bett said.

Ongoro rejects ODM's Ruaraka MP ticket - Politics - nation.co.ke
 
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Ab-Titchaz said:
Kabaridi,

Unajua ulipoleta hii mada hapa ndani, the name Elizabeth Ongoro kinda jogged my memory then
I realised she had been a topic of discussion here. This was the woman who whopped her
husband senseless.

Mjadala wenyewe huu hapa... https://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-news/174338-kenya-mbunge-ampa-kibano-mumewe-hadi-kalazwa.html

JF kiboko mazee.

This woman has some issues with violence and she needs to be checked.
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Ab-Titchaz this article concerning Ongoro is a personal beef you and others may have and not the verdict of the party she represents. Because if it was the coalitions verdict then she could bee blocked from standing for the Kasarani seat as well on the same claims. Well I am impressed because of the proceedings here at JF, tooth for tooth and nail for a nail!
 
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mfianchi said:
Kabaridi ni kama Ruto/Uhuru chochote kibaya lazima itakuwa ni ODM au CORD au RAO,yanayotokea CORD/ODM ndio yanayotokea kwa vyama vyote vikubwa Jubilee,TNA,URP kwa kifupi yanayotokea Kenya yanatokana na Wakenya wote ambao huka zao wote ni sawa yaani za ukabila na ubinafsi wa hao viongozi kuangalia masilahi yao ,ndio maana kuna akina Waititu badala ya Mbaru,Wanjiru badala ya Ongoro,wakubwa wameona hawa wana wafuasi wao wengi malofa ambao ndio wengi wapiga kura ,wanachojali ni kukamata nafasi za uwakilishi na si umakini wa viongozi
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mfianchi,

kuipinga sauti ya wapiga kura sio demokrasia. kwenye mrengo wa uhuru mbaru alimshinda kwenye chaguzi ndogo za chama kwa hivyo si jambo au kauli mrengo iliibuka nalo ya kumweka waitatu badala ya mbaru.

Huyu Ongoro kutoka kwa makala yenyewe inasemekana alifuata kila kanuni ya chama chake mpaka mahali ambapo alitozwa kodi! nayule mwingine wa kasarani na pia yule okongo omogeni kule sehemu za kisii alipewa kibali licha kuwa mpinzani wake alimshinda kwenye chaguzi!

Swali ni mbona munakiuka sauti ya wananchi?, je! hii ndio uongozi utatuletea mabadiliko hamna mkuu! utupu!
 
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Kabaridi said:
Ab-Titchaz this article concerning Ongoro is a personal beef you and others may have and not the verdict of the party she represents. Because if it was the coalitions verdict then she could bee blocked from standing for the Kasarani seat as well on the same claims. Well I am impressed because of the proceedings here at JF, tooth for tooth and nail for a nail!
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Which article are you refering to? ama you are talking about the thread?

The articles zimetoka kwenye magazeti na mie sina beef na mtu.
 
What has been consistent though in ODM campaigns since the 2008 PEV has been vote searching more than seeking the people's mandate. The latest highlight being the Senatorial controversy in NBi county. Does Bishop DR wanjiru represent a majority of issues of the whole of NBI county and its challenges. Isn't it naive to think that a victory for wanjiru is imminent by only neutralizing the 'kikuyu vote-count'?

A mordern and cosmopolitan city like NBI will need its general problems addressed by governor on a broader scale as opposed to restricting it to a vote-count and domination by established ethnic fiefs.
 
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