Muungano wa CORD kuwasilisha hoja bungeni ya kutokuwa na imani na Rais Uhuru Kenyatta

[Ab-Titchaz]

Opposition vows to kick President Uhuru Kenyatta out of office over teachers' salary impasse

CORD legislators led by Moses Wetang'ula (second right) address a press conference at Parliament Buildings Thursday. They said they will hold peaceful protests next Wednesday to show solidarity with the striking teachers. [Photo: Moses Omusula/Standard]


By Alphonce Shiundu
Updated Friday, September 18th 2015 at 00:00 GMT +3

President Uhuru Kenyatta will be forced to fight off an impeachment motion once the National Assembly reopens after the Opposition announced a bid to oust him from office. The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has cited gross violation of the Constitution, which is among the grounds for removal of a President by impeachment.But the same must lobby the support of one-third of the 349-member House (117 MPs) to initiate the process.

CORD Thursday vowed to press the impeachment motion in the National Assembly, accusing the President of ignoring a court order that awarded over 280,000 teachers a 50-60 per cent salary increment. The Opposition has instructed all its MPs within the National Assembly to back the motion to impeach President Kenyatta as soon as the National Assembly resumes sittings on September 29.

CORD co-principal Moses Wetang'ula led 15 legislators among them 10 senators and five MPs to a news conference at Parliament Buildings where they said the Head of State had violated the Constitution. Suba MP John Mbadi, who is the national chairman of Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), was tasked to spearhead the move.

"The President's refusal to obey court orders is a serious violation of the Constitution... if the Judiciary or Parliament was to treat the Executive with disdain, or vice versa, it will be an affront to the Constitution of Kenya," said Wetang'ula, who is also the Senate Minority Leader.

Should the motion succeed, the Deputy President will take over as President for the remainder of the term. Describing itself as ‘a government in waiting', the Opposition said it will hold ‘peaceful protests' next Wednesday to show their solidarity with the teachers. The lawmakers said the protests will culminate in a rally, which they said will expose the inefficiency of the Government.

"We want to tell the world how opaque, impervious and obstinate the Jubilee government has become on matters touching on the plight of teachers and the people," said Wetang'ula, who is also the Bungoma Senator.

But National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale laughed off the impeachment threat, saying Jubilee will "turn the no-confidence vote into a confidence vote in the President's leadership".

"Let them exercise their right because the impeachment motion is provided for in the Constitution. It is for them to follow the laid-down procedure but I must caution them the threshold is very high. We want to assure them that it is not going to be a walk in the park. We will deal with the motion in a bipartisan way because we know there are many colleagues in the Opposition who believe in the leadership of the President," Duale said.

"We will prove that CORD is no longer the united front that we defeated in 2013. It is now fragmented and those pushing the impeachment motion are in the minority within the CORD family," he added.

117 MPS Though CORD is numerically inferior in the National Assembly, it is upbeat it can raise the one-third threshold of 117 MPs required to initiate the impeachment motion. An MP, in this case, Mbadi, will need 117 MPs to trigger the process.

Asked if the numerical superiority of the Jubilee coalition with its 216 MPs and allies were likely to frustrate the motion, and even defeat it in a vote, Wetang'ula and the CORD MPs said they were keen to appeal to the conscience of the lawmakers to uphold the oath of office that they took as soon as they were elected to the National Assembly.

"Do you know what is on the mind of every individual MP? We will be calling on them to rise to the occasion and uphold the Constitution," said Wetang'ula, as he insisted that the appeal for support on the impeachment had been extended to all MPs of goodwill across the divide who are equally appalled by the President's pronouncement that he was not going to pay the teachers.

The Opposition lawmakers said they "knew that the Government had enough money to pay teachers if the wastage in public spending is curbed". In their view, the billions allocated to the National Youth Service (NYS) and the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) had to be re-allocated to pay the teachers or if that was not enough, the money set aside for the laptops for primary school pupils can be diverted to pay the teachers.

"The Government cannot say there is no money because we know there's money... what is the point of giving school children laptops when you can't pay their teachers Sh13,000?" Wetang'ula asked.

He added: "The amount the teachers want is not substantial. It is Sh1.3 billion that works out to about Sh17 billion a year. If the Government is serious about paying teachers, it can cut out the unnecessary wastage, reallocate the money in NYS and CDF and many other budget lines and pay the teachers," said Wetang'ula.

The MPs said: "Teachers who want to join us are invited.""There's no order against CORD... the right to picket and demonstrate is enshrined in the Constitution," said Wetang'ula.

Those present at the news conference were Wetang'ula, senators James Orengo (Siaya), Boy Juma Boy (Kwale), Moses Kajwang' (Homa Bay), Kennedy Mong'are (Nyamira), Boni Khalwale (Kakamega), Anyang' Nyong'o (Kisumu); nominated senators Agnes Zani, MPs Mbadi and Deputy Minority Leader Jakoyo Midiwo (Gem).

Standard Digital News - Kenya : Opposition vows to kick President Uhuru Kenyatta out of office over teachers' salary impasse

 

[Guest from Wazua]

Rumor has it that URP will actualy support the impeachment motion- Source wazua

 

[Kenyan]

Cord leader Raila Odinga has supported calls to have President Kenyatta impeached for disobeying a court order awarding teachers 50-60 per cent pay rise.

Mr Odinga who spoke in Bobasi Constituency, Kisii County yesterday said the President must go home having declared the 288,060 teachers will not be paid the new salaries that have been spread over four years.

"President Kenyatta must pay teachers, he has no choice. If he fails, we have asked MPs to bring an impeachment motion against him," said Mr Odinga who spoke during the burial of Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati's father Andrew Arati.

On Thursday, Cord co-princupal Moses Wetang'ula said the coalition had agreed to prepare a motion to remove President Kenyatta for ‘violating the Constitution he swore to protect' by failing to honour court orders.

The award is expected to cost Sh17 billion if implemented in the current financial year. However, the National Treasury says the government has no money. Last week, President Kenyatta ruled out paying the teachers.

Mr Odinga said: "The President will be tried in Parliament for going against the Constitution. Evidence will then be adduced there explaining why he did so yet he swore to protect the supreme law."

"Kenyans will also be listening on this matter because they are the ones to make the decision." The Cord leader said he is not bothered by the manner in which Jubilee MPs will vote on the motion.

"They will vote as the President's puppets. But in the court of public opinion, the President shall stand indicted for violating the constitution," he said.

Refused to implement

The former PM wondered why the President and his deputy have refused to implement the order of the Supreme Court yet the country's leadership was handed to them through the same channel.

"How is it that when the court declared you President, you agreed with it. But now that it is asking you to pay teachers what is due to them, you turn around and say you can't pay and won't pay. If that's your stand, then must go home," said Mr Odinga.

Source: Daily Nation

 

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Why URP is keen on CORD impeachment threats against President Uhuru

By Roselyne Obala
Updated Sunday, September 20th 2015

United Republican Party (URP) MPs unhappy with the way the government is handling the ICC case against Deputy President William Ruto are keenly following developments in the impeachment threats against President Uhuru Kenyatta by CORD, The Standard on Sunday can reliably report.

That there is disquiet within the Jubilee coalition over the manner the government is handling the ICC case is an open secret.

"As much as the push to impeach is not welcome, we will use it as a bait to ensure the government commits to taking the front row in handling the ICC matter. The various organs that were instrumental in ensuring the President's have taken the back bench on the Ruto and Sang cases," confided a URP MP. Some URP lawmakers who spoke to The Standard on Sunday admitted they feel let down by colleagues from TNA, the President's party.

"We are treated as outsiders in this government. We are not happy with the way the DP's case is being handled by Attorney General Githu Muigai and Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed," said another URP MP.

He continued: "I can confirm there is a go slow within the coalition partners. The government should not underestimate this impeachment threat by CORD. We are no longer united as before; do not be deceived by our public pronouncements. This process by CORD could have not come at a better time. If the President wants our support, he must reaffirm his commitment to the ICC matter."

CORD has threatened to impeach the President over the crisis in the education sector that has culminated in closure of all schools, sending 14 million students home. Jubilee has dared CORD to make good their threats. But the government cannot afford to take this matter lightly as only 117 members will be required to approve the motion, and supported by at least two-thirds of all the members of the National Assembly, pass the motion.

The Standard on Sunday has learned that a section of URP legislators on Thursday held a late night meeting to review their relationship with TNA and chart the way forward. But even as the differences between TNA and URP simmer, coalition leaders have maintained that they are firmly united and focused on implementing their campaign manifesto.

Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter termed the impeachment calls a non-issue and challenged CORD and Jubilee MPs to put the interest of Kenyans first. "The most relevant issue now is the teachers' strike and not a contest between the government and Opposition," he appealed.

Standard Digital News - Kenya : Why URP is keen on CORD impeachment threats against President Uhuru

 

[Hoodla]

Rumor has it that URP will actualy support the impeachment motion- Source wazua

Are you a reliable Source?

 

[Hoodla]

Keter is right let them sort out the teachers issue first instead of impeaching the president. How can he think straight under so much pressure from Knut opposition & Cotu.

 

[Kenyan]

CORD MPs vow to push on with impeachment motion against President Uhuru

Opposition leaders said yesterday that the Government's declaration that it has no money to pay the teachers' salary increment has emboldened them to press on with the impeachment motion against President Uhuru Kenyatta.

During a press conference at Parliament buildings, the MPs allied to the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) accused the President of abdicating his constitutional responsibilities by refusing to pay teachers. The eight legislators also said the Opposition will go ahead with its planned rally tomorrow's in a bid to compel the Government to pay teachers' the 50 to 60 per cent pay increment they were awarded by the court.

Teachers have been on strike for the last four weeks, forcing the Government to order the closure of primary and secondary schools.

"We wish to reinforce the call by our parent coalition CORD for the impeachment of President Kenyatta. We fully associate with that call. We equally support the call for solidarity with teachers beginning Wednesday," said the MPs in their statement read by the Orange Democratic Movement Secretary for Political Affairs, Opiyo Wandayi.

"The President's sentiments were a total disappointment to Kenyans. The impeachment of the President is not in doubt," they said.

Other MPs present were the Opposition Deputy Chief Whip, Chris Wamalwa (Kiminini), Florence Mutua (Busia), Gladys Wanga (Homa Bay Woman Representative), Raphael Otaalo (Lurambi), Peter Kaluma (Homa Bay), David Opiyo (Awendo) and Joseph Ndiege (Suna West).

"As the national leadership of the party joins other coalition partners for a rally in Nairobi on Wednesday, we call on our grassroots leaders to equally exercise leadership and rally support to stand with the teachers across the country," read the statement.

Mr Kaluma claimed the decision by the Teachers Service Commission not to honour the court ruling does not augur well for the rule of law in the country. He asked the Treasury to come out and tell Kenyans if the country is broke.

"The moment courts give in to the whims of the executive, we shall have lost the Judiciary. The Treasury should come out and declare if the country is bankrupt and tell Kenyans where their taxes are," he said. Mr Mutua said the country expected a back-to-school solution from the President, but this was not forthcoming.

Source: Standard Digital

 

[Barbarosa]

Huwa naenda kutembelea Kenya mara kwa mara na uzoefu wangu unaniambia kwamba Wakikuyu hawawezi kukubali hili litokee na kama likitokea basi ni lazima patachimbika kwani Wakikuyu wataona kwamba ni attack dhidi yao na siyo dhidi ya Uhuru Kenyata peke yake!

 

[Crucial Man]

Huwa naenda kutembelea Kenya mara kwa mara na uzoefu wangu unaniambia kwamba Wakikuyu hawawezi kukubali hili litokee na kama likitokea basi ni lazima patachimbika kwani Wakikuyu wataona kwamba ni attack dhidi yao na siyo dhidi ya Uhuru Kenyata peke yake!

mkuu umeona eeehh!!yaani wakikuyu walisha jimilikisha Taifa LA Kenya.
wanatumia wengi wao na ukabila walio nao wakenya kujinufaisha wao wenyewe na wapambe wao..Kikuyu sio MTU wa kuwa nae karibu,anytime anaweza akakugeuka,angalia sasa walivyo mgeuka Ruto.

 

[Guest from Wazua]

Are you a reliable Source?

Yes ofcourse

 

[mnyake]

mkuu umeona eeehh!!yaani wakikuyu walisha jimilikisha Taifa LA Kenya.
wanatumia wengi wao na ukabila walio nao wakenya kujinufaisha wao wenyewe na wapambe wao..Kikuyu sio MTU wa kuwa nae karibu,anytime anaweza akakugeuka,angalia sasa walivyo mgeuka Ruto.

Wewe unajiingisha mambo and taking sides.hate or love kikuyu,they r here to stay with their aggression

 

[Iconoclastes]

mkuu umeona eeehh!!yaani wakikuyu walisha jimilikisha Taifa LA Kenya.
wanatumia wengi wao na ukabila walio nao wakenya kujinufaisha wao wenyewe na wapambe wao..Kikuyu sio MTU wa kuwa nae karibu,anytime anaweza akakugeuka,angalia sasa walivyo mgeuka Ruto.

Wakikuyu wanajinufaisha kivipi? Si wakikuyu wote wamenufaika kwasabu ya Kenyatta Jomo, Kibaki na kwa sasa Uhuru. Infact, wengi wao wametumia jasho lao kujijenga bila ya hata kupata usaidzi wowote kutoka watu hawa.
Wengi wa wakikuyu ni watu wema wenye bidii.

Dhana za kikabila za aina hii hazikubaliki.

 

[MK254]

Huwa naenda kutembelea Kenya mara kwa mara na uzoefu wangu unaniambia kwamba Wakikuyu hawawezi kukubali hili litokee na kama likitokea basi ni lazima patachimbika kwani Wakikuyu wataona kwamba ni attack dhidi yao na siyo dhidi ya Uhuru Kenyata peke yake!

Barbarosa Hao ni watu wachache ambao wapo kwenye system na wananufaika kibinafsi, kama jinsi wewe ninavyokufahamu kama king'ang'anizi wa CCM. Vile tunaskia hamtakubali kumkabidhi Lowassa madaraka iwapo atashinda, tayari UKAWA wametishia kususia uchaguzi maana mnaonyesha kila dalili za kufunga bao la mkono na kugoma kuachia.
cc: JokaKuu

 

[pingli-nywee]

Chuki inayoendelezwa dhidi ya jamii la gikuyu inananiudhi sana.Jiulize swali tafadhali,nia ya upinzani kuendeleza hoja hii ya kutokuwa na imani na U.K ni nini?Kama si kuendeleza uipumbavu na kutafta namna ya kuonekana kana kwamba upinzani kuna jambo muhimu wanafanya,sijui basi.Upinzani ni mbwembwe nyingi tu, hawana hoja yeyote mpya wala suluhisho kwa shida za Kenya!Hao hao ndo wanaendeleza chuki dhidi ya jamii moja kwa ujumla.

 

[JokaKuu]

MK254,

..What?

..wabunge wanataka kumu-impeach Raisi Kenyatta kwasababu ya kushindwa kuwalipa/kuwaongeza mshara waalimu.

..huku Tanzania waalimu, madaktari, polisi, wanajeshi, wanaweza wasilipwe na bado watu wakaendelea kuichagua CCM.

..Uhuru Kenyatta aje huku Tanzania afundishwe na CCM jinsi ya kutawala.

cc Barbarosa

 

[Barbarosa]

Barbarosa Hao ni watu wachache ambao wapo kwenye system na wananufaika kibinafsi, kama jinsi wewe ninavyokufahamu kama king'ang'anizi wa CCM. Vile tunaskia hamtakubali kumkabidhi Lowassa madaraka iwapo atashinda, tayari UKAWA wametishia kususia uchaguzi maana mnaonyesha kila dalili za kufunga bao la mkono na kugoma kuachia.
cc: JokaKuu

Utajaribu kuzungusha na kukana unavyoweza lkn wewe mwenyewe ndani ya nafsi yako UKWELI unaujua kwamba kama kweli Uhuru Kenyata akishitakiwa na kufungwa Kenya kama hilo linawezekana sijui Katiba yao inasemaje hapo, hapatakalika Kenya, unajua fika kwamba Wakikuyu hawawezi kukubali na wataichukulia kama ni vita imeanzishwa dhidi yao, hilo unalijua sema ni ngumu kulikubali!

Kuhusu fisadi Lowasa na Genge lake hawawezi kushinda uchaguzi TanZania hata iweje kwanza hata wakipata asilimia 20% ya kura zote wana bahati sana!
CCM siyo KANU, hapa TanZania hakuna tyranny of numbers ambazo ndiyo zilizoing'oa KANU, hivyo kama kuna chochote ambacho fisadi Lowasa na Genge lake wamefanya ni kuchelewesha uwezo wa Chama cha Upinzani kuongoza TanZania kwa miaka mingine 20 au zaidi, itachukuwa muda sana baada ya Uchaguzi Upinzani kufikia pale ambapo chadema asilia (ya kabla ya fisadi Lowasa) ilipofikia kwani hawana tena cha kuwaambia WatanZania hoja yao kubwa ilikuwa Ufisadi sasa fisadi mkubwa klk yote waliowahi kutokea TanZania ndiyo anagombea Uraisi kupitia chadema!

 

[MK254]

Utajaribu kuzungusha na kukana unavyoweza lkn wewe mwenyewe ndani ya nafsi yako UKWELI unaujua kwamba kama kweli Uhuru Kenyata akishitakiwa na kufungwa Kenya kama hilo linawezekana sijui Katiba yao inasemaje hapo, hapatakalika Kenya, unajua fika kwamba Wakikuyu hawawezi kukubali na wataichukulia kama ni vita imeanzishwa dhidi yao, hilo unalijua sema ni ngumu kulikubali!

Kuhusu fisadi Lowasa na Genge lake hawawezi kushinda uchaguzi TanZania hata iweje kwanza hata wakipata asilimia 20% ya kura zote wana bahati sana!
CCM siyo KANU, hapa TanZania hakuna tyranny of numbers ambazo ndiyo zilizoing'oa KANU, hivyo kama kuna chochote ambacho fisadi Lowasa na Genge lake wamefanya ni kuchelewesha uwezo wa Chama cha Upinzani kuongoza TanZania kwa miaka mingine 20 au zaidi, itachukuwa muda sana baada ya Uchaguzi Upinzani kufikia pale ambapo chadema asilia (ya kabla ya fisadi Lowasa) ilipofikia kwani hawana tena cha kuwaambia WatanZania hoja yao kubwa ilikuwa Ufisadi sasa fisadi mkubwa klk yote waliowahi kutokea TanZania ndiyo anagombea Uraisi kupitia chadema!

Endelea kufuatilia mambo ya Kenya, taratibu utakuja elewa baada ya watu wachache kama mimi kuendelea kukuelimisha. Haya matukio unayoyaskia ya vita huwa ni sehemu chache zenye walalahoi waliodanganywa kama jinsi mmewadanganya wengi kwenye mitaa ya mabanda kuhusu CCM.

Hutokuja sikia vita ama ugomvi wowote kwenye mitaa ya kifahari kama Karen au Runda. Wanaojitokeza kupigana kwa ajili ya Uhuru ni wale walalahoi wa hiyo mitaa ya mabanda na wamelishwa propaganda za kikabila na kwa miaka mingi. Wakati wenzao tena wa makabila tofauti wanafunua champagne kwenye sebule zao wakitazama michezo ya formula one ya ulaya.

Kuna jinsi nyingi za kumteka maskini asiye na elimu, utakuta hata Tanzania mlalahoi mwenye njaa huko mitaa ya mabanda ya Tandale anang'ang'ania CCM, kisa eti chama kidumu maana muasisi wake Nyerere, hivyo tu basi. Wakati vigogo mnagawana minofu huko juu na kucheka cheka mkihesabu zile 10% zenu.
Wengine wa hao maskini na kwa ujinga wao wanapigana juzi Tarime na hata Mbeya.

Muendelee kujipa jeuri, lakini nina uhakika raundi hii sio yale mazoea yenu, vijana watapiga kura na sio mchezo, mtashtuka sana. Ngome zenu zote zimetikiswa, wamama wamewachoka, wazee pia na vijana ndio usipime. Cha msingi Watanzania wajifunze kulinda kura, baada ya upigaji kura, wasichezee mbali, ila wahakikishe wamelinda zoezi la kuhesabu maana nyie sidhani kama mtakawia kuwalipa mawakala ili wafunge mabao nyumbani.

Yaani itakua jambo la kuhuzunisha kama mtafaulu kurudi ikulu, vijana wengi watakata tamaa, itakua miaka ingine kumi ya kulalamika. Hii ni fursa muhimu sana kwa Watanzania.