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Return cars, former PM told in new row



Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Through the spokesman Muthui Kariuki, the government also accused the former premier of putting a siren on one of the cars and using it to manoeuvre through traffic in the city.

By JEREMIAH KIPLANG'AT jkiplangat@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Thursday, July 25 2013 at 20:54

In Summary

  • The spokesman was, however, dismissed last evening by Cord deputy minority leader Jakoyo Midiwo, who said two former presidents who had the same status as the former PM, had not returned anything to the government.


The government Thursday accused former Prime Minister Raila Odinga of failing to return six government vehicles in his possession almost four months after leaving office.

Through the spokesman Muthui Kariuki, the government also accused the former premier of putting a siren on one of the cars and using it to manoeuvre through traffic in the city.

"He is forever mourning that the government is not giving him recognition, yet he has refused to return six government vehicles and has gone on and bought an illegal siren and is forever driving all over town using the wrong lanes," the spokesman said yesterday.

The spokesman was, however, dismissed last evening by Cord deputy minority leader Jakoyo Midiwo, who said two former presidents who had the same status as the former PM, had not returned anything to the government.

"How many vehicles have former presidents Kibaki and Moi returned? They were thinking of allocating Sh700 million for Mr Kibaki's retiring house, yet they are asking the PM to return vehicles?" Mr Midiwo said, even as Mr Kariuki blamed Mr Odinga for the heckling during the funeral service on Tuesday for 11 students and four teachers who perished in a road accident two weeks ago.

"It is common knowledge that Raila's sidekicks spent three days in Kisii County plotting how they would disrupt the funeral service," Mr Kariuki said, adding that the money paid the hecklers was drawn from the "Kisii county coffers."

Trip to the US

Meanwhile, Mr Odinga last night led 10 governors allied to Cord on a trip to the US amid reports the Kenyan embassy in Washington was not aware of the event.

A statement from the Raila Odinga Secretariat said the governors will meet and make presentations to potential American investors at a forum in Dallas.


But a statement attributed to Kenya's acting ambassador to the US, Ms Jean Njeri Kamau, said the mission was unaware of the forum.


"We therefore have no comment," Ms Kamau said.

Return cars, former PM told in new row - News - nation.co.ke
 
Wakuu,

Kenya is being led by a government that has run out of ideas to say the least. Jamaa walifikiri kuiba kura
nd'o kutawala nchi! Kura waliiba na sasa wameshindwa ku-govern, ishu imekua 'Raila this mara Raila that'
mtindo mmoja. Kama asemavyo mfianchi, hii ishakua serikali ya visasi.

Muacheni Raila aitwe Raila jamani. Hamumuwezi!
Ngongo, ukwelikitugani,
 
COMMENTS FROM READERS IN THE DN:

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Kisii is corded, please get the correct intelligence. The fury was occasioned by Jubilee's petty politics and abuse of public trust, which is evident by the governments petty reaction of bringing up issues with sirens and unreturned cars that are completely unrelated with legitimate expression of disaffection with the jubilee government. I wonder how many days the government spent to plan the Owalo and Makueni fiascos, which are the real drivers of the heckling as opposed to unfounded claims of youths having been paid to express their abundant disaffection with the Jubilee government.

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The dubious distinction of being a malfunctioning government spokesman.Tell such thrash to the birds and blame it on Eliud Owalo. Let Moi and Kibaki return the perks they are being pampered with then Raila should follow suite. Why the double standards and blame Raila when one is not even needed in his own village? Was Raila responsible for the stoning of Prof Ongeri during the late Magara's burial some years back? Nonesense.

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Govt spokesman Muthui Kariuki istrying too hard to earn his corn. He will need lessons from Alfred Mutua on how to sharpen both ends of the mouth.

That said going after Raila and vehicles will do the govt no favours in this never-ending war of us vs them. Add acting ambassador to the US, Ms Jean Njeri Kamau, dismissive and condescending statement and you obtain superlative tension.

For heavens sake Raila is the LEADER OF OFFICIAL OPPOSITION/Cord.

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Midiwo is right. Did Moi return government property???? What about Kibaki???? What about construction of a gas station for him and a 700million office yet he is retired. Lets use commonsense here. Raila deserves all that he has and even more. He is a retired prime minister and entitled to all benefits like retired presidents. Raila in particular has done much more than any one person to get Kenya where it is today. Lets have respect for him.

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Mr. Muthui Kariuki as the government spokesman should be telling Kenyans the plans that the the government is putting in place to tackle the myriad of challenges facing the country. Stop looking for scapegoats where there is none.

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Everybody knows this is a ploy to put Raila in bad light by overzealous Jubilee supporters who have no idea of what politics is about.The main issues Raila talked about was teachers not being paid what was negotiated upon,he talked of polarization in appointments and these are things that should not be taken lightly or washed away and about the increasing violence these are important issues whose responsibility rests on the government of the day Jubilee so why are these issues not being addressed or why is the public not being told what is going on.The teachers strike was handled in a very derogatory manner like teachers don´t mean any thing in Kenya.They are of very low status.

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Why should the government whine about un-returned cars instead of seizing them. Does Uhuru or Ruto now want the public to help them get the cars back. What a wimp government!

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Ukweli ni kwamba Raila hataki kukubali kwamba alishindwa kwenye uchaguzi (hta kama kura aliibiwa kama unavyodai), anatakiwa kuheshimu serekali iliyopo madarakani, hayo afanyayo hayamsaidii hata kidogo
 
Wanamuogopa Raila wanatamani hata angehama waishi kwa amani, wanajua waliiba kura na wanajua hawawezi kuongoza nchi sasa wanarukaruka tu, mara No mara traffic huu ujinga tu, nani hamjui Raila..
 
Ukweli ni kwamba Raila hataki kukubali kwamba alishindwa kwenye uchaguzi (hta kama kura aliibiwa kama unavyodai), anatakiwa kuheshimu serekali iliyopo madarakani, hayo afanyayo hayamsaidii hata kidogo

Mkuu,

nenda ukasome kauli za jamaa wa IEBC juzi walipoaambiwa walete takwimu za chaguzi iliopita.
Hapo nd'o utajua kua kura ziliibiwa... nenda hapa... https://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-...nyas-2013-election-that-will-not-go-away.html

Hii hapana ishu ya Raila kukataa kushindwa bali ni kutetea haki ya upigaji kura. Protecting the right to vote and the right for your vote to be respected and counted as equal....and in a transparent manner.
 
Wanamuogopa Raila wanatamani hata angehama waishi kwa amani, wanajua waliiba kura na wanajua hawawezi kuongoza nchi sasa wanarukaruka tu, mara No mara traffic huu ujinga tu, nani hamjui Raila..

Seketa imeibuka juzi mitaa ya Kisii kule karibu na wakurya...jamaa walikataa kata kata kusikiliza hotuba za
jamaa wa Jubilee. Uhuru mwenyewe kwa kupitia makachero wake aliambiwa kua Kisii ni moto wa kuotea
mbali na jamaa akaruka kuja mazishini. Raila alipotokea sehemu umati ukaja juu wakidai wanataka kumsikiliza
Baba tu akiongea...wengine wote wakunje jamvi na waanze.

Leo jamaa za Jubilee wanatokwa na povu wakilia jina la Raila na mtu mwenyewe yuko Marekani kikazi.
Pambaff sana hii watu. Watajiju!

Soma hapa:

Jubilee leaders blame former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for heckling at funeral

Updated Thursday, July 25th 2013 at 22:33 GMT +3

By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU and ABIGAEL SUM




Kisii County leaders Joash Nyamoko (right), Justus Mochoge (centre) and former MP Omingo Magara address a press conference yesterday in Nairobi. They criticised those who heckled Government officials during a recent requiem mass for students and teachers who died in a road accident. [PHOTO: TABITHA OTWORI/STANDARD


KENYA: The Jubilee government launched a bare-knuckled attack on former Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Thursday, sensationally claiming he had orchestrated the heckling of its leaders at a public forum in Kisii.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday skipped the mass funeral service at Gusii Stadium for students killed in a road accident, where Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i was heckled and forced to cut short the President's condolence message.

On Thursday, government spokesman Muthui Kariuki explained that the President skipped the event because of pressing national issues, but added the telling rider that his absence saved him the embarrassment.In a scathing attack, Kariuki claimed the "retired Prime Minister" had refused to surrender six government vehicles that had been allocated to him when he served in the coalition government.

"He's forever moaning that the government is not giving him recognition yet he has refused to return six government vehicles, has gone on and bought an illegal siren and is forever driving all over town using the wrong lanes," charged the official.

Real target

Kariuki's hard-hitting statement will be seen to reflect the position of the Jubilee administration, raising the stakes in the long-running conflict with the CORD leader.

But Kariuki's position as a mouthpiece of government remains ambiguous considering that his name did not appear on Kenyatta's recently unveiled Presidential Strategic Communications Unit.

The President named Manoah Esipisu as the State House spokesman replacing PPS director Isaiya Kabira, who has been appointed Kenya's Ambassador to Australia.

Kenyatta also named five directors of the Unit but never made reference to the office of government spokesman. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has twice summoned Raila's aide, Mr Eliud Owalo, to record a statement over an alleged plot to "destabilise" President Kenyatta's regime.

CORD leaders, including Senator Eseli Simiyu, who has accompanied Owalo to CID headquarters on the two occasions, have claimed the hounding of Owalo is a decoy since "the real target is Raila and CORD leaders."

Bitter exchanges

On Thursday, Kariuki did not clarify if Raila had been asked to surrender the vehicles.

"Kenyans now know better and time has come for them to put this politician to pasture," Kariuki told a news conference at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre on Thursday.

Some time ago, Jubilee and CORD leaders traded bitter exchanges over a planned Bill on the ex-Premier's retirement after leaders of the ruling coalition said they would only agree to the legislation on retirement benefits on condition Raila retired from politics.

The former Premier has rubbed the Government the wrong way with persistent scathing attacks.

Recently, Raila touched off a storm attacking the credibility of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and called for its reconstitution. The CORD leader said the opposition would boycott future elections if the IEBC was not overhauled.

The remarks prompted a rebuttal from some in the ruling coalition, including Deputy President William Ruto, who said independent commissions must be respected.

On Thursday, Kariuki accused the former Premier's of stirring the country into an election mood barely months after the March 4election.

Morally repugnant

"It is very disappointing that none other than a politician of Raila Odinga's stature would turn up at a solemn funeral ceremony and convert it into a political rally in total disregard of the feelings of the bereaved. This was not only morally repugnant but also callous in the extreme," said Kariuki.

He added: "The former PM should cool down, accept that the elections are over and he lost alongside six others and therefore show respect for the current government."

Asked if he thought Kenyans could revolt against President Kenyatta, Kariuki poured cold water on the move and dismissed it as "romantic".

"Revolution against what and against who and for what? People are beginning to get veryromantic ideas because of reading things that are taking place in Egypt. Kenyans are not ready for a revolution," said Kariuki. He added that the former PM should cultivate a culture of tolerance if he wants the government to listen to him


Standard Digital News - Kenya : Jubilee leaders blame former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for heckling at funeral
 
Kupambana na Raila ni sawa na kupambana na Upepo au Maji tena wao( Jubilee ya wizi ) wa ngekaa kimya tu, hawamwezi Raila, hivi hawa akina Kenyata hawajui Raila anaeza sema sasa basi na kenya isitawalike !!!
 
Aliosema Raila Odinga kule Kisii alipoenda msibani kuzika maita ya wanafunzi takriban 11 walokufa katika ajali mbaya barabarani... https://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-news/486415-ajali-mbaya-yaua-wanafunzi-15-kisii-rip-wafiwa.html


Raila Odinga attacks Jubilee as President Uhuru Kenyatta skips funeral



By Robert Nyasato


Kisii, Kenya: Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga Tuesday launched a scathing attack on President Kenyatta's government, accusing it of governing with an iron fist.

The leader of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) charged at a mass funeral service in Kisii that Kenyatta's administration was vengeful and unlikely to help heal a country still smarting from a divisive General Election.

"Let us not push others, entrench tribalism or discriminate against others because of politics of yesterday," Raila told an approving crowd, which had earlier rejected attempts by a Cabinet Secretary to deliver Uhuru's condolence message.

"This government is showing a wounded leadership," he told hundreds of mourners who thronged Gusii Stadium to pay their last respects to 11 students and four teachers who perished following a road accident involving a school bus two weeks ago.

Citing the teachers' stalemate with government over allowances, Raila said it was wrong for the Jubilee Administration to have taken teachers' representatives to court yet they had resolved the matter and agreed to return to work.

"If it's hatred, I am the most wronged person but we need patience to move ahead as a country," charged Raila, who lost to Uhuru in a closely-fought presidential election in March.

Angry mourners blocked attempts to read Kenyatta's condolence message as the mass funeral service turned into a political duel between CORD and Jubilee.

The President was expected, along with Raila, to attend the service for 15 victims of a school bus tragedy in Kisii but called off the trip at the last minute. It was left to Cabinet Secretary for ICT, Dr Fred Matiang'i, to deliver the President's message to a hostile crowd at Gusii Stadium, which had earlier humiliated another Jubilee leader, former Cabinet minister Sam Ongeri.

Speaking in Gusii amid chaotic scenes, Matiang'i repeatedly pleaded for a chance to deliver the President's message. But the crowd became even more charged and shouted him down. After failing to read even a word, he handed the speech to Governor James Ongwae before taking his seat.

Ongeri walked out of the stadium after he was interrupted.

In contrast, Raila - who arrived at the stadium donning his trademark fedora hat - was received with jubilant chanting.

"Baba amewasili, karibu baba (Our father is here, let's welcome him)," announced the public address system, completely changing the mood of the occasion.

Surging crowd

Earlier, Raila was received at Suneka airstrip by a delegation of local CORD officials led Kisii Senator Chris Obure and his nominated counterpart Janet Ong'era backed by a host of members of the county assembly.

The former PM's motorcade made its way to Kisii Town where they had lunch before proceeding to the stadium temporarily bringing the service to a halt.

Tents under which the remains of the deceased were placed almost came down as Raila paid his last respects with a large mass of humanity behind him.At the stadium, the crowd in their thousands kept surging forward demanding that Raila address them as others before him spoke.

Signs that all would not be well for Jubilee became evident when Kisii deputy Governor Joash Maangi invited former Cabinet minister Sam Ongeri to offer his condolences before elected MPs could speak.

Pandemonium broke out, forcing Ongeri to read a verse from the Bible (Romans 15:12) urging them to allow him to mourn with those who were mourning. But this made the crowd only more agitated, forcing him to yield and retreat to his seat while loudly protesting at the move by the mourners.

Raila, Obure and Governor Ongwae, his Nyamira counterpart John Nyagarama watched without intervening over the humiliation.

President Kenyatta was expected to grace the well-attended inter-denominational requiem service but his visit was cancelled at the last minute. A statement from Presidential Strategic Communication Unit said high-ranking government officials would represent him.

So when Matiang'i rose and attempted to deliver his message the gathering raised their voices drowning his speech and waving him away. Despite being a gifted speaker, Matiang'i failed convince the crowd to accord him even a minute to read out the President's message.

Reading the signs, Matiang'i cleverly chose to only introduce Education Principal Secretary Collette Suda with the crowd rejecting her greetings as well.

Questions Raised

"Let us come together and work as team. Heckling will not help anybody,"

Matiang'i responded to the wild jeers. He said amid the shouting that the government would still deliver on its promises to Kenyans. Even his pledge that government would contribute towards the bereaved families was met with more jeering.


Efforts by Ongwae and Nyagarama to plead for tolerance fell on deaf ears, as the crowd demanded that Raila address them.

Out of the nine Kisii MPs only three - Manson Oyongo, Chris Bichage and Simon Ogari - attended the ceremony, raising questions as to why the rest skipped the event.

Oyongo defended the mourners and said nobody planned the heckling of any speaker but Ongeri insisted it was a pre-planned scheme to embarrass the government.


Standard Digital News - Kenya : Raila Odinga attacks Jubilee as President Uhuru Kenyatta skips funeral
 
mara nyingi huwa nasema serikali ya jubilii ni ya wakikuyu walafi na few kalenjins...sasa ni aibu isiyozuilika kwamba uhuru hawezi tembelea sehemu ya nchi anayotawala...huyo msemaji wa serikali hovyo sana magari anayomiliki raila yanausiana nini na kuzomewa kisii...poleni sana wakenya kwa kweli huyo rais wenu nazani hana amani kabisa..ikulu imekuwa chungu kwake.
raila ni mwanasiasa mwamba wa Africa serikali ya jubilii haiwezi kumzuia kufanya kitu.watabaki wana blame tu..mwisho wa siku wanatumia muda mwingi ku dwell on raila badala ya kufanyia kazi manifesto zao.
leo hata wakalenjin wameanza kupanga mikakati ya kuwachukia wakikuyu,south rift wanajipanga..
 
Watasoma number safari hii. yaani Raila ni mjanja sana anawasha moto yeye huyoo majuu wanabaki kuomba msaada kwa wananchi. yaani Raila hajajibu vijana huku nyuma wakuwa na majibu tayari. sijui kwa nini wasiwashe moto akiwa inchini. kwanza raisi mwenyewe halali ikulu sijui anaogopa nini.
 

Hautetei haki ya kura zako zilizoibiwa kwa kujiwekea ving'ora na kupita navyo barabarani bila kufuata taratibu hiyo ni fujo na kudharau walioko madarakani- kwa kufanya hizi fujo anajishushia hadhi yake mbele ya jamii inyomtazama!!!
 
Ab titchaz,
You are so right. Juzi nilikuwa naongea na afisa mmoja wa Marekani anafanya kazi ubalozi hapo Nairobi, in not so many words alinihakikishia kuwa Uhuru na genge lake waliiba kura. Sasa kivuli cha wizi wao kinawatishia kwa sababu wanajua mshindi halisi ni nani. So they have to torment him as Kikwete is tormenting Chadema in Tanzania. They have kicked out his balozi here in DC and now they are trying to break into his home in so many ways.
 
Raila party fires back in row over Govt vehicles



Siaya Senator James Orengo (left) and Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma during a press conference at the Serena Hotel July 26, 2013, on what they termed as attacks on former prime minister Raila Odinga by the Jubilee government. SALATON NJAU

By AGGREY MUTAMBO amutambo@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Friday, July 26 2013 at 16:59


The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) has termed the government's demand that former Prime Minister Raila Odinga returns state vehicles an "insult."

At a press conference in Nairobi Friday, the leaders led by Siaya Senator James Orengo said the government was using Mr Odinga as a scapegoat to detract public attention from its failures.

"All this is coming at a time when the government is feeling weak, is feeling dysfunctional and is in panic mood," Mr Orengo told reporters.

"It beats logic to demand that Raila returns vehicles when previous leaders are still riding in the fleets. As far as we are concerned, Raila Odinga has returned all of them that were required of him."

Cord's response was ignited by a statement on Thursday by Government Spokesman Muthui Kariuki, who accused Mr Odinga of inciting mourners to heckle government officials at a funeral in Kisii County before saying that the former PM had yet to surrender all government vehicles he used while in office.

"He is forever mourning that the government is not giving him recognition yet he has refused to return six government vehicles and has gone on and bought an illegal siren and forever driving all over town using the wrong lanes," Mr Kariuki had said.

Afterthought

On Friday, Cord leaders said they didn't know Mr Kariuki's role in government before stating that Mr Odinga had in fact, decided to attend the funeral as an afterthought.

"Mr Odinga was a mourner just like all others. He neither ferried nor paid anyone (to heckle). If he got a standing ovation, it was a result of the community's respect for him."

"Those who were booed ought to work to earn that respect. Threatening and calling the community names will not help," the leaders said in a statement read by Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati.

On Thursday, Mr Kariuki said he was in possession of information that linked Mr Odinga to the heckling.

"It is common knowledge that Raila's sidekicks spent three days in Gusii County plotting how they would disrupt the funeral service and getting their goons at the taxpayers' expense," he said.

Mourners at the funeral of the pupils involved in a road accident in Kisii heckled Information and Communication Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and former minister Sam Ongeri denying them a chance to address them.

"There is no way Raila and his sidekicks can claim ignorance of the goings-on during the service," he said requesting the Cord leader to stop "disturbing the government".

Raila party fires back in row over Govt vehicles - Politics - nation.co.ke
 
Why should the government whine about un-returned cars instead of seizing them. Does Uhuru or Ruto now want the public to help them get the cars back. What a wimp government!

Seconded. Serikali iliyoshindwa kuongoza, huishia kulalamika ovyo tu. Ni kama sisi. Kila siku kulalama kwamba wauza madawa ya kulevya wanaongeza ''tunawajua ila muda ukifika kabla hawajaacha, tutawataja - na si KUWAKAMATA
 
Ni wakati sasa wakenya kuijenga nchi yenu na kuweka tofauti zenu pembeni kwani kwa sasa hazitasaidia chochote ktk kuijenga kenya yenu
 

Ila mimi nafikiri Serikali ya Mh Uhuru,ikumbuke ya Zambia baina ya hayati Chiluba alivyojaribu kumfanyia mzee Kaunda,matokeo...sifa ya waafrika hatuishi hivyo,Kenya ni ya Wakenya wote
 
Ila mimi nafikiri Serikali ya Mh Uhuru,ikumbuke ya Zambia baina ya hayati Chiluba alivyojaribu kumfanyia mzee Kaunda,matokeo...sifa ya waafrika hatuishi hivyo,Kenya ni ya Wakenya wote

mkuu babukarume,hawa jamaa wa jubilii wamekosa dira..wanatumia muda mwingi kulumbana na raila,tatizo lao wanasahau kwamba kulipa visasi na kumshusha mtu ambaye ametumia muda wake mwingi kujijenga kisiasa sio kazi rais..raila ni kioo cha jamii wakenya wengi wanampenda hawa vijana wawili wanashindwa kutambua hilo..mfano mzuri ni hawa wakisii,zamani walikuwa hawapo kwa raila,lakini juzi kwenye uchaguzi tumeona wakimpa raila kura nyingi..haitoshi kwenye msiba walikuwa wakiimba baba baba..sasa jubilii wakiyaona haya inawauma sana...leo wakamba wamemchagua mutula jnr kwa kishindo ebu fikiria nguvu waliyoitumia jubilii..hii sio dalili nzuri kwa serikali ya hawa vijana wawili..pia ni dhahiri kuna wakikuyu wachache serikalini wanakesha kama popo wakiwaza namna ya kum tame agwambo,lakini jamaa hawamuwezi.wamebaki kulia lia na kupoteza muda mwingi wakimjadili raila..serikali ya uhuru imetengwa kwenye jamii ya kimataifa.ni kama vile serikali yatima..RAILAPHOBIA inawapeleka pabaya wakikuyu..yaani ukisema raila mkikuyu anatamani dunia ipasuke,simply bcoz hawa wakikuyu ni corrupt and untrust worth..bora umuamini nguruwe kuliko mkikuyu.ni kama vile walilaaniwa.they are so selfish na roho mbaya..hawa ndio wanaiharibu kenya.
 
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