Uhuru Kenyatta elected 4th Kenyan President.

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On this one you will never walk alone!

They (Kenyans) will remember the words words of Martin Shikuku that once you sell your vote you cannot claim development from the one who bought your vote. The next step is to return the money he used to buy votes.

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The most expensive campaign does not necessarily mean vote-buying. You are putting words in the mouth of thread initiator.

Yes, it by God's grace you made it.

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President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta returned to Eldoret for the first time after being declared the winner and thanked Kenyans for maintaining peace during the General Election.

Mr Kenyatta said Kenyans, particularly residents of Eldoret, who had been associated with violence, proved the world wrong when they upheld peace during and after the polls.

The President-elect said: "You surprised the whole world by the way you turned out in large numbers and voted overwhelmingly for your favourite candidates in peace. You voted in a way that has never been witnessed."

Mr Kenyatta, who was accompanied by Deputy President-elect William Ruto, said upholding unity would help the country move ahead as they roll their sleeves to implement their promises to Kenyans.

"We are ready to work for you as we promised. The unity will be the foundation to ensure we alleviate poverty, create jobs, better our roads and improve the lives of Kenyans," said Mr Kenyatta.

The President-elect appealed for calm as the country waits for the verdict of the Supreme Court on a petition filed by Cord flag bearer Raila Odinga contesting the declaration of Mr Kenyatta as the winner of the March 4 election.

Mr Kenyatta said they would strive to address the challenges facing the youth, women, farmers and the elderly in a bid to improve their lives.

"We will talk more after the ruling date," Mr Kenyatta said when he addressed Christians and the public who had flocked to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Eldoret.

Happiness was evident on his face as he made his speech that dwelt so much on thanking the area residents for the overwhelming support they accorded the jubilee coalition, which saw him come ahead of Mr Odinga with more than 700,000 votes.

Business came to a standstill later in the day along Uganda road, after the church service, as Mr Kenyatta's motorcade slowly moved through Eldoret town as he waved and acknowledged cheers from the gathering that had lined up along the road.

The president elect appealed to farmers in the area not to shy away from planting crops saying that the country risked being confronted by an acute food shortage if acreage under crops is reduced this season.

"Uasin Gishu is the country's grain basket and we have made sure seeds and fertilizer is available at low prices. Accept to go to the farms to ensure the country has enough food for its population," said Mr Kenyatta.

Mr Uhuru's call to farmers comes barely a week after President Kibaki responded to farmers' outcry that the maize seeds were expensive and subsidized fertilisers were in short supply, a move that they said would compromise food production.

As a result, Sh2.7 billion was released by treasury for acquisition of subsidised fertilisers to help farmers as the planting season gets underway in various parts of the country.

The Deputy President-elect Mr William Ruto said he was proud to be part of the history in the making of ensuring peaceful coexistence amongst Kenyans.

"We will make it our business and responsibility to unite people of Kenya beyond tribe, colour, religion and creed as we strive to alleviate hunger, disease and poverty in this country," said Mr Ruto.

He expressed confidence that under the leadership of Mr Kenyatta, Kenyans' lives would improve for the better.

Bishop Cornelius Korir recounted how the church became a home to those who had been affected by the 2007/08 post-election violence and said he was delighted Kenyans stood for peace during the last general election.

The bishop said one cannot have all the support by his side and said Kenyans have a duty to support those who had won the support of more than a half of the electorates to enable the country move on.

"Eldoret had been known as a hotspot. It is now an Amani zone and we are happy that peace prevailed and Kenyans should maintain this peace," said Bishop Korir.

- Sunday Nation

ELDORET, Kenya,– President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto joined other faithful for a thanksgiving Sunday mass at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County.Speaking during the occasion, the president-elect thanked voters in Uasin Gishu County and Kenyans in general for maintaining peace during and after the recent General Election.
President-elect Kenyatta said the prevailing peace and unity in the country were key to the implementation of future national development programmes and improved living standards for all Kenyans.
He noted that the Jubilee coalition campaigned on a platform of national reconciliation and unity and will fulfil the pledges by ensuring that Kenyans co-exist harmoniously.
Kenyatta assured farmers of the government’s commitment to ensure availability and access to affordable farm inputs especially fertilisers and seeds.
He noted that it is only through the development of the agricultural sector that the many challenges facing the country can be solved besides improving the living standards among Kenyans.
“Kenyans should now intensify their agricultural activities as the government explores ways of availing affordable fertilisers to farmers,” said President-elect Kenyatta.
He particularly encouraged farmers in the Rift Valley, which is the country’s food basket, to take advantage of favourable fertiliser and seed prices to increase food production to feed the country.
On his part, Ruto reassured Kenyans that the Jubilee coalition will unite all Kenyans without discrimination based on colour, ethnic backgrounds or political affiliations.
“We want to assure Kenyans that the Jubilee government will ensure service delivery to all Kenyans irrespective of colour, ethnic, or political affiliation,” said Deputy President-elect Ruto.
He said he and the president-elect will join hands to unite the nation and to fight tribalism, poverty and diseases.
He emphasised that with national unity and respect for the rule of law, no more innocent blood will be spilled and property destroyed as happened five years ago due political competition.
The mass which also marked Palm Sunday was celebrated by the Catholic diocesan Bishop of Eldoret Rev Cornelius Korir who thanked the two leaders for putting the interests of Kenyans before theirs to ensure sustainable peace and development in the country.
He urged Christians to pray for the blessing of their perceived enemies for them to realize the power of God and mend their ways.
The bishop prayed for the country’s leadership and continued peace and a cohesive society.
The mass was also attended by Governors-elect, Senators-elect, MPs-elect, County Assembly Speakers, senior civil servants and thousands of faithful.

Peace, unity key to better living – Uhuru | Capital News

Kwani sheria ya kukataza mambo ya kupongeza wananchi kwa mambo ya uchaguzi si tulisikia kuwa yamepigwa marufuku,hasa Raila alipoanza kuwashukuru wananchi kwa kuchagua CORD sasa mbona Uhuru anaya fanya hayo hayo na hakatazwi,kwani ninavyojua mpaka sasa yeye si raisi hadi apishwe ndio atakuwa huenda juu ya sheria,naona sheria nazo zinafuata kabila.

NAIROBI, Kenya, – Political analysts in Kenya say president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta won the election earlier this month because he lifted significant numbers of votes from areas traditionally supportive of his main rival, Raila Odinga.After a protracted counting process, Kenyatta was declared winner on March 9 with 4,000 votes over the 50 per cent plus one he needed to avoid going into a second, runoff vote.

Kenyatta won 50.07 per cent of the vote, while Odinga polled 43. 3 per cent with the rest of votes shared by six other candidates.
On March 16, Odinga filed a petition at the Supreme Court in Nairobi challenging the poll result and accusing Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, IEBC. A ruling will be made by March 30.

This election is likely to prove Odinga's last chance of becoming president after an unsuccessful attempt in the last election, held in December 2007.

Kenyatta and his running mate in the Jubilee coalition, William Ruto, are facing trial at the International Criminal Court, ICC, for their alleged role in orchestrating the bloodshed that erupted after the 2007 election was disputed.
A third suspect, Joshua Arap Sang, also faces trial for the violence.

More than 1,100 people were killed and 600,000 others displaced as Kenya experienced the worst electoral violence in its history. The conflict was brought to a close in early 2008 when a coalition agreement was struck between Odinga, who became prime minister, and Mwai Kibaki, who was declared president.

In Kenya's first general election since that unrest analysts say Odinga, who was standing for the Coalition for Reform and Democracy, CORD, appeared to have lost some of the support he previously enjoyed in various parts of Kenya.

Analysts say the Jubilee coalition secured more votes in traditionally CORD constituencies than the other way round.

"When you look at the results, Uhuru [Kenyatta] received more votes in Odinga's strongholds as compared to what Odinga scored in Uhuru [Kenyatta] strongholds," Tom Wolf, lead researcher at IPSOS Synovate, said. "This is attributed to the last-minute mobilisation done by Jubilee."

In Mandera county in northeastern Kenya – usually seen as a CORD stronghold – Odinga picked up only around 4,000 thousand votes compared with a massive 94,000 for Kenyatta.

Turnout in Kenyatta's traditional support-bases was higher than in Odinga's, and this too proved a decisive factor.
"In the 20 counties where Mr Kenyatta received most votes, the average voter turnout was 88 per cent, while in the same number of counties Odinga had a turnout of 84 per cent," Wolf said.

Kennedy Masime, executive director of the Centre for Governance and Development and chairman of the Elections Observation Group, said that Odinga failed to get enough of his traditional supporters to come out and vote.

"Uhuru's [Kenyatta's] ability to mobilise his Central and Rift Valley voters is hardly extraordinary. There were high stakes in this election, especially given the ICC issue," Masime told Capital FM News.

Odinga's efforts to muster support proved particularly challenging in Coast province – formerly one his strongholds – where a secessionist movement known as the Muslim Republican Council, MRC, actively tried to dissuade people from voting-including on the actual voting day when they unleashed violence, shooting dead four law enforcers during an attempted raid a police station.

Masime said Odinga's hopes of becoming the next president were "dealt a blow" in Coast, where turnout was only 60 to 70 per cent.
James Oranga, a political consultant for Internews in Nairobi, attributes CORD's low vote tally to Odinga being less vocal than his Jubilee rivals in encouraging voters to register during a month-long process held at the end of last year.

"This is a sharp contrast to the Jubilee Alliance, which not only mobilised its supporters to register but also implored them to go out and vote in large numbers. This is evident from the figures released during the tallying period," Oranga said.

Dr Adams Oloo of the University of Nairobi's Institute of Development Studies says another factor in Kenyatta's favour is that he had more time than Odinga to travel around the country and build up support. Kenyatta stepped down as Kenyan finance minister in January 2012 after the ICC confirmed the charges against him, hitting the road immediately for to mobilize support.

By contrast, Odinga continued to carry out his duties as prime minister right up until formal campaigning got under way.
"[Odinga] seems to have [taken] his eye off the ball a long time ago, while the Jubilee team remained on the ground mobilising support," Oloo said. "Raila [Odinga] was likely too busy with other issues as prime minister."

In its campaign, CORD hoped to capitalise heavily on one apparently favourable factor – the criminal charges that Kenyatta and Ruto face at the ICC. Odinga repeatedly pointed out that, if elected, Kenyatta would be forced to govern Kenya from The Hague, where his trial is scheduled to start in July and could last several years.

Besides the practical difficulties posed by the trials, victims of the 2007-08 electoral violence have yet to see high-level perpetrators brought to account. Hundreds of families have yet to return to their homes, or resettle permanently elsewhere.
Nevertheless, analysts say Kenyatta and Ruto managed to turn the impending ICC trials to their advantage.

In the Rift Valley, which is dominated by the Kikuyu and Kalenjin communities – traditional backers of Kenyatta and Ruto, respectively – the ICC charges did not deter people from voting for the two candidates.

During campaigning, the Jubilee candidates portrayed the ICC charges as an indictment of the Kenyan people as a whole, and of their own ethnic groups-the Kikuyu and Kalenjins in particular.

"For Uhuru and Ruto, the ICC issue clearly played a major part in handing them the contested victory," Martin Oloo, a political analyst in Nairobi, said. "The Kalenjins and Kikuyus, who were seen to be the largest voting bloc, seem to have been convinced that this was a case against them as communities."

Oranga said that while Jubilee campaigned "vigorously" in the Rift region, CORD "banked on a wrong assumption. They thought they will get a third of the votes from Rift Valley, but ended up getting nothing from there."

In Martin Oloo's analysis, Odinga failed to make the most of the ICC issue, and his handling of it actually played into Jubilee's hands.
In order to win votes among those opposed to the ICC trials, Odinga said that if he was elected president, he would try to bring the ICC cases back to be tried in Kenya. However, in the Rift Valley this pledge gave rise to a misperception that Odinga had some sort of control over the Hague process, and was therefore responsible for Kenyatta and Ruto being charged there in the first place.

Oloo noted that Odinga changed direction towards the end of his campaign, telling voters that people must face justice for their crimes.

"That change of tack spoiled [things] for him, because he became inconsistent. It was not strategic at all," Oloo said.
Other analysts say the key messages delivered in the Kenyatta campaign contributed to his success.

Alfred Ng'ang'a, the general manager at Media Edge, a public relations firm, argued that one of Kenyatta's strengths was his focus on the important issues that affect the day-to-day lives of "the common mwananchi" (a Swahili term meaning "public").

"They [Jubilee] always spoke about problems facing the people, like lack of food, insecurity, unemployment and they spoke more often about what their government will do to offer solutions," Ng'ang'a told Capital FM News.

Ng'ang'a said Kenyatta also demonstrated a greater willingness than Odinga to engage Kenya's young people, a key section of the electorate.

According to government figures, 75 per cent of Kenya's population is under 30 years old.
Ng'ang'a highlighted Kenyatta's use of modern tools like social media and slogans such as "Dunda na Uhuru" ("Dance with Uhuru") which appealed to young people.

The Jubilee Alliance also ran poster and billboard campaign depicting young people seeking a government that would create jobs.
By contrast, Ng'ang'a said, Odinga focused too much on promises to reform the mechanisms of government and making amends for the failings of past administrations, and did not make it clear enough what he would do for Kenyans to benefit them directly.
"Unlike Jubilee, CORD concentrated too much on dwelling on issues of the past, which every government had been talking about, with no solutions," Ng'ang'a said.

Bernard Momanyi is a reporter for ReportingKenya.net and News Editor at Capital FM in Nairobi.
This article was produced as part of a media development programme by IWPR and Wayamo Communication Foundation in partnership with Capital FM.

http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2013/03/uhuru-kenyattas-winning-methods/

chochote kisichopendeza cord inatafsiriwa kama ukabila, utawalazimu kutupilia mbali fikra za aina hii. naona sekta ya kilimo itapata marekebesho maana ruto amejitolea kuweka mikakati kuimarisha sekta hio kwa kuwapa wakulima hakikisho ya kupata mbolea kwa urahisi. naona kilimo ikiimarika na asilimia ya mapato kuongezeka maradufu. ni nini tulifaidika nao msimu wa serikali ya mseto, ila minunguniko usiku na mchana. hata kwenye kuustaafu minunguniko itaendelea shame on you

Very smart move. Truly he is the President Elect

Raila yeye alikuwa busy kuhojiwa bbc na ccn badala ya kuweka mikakati...

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Raila yeye alikuwa busy kuhojiwa bbc na ccn badala ya kuweka mikakati...

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Na sasa yuko busy mahakamani wakti mwenzie anaandaa serikali yake!!

RAO never learn, he has been losing since those days of Ford -K.

Nice pictures.

Cameron ampongeza Kenyatta



30 Machi 2013 16:31

Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu wa Uingereza, David Cameron imetoa taarifa iliyosomwa na msemaji baada ya hukumu ya mahakama makuu ya Kenya kuamua kuwa Uhuru Kenyatta ameshinda kihalali uchaguzi uliofanywa awali mwezi March.

Msemaji alieleza kuwa waziri mkuu amemuandikia rais mteule wa Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, Jumamosi.

Alimpa hongera yeye pamoja na wengine waliochaguliwa ambao ushindi wao ulikubaliwa na mahakama makuu Jumamosi.

Alisistiza kuwa hii inamaanisha mwisho wa mchakato uliokuwa muhimu, ambapo wananchi wengi kabisa walijitokeza kupiga kura kushinda wakati wowote ule.

Waziri Mkuu aliwasihi Wakenya wajivunie ishara waliyopeleka kwa ulimwengu kuonesha azma yao ya kutumia fursa yao katika demokrasi.

Alisema watu wa Kenya wameamua kuonesha uhuru wao na kutatua mizozo kisheria na kwenye taasisi imara ya mahakama makuu, na katiba.

Waziri Mkuu Cameron piya alisistiza kuwa Uingereza imeazimia kuendeleza ushirikiano baina yake na Kenya.

Ameelezea uhusiano baina ya Uingereza na Kenya ni wa kihistoria na wa kina, na anatazamia kufanya kazi pamoja na serikali mpya ya rais mteule.
BBC Swahili .
Chezea. Kenyata wewe.
Si walisema hawatompa ushirikiano?

mwanaone , mbona unaongea kama huwafahamu wazungu ( Western countries)?. Hawa jamaa ni zaidi vinyonga. Hawatoi ushirikiano pale ambapo hawana maslahi.

Hata mashitaka yatawekwa chini ya kabati kwa sasa.

They have no choice, they need Kenyan more than Kenyan need them.

Wazungu ni watu wa kuangalia maslahi.

Ng'wamapalala said:

Hawa jamaa ni zaidi vinyonga. Hawatoi ushirikiano pale ambapo hawana maslahi....

They have no choice, they need Kenyan more than Kenyan need them.

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...Salute Mkuu, sina cha kuongeza...ila lazima kizazi kipya kitambue kuwa siyo kenya tu bali Nchi za ulaya zinategemea nchi za Africa kuliko sisi tunavyowategemea! Tatizo letu kubwa ni sisi kukubali kutumika kijinga na hovyo kabisa ...propaganda zilikuwa nyingi sana lakini mwisho wa siku Uhuru alionesha nini maana ya CCC ie Cool, Calm n Collected...I like him for so many reasons...My God bless the work of his hands til the end of time....