Masanja,
Thanx a mill for your input on this matter.
As for me, I side with
JokaKuu in putting my voice against this EAC thing
and I have given compelling reasons in a number of posts but nobody has
given a worthy rebuttal especially from the Kenyan side.
Issue number one is corruption. Kenya is the most corrupt country in East
Africa ikifuatiwa na Tanzania. Uganda on the other side hakusemeki maana
it is a military govt dressed up in civilian clothing. Swali langu lilikua How
will the issue be addressed?Will it be a matter of local courts ama regional
courts?Who prosecutes a corrupt Kenyan businessman engaging in the
same practices in Tanzania?
Issue number two ilikua sytems of Govt among the three countries.
Mtazamo wangu ni kwamba there is no difference now as compared to
the days of Mwalimu, Kenyatta na Idi Amin. The only difference is time.
Kenyans are still led by an imerialistic Presidency that favors people from
a particular region bearing in mind the man did not win the elections at
all. Alikwiba kura na kujiapisha chini ya wingu la giza. M-7 ni dictator tu
kama Idi Amin na kwa sasa nasikia chama chake kimesema aendelee kua
Rais for a record 4th term. Basically he is killing democracy. Bongo napo
Mungwana kajizunguka na watu ambao kwamba hawaeleweki na hela
zinaibiwa kila kukicha naye anatabasamu kila ukiangalia picha zake.
Issue ya tatu ni movement between the borders. Wakenya wanapropose
very vehemently, waruhusiwe kusafiri na national ID zao bila passports
wala viza. Hili ni jambo la usalama wa Taifa na ukiangalia Kenya ambako
ufisadi unapewa kipa-umbele utakuta kuna raia lukuki kutoka Somali
ambao wamepata hizo ID by simply bribing people at the concerned
ministries, Al-Shabab wamo mpaka ndani ya Nairobi na katika maandamano
ya juzi ya yule Sheikh Al-Faisal tuliwaona.
Watu kama hawa wakija Bongo
hao do you vet who is Kenyan and who is not? Licha ya haya yote Tz
hamna hizo national ID na pia Uganda hamna kitu kama hicho. That is
a massive national exercise that needs a lot of funding to carry out. Sasa
nani ataipatia serikali ya Tanzania hii hela na ukiangalia the ishu time is needed
to carry it out.We dont have the time maana we are facing an election
soon and that takes priority over all else.
Issue ya nne ni Land policy. Kenya has no land policy whatsoever na if
anything familia teule ndo zinamiliki hekari kibao za ardhi kisha wanamiliki
nafasi muhimu serikalini. Kila kukicha wanapinga kwa udi na uvumba sera
mpya ambazo zina address hii kitu. Hapa namaanisha familia ya
Kenyatta,
Moi na huyu
Kibaki. Through their subordinates in Parliament wamepinga
a very comprehensive report ilioandikwa na mwanasheria mashuhuri na
pia mbunge na
Waziri wa Ardhi Bw James Orengo simply becasue haya
mashamba yaliomilikiwa yatarudishwa kwa raia wa kawaida. Juzi juzi
Waziri Mkuu Raila Odinga alienda msitu wa Mau kuanzisha kampeni ya
kupanda miti and reclaiming the land lakini wabunge kutoka Bonde la ufa
akiwemo Ruto walisusa maana wanamashamba kibao humo ndani na pia
Moi yumo. Wamegeuza ishu na kuifanya ya ukabila wakisema Raila
anawapiga vita wakalenjini. The most glaring thing kua Rais Kibaki
alichomoa dakika ya mwisho kuhudhuria hio shughuli despite the fact that
hegave his word to the country and the international community
This is the mindset of the people we are supposed to be dealing with at
the table of EAC. Wananchi wa Kenya are good people and I can say that
100% lakini hawa viongozi wao hawana dili. Ni wezi watupu na hamna haja
hata ya kubisha. Nitakuwacha na hii ripoti iliopo BBC leo.
US Suspends Kenyan School Funding
The US has suspended $7m of funding for free primary schools in Kenya until fraud allegations are investigated, the US ambassador in Nairobi has said.
Michael Ranneberger says "credible action" must be taken on claims that 110m shillings (£900,000; $1.4m) were siphoned off a free-education fund.
The US move comes a month after the UK government pulled out of the project.
Kenya is ranked as East Africa's most corrupt country by campaign group Transparency International.
The US has been pushing for reform in Kenya since deadly violence swept the country after an election in 2007.
Although the violence was primarily political and ethnic, US officials have highlighted underlying causes such as corruption and weak institutions.
Future 'in the balance'
Mr Ranneberger demanded an independent audit of the free-schools programme.
"Those culpable for the fraud should not only be sacked - they need to be prosecuted and put behind bars," he said.
"The US shares the deep concern of Kenya's development partners and the Kenyan people regarding the continuous revelations of large-scale corruption."
He reiterated demands for wider changes in the country, saying "the reform agenda and the future of this country hangs in the balance".
Kenya introduced free primary education in 2003 - and schools were quickly swamped as more than one million children were enrolled who had never been to school before.
Unicef says the primary school population jumped from 5.9 million in 2002 to 7.6 million in 2005.
Most of the funding for primary education comes from government coffers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8481542.stm
Masanja,
Ukipata m'da nenda ukapekua hizi thread nilizoanzisha kuhusu Kenya. While at it, it is worthy to note that
Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's worst landgrabber, ndiye Waziri wa Fweza!!!
Kibaki ahujumu hali ya baadae ya Kenya.
Kenya: This is why the EAC wont work
Unravelling the Moi Ghost..ukweli wajitenga