ACTING TOGETHER FOR KENYA: AGREEMENT ON THE PRINCIPLES OF PARTNERSHIP OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT.
Preamble:
The crisis triggered by the 2007 disputed presidential election has brought to the surface deep-seated and long-standing divisions within Kenyan society. If left unaddressed, these divisions threaten the very existence of Kenya as a unified country. The Kenyan people are now looking to their leaders to ensure that their country will not be lost.
Given the current situation, neither side can realistically govern the country without the other. There must be real power-sharing to move the country forward and begin the healing and reconciliation process.
With this agreement, we are stepping forward together, as political leaders, to overcome the current crisis and to set the country on a new path. As partners in a coalition government, we commit ourselves to work together in good faith as true partners, through constant consultation and willingness to compromise.
This agreement is designed to create an environment conducive to such a partnership and to build mutual trust and confidence. It is not about creating positions that reward individuals. It seeks to enable Kenya’s political leaders to look beyond partisan considerations with a view to promoting the greater interests of the nation as a whole. It provides the means to implement a coherent and far-reaching reform agenda, to address the fundamental root causes of recurrent conflict, and to create a better, more secure, more prosperous Kenya for all.To resolve the political crisis, and in the spirit of coalition and partnership, we have agreed to enact the National Accord and Reconciliation Act 2008, whose provisions have been agreed upon in their entirety by the parties hereto and a draft copy is appended hereto.
Its key points are:
* There will be a Prime Minister of the Government of Kenya, with authority to coordinate and supervise the execution of the functions and affairs of the Government of Kenya.
* The Prime Minister will be an elected member of the National Assembly and the parliamentary leader of the largest party in the National Assembly, or of a coalition, if the largest party does not command a majority.
* Each member of the coalition shall nominate one person from the National Assembly to be appointed a Deputy Prime Minister.
* The Cabinet will consist of the President, the Vice-President, the Prime Minister, the two Deputy Prime Ministers and the other Ministers. The removal of any Minister of the coalition will be subject to consultation and concurrence in writing by the leaders.
* The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers can only be removed if the National Assembly passes a motion of no confidence with a majority vote.
* The composition of the coalition government will at all times take into account the principle of portfolio balance and will reflect their relative parliamentary strength.
* The coalition will be dissolved if the Tenth Parliament is dissolved; or if the parties agree in writing; or if one coalition partner withdraws from the coalition.
* The National Accord and Reconciliation Act shall be entrenched in the Constitution.Having agreed on the critical issues above, we will now take this process to Parliament. It will be convened at the earliest moment to enact these agreements. This will be in the form of an Act of Parliament and the necessary amendment to the Constitution.
We believe by these steps we can together in the spirit of partnership bring peace and prosperity back to the people of Kenya who so richly deserve it.
This was too scary for Kibaki and he had to give in. Thanks for Bush and Kagame for their stands. Whichever way, we would have benefitted, ut it would have been more profitable if they came in and divided it as planned.
ReplyDeleteMajor General Kagame and President Bush set up strategy military action on Kenya
Published by alangreen February 24th, 2008 in Alerts, Kenyan Election Crisis: Negotiations, HEADLINES.
US President George W. Bush (R) whispered to the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame as they walked to the motorcade on his arrival at Kigali International Airport in Rwanda on February 19. Bush was on his third day of Africa tour that took him to Benin , Tanzania , Rwanda , Ghana and Liberia . His tour focused on development, fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria.
Military projection on Kenya is at hand! Strategy and logistics are in force!
The battle to save the Great Lake region from collapsing under the corrupt Mt Kenya Mafia’s illegitimate Kibaki government rule, is taking a new twist and Kofi Annan will soon call it quits as the military option takes natural cause.
The main battle will be to have Kenya divided into Jimbos whereas the Coastal Jimbo will be under the US and British Marines units to guard the main port of entry from the looming economic and humanitarian crisis being felt in DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda Northern Tanzania and Sudan.
While Western Kenya ( Rift Valley, Western, Nyanza ) Jimbos shall be manned by a UN peacekeeping force under the command of Rt UN Major Gen. Opande together with experienced contigents of the Kenyan military UN peacekeeping veterans still in service who worked with him in Liberia/Kosovo/Angola.
The regional leaders have agreed to have Major General Paul Kagame supervise the military action if the talks fails, while all the immediate neighbors ( Tanzania and Uganda ) will provide security escort to all the goods from Mombasa to the Great Lake region countries.
The enforcement of a sanction against Kenya will force Kibaki and his cronies, Kalonzo included, to accept Bomas Draft or face full wrath similar to what the late Saddam of Iraq was subjected to.
It is now advisable that all other community who are pro-ODM-Majimbo government to immediately find the way to their ancestral land following the major onslaught genocide being planed by the Mungiki militias who now make up 70% of Police/GSU force. Their will be no guarantee for their security in Central Province , the only safe haven is in ancestral homes.
Mr Kalonzo is campaigning to undo the said plan by persuading the international community to have them have Kibaki step down for him to lead the country in order to avert chaos, the proposal which has been rejected and dismissed as selfishness, because it is Raila and ODM who have been mandated by Kenyans to lead. Therefore, Mr Kalonzo is being described as one who lacks intelligence and is corrupt. Mr Kalonzo is a traitor and is now working around the clock to betray Kibaki and the Mt Kenya Mafia internationally.
This move is in the last stages and will be implemented immediately when the Kofi Annan mediation fails next week. (unedited)
Rev Okoth Otura,
President/Founder,
Christian Democratic Movement of Kenya- (CDMK) &
East Africa Christians Transformation Mission Fellowship-(EACTMF)
CANADA
www.cdmk.org
www.eactmf.org
Received on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 at 21:37:49 -0800 (PST).
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READERS: Please note that this report is UNCONFIRMED.
So where does Kibaki lose any power at all if any. Kalonzo Musyoka will be the VP and all other ministers will remain. ODM will only have to foward names to fill the remaining cabionet posts. That is, NO SHARING CABINET POSTS ON PROPOTIONAL BASIS!
ReplyDeleteSo, who is the winner? Mwai Kibaki. The only change that will be there will be the PM and the two DPMs to be appointed by the parties involved.
So, NO PM post for Ruto and no Foreign Affairs Ministryt for Sally Kosgei and No Constitutional Affiras docket for Jim Orengo. Nyngo might be luck to have the Planning Post, but now the war will start within the ODM ranks.
Kibaki is the one to decide the number of cabinet posts. After all, the CORE MINISTRIES are still with him and he is the same man who will SIGN the ACT, after it goes through parliamnet. Two-thirds of the parliamentarians jamaa.
Kazi ianze sasa!!!
-Derek-
Sorry for the mistakes in the above post.
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Derek, dear Derek, your short-sightedness blurs all reason within you. Watch, see or stare and learn, the art of politics. The question you should have asked, is whether the coalition between PNU/ODM-K/KANU will stand this test of time. Naivete, what a pity, you always have to think two steps ahead Derek, it called being proactive rather than being reactive (Read-PNU creation, violence will subside after two weeks, back to business as usual), pun intended.
ReplyDeleteoh my oh my.
ReplyDeleteI'm A pnu loyalist, but Raila has proved me right again.
Raila is a classic politician. I mean you have to give it up for this guy.
I don't want to engage in the politics of sijui kibaki rigged, raila rigged, etc. No, I want to look at the future and obviuosly, kibaki will not vie for the presidency again, so let's look to the future.Kibaki will finsih his 5 terms , then what.
The reason I say that Raila is a classic politician is that he checkmated his strongest political rival.
does anyone know who's raila"s biggest threat post election drama ?
William Ruto.
Had Raila been declared winner, Raila's first agenda would have been to pacify this guy, forget all those election pleadges he made.
RUTO still harbors presidential ambitions, Raila must know that, and RUTO Is young and fabulosuly wealthy, thus time is on his hands.
Raila is also aware that ruto could have pulled a stunt like what raila did to kibaki and be a pain in the ass.
But since this new agreement was reached, Raila will only bring one guy from ODM to be deputy PM.
i KNOW KIBAKI'S Gava wants to deal with RUTO decisively and Raila would not mind kibaki doing his work on his behalf.
I also noticed that during this signing, there was no mention or sighting of RUTO. All the other mediation team members were there kina Orengo, but Ruto was not.
Ruto is not naive, he's no fool, quite smart actually, only that he uses his strengths for the wrong reasons. H emust have smelled the coffee.
already, i hear Kales in kericho are calling Raila a traitor....go figure, they thought they'd have their majimbo. shock is on them.
People need to understand that raila is a politician, yaani he bedns both ways, whatever suits him.
raila sold out
ReplyDeleteDeal or No deal, Kukuyu`s are thieve`s, Kalenjin`s are Killers, Jaluo`s are loyal and power hungry, kambas are just there but nice.
ReplyDeleteBUT THE BOTTOM LINE, PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE AND NOT UNDER THE WATCH OF WAKO AND CURRENT CJ.
MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN, PEOPLE LOOKING FOR TOP JOBS, IN THE GOVERNMENT.
KIBAKI AND RAILA SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING FOR JOBS. THEY ARE BILLIONAIRES WITH BILLIONS SIPHONED IN FOREIGN BANKS.
KENYA NEED A FRESH YOUNG, NO CORRUPT INDIVIDUALS TO BE LEADERS.
NOW OUR ALREADY SQUEEZED ECONOMY AND TAX PAYES MONEY WILL FURTHER BE DIVIDED TO NEW EXBITANTANTLY POSITIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT.
MUNGU ATUSAIDIA HAWA WATU WAONDOKE, WAKUFE, NDIO KENYA TUWE HURU.
I am not doubting anything you people are saying. I have just analysed the Koffi/Kibaki/Raila document and I have my personal misgivings about it.
ReplyDeleteAs it stands, things will be pear-shaped on the ODM/CCU/NAK side. Kibaki's presidential election party PNU went into a well-dcumented amalgam with Kanu/DP. Safina/Ford-People. It is no secret to that extent.
ODM-K/PNU went into an agreement after the election and with this ODM-K bagged the VP's post which shall remain. Kibaki appointed Kanu MPs on the basis of the alleagiance they had before election. That one settles the whole matter. That is how it will stand.
You do not have to think of Kanu as different entity from PNU and they were in the forefront of the election bid.
At the same time, Kalonzo Musyoka remains the VP and the government leader of business whilst Raila Odinga will head the legislative business wing of the government.
The powers of administration remain perched with the president's office. In any case, Kalonzo is Kibaki's deputy, whether with this agreement or not.
Watch the space and ask the doomsayers to give us another version of doubting Judases versions and lies we have read about Kibaki not being committed to the deal.
The only thing that have changed and ODM managed to get is that THE LEADER OF THE PARTY WITH THE MOST SEATS WILL BE PM. Count that one LUCKY and VERY LUCKY. And pray five times like a Muslim that it was not open. It could have washed down a political career!!!
-Derek-
Who lost. Kumbe haikuwa PRESIDENT? Ilikuwa PM. Aha, MOU done in public this time. Please count the losers in this deal. When it comes to the remaing 6/7 cabinet posts, who will be rewarded on the ODM side? Balala, Kosgei, Mudavadi, Ruto, Ole Ntimama, Magara, and who else. Where will the Bukusu and the larger Kakamega be? What about the rest of Kisii land, the larger Coast and the massive Rift Valley. Balaa safari hii!!!
ReplyDeleteSee you tomorrow.
Have you noticed all the noise makers have run away after reading this post. they wanted RETALLYING, Oh sorry, Re-run, oh, sorry, Kibaki's resignation, oh soryy, another election in six months, oh sorry, Peopel President Swearing, oh Sorry and even a Million Man March, economic sabotage, civil disobedience, zote hazikufua dafu.
-Derek-
Hey, folks, let us not argue on whether Kibaki lost anything or Raila gained anything. This coalition is about Kenyans (read brothers and sisters of one family) who want to live better, more peaceful lives and take care of their younger and vulnerable siblings. The older two brothers have been squabbling about who is the first born. Now they have realised that what is important is how to keep the family name, not who the first born is. They have realised that they need one another to make the family stable, peaceful and at harmony with itself. Any powers any of them has will be used for the good of the family and not for individual/selfish aggrandizement. You and I are members of this family. What suggestions do you have on how we can all make this family a better place to be? Please let us now stop about Kibaki and Raila, and let us talk about the Kenya we want. Please.
ReplyDeleteAgreement = decreased job (& life) security for ODM mps.
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ReplyDelete..lol.. funny post.
Derek, now the're calling Raila a traitor?...lol..
Good for Raila, he got his and now can move on. As I said earlier, Raila is a classic politician.
On the good side, kenyans can now breath and move on with their lives.business can now invest and people can now make a living.
Lakini nani kama Raila ?
and did anyone notice RUTO's absence in the signing process ?
he smelt the coffee.
Ruto is heading to jail. Genocide architect.
ReplyDeleteMan! Even after Kibaki gives in, I read hungry posts here. This must have been such a mighty battle. It will never get any better than this. I even read some posts that Raila doesn’t trust Ruto because he is still eyeing the presidency and I was dumbfounded with whoever post it. I mean can’t somebody notice that if this agreement is fully implemented, next elections would be a battle for two posts (Prime minister and President)? Who said that Ruto will want the Presidents position instead of Prime minister?
ReplyDeleteLadies and Gentlemen, a cabinet will necessitate the majimbo idea. You feel me? Go ahead and charge now who actually lost. Just do it and get more confused.
The juggling process will begin but I have a big notion that Raila will do his best to check Ruto. He will reward him but will be cautiously watching him. Remember also that "the friend of my enemy is my friend". Let's see how Ruto, Martha Karua and Michuki do in the next 5 years. (I have a strong feeling that atleast 2 of them will not be in the next government). People are tired of "hardliners" like them. Wembe ni ule ule.
ReplyDeleteExcuse my statement. I meant "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"
ReplyDeleteWE MUST WAIT until parliament meets next week to pass the ammendment before we can celebrate.
ReplyDeleteAs Jakaya Kikwete said; everything is now in the hands of Kenya's political class.
THE BALL HAS MOVED TO ANOTHER COURT.
MAJIMBO ? R U seriuos?
ReplyDeleteeven after all the election clashes you still dare talk of MAJIMBO.
Do u not know that NAIROBI accounts for 60% of kenya's GDP?
and u idiotically call for Majimbo = eliminating kikuyus and others from rift valley.
shame on u clown!
Derek,
ReplyDeleteI have noticed that you have the actual privilege of contributing to Kumekucha yet you only throw mud at what other contributors have written. Yet in eons you have not had the courage to put your own idea
For once I challenge you to come up with an original idea. Blog it and see if there is method behind the puerility you are forever shinning upon the blog
You confuse jingoistic shrill for thought-provoking and you substitute screaming and insults for discussion. You are a the reason I want to secede. I know we have to share the planet, but, we do not have to share a country.
you add absolutely nothing to genuine intellectual discussion and you only subtract from the available goodwill.
People of Kenya, you have all reasons to be proud of what has happened today. This is historic.
ReplyDeleteI want you all to take time to be happy for what is going on.
Some people are naysayers, all they do is talk and incite people to violence, while they live abroad in their good houses, selling books and claiming to be authors.
I am happy for Kenyans today,Kenyans of all walks of life. Dont allow people who are selfish and just care for themselves to distract you.
Some are just here for self promotion and promoting their books which they have not written, but ripped off others.
Kenyans, be happy today, and shun those who want to divide you. You all know who they are!
Fave of blog - I couldn't agree more.
ReplyDeleteanon @12:43 aka Marianne Briner. Shut your stinky ass and mouth and you can just ride to hell you RACIST.
ReplyDeleteFor those saying that Ruto was missing at the signing, are you blind?!! He was there wearing a beige suit, look at the clip, the 2 people who were interestingly missing were Karua and Michuki. Even Wetangula had to swallow the hard pill and attend and he looked mad!! hahaha
ReplyDeleteRaila is not a political infant. He is now in a better position to remove 'nyoka' out mbio mbio, let's wait and see.
ReplyDeleteIf you look closely in the front page of Eaststandard, the way Kibaki shakes Raila’s hand is funny. While Raila is smiling, Kibaki seems puzzled as if Raila is a stranger and might have said something like “you tricky smart son of a bitch. You got me on this one”
ReplyDeleteanon @ 12:53 Where is the clip?
ReplyDeleteTICK TOCK TICO TOCK TICK TOCK TICK TOCK TICK TOCK...LMAO, LOL
ReplyDeleteOnce we had mass rallies for bargain hunters, then we had stupid economic sabotage through uprooting railways, ODM'ers with all these kupayuka, what have you achieved?
As i said, stay on tune....tutawafundisha not to be primitive.
ANNON @12:53
ReplyDeleteI too didn't see RUTO..Please provid ethe clip / evidence
Karua nd teh rest were there mind you.
But anyway, I'm glad that there's hope now. Money has to be amde, businesses have to go on.if u don't wnat this, then too bad for yu. we'll be making ends while some of you just complain.
The person cliaming that Derek is criticsing people's post is wrong. This is the statement by Annan and not any otehr peron who feels that he wrote in. Derek posted this thing in an earlier post FAVE. Read the post before this. Njorogeston
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ReplyDeletemrembowaodm, where is the clip?
ReplyDeleteai.........you people look at the clip nicely! ruto is so present wearing a beige coat and a dark trouser....
ReplyDeleteeven things that are so evident you want to deny? pnu? hamjawacha tabia mbaya??
by the way where did the other pnu prezos-michuki na karua go?!si kwa ubaya!!hehehe....kazi ianze sasa...
will you come to celebrate with us at uhuru park prime minister akisema? please remember to wear orange clothes...hahaha!!
anonymous 2.00pm its on mashada
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ReplyDeleteHave you really understood my line of thought?
I said Derek has the actual privilege of posting on Kumekucha but he behaves like.... you!
I can understand your problems.Although, I really can not understand what is with your spelling. Spell check might be handy.
Back to Derek, he should post more sensible arguments.
And I am talking trends of his posts. I repeat I could understand tripe coming from you, but I hold Derek to higher standards since he has a bigger opportunity to write coherently instead on the inane and insane outbursts he infects the blog with.
infact i dont think i have ever seen ruto smiling so much...so widely....!! tena he is frontline!!
ReplyDeletehow can you not have seen him?...please panguzeni machozi mtaona vizuri.
mrembowaodm...pole dada yangu. PM without powers is like an old man without teeth or a woman past menopause. He will be directed on what to do by none other than Mwaki Kibaki. So, raila ndani ya box. Where we wanted him. We want him to sabotage this government now. the other time he said that Kibaki went against an MOU siogned at the Serena Hotel in 2002. Sasa leo, it has been witnessed by millions and lets us see him start sabotaging the government.
ReplyDeleteTel;l Professor Nyongo to call MAass Action tomorrow. Already people know who sponsors the militants. Poleni mrembowaodm.
Wakalenjin wameumia...maskini wameumis...tuwasaidieni jameni.
As things are, Karua remain Constitutional affairs minister as Derek says, Kiraitu in the enrgy minisytryt, Kimunya in Finance and the other posts as they are.
Raila has accepted that he was not the legitimately elected poresident and has even agreed to mmet Kiobaki, a man he has always poured scorn on, called a thief and many other names.
usipime nguo mtoto angali tumboni...Rent wajaluo watalipa, kazi nazo haziko Nyanza, walifukuzwa Naivasha, Kisumu nayo haiko tena. Maskini wajaluo...mmeumia kama wakaleo, afadhali hao wako na maziwa, chai, mahindi na biashara zingine...Dont worry anyway. That is life...Some you win, some you lose. This time you lost again.
Njorogeston of Kabeteshire, Kikuyustan, the Royal Breeds of Kenya...Home to Charles Njonjo, Paul Muite, Lewis Nguyai, Alliance High Schools, KARI, and many more
Hmmmm, am just wondering which mps will be rewarded. Will we see the same tired faces or will we see young faces? Am also trying to imagine if the bomas draft will ever be discussed ama when they finally get their "flags" they'll forget the common mwananchi? Will Musalia be strong enough to cater for a strong energetic Ruto come 2012? and who will be the supreme King/Queen of Ukambani? (Ngilu or Kalonzo? (Both will in the government and they will continue tearing each other down till 2012? Will they finally add more constituencies and will they also allow for the nominations of more MPS? (That way both Kibaki and Raila can return their kawa losers eg Kombo, Tuju etc). Na tusisahau that when they finally add all those mps, mama mboga will have to pay their salaries thru' tax.
ReplyDeleteDEREK TO YOU SPREADING LIES...
ReplyDeleteLET'S GET IT ONCE & FOR ALL, RAILA IS NOT GOING TO BE APPOINTED BY KIBAKI!! WHERE ARE YOU BUFFONS READING FROM? FOR CRYING OUT LOUD THE FULL POST ON THE AGREEMENT IS STILL SO FRESH HERE CAN YOU REFER TO IT...
AND RUTO WAS PRESENT IF YOU'RE T.V SCREENS, LAPTOPS, WHATEVA YOU WE'RE WATCHING WAS NOT FAR REACHING...PUMBAVU!!!
P/S THAT MAN MARTHA KARUA WAS VERY PRESENT, ACTING LIKE SOME MBOCH, NO PUN WALKING MUTHAURA, KALONZO ETC TO DIGNITARIES..I THINK SHE'S QUICKLY SETTLING IN HER RIGHTFUL PLACE!!
SO GOT IT? RAILA IS AN EXECUTIVE PM, NOT HIRED OR FIRED BY OBAKI, SECURITY OF TENURE..SHOULD I CARRY ON???
PAIN, DENIAL, SHOCK, WONDERMENT, ANGER, RETREAT...
ReplyDeleteNJOROGEPITHECUS2:21 WE KNOW YOU MUST BE SUFFERING RAILA IS EXECUTIVE PM? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN YOU SEEM TO BE QUESTIONING, DID YOU SEE WETANGULA & YOUR THIEF IN CHIEF MWAI..DEVASTATION, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!
Silly Njoroge acts like it is only Kyuks that own property, he himself is living in a rented apartment in Colorado, cannot even step out of Stato if you know what I mean, ask him to show you his portfolio, bilas.
ReplyDeleteNjoroge, your brother's or kinsman wealth is not yours, show us what your own and then shout "utalipa rent". I just wasted a good two minutes of my life, by the way, RUDI MASHADA, it has reopened, they miss you there. EEIISSSHHH
Silly Njoroge, Silly Derrick...I told you he who laughs last laughs loudest....(it is the executive PM stupid) The party with the majority MPs, hawana choice unless they choose to kill 50 more considering that PNU has only what...abt 45...Hamna bahati and i tend to agree...Kibaki can stay in statehouse for good and ODMers in this blog will protest just for him and Lucy to be given the title deed for statehouse they stay there for good......
ReplyDeleteStatehouse is jinxed we dont want IDa to start slapping men around...That is not our culture...It is an abomination for a woman to just point a finger to a man leave alone lifting your hand to slap a man
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