The idea of fighting unemployment in Kenya by turning the youth into employers rather than the vast majority of the unemployed is a noble one. The idea of funding good business ideas is a great one. However the manner in which the project is being run suggests and in fact confirms the obvious. This is nothing but a campaign tool designed to win aging President Kibaki re-election.
The government says that the first beneficiaries will start receiving funds by early next month.
If this was a genuine effort to create wealth amongst the youth of Kenya then the first thing that would have happened is that the fund should have been administered by specialist NGOs on the ground, of which we have numerous dotted in every corner of the republic. It would then have been much easier for the government to supervise the project to ensure that it has the desired impact, because many NGOs are also known to be corrupt.
As it is the whole idea seems to be to distribute the Kshs 1 billion to as many youths as possible so as to influence the voting in the general elections.
Everything is in line with the Narc Kenya strategy where they will ask the electorate for more time to make the effects of the economy trickle down to ordinary folk. The truth is that with the kind of policies and management style of the current government which we have seen in recent times, chances of a trickle down effect anytime soon are nil.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Such A Hypocrite You Are, Sir
Retired President Moi gave an emotional speech in church yesterday thanking God for healing him and re-dedicating himself to serving the Lord. Nothing wrong with that.
The president however failed to follow one particular fundamental teaching of the Bible which he must be familiar with. It says that when offering a sacrifice, if you realize that you have an issue with somebody, then you should leave your sacrifice at the altar and go and sort it out. Only when you have done so, should you return to offer your sacrifice.
Retired President Moi has many issues out there begging to be "sorted out." Forget the fact that he is hell bent on influencing the outcome of the forthcoming general elections against the best interests of the Kenyan people.
The issues that need urgent sorting out include telling Dr Robert Ouko's widow (if he cannot tell the Kenyan people in the face) who murdered her husband and why. Two independent accounts have put the former president at the scene of the crime and evidence from a witness whose life is still being threatened indicates that it is only Moi who would have ordered the "hit."
Then there is the Goldenberg scandal, which had the effect of impoverishing millions of ordinary Kenyans. Here the issue is even more clear cut. Either Moi was involved and if he was not then he should face prosecution for negligence in allowing so much money to leave the treasury while he was president.
Not to mention the mystery of how arrows were imported into the country, most probably using tax payers money but to kill the very same people who paid the bills in the notorious so-called land clashes that were rampant whenever Mr Moi faced an elections.
The retired president is an old man now and has served the country for decades; I therefore believe that Kenyans have it in them to forgive him, no matter how terrible his crimes. But how can you forgive somebody who has not confessed his or her sins?
As it is you have to give it to this old man. The guy's quite strong carrying in his conscience what he is carrying and still being able to stand up in church and address the nation with a straight face.
The president however failed to follow one particular fundamental teaching of the Bible which he must be familiar with. It says that when offering a sacrifice, if you realize that you have an issue with somebody, then you should leave your sacrifice at the altar and go and sort it out. Only when you have done so, should you return to offer your sacrifice.
Retired President Moi has many issues out there begging to be "sorted out." Forget the fact that he is hell bent on influencing the outcome of the forthcoming general elections against the best interests of the Kenyan people.
The issues that need urgent sorting out include telling Dr Robert Ouko's widow (if he cannot tell the Kenyan people in the face) who murdered her husband and why. Two independent accounts have put the former president at the scene of the crime and evidence from a witness whose life is still being threatened indicates that it is only Moi who would have ordered the "hit."
Then there is the Goldenberg scandal, which had the effect of impoverishing millions of ordinary Kenyans. Here the issue is even more clear cut. Either Moi was involved and if he was not then he should face prosecution for negligence in allowing so much money to leave the treasury while he was president.
Not to mention the mystery of how arrows were imported into the country, most probably using tax payers money but to kill the very same people who paid the bills in the notorious so-called land clashes that were rampant whenever Mr Moi faced an elections.
The retired president is an old man now and has served the country for decades; I therefore believe that Kenyans have it in them to forgive him, no matter how terrible his crimes. But how can you forgive somebody who has not confessed his or her sins?
As it is you have to give it to this old man. The guy's quite strong carrying in his conscience what he is carrying and still being able to stand up in church and address the nation with a straight face.
General Elections 2007 The latest Prediction
Latest Kenya Political Prophecy From The Man Who Has Gotten All The General Elections Right
This servant of God has got it right, every single election since 1992, without fail. That's why I was eager to hear what he had to say about the forthcoming general elections 2007. I am of course referring to the only evangelical pastor I know in Kenya who has been ordained into the office of a "prophet" by a higher authority than themselves.
He says;
a) The President This Time Will Not Come From Central Province And He Will Not Come From the Rift Valley. Kenyans should therefore keep their eyes on the other provinces in the country.
b) President Kibaki's term is over.
c) The Fourth President of Kenya will be much younger than the generation of Mwai Kibaki, Daniel Moi and Jomo Kenyatta when they came into office.
This servant of God has got it right, every single election since 1992, without fail. That's why I was eager to hear what he had to say about the forthcoming general elections 2007. I am of course referring to the only evangelical pastor I know in Kenya who has been ordained into the office of a "prophet" by a higher authority than themselves.
He says;
a) The President This Time Will Not Come From Central Province And He Will Not Come From the Rift Valley. Kenyans should therefore keep their eyes on the other provinces in the country.
b) President Kibaki's term is over.
c) The Fourth President of Kenya will be much younger than the generation of Mwai Kibaki, Daniel Moi and Jomo Kenyatta when they came into office.
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