NAIROBI: POSTING GAZETTED OFFICERS (.) COMPOL HAS APPROVED THE TRANSFERS AND THE APPOINTEMENTS OF THE UNDERLISTED OFFICERS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

1. No.216603 Mr. Gerald Mbaabu, ACP - From ACP (P) Central Province to ACP (P) NEP
2. No.215758 Mr. Kalicha Roba, ACP - From SO (P) 2 Police Hqrs to ACP (P) Central Province.
3. No.213962 Mr. Pius Macharia, ACP - From Deputy PCIO N/Area to Deputy OC IB. CID Hqrs.
4. No.217053 Mr. Julius Rutere, ACP - From Deputy OC IB CID Hqrs to Deputy PCIO N/Area.
5. No.217299 Mr. Hamisi Mwaruwa, ACP - From SO (B) CID Rift Valley to Deputy SO (Inspections)
CID Hqrs.
6. No.217760 Mr. David Cheruiyot, ACP - From ACP(P) N/Area to Deputy PCIO Nyanza
7. No.217791 Mr. Michael O. Okumu, ACP - From OC KRA Revenue Protection Unit to SO (OPS) CID
N/Area
8. No. 214462 Mr. Charles S. Wasike, SSP - From KPC, JTW to SSP (P) Coast.
9. No.215736 Mr. Augustine Kimantiria, SSP - From OCPD Langata to ACP (P) Nairobi Area.
10. No.212392 Mr. Charles O. Musewe, SSP - From Traffic Headquarters to OCPD Railways Nairobi.
11. No.214776 Mr. Humphrey Wanzala, SSP - From OCPD Marsabit to SO (P) 2 Police Headquarters.
12. No.215938 Mr. Peter O. Olalo, SSP - From Deputy PCIO KAPU SSP (P) CID Rift Valley.
13. No.216284 Mr. Seif Mbaruk, SSP - From Deputy SO (Training) CID Hqrs to SSP (P) CID
Central.
14. No.217780 Mr. Julius K. Sunkuli, SSP - From Investigations Branch, CID Hqrs. to Deputy
SO (OPS) CID Nairobi Area.
15. No.218735 Ms Rose Muchuma, SSP - From OC Driving Test Unit to SSP (P) Dog unit.
16. No.218029 Mr. Isaac M. Thuranira, SSP - From SSP (P) Dog Unit to SO (OPS) Dog Unit.
17. No.219758 Mr. Charles Kortok, SSP - From SO (P) 4 Police Hqrs to OC Driving Test Unit.
18. No.216353 Mr. Maurice Kiplagat, SSP - From OCPD Siaya to SO (P) 4 Police Hqrs.
19. No.230216 Mr. Stephen Chiteka, SSP - From OPS Police Hqrs to OCPD Siaya.
20. No.216768 Mr. Bernard Kibe, SSP - From OCPD Lugari to OPS Police Hqrs.
21. No.217339 Mr. Christopher A. Odhiambo,SSP - From Deputy SO (OPS) Central to OCPD Embakasi.
22. No.218262 Mr. David R. Bunei, SSP - From OCPD Embakasi to OCPD Langata.
23. No.215489 Mr. John Katumo, SSP - From OCPD Eldoret to Deputy SO (OPS) Central.
24. No.219250 Mr. Paul K. M’Ndegwa, SSP - From Complaint Police Hqrs to OCPD Eldoret.
25. No.218945 Mr. James M. Kithuka, SSP - From OCPD Laikipia East to OCPD Iment North.
26. No.215947 Mr. Joshua Lutukai, SSP - From OCPD Imenti North to OCPD Laikipia East.
27. No.214300 Mr. Jezrel J. Mnene, SSP - From Deputy SO (OPS) Nyanza to Complaints Police Hqrs.
28. No.219167 Mr. Wilson W. Abduba, SSP - From OCPD Railways Nairobi to Deputy SO (OPS) Nyanza
Province.
29. No. 230378 Mr. Peter Njenga, SSP - From OCPD Kisii to Deputy SO (OPS) Eastern Province.
30. No.215881 Mr. Tom M. Muteti, SSP - From OCPD Meru South to OCPD Kisii.
31. No.219731 Mr. Stanley Atavachi, SSP - From OCPD Lagdera to SSP (P) ASTU.
32. No.215335 Mr. Dido Galgalo, SSP - From OCPD Bureti to Deputy SO (B) Training.
33. No.217739 Mr. Smollets Munyianzi, SSP - From SSP (P) Coast to OCPD Bureti. 34. No.219871 Mr. Isaiah O. Wambia, SSP - From OCPD Kangundo to OPS Police Hqrs.
35. No.217998 Mr. Francis C. Kumut, SSP - From Headquarters SSP Central to OCPD Homabay.
36. No.219844 Ms. Henrietta Wanyama, SP - From Deputy OC Diplomatic Police Unit to OCPD
Kangundo.
37. No.216265 Mr. Stephen Ngetich, SP - From Deputy OCPD Kisumu to OCPD Kajiado.
38. No.217548 Mr. Gregory Mutiso, SP - From Deputy OCPD Kisii to Deputy OCPD Lugari.
39. No.216263 Mr. Muthuri Mwongera, SP - From SO (Q) Central to Deputy OCPD Kisumu.
40. No.230766 Mr. Asher M. Mwenda, SP - From Deputy OCPD Lugari to SO (Q) Central.
41. No.217732 Mr. George K. Bamba, SP - FROM Deputy OCPD Embu to OCPD Lagdera.
42. No.230256 Mr. John Leshimpiro, SP - From Deputy OCPD Mount Elgon to OCPD Lugari.
43. No.230598 Mr. Ezekiel K. Onyango, SP - From Deputy SO (B) Mount Elgon to Deputy OCPD
Mount Elgon.
44. No. 218717 Mr. Mark Wanjala, SP - From Deputy OCPD Kajiado to OCPD Marsabit
45. No.219396 Mr. Ambrose M. Mwachia, SP - From SO (Training) Police Hqs to Deputy OC DPU
46. No.219183 Mr. David Mburukua, SP - From SO(B) Kuria to Deputy OCPD Kajiado
47. No.216306 Mr. Amos Tebeny, SP - From DCIO Teso to SSP(P) CID Eastern
48. No.217796 Mr. Shem N. Monayo, SP - From DCIO Kangundo to SSP(P) CID Western
49. No.217813 Mr. Joseph G. Nganga, SP - from DCIO Gigiri to Deputy PCIO KAPU.
50. No.215497 Mr. Henry K. Chebii, SP - From DCIO Malindi to DCIO Dagoretti
51. No.230031 Mr. Andrew Changwony, SP - From OC T- Company GSU to Adjutant GSU TRG. SCHOOL
52. No.231232 Mr. Barnabas Silwa, SP - From OC I – Company GSU to Hqs Sub-Unit, Garrison
Section.
53. No.217300 Mr. Justus M. Mithamo, SP - From SO(P) CID Western to Legal and Crime Affairs CID
HQS.
54. No.230667 Mr. Paul Muriithi Wachira, SP - From IB CID Headquarters to DCIO Kitale
55. No.230091 Mr. David Wambua Ag. SP - From J – Company GSU to Headquarters Sub-Unit SO (P).
56. No.215582 Mr. James Manuni, SP - From OC Prosecution Eldoret to DCIO Langata
57. No.219140 Mr. Nicholas O. Etyang, SP - From DCIO Langata to DCIO Makueni
58. No.216260 Mr. Abdi Salat Ali, SP - From DCIO Nakuru to Deputy PCIO Railways.
59. No.218999 Mr. Kassim M. Mshenga, SP - From Deputy OC Prosecution CID Hqs to DCIO Nakuru
60. No.218028 Mr. Japheth Maingi, SP - From DCIO Muranga South to DCIO Gigiri
61. No.230824 Ms Lydia Ligami, SP - From BFIU to DCIO Muranga South
62. No.216136 Mr. Washington N. Njeru, SP - From OC Prosecution Kakamega to DCIO Teso
63. No.218505 Mr. David Kalabai, SP - From DCIO Marakwet to DCIO Thika
64. No.218071 Mr. Francis Okwach, SP - From DCIO Athi-River to DCIO Marakwet
65. No.215485 Mr. Edwin Kamau, SP - From DCIO Kitui to DCIO Kayole
66. No.219596 Mr. Jonah Kirui, SP - From DCIO Kayole to DCIO Marsabit
67. No.218667 Mr. Carey Nyawinda, SP - From DCIO Kwale to ECCU CID Headquarters
68. No.215480 Mr. Peter K. Ngatia, SP - From OC Prosecution Machakos to DCIO Kitui
69. No.219525 Ms Esther Seroney, SP - From OC Prosecution Meru Central to Deputy OC
Prosecution CID Headquarters
70. No. 215306 Mr. Joseph Mumira, SP - From DCIO Makueni to CID Training School
71. No.215219 Mr. Harrison Meme, SP - From DCIO Vihiga to DCIO Kilimani
72. No.218172 Mr. Mwenda Ethiaba, SP - From DCIO Kilimani to DCIO Kwale
73. No.215494 Mr. Abdul Muyika, SP - From DCIO Taita Taveta to Complaints CID HQS
74. No.218109 Ms Jane Mukuria, SP - From Complaints CID Hqs to DCIO Taita Taveta
75. No.230254 Mr. Benson Kasyoki, SP - From Interpol CID Hqs to DCIO JKIA
76. No.217325 Mr. Aggrey Okoth Obura, SP - From DCIO Kitale to DCIO Athi River
77. No.230382 Mr. Bernard K. Korir, SP - From Deputy OCPD Migori to Deputy SO
(Training) CID Headquarters
78. No.219079 Mr. Kavete Kulova, SP - From SO(P) CID Nyanza to DCIO Malindi
79. No.217110 Mr. Silas K. Sato, SP - From Provincial CID Central to SO(P) Eastern
Province (GD)
80. No.219730 Mr. Abdikadir Ahmed, SP - From Provincial CID Central to SO(P) Nyanza
Province (GD)
81. No.218485 Mr. Zaccarius M. Bayah, SP - From DCIO JKIA to DCIO Kangundo.
82. No.230819 Ms. Dolly Anyango Badia, SP - From Police Hqrs Personnel to SO (Research, Planning and
Operations), Traffic Headquarters.
83. No.230563 Ms Mildred Achieng Odima, SP - From Nairobi Area SO (B) Complaint to Police
Headquarters as SO (P) 9.
84. No.230100 Mr. Richard M. Mukwate, SP - From SO (B) Kiambu to Deputy OCPD Nandi North.
85. No.230510 Mr. Francis W. Muthui, SP - From SO (B) Eastern Province to Deputy OCPD Samburu
East.
86. No.218804 Mr. Simon G. Gikunju, SP - From Provincial Hqrs Eastern to Deputy OCPD Pokot
North.
87. No. 217875 Mr. James M. Kiara, SP - From SO (B) Busia to Deputy OCPD Migori.
88. No.219933 Mr. Cornelius K. Singoei, SP - From SO (B) Nairobi Area to Deputy OCPD Makindu.
89. No.230926 Mr. Edward K. Changach, SP - From SO (B) Meru South to Deputy OCPD Turkana East.
90. No.231078 Mr. Juma M. Ali, SP - From SO (B) Kasarani to Deputy OCPD Pokot Central.
91. No.219032 Mr. Abagaro B. Guyo, SP - From SO (B) Laikipia East to Deputy OCPD Makueni.
92. No.230673 Mr. David N. Ogeti, SP - From SO (B) KAPU to Deputy OCPD Kakuma.
93. No.219804 Mr. Philip N. Wambugu, SP - From SO (B) North Eastern Province Hqrs. To Deputy
OCDP Machakos.
94. No.230392 Mr. Joseph Tenai, SP - From Deputy OCPD Machakos to Deputy OCPD Kangundo.
95. No.230334 Mr. Stephen Obara, SP - From SO (B) Meru Central to Deputy OCPD Garbatulla.
96. No.230112 Ms Gladys V. Ogonda, SP - From SO (B) Narok to Deputy OCPD Buuri.
97. No.230920 Mr. Moss N. Mrefu, SP - From SO (B) Kajiado to Deputy OCPD Marsabit South.
98. No.230443 Mr. Benson M. Makori, SP - From SO (B) Makueni to Deputy OCPD Samburu North.
99. No.230648 Mr. James K. Ngetich, SP - From SO (B) Rachuonyo to Deputy OCPD Imenti Central.
100. No.230547 Mr. Leonard K. Kiplimo - From SO (B) Gigiri to Deputy OCPD Kirinyaga.
101. No.230599 Mr. Benjamin Mwaliko, SP - From SO (B) Homabay to Deputy OCPD Nyeri South.
102. No.218488 Mr. James K. Kazombo, SP - From SO (B) Eldoret to Deputy OCPD Mathira East.
103. No.217364 Mr. Perminus M. Nyaga, SP - From SO (B) Ngong to Deputy OCPD Gatundu.
104. No.230874 Mr. Shadrack J. Londo, SP - From SO (B) Moyale to Deputy OCPD Kigumo.
105. No.218326 Mr. Jonathan M. Kisaka, SP - From SO (B) Nyandarua to Deputy OCPD Lari.
106. No.217923 Mr. Ancent M. Kaloki, SP - From SO (B) Langata to Deputy OCPD Bungoma East.
107. No.230234 Mr. Christopher M. Maweu, SP - From SO (B) Migori to Deputy OCPD Kakamega South.
108. No.230132 Mr. Musa M. Kongoli, SP - From SO (B) Embakasi Division to Deputy OCPD
Embakasi.
109. No.230205 Mr. Habel Ogul, SP - From Deputy OCPD Embakasi to Deputy OCPD Makadara
Division.
110. No.218928 Mr. Peter K. Gitau, SP - From SO (B) Garissa to Deputy OCPD Butere.
111. No.214537 Mr. Elias G. Itirithia, SP - From SO (B) Kayole to Deputy OCPD Mumias.
112. No.219144 Mr. Duncan K. Nguthu, SP - From SO (B) Central Division NBI to Deputy OCPD
Dagoretti.
113. No.217306 Mr. Joseph K. Gichangi, SP - From SO (B) Machakos to Deputy OCPD Starehe.
114. No.230654 Mr. Nelson S. Daliti, SP - From SO (B) Bondo to Deputy OCPD Lagdera.
115. No.230644 Mr. Wambua Musyoki Mutiso, SP - From SO (P) Kitale to Deputy OCPD Mandara North.
116. No.219560 Mr. Eshiphan N. Gichohi, SP - From SO (B) Meru North to Deputy OCPD Taveta Division
117. No.230061 Ms. Hellen C. Rotich, SP - From SO (B) Nyamira Division to Deputy OCPD Manga
Division.
118. No.216023 Mr. Daniel Mutie, SP - From SO (B) Turkana South to Deputy OCPD Ndhiwa.
119. No.230082 Mr. Nzole J. Mwero, SP - From SOB (B) Tourist Police Unit to Deputy OCPD Wajir
North.
120. No.230087 Mr. Joseph Kiprono Tonui, SP - From SO (B) Ijara Division to Deputy OCPD Bura Division
121. No.217783 Mr. Wilson L. Nanga, SP - From SO (P) 4 Rift Valley Provincial Hqrs to Deputy OCPD
Marakwet East Division.
122. No.219489 Mr. Edward Wafula, SP - From SO (P) Nyanza Province to Deputy OCPD North Horr.
123. No.230413 Mr. Isaac Mwenda, SP - From SO (B) Kisii to Deputy OCPD Kisii.
124. No.230021 Mr. Thomas C. Sangut, SP - From SO (P) Marine Police Unit to Deputy OCPD Kisauni.

OFFICERS SHOULD BE IN THEIR NEW STATIONS BY 28<sup>TH MARCH, 2011(.) PROPER HANDING/TAKING OVER TO BE DONE ACCORDINGLY (.)

(MATHEW K. ITEERE) MGH, CBS
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE</sup>

NAIROBI: PREMIER DISMISSES ALLEGED ROLE IN ICC SUMMONSES

Allegations by a section of MPs to the effect that Prime Minister Raila Odinga may have had a hand in the timing of the summonses against six public figures suspected to bear the greatest responsibility for the post-election violence are shallow and hollow,this is according to the Director of Communications in the Office of the Prime Minister mr.dennis Onyango.
Onyango said in a statement that opponents of the Prime Minister have never been interested in an honest and truthful handling of the ICC issue claiming that the latest outburst is just part of the pattern of lies that have characterized this debate.Onyango alleges that these politicians knew from the start that Justice Philip Waki, who investigated the violence, had handed over names of suspects to Dr Kofi Annan, in a sealed envelop, more than a year ago yet when the names were finally disclosed, the same politicians, caring nothing about integrity that should come with leadership, conveniently forgot that there was a Waki envelop and turned around to claim that it was Mr Odinga who had authored the names that Mr Ocampo released.
Mr.Onyango added that politicians know that they had the option of either setting up a local tribunal to try suspects of post election violence or letting the ICC take over the process. They also know that they voted in Parliament for the cases to be sent to the ICC. "The MP who made claims today, are among those who voted against the establishment of a local tribunal."said Onyango referring to a Rift Valley MP saying that when ICC took over, the same politicians turned around to claim it was the Prime Minister who sent the cases to ICC.
"These claims, particularly the latest, confirm that these are politicians who pushed for ICC to take over out of a vain hope that that ICC date would never come. They also ignore that when Mr Ocampo made public the names of suspects last December, he promised to announce the next move in March 2011, a time line he kept. The allegations made today are therefore claims by leaders who seem to believe that politics is about what works at the moment and who care nothing about the next day." Onyango said in the statement.Praising the ICC process in the country Onyango said that the politicians short-sightedness, made them think that the ICC process would never kick off and that Mr Ocampo would never stick to his time lines.
Onyango added that the Premier sees all these claims as part of the culture of lies and dishonesty that have gripped our politics and public life in recent years and which have put the country where it is today. He sees them as a desperate effort to defend impunity and defeat justice. Mr Onyango said that the odinga is however disappointed that leaders can live by telling lies to citizens and still hope to lead the country into commanding respect among the community of civilized nations and into better days ahead.


 Kelvin Mwangi,
Nairobi.
15TH March,2011

NAIROBI: CIVIL GROUP SAYS KIBAKI BLOCKING ICC PROCESS

Civil societies have accused President Kibaki of sabotaging the trial of the 'Ocampo Six' by the International Criminal Court.Led by Rev (Rtd) Timothy Njoya and Mr Ndung’u Wainaina of the International Centre for Policy and Conflict, the group claimed the President knew if the cases progressed, he, too, would be summoned over post-election violence.

"The President is waking up to a reality that if the six went to The Hague, particularly those said to be on the PNU side, they would spill the beans," said Njoya.Njoya added that Kibaki owes Kenyans an explanation over his prediction, through a letter to the UN Security Council, that chances were high another round of chaos would erupt if the trials continued."When a president predicts chaos, that alone is actionable. How does he know Kenyans will again fight," posed Njoya.

Wainaina said Kibaki would, at some point, be required to explain his side of the story over the poll chaos."The Waki Commission was told the National Security Intelligence Service alerted him of the possibility of chaos erupting, but he did nothing. He will be held accountable for what took place," claimed Wainaina.He said Kibaki never shields anyone facing prosecution and that his keen interest on the ‘Ocampo Six’ was telling.

The two, who spoke at a Press conference in Nairobi, said the country would be safer if the hearings continued.They exuded confidence the UN Security Council would not defer the Kenyan cases."Our collective national resources, energies, efforts and goodwill ought to be harnessed and directed towards implementation of the Constitution," said Njoya.They called for civic education to prepare the public to participate in the Constitution implementation that will ensure their total contribution to change in the country.

Kelvin Mwangi,

Nairobi.

NAIROBI:PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA ON MAU RESETTLEMENT

Treasury is sitting on money meant to resettle those who were removed from the Mau Forests Complex, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said today.

Speaking during a funds drive in aid of Tengecha Boys High School in Kapkatet, Buret Constituency, Mr Odinga said the Ministry of Lands had identified parcels of land for resettlement of those who left the Mau and put the amount needed to purchase the land at about Sh3 billion.

The PM said the government then instructed Treasury to get the money and buy the land for a quick resettlement of the residents, but it has not been done.

He said neither the Ministry of Lands nor the Office of the Prime Minister provides funds for government programmes adding that all state projects are funded by Treasury.

He said he feared Treasury was withholding the money for political reasons.
"The Ministry of Lands does not keep money. All that the ministry did was to find the land. Paying for that land so that people can be settled on it is the work of Treasury," the PM said.

Once again, the PM explained that he got involved in the Mau to ensure that the relocation was not as brutal and ruthless as was the case in 2005 when the residents were first removed.
The PM said the removals were going to take place even if he did not get involved but he was concerned about the manner it was done in the past.

The PM had earlier visited the Tengecha Boys School which was partiallay razed down by fire about two weeks ago, to assess the damage.

He donated Sh1 million and another 500 iron sheets for the rehabilitation of the school and to support traders who also lost their goods and shops at Kapkatet Trading Centre in the same tragedy.
The PM called on learning institutions and business premises to take insurance to ensure losses are paid for when accidents occur.

He was accompanied at the functions by Roads Minister Franklin Bett, assistant Minsiters Magerer Langat and Beatrice Kones and MP Joyce Laboso.

ENDS

NAIROBI:ODM STATEMENT ON THE FUTILITY AND DAMAGE BEING DONE BY THE MISGUIDED ANTI-ICC CAMPAIGN

The disjointed, contradictory and legally unsound initiatives that that the PNU part of the government has taken with regard to the International Criminal Court have made our country the laughing stock of the world. These efforts have also trivialized one of the greatest challenges we as Kenyans face today, which is to create genuine reconciliation by providing justice for the unspeakable crimes that were committed in the violence that followed the rigged election outcome.

Instead of much-needed reconciliation, the efforts to subvert the process of justice and the politicization and open ethnicization of the anti-ICC campaign are opening deep fissures among sections of the Kenyan public. This does not bode well for the peace and cooperation that is urgently needed to implement our new Constitution and complete the reforms that alone will bring us all together in a prospering nation.

The epitome of the feeble and misguided campaign to avoid doing justice for the crimes related to post-election violence came on Wednesday, right after Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka's plea for deferral was rebuffed in meetings with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and also United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice. At almost the same moment, the ICC judges issued summons against the Ocampo 6. 

In response to all this, the PNU wing of the government immediately launched yet another ploy to subvert the trials, by challenging  the ICC on the grounds of the "inadmissibility" of the case!

So after months of high-profile shuttle "diplomacy" to convince the international community to defer the cases against the Ocampo 6 for a year - a plea which recognized that the ICC was legitimately involved in the matter - we are now claiming that the ICC has no jurisdiction! How can we ask the Security Council one day that we want to defer the ICC cases for one year, and the very next day claim that the ICC has no jurisdiction over the cases?

In any event, the ICC statutes require that any admissibility "challenge be based on actual national judicial proceedings and prosecutions of the same persons in the same cases." Since this is patently not the case, why even begin on another hazardous and expensive journey that has no chance of succeeding?  This is sheer legal idiocy. The world knows that we have undertaken no investigations whatsoever to determine the culpability of those who organised the deaths of so many Kenyans.

The inadmissibility argument also sharply contradicts what Kenyans have been told are the reasons for the deferral campaign. How can the government seek to have the proceedings deferred under the pretext that it is willing and capable of trying the suspects, when at the same time the government argues that the suspects have no case to answer? The Ocampo 6 are Kenyans, deemed innocent at this moment, and we wish for them a completely free and independent determination of the charges.

In the meantime, undeterred by his failed bid in the high-level United Nations meetings,  Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka went to Washington to see the US Deputy Secretary of State, Mr. James Steinberg, pleading - unsuccessfully again - for a deferral of the ICC cases. In a clear expression of not just disagreement but deep exasperation, a senior State Department official right after that meeting issued a stinging rebuke of the anti-deferral campaign. In effect, the official agreed that the Six should not be presumed guilty until the ICC judicial process is complete. He said the judicial process is itself more important for peace and stability in Kenya than the procrastination of PNU.

We have clearly alienated our international partners with our constantly shifting positions on how we can provide justice to the victims of post election violence. We have repeatedly given solemn commitment to the ICC – and therefore the international community that the ICC represents – to cooperate fully with the Court. But at every turn, we have tried to undercut the court’s work. This campaign is clearly being seen internationally as an attempt to avoid doing justice for the crimes and continue our long history of impunity.

There are other major issues with the approach to the ICC. There is a Cabinet Committee which was formed for this purpose but only its PNU members met to decide on the admissibility argument. This pattern of exclusion of the ODM wing of government has meant that any formal approach to the UN Security Council was doomed from the outset. In addition, full government engagement would have meant that the issue of prosecutions would have been handled to the satisfaction of both Kenyans and the international community.

We have had many ups and downs in our history, but Kenya has somehow managed to always recover and maintain the respect of the world. The one exception was the deeply flawed December 2007 election and subsequent mass killings that took place. These left an indelible stain on our good name and that stain will only be removed once we show to the world that we will find justice for the victims of crimes against humanity and can conduct free and fair elections next year.

Kenya needs to begin to redeem itself from accusations that we are trying to cover up massive crimes against humanity. We must recommit ourselves to the ICC process since we don’t have any semblance of our own criminal justice mechanisms to deal with those major crimes.

The ODM is committed to ensure that justice is done to the victims of post-election violence.

Prof. Peter Anyang Nyongo,

Secretary General.

NAIROBI: PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA TOUR

                                                    Prime Minister Raila Odinga



The Orange Democratic Movement – ODM invites your media house to cover the Party Leader Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga’s tour of Makueni County tomorrow Friday 11 March 2011.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to address a major Public Rally in Wote town of Makueni before proceeding for another rally in Kibwezi town.

Earlier on, the Prime Minister will make several stop overs to acknowledge people’s greetings. The stops will be at Salama, Sultan Hamud, Emali and Matiliku trading centres.

During the tour, the Prime Minister will address issues affecting the region especially government’s plans for the region during this drought season. He will also address the problem of water shortage and what the government is doing to provide clean water for her people.

Ends……

Philip Etale
Director of Communication – ODM.

NAIROBI: ACCUSSING THE PRESS: A VALGAR MEDIA OR A ROTTEN SOCIETY?

Nairobi –based journalist and blogger    Mr. Boniface Manyala

Photos of some men and women allegedly caught "in the act" at Muliro Gardens in Kakamega have been circulating on the internet for some time now. The first set of photos appeared on the social media, namely facebook and blogs last month, and recently another set-that has been described as "Muliro Gardens season two"- have been posted, as expected, on the net and sparked controversy.

During the period, the mainstream media has been cautious not to publish stories or the said pictures, of course to avoid abacklash from the public. What we have read in the papers have simply been single paragraph- sometime single line- comments appearing in the gossip sections of the mainstream newspapers until The Star decided to go "public" about the matter in its Tuesday 8th March.

The move by The Star has drawn condemnation from sections of the public including The Media Council of Kenya which is said to have been "appalled by a story appearing on page 3 of The Star newspaper" stating that "carrying this story in the newspaper offends common decency and family values that we want to believe in as a society."
The MCK accuses The Star "of blatant contravention of a number of articles in the Conduct for the Practice of Journalism in Kenya as entrenched in the Second Schedule of the Media Act 2007."
Kenyans are however of divided opinion regarding the photos and story in the newspaper attributed to "various websites including Walalahoi.ning.com"

Some Kenyans I spoke to thought the media is sometimes wrongly accused "even whenever they expose the rot in our society," says Peninah Nyawira, a communications student at Daystar University. "We can’t sit back and watch-as if nothing is happening- when our society is going to the dogs. We can’t afford to do that. I see nothing wrong in the publication of the said pictures or story after all they have been widely circulated on the internet," says Peninah.

On a google group online discussion forum, Robert Alai set the debate when he asked "The star has published our pictures. It is not bad, but people are asking if it is alright for a family paper to publish such pictures?"
Then the responses began to stream in. Matilda Atieno concurs with Peninah’s argument, "today sex is everywhere. No matter how much you hide it from the kids you will not succeed because the more you keep it from them the more curious they become. They end up looking for it in wrong places and once they learn about it you can never control them. So I say let it out."

While Rose Kagwira says, "I would advice whoever is affected to sue the one who took the photos and explain why they did it at that place. Let these guys come out in public. There is nothing they did that does not happen behind the curtains or on Koinange Street. Whoever feels he or she is holier than them should tell us. If you are sure sex is out of question in your life, then condemn them. Bure kabisa!" she concludes.
But Maurice Oduor shares an opposing view, hear him: "Those photos do not belong in a family newspaper. Whoever made that decision is misguided. I wouldn't want my 13 -year-old daughter or my 16 year-old son to see them."

Another discussant, Papa Likondi makes his contribution in a single line, "that is why I never read newspapers."
But there are those who blame it all the "level of journalism and media reporting in the country," Maryann Wanjiru notes "the standards [of journalism] has dropped to an all time low, can you imagine the real issues that affect Kenyans are not reported adequately for instance the high fuel prices and how it’s affecting a kawaida (common) Kenyan, real, serious and factual issues affecting us are hardly reported. But we get to see pictures of mature adults having sex,"

When the pictures first appeared on the net, Deputy Prime minister and Minister for Local Government Musalia Mudavadi called upon Western Kenya residents to ignore the pornographic photos of individuals allegedly having sex.

Mudavadi is quoted to have told West Fm that Western Kenya residents are "very religious who uphold the moral teachings of Christianity and Islam that abhors such activities in the public." The minister however read mischief in the intention of the photos posted just a few days before Prime Minister Raila Odinga held a rally at the said grounds.

So the question goes, is the press being accused for the rot in society –even when they [press] expose it?

In the Wr!te Direction...

Boniface Manyala

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