Unalea mtoto vizuri; he's hitting all milestones vizuri, then at month 5 anapata 1 second-3 second convulsions, Unaenda kwa paediatrician you pay 3k; She says it's an emergency and you need to book a Neurologist for 4k, you do it. The Neurologist sends you to do an EEG-
@edwinsifuna once you are in @StateHouseKenya kindly ensure the the judiciary is empowered and these guys @AnneWaiguru are prosecuted and convicted. Calling people poor yet they stole billions to get to where they are now such a shame.
Jacaranda Bunge la Mwananchi leader Kennedy Songa Songa prepares TUTAM proponents and Ruto supporters who will be ferried by school buses to Nairobi Jacaranda grounds' ODM rally for any eventualities.
This is so caring 😂😂😂
Nairobi is WANTAM!
@babu_na_sababu@sam_profesa
Lessons from Brazil & Serbia Elections
Brazil has 130 million registered voters. They went to elect their President yesterday & the results were out immediately polls closed! No other country in the world does what Brazil does. President Lula, 80, was re-elected for record 4th time. His campaign recommitment is to end Corruption, Impunity & Militias (goons). And Lula kept his previous election promises.
In Serbia, university students formed only two months ago, its political party called Studentska lista (student List). The students in yesterday’s elections, defeated the party of strongman Vucic that was formed 18 years ago! There are indications the students will choose their university professor, Srdanovic to be the new leader of Serbia.
Therefore, winning elections isn’t about the age of the Party or of the Party’s Presidential candidate. It is, who resonates with the voters!
Remember that one-term US Senator who became President of the great United States of America at 47 years of age, as a young, fresh-faced lawyer thought by many to be “inexperienced?” I was looking at his Senate record. It says he sponsored 148 bills, two of which became law. But if you thought the similarities between Obama and Sifuna are already uncanny, you should see some of the bills Obama sponsored (or cosponsored with other Senators). Take a look at just three;
1. The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act 2006 – the object of which was to create a public database tracking federal grants, contracts, loans and financial assistance to reduce government waste, arrest opacity of financial transactions and stem fraud.
2. Democratic Republic of Congo Relief, Security and Democracy Promotion Act – the first federal law geared towards promoting peace, democracy and accountability following human rights abuses in the DRC.
3. Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act 2008 – which was aimed at tightening oversight and improving data quality of federal spending disclosures.
They sound exactly like what Sifuna would do or has done in the Kenyan Senate.
In Kenya, the process of sponsoring a bill is so difficult that most MPs actually leave without a single bill to their name. But the one-term Senator has already sponsored several, two of which have successfully gone through the Senate.
1. The Energy (Amendment) Bill, Senate Bills No. 42 of 2023 – the objective of which is to increase transparency in energy purchase agreements and lower the cost of electricity, by among others, disclosing details of energy purchase agreements, making such agreements subject to Article 201 of the constitution on accountability and public participation, as well as publishing the names of beneficial owners of independent power producers contracted by the state.
2. Sports (Amendment) Bill, Senate Bills No. 33 of 2024 – creates a ring-fenced County Sports Association Fund, to which every county government is compelled to remit at least 1% of all revenue, in order to grow grassroots sports and enhance their capacity to empower the youth.
Proposed Bills (including bills retired to support those by other leaders serving similar interests);
3. Office of the County Printer Bill – intended to remove the reliance on the central Government Printer in Nairobi and give independence to county printer.
4. Basic Education (Amendment) Bill – intended to recognise informal educational institutions (APBET schools) in poor neighbourhoods, to align them with government capitation and support. Bill paused in support of a similar one by a Member of the National Assembly.
5. Police Integrity and Accountability Bill – proposed to enhance police evidence gathering and storage systems, record the treatment of suspects and create accountability for police actions in the field (to forestall cases like Albert Ojwang’s).
Besides these, Senator Sifuna has proposed pro-people amendments to nearly every bill that has come to the floor.
Now, let’s look at the other tools available to a Senator, including Motions, Petitions, Request for Statements and CS Questions. To compile a full list of what Sifuna has done using these tools would require two days of typing, but among the key issues he has prosecuted through these platforms are;
1. Restoration of grabbed public lands, among them the Tom Mboya Social Hall, Martin Luther Primary School, Kimathi Primary School and Visa Oshwal. Others are on course, like the grabbing of the College of Insurance land in South C.
2. At least six items touching solely on the welfare and wellbeing of police officers, including promotions, salaries, living conditions and deployment modalities.
3. At least four submissions on the welfare of staff, farmers, retirees and suppliers contracted to the struggling sugar companies in Nyanza and Western.
4. Motion to investigate and remedy congestion and dilapidated infrastructure in boarding schools across the country.
5. At least five submissions touching on the destruction of Kenya’s forests, water towers and other natural resources, including Mount Elgon National Park, the Nairobi National Park, Karura Forest, Ngong Forest and Uhuru Park.
6. An audit of the Kenyan mining sector, to address illegalities and human rights abuses in mines in the country.
7. Petition over Kenyans illegally recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
8. Petition on the eviction of the Single Mothers Association of Kenya (SMAK) from their premises in Ziwani, Nairobi.
9. Medical cover challenges of both teachers and police officers.
10. The welfare of refugees dwelling in Kenya.
11. Water shortages in Taita Taveta County.
12. Status of several roads in the country.
13. The operational state of universities in the country.
14. The unfair labour practices and working conditions of staff of major supermarket chains in the country.
15. Electricity supply crises in many parts of the country.
16. The kidnap, deportation or torture of prominent Kenyans visiting the EAC bloc.
17. The dangerous rise of a goon culture facilitated by state apparatus.
18. Working conditions, pay and kitting of health workers, including nurses and community health promoters.
19. The welfare of sportspeople, encompassing all sports in the country.
20. The state of stalled projects and pending bills in Nairobi County.
Additional to these are the publicly-visible oversight duties by Sifuna in the County Public Accounts Committee, which became legendary over fears by Governors with audit queries to appear before it while Sifuna was a member.
Then of course there are his oversight blitzes over Nairobi health facilities, the Dishi na County project, the county’s disaster management systems and county expenditure systems. The success rate of his Senate pursuits, by my assessment, stands at about 94%.
Even with this heavily summarised list, you can see that there is no Senator, since 2013, whose works have touched such a diverse population of Kenyans, and who has gone out of his way to push pro-people agenda like Sifuna has done.
@makaumutua wouldn’t know, because while Sifuna was standing between police bullets and Kenyan youths to protect them from harm at Parliament buildings, Makau was recording Baba’s whereabouts for the state to track the enigma.
We will be back soon with the ODM version of Sifuna’s achievements.
@MaryK2022 Wacha amalize kila kitu, he should destroy everything tubaki with nothing, may be then akili zetu zitaamka.. some of us wamezembea na kulala kama maziwa mala.. Kasongo is doing what they elected him to do.. kill, steal and destroy..