Friends,
Africa has been told to create jobs for youth in the on going 3rd Africa Governance, Leadership and Management Convention at some hotel in Mombasa.
In making the call, Mr. Donald Kebaruka- President of the African Development Bank noted that the rapidly increasing youth population in Africa is a time bomb which the continent must unite to address. He said the youth population may degenerate into a crisis and noted that the African countries have failed to address the issue of job creation for the youth making them readily available to cause mayhem whenever political conflicts arise.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his part said- what is ailing the continent is lack of opportunities for the youths we have and the song went on. And he has been a President in Africa.
I want to disagree.
This is the 3rd Round of the Convention and I want to ask, what are the Practical Steps that have been initiated to mitigate our situation based on the first two Rounds of the Convention? Has it become fashionable to come to Mombasa for an Annual Retreat and talk about these issues that we all know and do nothing about them.
This is Nairobi. We do not need a Rocket Scientist to tell us that doing this is wrong. We only need leadership and commitment
I would be convinced that there is seriousness in the talks only when Time Lines are developed to address the issues raised. But talking in abstract without detailing what next does not and will not move Africa out of the predicaments that we have been saddled with since Independence. We need to see Action and Commitment.
African Leaders and Professionals have been talking ever since. If talks were to win us any medals, Africa could win all the Olympic Gold Medals which Kenya is currently starving of. We must move out of this situation.
The problem has never been the youth of Africa. The problem has always been the leadership in Africa.
Take a walk with me down memory lane. How rich was Africa at the times our various countries achieved Independence? How rich is Africa now?
Then, how rich were the African Leaders at Independence? And how rich are they now?
The problem lies there. African Leaders have failed the African Youths and they have failed Africa as a Continent. They have engaged in a useless rush to loot Africa at the expense of Development. I get mad when someone I have given my vote to lead me turns to loot my sweat and then engages me in endless advice on Leadership, Governance and Management, yet, he is the epitome of the glaring failures he is talking about.
Take the situation of Garbage and Waste in Africa. How come Africa is the only DIRTY Continent in the World? What do other World Leaders know that African Leaders dont? And yet, the African Leaders knows it all.
He is very good at attending Conferences and Conventions where he engages in rhetorics that he does not believe in. He develops very good Policy Papers and promptly shelves the same. It is sad that Policies that have been developed in Africa are being used progressively elsewhere in the World for the good of those people.
Our Policies are generating employment opportunities elsewhere.
Our Policies are putting bread on the tables of Youths elsewhere in the World.
Our Policies have revolutionized the sugar industry in Brazil.
Our IT Gurus turned Rwanda around as we sleep.
And our Policies are driving the economic take offs of several Nations across the World.
The 3rd Africa Governance, Leadership and Management Convention must come up with Practical Steps and Action Lines to mitigate the key areas they have developed as our shortcomings. We must end this culture of conferencing all the times. But if we must conference, we must develop a follow-up mechanism that will actualize what we were conferencing about.
It is with this in mind that even as The Clean Kenya Campaign and our Partners are planning for The 2nd Consultative Forum on Waste Management at the KICC on the 28th August 2012, our focus is on the Practical Steps we must all take to initiate the Piloting Process of Separation of Waste at Source.
Managing waste and garbage is not rocket science like some Public Servants wants us to believe. There is technology that can sort the waste easily and the good thing is, we are not re-inventing the wheels. These are things that have been successfully implemented across the World.
And in Africa, we have case studies, people who are not conferencing as much as we are, but people who are engaging resources to help achieve Clean Cities as they create more employment opportunities for their people.
The Port City of Asmara in Eritrea, Mwanza in Tanzania and Kigali in Rwanda are neighbouring Cities that are achieving Zero Tolerance to Garbage and Waste as we in Kenya are still struggling with things that make investment in Waste Management cumbersome. We are turning investors away at a time our President and Prime Minister are busy wooing International Investors to Kenya.
We are developing road blocks to issues that can turn Kenya around.
However, all is not lost. A New Team of Technocrats in Government have decided to move the wheels and turn Kenya around. We at The Clean Kenya Campaign are appreciative of this Team and their Partnership.This is why today we are celebrating the following Institutions and Officers;
The die is cast and all are being invited to join in The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC.
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya as a Transformative Deliverable for Kenya as we turn 50.
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
Email; komarockswatch@yahoo.com
Blogspot; http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
Website; www.kcdnkenya.org
Facebook; Odhiambo T Oketch
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Africa has been told to create jobs for youth in the on going 3rd Africa Governance, Leadership and Management Convention at some hotel in Mombasa.
In making the call, Mr. Donald Kebaruka- President of the African Development Bank noted that the rapidly increasing youth population in Africa is a time bomb which the continent must unite to address. He said the youth population may degenerate into a crisis and noted that the African countries have failed to address the issue of job creation for the youth making them readily available to cause mayhem whenever political conflicts arise.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his part said- what is ailing the continent is lack of opportunities for the youths we have and the song went on. And he has been a President in Africa.
I want to disagree.
This is the 3rd Round of the Convention and I want to ask, what are the Practical Steps that have been initiated to mitigate our situation based on the first two Rounds of the Convention? Has it become fashionable to come to Mombasa for an Annual Retreat and talk about these issues that we all know and do nothing about them.
This is Nairobi. We do not need a Rocket Scientist to tell us that doing this is wrong. We only need leadership and commitment I would be convinced that there is seriousness in the talks only when Time Lines are developed to address the issues raised. But talking in abstract without detailing what next does not and will not move Africa out of the predicaments that we have been saddled with since Independence. We need to see Action and Commitment.
African Leaders and Professionals have been talking ever since. If talks were to win us any medals, Africa could win all the Olympic Gold Medals which Kenya is currently starving of. We must move out of this situation.
The problem has never been the youth of Africa. The problem has always been the leadership in Africa.
Take a walk with me down memory lane. How rich was Africa at the times our various countries achieved Independence? How rich is Africa now?
Then, how rich were the African Leaders at Independence? And how rich are they now?
The problem lies there. African Leaders have failed the African Youths and they have failed Africa as a Continent. They have engaged in a useless rush to loot Africa at the expense of Development. I get mad when someone I have given my vote to lead me turns to loot my sweat and then engages me in endless advice on Leadership, Governance and Management, yet, he is the epitome of the glaring failures he is talking about.
Take the situation of Garbage and Waste in Africa. How come Africa is the only DIRTY Continent in the World? What do other World Leaders know that African Leaders dont? And yet, the African Leaders knows it all.
He is very good at attending Conferences and Conventions where he engages in rhetorics that he does not believe in. He develops very good Policy Papers and promptly shelves the same. It is sad that Policies that have been developed in Africa are being used progressively elsewhere in the World for the good of those people.
Our Policies are generating employment opportunities elsewhere.
Our Policies are putting bread on the tables of Youths elsewhere in the World.
Our Policies have revolutionized the sugar industry in Brazil.
Our IT Gurus turned Rwanda around as we sleep.
And our Policies are driving the economic take offs of several Nations across the World.
The 3rd Africa Governance, Leadership and Management Convention must come up with Practical Steps and Action Lines to mitigate the key areas they have developed as our shortcomings. We must end this culture of conferencing all the times. But if we must conference, we must develop a follow-up mechanism that will actualize what we were conferencing about.
It is with this in mind that even as The Clean Kenya Campaign and our Partners are planning for The 2nd Consultative Forum on Waste Management at the KICC on the 28th August 2012, our focus is on the Practical Steps we must all take to initiate the Piloting Process of Separation of Waste at Source.
Managing waste and garbage is not rocket science like some Public Servants wants us to believe. There is technology that can sort the waste easily and the good thing is, we are not re-inventing the wheels. These are things that have been successfully implemented across the World.
And in Africa, we have case studies, people who are not conferencing as much as we are, but people who are engaging resources to help achieve Clean Cities as they create more employment opportunities for their people.
The Port City of Asmara in Eritrea, Mwanza in Tanzania and Kigali in Rwanda are neighbouring Cities that are achieving Zero Tolerance to Garbage and Waste as we in Kenya are still struggling with things that make investment in Waste Management cumbersome. We are turning investors away at a time our President and Prime Minister are busy wooing International Investors to Kenya.
We are developing road blocks to issues that can turn Kenya around.
However, all is not lost. A New Team of Technocrats in Government have decided to move the wheels and turn Kenya around. We at The Clean Kenya Campaign are appreciative of this Team and their Partnership.This is why today we are celebrating the following Institutions and Officers;
- His Excellency Mwai Kibaki- President of the Republic of Kenya- For leading this Great Transformation taking place in Kenya.
- The Rt Hon Raila Amolo Odinga- Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya- For co-leading this Great Transformation taking place in Kenya.
- Mr. Emmanuel Lubembe- Public Service Transformation Department at the Office of the Prime Minister.
- Mr. Titus Simiyu- The Provincial Director of Environment in Nairobi, together with Ms Anne Theuri in his office.
- Prof Karega Mutahi- Permanent Secretary Ministry of Local Government
- Mr. Ali D Mohammed- Permanent Secretary Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, together with Dr Alice Kaudia- the Environment Secretary.
- Arch Philip Sika- Permanent Secretary Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development, together with Mr. Peter Kibinda- Director Environment and Policy.
- Mr. Mark Bor- Permanent Secretary Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, together with Dr Kepha Ombacho- Chief Public Health Officer.
- Prof George Godia- Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education
- Mr. Andrew Mondoh- Permanent Secretary Ministry of State for Special Programmes
- Mr. Roba Duba- Town Clerk City Council of Nairobi
- Mr. Tubman Otieno- Town Clerk Municipal Council of Mombasa
- Mr. Chris Rusana- Town Clerk Municipal Council of Kisumu. We must also appreciate the proactive support of His Worship the Mayor of Kisumu Cllr Sam Okello and the Director of Environment Mr. John Sande.
- Mr. Stanislas Ondimu- Town Clerk Municipal Council of Eldoret and His Worship the Mayor Cllr William Rono.
- Ms Brigitte Frey- A Better World
The die is cast and all are being invited to join in The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC.
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya as a Transformative Deliverable for Kenya as we turn 50.
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557Email; komarockswatch@yahoo.com
Blogspot; http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
Website; www.kcdnkenya.org
Facebook; Odhiambo T Oketch
Facebook; Monthly Nationwide Clean up Campaign
Mailing Group; friendsofkcdn@yahoogroups.com
The Clean Kenya Campaign is an Initiative of The KCDN Kenya.
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