Welcome to KCDN

This is KCDN, an Environmental Management, Economic Empowerment and Poverty Eradication Civil Society.

We welcome you to our site. Kindly feel free to share with us your thoughts. Ideas that add value will be appreciated. Ideas that want to make us improve our physical environment will be welcome. And more so, ideas that redirect us from the lost cause will be of immense value.

It is us who will improve the lot of our Environment, our Economy and make Kenya a Clean Country, where People join hands to work for our own Economic Emancipation and where Municipal Solid Waste Management is looked at as a resource, not as waste.

We need to set the standards in this region of the World and become the referral point in how a people can join hands and work for their own Economic Liberation, where waste can be used as raw material and become a source of employment for our people.

Our collective actions will surely make a difference. This is why in partnership with our Key Strategic Partners- The Public Service Transformation Department, the National Environment Management Authority, the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation,other key Ministries, the Local Authorities in Kenya, the Provincial Administration, A Better World, Akiba Uhaki Foundation and other Partners, we are moving deliberately in sensitizing and mobilizing Kenyans to work towards A Clean Kenya where waste is separated at source.

And this is why we are inviting Kenyans to join with us in The Clean Kenya Campaign and be a Member of Kimisho Sacco Society Ltd

Welcome.

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Team Leader & Executive Director,
KCDN, KSSL, KICL & TCKC,
Tel; 0724 365 557,
Email; komarockswatch@yahoo.com, kimishodevelopment@gmail.com
Website; www.kcdnkenya.org.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

We cannot live like this......in Nairobi

Dear Friends,
We cannot live like this in Nairobi.
Just look at the following pictures, I took them this morning, and they are presenting to us the sad scenarios we are living with in Nairobi- 50 Years into our Independence. Nairobi is this dirty at a time many people are jostling for political leadership in Kenya.
This is Muthurwa Bus and Matatu Terminus in Nairobi
We must hold each and every leader to account and demand to know what they did while in office to help address this deplorable situation. And what they intend to do to address this sad scenario. Waste is a huge raw resource and it can create plenty of employment opportunities for many people and help place bread on the table, pay school fee for the children, help pay medical bills and help pay for our rents. But no one cares.
The Political Leaders do not care, and those employed to manage our waste have no clue about Waste Management.
We at The Clean Kenya Campaign will bring you these images daily until the Political Leadership and the Directors of Environment wake up from their slumber.
Muthurwa Bus and Matatu Terminus in Nairobi
Many of our Towns are in such a mess, yet, we have complete Departments of Environment with people who are pretending to be Environmentalists. I want to believe that we are being taken for a ride. Waste and Garbage is such a huge resource when well managed. What many of our Directors of Environment are doing is to shift waste from one point to the next. That has NEVER been Waste Management and it will NEVER be Waste Management. Shifting Waste from one point to another does not need going to school. It only needs a shovel. And ALL of us can use shovels.
Nairobi this morning
In Nairobi, we have a sad scenario where the Department of Environment has contracted 20 Private Garbage Collection Trucks at a monthly cost of Kshs 40 Million, yet, no waste nor garbage is being collected and shifted to the right disposal area.
This is off Landhies Road as you drive into Nairobi CBD
50 Years into our Independence, we still have not adopted the process of Separation of Waste at Source as a Waste Management Tool. Yet, the mandarins running these Departments are busy reading Newspapers in their offices and moving from Conference to Conference. This is not acceptable.
As we campaign for our next set of Political Leaders, let us hold each and every leader to account. We do not want theories and rhetorics. We want action. Lastly, as you view these photos, kindly join with us tomorrow at 8.00am for The Dandora Human Peace Caravan, courtesy of Freedom House, World Vision Kenya, the IEBC, the Provincial Administration and other Partners.
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya. 

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557
The Clean Kenya Campaign is an Initiative of KCDN Kenya
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Courtesy Call on DC Makadara; Kenyans for a Clean General Elections

Dear Friends and Partners,
We hosted our Planning Session for The Mater Kayaba Human Peace Caravan today at the DC's Office in Makadara. After paying a Courtesy Call on the DC, we receded to our Planning Session that was chaired by Mr. AB Mayabi- DO 1 Makadara and attended by Mzee John Odhiambo- DPC Chair Makadara District, CIP Mwakirie Jesse from the Administration Police and Mr. Michael Osir- the Peace Monitor- Makadara, Embakasi and Njiru Districts.
Mzee John Odhiambo- DPC Chair Makadara, Mr. AB Mayabi- DO 1 Makadara, Odhiambo T Oketch, Mr. Suleiman Chege- DC Makadara, CIP Mwakirie Jesse and Mr. Michael Osir- the Peace Monitor- Makadara, Embakasi and Njiru Districts
We agreed that The Mater Kayaba Human Peace Caravan will be flagged off by the DC Makadara on the 13th February 2013 at The Mater Hospital at 8.00am. We will Walk for Peace to Marigoini Chief's Camp, South B Mosque, Aoko Road, DO's Office Hazina, Kayaba and end at Enterprise Road.
We will have three stops where the DC and the Leaders present will invite the residents to keep the Peace, Campaign Peacefully and Vote in Peace come the 4th March 2013 at Marigoini, DO's Office and at Enterprise Road.
You are all invited and the procession will be led by the Administration Police Band and the Traffic Police.
In the meantime, we are almost complete with our logistical issues for The Dandora Human Peace Caravan. We am pushing our Partners for the last minute efforts and we are confident everything will fall in place in time. The DC Njiru will flag off the Caravan at the DO's Office in Dandora, next to the Catholic Church at 8.00am.
We will walk to Total Petrol Station, Komarock Road, James Osogo Road, Dandora Matatu Terminus and then end at Dandora 4 around Awendo Area.
We are also going to have some Special Guests walking for Peace with us in Dandora. We are hence inviting as many Groups and Teams to come out and walk with us.
You are all invited and the procession will be led by the Administration Police Band and the Traffic Police.
Lastly, we have enclosed The TCKC Calender of Events. Kindly look at it and see how best you can be part of this Campaign as we appreciate the following Team members and Partners at The Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign;
  1. A Better World/SOFDI 
  2. The Public Service Transformation Department
  3. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
  4. The Provincial Administration- Nairobi
  5. The City Council of Nairobi
  6. The National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management
  7. The CHF International- Kenya Tuna Uwezo
  8. PeaceNet Kenya
  9. Kituo Cha Sheria
  10. The Kenya Police Service
  11. Administration Police Band
  12. The Traffic Police Department
  13. The World Vision Kenya
  14. Transparency International
  15. Radio Ramogi- Royal Media Services Ltd
  16. Waumini FM
  17. Kiss FM- Radio Africa Group
  18. Citizen TV- The Power Break Fast Show
  19. Freedom House
  20. Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa
  21. Dagoreti District Peace Committee
  22. Kibera Community Justice Centre 
  23. Kariobangi Waste Management Alliance and
  24. The Nation Media Group
  25. The NTV
  26. The Standard Newspapers
  27. The Star
  28. KTN 
  29. Soweto IPA of the World Vision Kenya
  30. The People of Kenya
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya. 

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557
The Clean Kenya Campaign is an Initiative of KCDN Kenya
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Consultative Meeting with DC Westlands

Friends,
In pursuit of The Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign, I paid a Courtesy Call on the DC Westlands Ms Flora N Mworoa and we discussed the logistics of hosting the Waruku Kangemi Human Peace Caravan on the 9th February 2013.

Madam DC will flag off the Walk at Waruku at 8.00am and we will walk into the Waiyaki Highway and end at Kangemi where Leaders present will be invited to preach Peace and Harmony amongst Kenyans. The walk will be led by the Administration Police Band and the Traffic Police outriders and will include several Groups, the Westlands DPC Team and our Partners. The Administration Police Band and the Traffic Police have become Key Partners in the Kenyans for a Clean General Elections.
We all believe in harmony in all we say and do, with the one word on our lips; Peace and Goodwill to all Mankind. We do not want to witness any single Kenyan being killed just because of an Electoral Process that comes only once in 5 years.
We do not want to see any Kenyan being displaced from his home just because of Politics. And we do not want to see property worth Millions of shillings being destroyed just because of Politics. We have a Country to build and a name to protect as we approach 50 Years of our Independence.
We must hence not leave the quest for Peace Building to the moribund National Cohesion and Integrity Commission. We must all join in and be our Brothers keeper. Let us work for solace that springs from work well done and tasks honestly discharged. We are hence inviting the IEBC to be honest with Kenyans and work for the good name of Kenya and the Institution. Let us not be a laughing stock to the World again.
By close of business today, all the 8 Presidential Candidates shall have presented their Nomination Certificates to the IEBC. One good thing I have heard from all of them is the call for Peaceful Campaigns, Peaceful Voting, and Peaceful Celebrations. This message has come from many quarters in Kenya, and this year, as we also celebrate our Silver Jubilee immediately after swearing in our 4th President,
Lastly, we want to appreciate the World Vision Kenya for offering to give us water for the AP Band Members during the Dandora Human Peace Caravan. It has never been easy organizing these events, but I want to keep appreciating the growing list of Friends and Partners in the Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign;
  1. A Better World/SOFDI 
  2. The Public Service Transformation Department
  3. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
  4. The Provincial Administration- Nairobi
  5. The City Council of Nairobi
  6. The National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management
  7. The CHF International- Kenya Tuna Uwezo
  8. PeaceNet Kenya
  9. Kituo Cha Sheria
  10. The Kenya Police Service
  11. Administration Police Band
  12. The Traffic Police Department
  13. The World Vision Kenya
  14. Transparency International
  15. Radio Ramogi- Royal Media Services Ltd
  16. Waumini FM
  17. Kiss FM- Radio Africa Group
  18. Citizen TV- The Power Break Fast Show
  19. Freedom House
  20. Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa
  21. Dagoreti District Peace Committee
  22. Kibera Community Justice Centre 
  23. Kariobangi Waste Management Alliance and
  24. The Nation Media Group
  25. The NTV
  26. The Standard Newspapers
  27. The Star
  28. KTN
  29. The People of Kenya
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya. 

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557
The Clean Kenya Campaign is an Initiative of KCDN Kenya


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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Consultative Forum for The Dandora Human Peace Caravan

Friends,
This morning, the DO Dandora Mr. Kimani Gitau chaired the Consultative and Planning meeting for The Dandora Human Peace Caravan scheduled for the 2nd February 2013 as from 8.00am. We were joined by the DPC Team Members led by their Chairman Mr. Peter Kamau.
The DO Dandora in Suit with Oto and the DPC Members
We reviewed the arrangements we have for the day and the routing.
We agreed to mobilize as many residents of Dandora to come for the Walk for Peace across Dandora. We are informed by the violent electoral circles that we have had since 1992 where after each and every election, some Kenyans get killed, some displaced and yet, property worth Millions of Kenya Shillings get destroyed.
Again, we are informed by the need to have Investor Confidence in our Country. We complain about lack of employment opportunities and yet we are the ones who scare Investors away. Look at what happened in Kisumu which has now triggered Investor Fear in investing in Kisumu.
The end result is unemployment and this will lead to poverty and a rise in petty crime.
The DO Dandora, Oto and the area Chiefs
We are pleased with the support we have continued to receive from our Partners and Friends forming the Kenyans for a Clean General Elections. We have enclosed our Calender of Events which also includes a 7 Days of Peace Activism. Kindly join me in appreciating the following Team Members;
  1. A Better World/SOFDI 
  2. The Public Service Transformation Department
  3. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
  4. The Provincial Administration- Nairobi
  5. The City Council of Nairobi
  6. The National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management
  7. The CHF International- Kenya Tuna Uwezo
  8. PeaceNet Kenya
  9. Kituo Cha Sheria
  10. The Kenya Police Service
  11. Administration Police Band
  12. The Traffic Police Department
  13. The World Vision Kenya
  14. Transparency International
  15. Radio Ramogi- Royal Media Services Ltd
  16. Waumini FM
  17. Kiss FM- Radio Africa Group
  18. Citizen TV- The Power Break Fast Show
  19. Freedom House
  20. Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa
  21. Dagoreti District Peace Committee
  22. Kibera Community Justice Centre 
  23. Kariobangi Waste Management Alliance and
  24. The People of Kenya
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya. 

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557
The Clean Kenya Campaign is an Initiative of KCDN Kenya
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Monday, January 28, 2013

Strategizing for Peace with EISA and Partners

Dear Friends,
I was invited by the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa for a Two Day Convention at the Laico Regency and I found it very refreshing. 
Mr. Felix Odhiambo- the Executive Director of EISA giving his presentation


Dr Aliyu Yahaya and his collegue from the African Union Election Observation Mission to Kenya 2013 Elections.
Dr Yahaya and his Colleagues have been in the Country and they witnessed how bloody and disorganized our Party Primaries were.
Ms Jacqueline Wilson from the United States Institute of Peace giving her presentation
Ms Dorina Bekoe, Dr Stephanie Burchard and their colleagues from the IDA following the precedings
A Group Photo with some of the Participants.
We are elated at The Clean Kenya Campaign that such credible institutions invited us to their Forum to learn more from their experiences.
I want to sincerely thank Mr. Felix Odhiambo for this invitation. Mr. Peter Mbol of TCKC will attend tomorrows session.
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya. 

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557
The Clean Kenya Campaign is an Initiative of KCDN Kenya
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Sunday, January 27, 2013

7 Days of Peace Activism- 25th Feb to 3rd March 2013

Friends,
On the 3rd March 2013, we will host The National Prayers for a Peaceful General Elections at Uhuru Park and we will also issue Certificates of Appreciation to all the Teams that have made Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign.
This will be preceded by 7 Day of Peace Activism starting on the 25th Feb and ending with the Prayer Session on the 3rd March at Uhuru Park and we will visit on a Daily Basis, all the perceived Hot Spot Areas in Nairobi. You are invited to be part of this Great Transformation shaping our attitudes towards each other as One People under God.
Mr. Cornelius Wamalwa- DC Dagoreti addressing residents of Kawangware 56 during the Dagoreti Human Peace Caravan. With him is Oto
These are the Team Members for Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign so far; 
  1. A Better World/SOFDI 
  2. The Public Service Transformation Department
  3. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
  4. The Provincial Administration- Nairobi
  5. The City Council of Nairobi
  6. The National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management
  7. The CHF International- Kenya Tuna Uwezo
  8. PeaceNet Kenya
  9. Kituo Cha Sheria
  10. The Kenya Police Service
  11. Administration Police Band
  12. The Traffic Police Department
  13. The World Vision Kenya
  14. Transparency International
  15. Radio Ramogi- Royal Media Services Ltd
  16. Waumini FM
  17. Kiss FM- Radio Africa Group
  18. Citizen TV- The Power Break Fast Show
  19. Freedom House
  20. Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa
  21. Dagoreti District Peace Committee
  22. Kibera Community Justice Centre 
  23. Kariobangi Waste Management Alliance and
  24. The People of Kenya
Mr. Stanslaus Alusiola of Kibera Community Justice Centre and Kituo Cha Sheria addresses the residents of Kawangware during the Dagoreti Human Peace Caravan
This Campaign has not been easy. Tomorrow we are heading to Dandora at 10am for a Consultative and Planning Forum for the Dandora Human Peace Caravan scheduled for 2nd Feb, and then at 2pm, we will pay a Courtesy Call on DC Westlands for the same. The Kangemi Human Peace Caravan will be on the 9th Feb.
This is our Revised Programme that also indicates what we have done, Courtesy of the Friends and Partners at The Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign;

.  5th January 2013; Mathare in Starehe- Hosted
·  12th January 2013; Highrise in Langata- Hosted

·  16th January 2013; Kariobangi -Kasarani- Hosted
.  16th January 2013; Voter Education Launch at Dandora Sports Groun- Hosted
.  17th January 2013; Hosted at Radio Ramogi at 8.00am- Hosted
.  18th January 2013; Hosted at Radio Waumini at 10.00am for a Programme that will air at 7.30pm today.- Hosted

·  19th January 2013; Mathare Human Peace Caravan- Hosted
.  19th January 2013; Kongowea Clean-up Campaign- Hosted
.  19th January 2013; in the US; President Barack Obama joins in the National Day of Service- Hosted
.  19th January 2013; Kibabii DTTC Red Cross joins in cleaning Bungoma District Hospital- Hosted

·  21st January 2013; Courtesy Call on the DC Dagoreti- Hosted
.  24th January 2013; Planning Session with various Groups at Dagoreti.- Hosted

.  24th January 2013; A Meeting with the Director- Administration Police Band at 2.00pm- Hosted

.  26th January 2013; Dagoreti Human Peace Caravan- Hosted

·  29th January 2013; Consultative and Planning Session with DO and Team- Kariobangi 
.  29th January 2013; Consultative and Planning Session with DC and Team- Westlands
.  31st January 2013; Consultative and Planning Session with DC and Team- Makadara
.  2nd February 2013; The Dandora Human Peace Caravan- Embakasi

·  9th February 2013; The Kangemi Human Peace Caravan- Westlands
.  11th February 2013; Consultative and Planning Session with DC and Team- Kisumu

·  13th February 2013; Makadara

·  16th February 2013; Kisumu
.  19th February 2013; Consultative and Planning Session with DC and Team- Kamukunji

·  23rd February 2013; Kamukunji
On the 25th February 2013, we will launch 7 Days of Peace Activism in Nairobi and this will be our Programme;
  1. 25th February 2013; Kayole Soweto
  2. 26th February 2013; Kariobangi North 
  3. 27th February 2013; Kibera
  4. 28th February 2013; Embakasi Village
  5. 29th February 2013; Mathare 
  6. 2nd February 2013; Kiambio 
  7. 3rd March 2013; National Prayers for a Clean and Peaceful General Elections at Uhuru Park
Edgar and the Young Volunteers for the Environment with, Mr. Njoroge Nyagah of Freedom House and Oto after the Dagoreti Human Peace Caravan
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya. 

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557
The Clean Kenya Campaign is an Initiative of KCDN Kenya
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