Friends,
Today was one hectic day.
It all started yesterday when I was hosted at Radio Mayienga as from 5pm to 7pm on matters development and economy.
It then stretched to today when I gave a presentation at the Devolution Workshop at Internews in Nairobi, then ended the day in a closed door discussion with Officers from the Kenya Commercial Bank.
Dr Ekuru Aukot giving his presentation during the Devolution Workshop at Internews in Nairobi. He is flanked by Odhiambo T Oketch
We all take things so casually as a people. Parliament has been on a war path with the Senate over matters so pedestrian, at a time the Governors are also engaged in supremacy wars with the County Commissioners.
The Court of Appeal recently saved the County Commissioners and now, their place in Governance has been cemented. As the Governors jostle for control of 15% of the National Budget, the County Commissioners are controlling the 85%. Any reasonable Governor would quickly develop a working relationship with the County Commissioners to enable them access the 85% National Budget.
Not that we must boot lick, but we must work smart. There is absolutely no reason why we must work towards a 1964 scenario, where Devolution ran into some deliberate brick wall. We must be smart and be able to see that we are being shepherded towards the same scenario and avoid the pitfalls.
Group Photo after the Devolution Workshop at Internews today.
As a people, we must interrogate how Devolution is working for us. All the Governors have been in office for almost 90 days and we must start asking the hard questions. Are they living to the promises of their campaign manifestos or, were we taken for the normal high goose chase?
These are the questions we must ask. This is why I looked at the Inaugural Speech of Dr Evans Kidero and decided to use that as my pitch during the Devolution Forum with the Journalist. Talking to Journalists is always a delicate act. These are highly trained individuals who might ask you a question that might appear so harmless, yet, it is so loaded. These are rare breeds who can make or break a situation.
We must join hands with our Journalist to start interrogating the Promise of Devolution across Kenya. We must start holding our Governors to account, based on their pledges as they criss-crossed our Country in search of our votes.
A Meeting with Officers from the Kenya Commercial Bank this afternoon
We at The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC will do our part and we are inviting all of us to also do our part. Devolution is under threat and we as a people must join hands and ensure that it works for us.
We have given the Governors enough time to settle down in to office, and we will soon be re-launching The Monthly Clean-up Campaigns across Kenya. We are relaunching in Nairobi on the 29th June and in Kisumu on the 6th July.
We want to invite Kenyans to join hands as we all work for a Clean Country. To effect the Promise of Devolution, we must take this as our personal responsibility as a people. We are keen in ensuring that the process of Separation of Waste at Source is inculcated in our National psyche as a People.
As usual, we never give a promise on what we can never achieve. The Honeymoon Period is up for our Governors and soon, we must start separating Boys from Men- for they are all male.
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Team Leader and Executive Director,
KCDN, KSSL, KICL,
Tel; +254 724 365 557,
Email; kimishodevelopment@gmail.com, komarockswatch@yahoo.com
BlogSpot; http:kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
Today was one hectic day.
It all started yesterday when I was hosted at Radio Mayienga as from 5pm to 7pm on matters development and economy.
It then stretched to today when I gave a presentation at the Devolution Workshop at Internews in Nairobi, then ended the day in a closed door discussion with Officers from the Kenya Commercial Bank.
Dr Ekuru Aukot giving his presentation during the Devolution Workshop at Internews in Nairobi. He is flanked by Odhiambo T Oketch We all take things so casually as a people. Parliament has been on a war path with the Senate over matters so pedestrian, at a time the Governors are also engaged in supremacy wars with the County Commissioners.
The Court of Appeal recently saved the County Commissioners and now, their place in Governance has been cemented. As the Governors jostle for control of 15% of the National Budget, the County Commissioners are controlling the 85%. Any reasonable Governor would quickly develop a working relationship with the County Commissioners to enable them access the 85% National Budget.
Not that we must boot lick, but we must work smart. There is absolutely no reason why we must work towards a 1964 scenario, where Devolution ran into some deliberate brick wall. We must be smart and be able to see that we are being shepherded towards the same scenario and avoid the pitfalls.
Group Photo after the Devolution Workshop at Internews today. As a people, we must interrogate how Devolution is working for us. All the Governors have been in office for almost 90 days and we must start asking the hard questions. Are they living to the promises of their campaign manifestos or, were we taken for the normal high goose chase?
These are the questions we must ask. This is why I looked at the Inaugural Speech of Dr Evans Kidero and decided to use that as my pitch during the Devolution Forum with the Journalist. Talking to Journalists is always a delicate act. These are highly trained individuals who might ask you a question that might appear so harmless, yet, it is so loaded. These are rare breeds who can make or break a situation.
We must join hands with our Journalist to start interrogating the Promise of Devolution across Kenya. We must start holding our Governors to account, based on their pledges as they criss-crossed our Country in search of our votes.
A Meeting with Officers from the Kenya Commercial Bank this afternoon We at The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC will do our part and we are inviting all of us to also do our part. Devolution is under threat and we as a people must join hands and ensure that it works for us.
We have given the Governors enough time to settle down in to office, and we will soon be re-launching The Monthly Clean-up Campaigns across Kenya. We are relaunching in Nairobi on the 29th June and in Kisumu on the 6th July.
We want to invite Kenyans to join hands as we all work for a Clean Country. To effect the Promise of Devolution, we must take this as our personal responsibility as a people. We are keen in ensuring that the process of Separation of Waste at Source is inculcated in our National psyche as a People.
As usual, we never give a promise on what we can never achieve. The Honeymoon Period is up for our Governors and soon, we must start separating Boys from Men- for they are all male.
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Team Leader and Executive Director,
KCDN, KSSL, KICL,
Tel; +254 724 365 557,
Email; kimishodevelopment@gmail.com, komarockswatch@yahoo.com
BlogSpot; http:kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
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