ACCOUNTABILITY STATEMENT - Jaluo



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ACCOUNTABILITY STATEMENT

JUST 10% OF WHAT THE KIBAKI GOVERNMENT HAS DONE

• Over 7.6 million children are currently enjoying primary education countrywide because of President Kibaki’s policy of Free Primary Education. True – but this was Narc’s initial pledge in the manifesto—not Kibaki’s brainchild eureka afterthought.

• More empowerment for Communities; Money goes to the grassroots. CDF –Agreed! Very good parliamentary initiative—So Kibaki moved the motion to establish CDF personally in parliament? I can’t remember

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o Over Ksh. 60 million transferred to each constituency annually

▪ Constituency Development Fund (CDF)

▪ Constituency Bursary Fund

▪ Constituency Roads Fund

▪ Constituency Aids Fund

▪ Local Authorities Transfer Fund (Latf)

• Better and affordable health care:

o Now Kenyans get free malaria and TB treatment in all public health facilities.

o Children under five years receive free medical attention

o Government gives 6 million treated mosquito nets free to wananchi. Please check again--this was actually 3.4 million nets sponsored by the Global Fund & Kenya like other countries was a beneficiary. See

o HIV/Aids patients get free ARV’s

o 1,000 new dispensaries and health clinics built—Where & by which fund? Please be specific

o Hospital management streamlined- Please be specific

o Medicines now available in all public health centres across the country –Confirmed? Do you have satellite inventory information?

o ALL health centres countrywide receive Ksh.180, 000 and dispensaries Ksh.240, 000 for rehabilitation…Have you been to Donyo Sabuk, Kyeleni Health Centre recently?

• Water for life

o Over 500 boreholes drilled across the country—please enumerate where & under what budget item—Ministry of Water or CDF…if so refer to CDF point above.

o Over 600 dams completed-- Exact geographical locations? How many more to go?

o Over 230 water schemes completed countrywide—See comment above.

o Water boards formed to ensure equitable supply of water

o Piped water to be brought to all villages— How many villages? Which department is implementing this project and at what cost? please also include timelines.

• Kenya’s annual economic growth recovers from 0.3 % in 2002 to 5.8 % in 2006

o Tax collection increases drastically – towards self reliance; Kulipa ushuru, ni kujitegemea! Tax collection & efficient utilization are not synonymous

o Vision 2030 launched –Kenya is on the path to First World status—OK. But is this a comment?

• Lighting up Kenya: Electricity now in every constituency & towns Pease clarify this if there is supportive data.

o Over 160 rural electrification projects in 58 districts completed—Is data available? Please include.

o All schools, colleges, village polytechnics, community health centres, markets, and administrative centres to be supplied with electricity. Please quote results only not plans. If you have to include this –include specific timelines. Remember constitution in 100 days? Now close to 1,600 days?

o 1208 projects in 191 constituencies, 418 trading centres, 288 secondary schools,107 health centres,43 water projects,39 coffee factories,13 tea buying centre and 13 police stations will be completed by June 30th, 2007 at a cost of over Ksh.7 billion. OK, need more details

o A further 324 rural electrification schemes in 162 constituencies will be completed by December, 2007 at a cost of over Ksh.2 billlion. √

o 63 schools in ASAL areas benefit from solar generated power at a cost of Ksh.178 million. √

o Ksh.67 million for Mukuru, Mathare, Kayole, Kangemi and Kamukunji electrification. By when?

o No more power rationing as a result of diversification of power sources. OK. Is this confirmed?

o New energy law to make electricity available to all. What does the law say? And how relevant is this to someone in Turkana or Suba? Remember the word all is very binding.

• Agriculture revived hence more money for the farmer

o Prices of dairy milk grow from Ksh. 7 in 2002, to Ksh. 18 per litre, today. √ OK. What about vis-à-vis consumer price and inflation cost?

o Maize prices rise from Ksh. 600 in 2002 to Ksh.1,350 per 90kg bag now. √

o Coffee prices up from Ksh. 1 in 2002 to Ksh.35 per kg now (over 1000 per cent turnaround) √

o Sugar cane farmers paid on time--- ‘paid on time?’

o Cotton farming revived --Why the ambiguity in these two? We need exact details as the other 3 above—otherwise is paying on time akin to ‘more money for the farmer’ as in the other regions?

o Kenya becomes the third largest tea producer in the world-Was this measured against government objective-to-achieve benchmark? Where was Kenya ranked in 2002?

o Livestock farming made profitable – over 12,000 beef cattle and over 10,000 heads of goats exported to the Middle East and Rwanda----OK. But please be specific

o Ksh. 322 million: the money Kenya has earned from livestock products exports so far √ ( An improvement from what?)

o Ksh. 20 million: the amount the Kibaki government has used to revive the Garissa investigation laboratory for livestock disease control. North Eastern and Coast Provinces main beneficiaries. Please use output measure as opposed to input investment level. This may be relative to the task and objective at hand!

o Ksh. 5 billion earned from fishing in 2006 alone. How have the fish farmers benefited..Is it to the grassroots or to middlemen.

o AFC loans/grants offered to farmers---Exact details required? How much –how many farmers etc.

o Many many more improvements---Please expound on this. Use additional writing paper if required.

• Irrigation schemes rehabilitated—OK. Are these all now operational? At what cost? serving how many farmers or livelihoods?

o Ahero and Bunyala Rice schemes

o Mwea, West Kano and Pekera

o Bura, Hola and many more ongoing –please use more paper if required

• Hundreds of industries, factories revived and jobs created:

o Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC)

o Kenya Meat Commission (KMC)

o Mumias Sugar Company,--EVANS KIDERO—was appointed by Kibaki?

o Kenya Seed Company, and many more now back to operation

• Motivated and efficient Public service

o Better pay for teachers and civil Servants. Any feedback reports done yet?

o No more delayed salaries. √

o Public service reforms ongoing –How many public institutions targeted & those fully reformed—Please is the evaluation assessment update report

o Performance contracting increases efficiency-Show measurable results

o Rapid Results Approach (RRA) yields faster implementation of projects for wananchi—Any details or reference examples?

o 200% increase in pension benefits; retirement no longer a nightmare—Details please.

• Over 100 stalled government projects (white elephants) completed. For example,

o NYS headquarters on Thika Road, √

o Nyanza Provincial Headquarters –To be completed by when? To accommodate how many offices –include details

o Makueni District Headquarters and many others—please use more paper if required

• All Kenyans now benefit from government resources

o President Kibaki has allocated Ksh. 10.7 billion for the affirmative action plan for North Eastern Province as well as Moyale, Isiolo and Marsabit districts. Outline masterplan of spending the above allocation if this is to be included in this report

o Special economic plan launched for Coast Province—Any attachment? Where is the document supporting this—What are the indicator targets?

o Distribution of resources based on population and affirmative action to guarantee development of previously

neglected regions. Enumerate specific actions planned.

o Equality ensured in distribution of national wealth—What does ‘ensured’ mean? Remember last road budget allocations?

• Youth recognised and empowered

o More investments mean more jobs for the youth—Use data or detailed projections to support hypothesis

o Kibaki creates Ministry of Youth Affairs. OK

o Ksh.1 billion youth enterprise fund set up, employment opportunities created—How many jobs? Include target reach & economic impact projections

o National Youth Policy passed by parliament √ (how is the enactment planned?)

• Women empowerment

o Women guaranteed at least a third of all public employment opportunities ---Please include data to support this.

o Gender Commission created √ Include mandate & responsibilities and action plan launched

o Maendeleo Ya Wanawake leaders to participate directly in all development committees at the local and national levels

o Mothers & children recognized as key players in development—Please elaborate statement

o Free treatment to children under 5 years old.—Supported by which policy? Please attach.

• Better roads

o Over 40,000 Kms of roads maintained—which parts of the country? Include data.

o Over 1,006 Kms tarmacked among them Kisii-Chemosit, Olenguruone-Kiptagich,Sultan-Hamud-Mtito-Andei,etc—enumerate all

o 35 major roads projects going on in various parts of the country among them Maahi Mahiu-Naivasha-Lanet, Maji ya Chumvi-Miritini and Machakos Turn off-Machakos Town.

o Feeder roads constructed—Data please

• Safer roads due to sanity in the transport sector

o Seat belts, speed governors and other public transport reforms improve the sector √

o Law and order on our roads restored—Expound on this—traffic corruption part of law & order mentioned?

o Matatu operations streamlined √

• Airports and airstrips upgraded. For example,

o Kisumu Airport gets Ksh.2.6 billion facelift, NOW fish will be able to reach the market faster and Kisumu city will be Lake Victoria’s hub √

o Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) being refurbished at Ksh.9billion √

o Moi International Airport Mombasa upgraded at Ksh. 200million √

o Garissa, Malindi airports and many others being redone countrywide –Include cost if possible and projected status

• Land Grabbing - corruption reduced by 30%--supportive data?

o A comprehensive National Land Policy drafted –Please attach. What is the plan for implementation?

o Ksh.400million set aside to resettle squatters and victims of tribal clashes. To target which regions? Does this include the war torn Rift-Valley? Please be specific.

o Title deeds issued to Coast Provinces’ landless communities—How many benefited? How many more to be targeted?

o The problem of absentee landlords being tackled—Include only when exercise is complete or attach implementation plan

• It’s a freer Kenya

o Now all Kenyans enjoy their human rights without fear—Is this from the KNCHR Report or latest survey? Please explain

o No more torture. No more political prisoners OK. See above comment.

o Nyayo house torture chambers formally closed √

o No more politically instigated expulsions in public universities—Please avoid using this as a benchmark.

o Living conditions for prisoners and prisons staff uplifted.OK, if enacted across all prison establishments. Any qualitative survey report?

o You are a free citizen wherever you are. Is this a comment?

o Media freedom ensured. Fm radio stations now talk openly—Please see comment under media freedom

o Freedom of expression has been enhanced and now Kenyans can discuss any topics without fear –See above

• Official Recognition for Heroes

o A statue in honor of Independence hero Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi constructed on Nairobi’s Kimathi street √

o Paul Ngei and Bildad Kaggia mausoleums unveiled- OK.

o Funds to establish Koitalel arap Samoei education centre allocated. How much? When is the project earmarked?

o Heroes Corner established –OK. Please give more details.

• Towards Zero Tolerance to Corruption

o Public Officers Ethics Act enacted, now all public servants declare their wealth annually…How often—how relevant is this to fighting corruption? Did you hear bodaboda operators say in a TV feature recently that those they were previously carrying on their bicycles are now flying choppers? Please enumerate only evidence based output

o Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission set up –Please let’s be serious. We as Kenyans need to deviate from the politics of ‘setting up’. Wasn’t the office of Governance and Ethics also set up?..Even a commission on gender was set up---Re-do this question.

o Corrupt people prosecuted—Let’s get the exact names of those prosecuted & those spared

o New Procurement law enacted to check corruption in public tendering process. Is it being followed? Please demonstrate enactment adherence with specific examples.

• Tourism grows by over 30 per cent

o Ksh. 48.9 billion earned from the sector √

o Jobs created

o Kenyan hotels operating at 100% capacity √ (all hotels?)

o Direct flights to the Far East and China by Kenya Airways bring more tourists—KQ’s market expansion strategy quoted as Government’s initiative?

o KICC rehabilitated and is now a leading centre for conference tourism √

o Maasai Mara declared one of the seven wonders of the world – Ksh 3 billion Narok road to Maasai Mara Game Reserve under construction—after a hue & cry following tourists getting stuck and some missing their wedding celebration slotted to happen there?. Did it have to take 4 years to realize the importance of this part of the country? After an external trigger?

• Media freedom enhanced

o 16 television stations licensed –Only include additional from 2002.

o 30 FM stations operating—see above

o 50 regional FM stations licensed—in this era alone? Please clarify

o Freedom of information Bill before Parliament— When was it moved? How long has it taken? Delete until passed.

o Media vibrant and free to discuss topics without fear. Go to (search keyword ‘Kenya’)

• Telecommunications grow

o More than 260,000 fixed telephone lines

o More than 6 million Kenyans now own mobile phones—Please stick to initiatives that are uniquely government’s—not Service provider market growth strategies.

o Telecommunication has been diversified and now an internet lease line is in the pipeline—who’s initiative? Private sector or public sector—Please expound.

o Fibre optic networks infrastructure under construction nationwide √

• Co-operative sector revived

o 10,800 cooperative societies registered—Only include additional registration achieved —e.g. in percentage.

o 98 per cent of co-operatives hold democratic elections—How is the government involved with this?

o 6 million: the number of Kenyans in the co-operative movement—How relevant is this in measuring achievement-What was the initial government target?

o Ksh. 105 billion ( 31% of the total national savings) mobilized by the sector so far—As a result of direct government intervention? Hasn’t the banking sector sector also posted growth on this front? How different would this be from the latter?

• Cities beautified and cleaned up

o Street lighting installed in Nairobi—Adopt-A-Light is a government project?

o Roads marked— OK. City Council initiative

o Trees planted—OK. City council initiative

o Landscaping done- OK.City Council initiative

o Mombasa clean-up and beautification undertaken—When did this start? Is it in preparation for IAAF?

• Traders receive support

o President Kibaki directs the construction of modern markets for hawkers in all the major urban centres—Is this output evidence based and measurable? At what cost and what are the timelines. What will be the capacity & by what margin is it supposed to boost market operations efficiency?

o Ksh.1 billion construction work begins at Nairobi’s Muthurwa. OK. But to construct what infrastructure? That is supposed to solve what problem? Please explain.

o Jua kali sector supported— supported?? Please use specific examples & figures if any.

• Tremendous investment growth

o Conducive business environment created

o Onestop shop for business licensing—Has this kicked off? Reducing the number of processing days from what to what?

o Ksh 89.4 billion worth of investment licences processed by the Kenya Investment Authority—Does this include privatization investment bidders? Eg Rift Valley Railways, 3rd National operator license? etc Please clarify and distinguish if so.

o Small and micro enterprises (SME’s) fund created— How much? By whom? To target what number of micro-investors?

o Leading multinationals such as Nokia and Coca cola open headquarters in Kenya. Was this in collaboration or as a result of lobbying by the government?

• Security

o Pay rise for the police ––Is this as a part of the police force reform program and what phase is this?—how many more phases are left. What do they include, modern housing etc. Please give more details

o Community policing takes root—show results and data if available

o New vehicles and modern communication equipment for rapid response –Rapid response to what?

o Police trained on human rights and customer care service—How measurable is this output?—please include verifiable data.

o Safer streets- no more muggings in Nairobi streets. OK. Include statistics showing delining trend if available.

And many many more improvements as a result of President Mwai Kibaki’s good leadership.—Please use additional paper if required

Truly, things have become better and they are going to get even better

Real benefits for all Kenyans…..Manufaa halisi kwa wakenya wote

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