Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Sep 8th, 2010
Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki has the opportunity to advance the realization of Millennium Development Goal 5 by Kenya Shillings 1.5 Billion to improve maternal health during this financial year.
President Mwai Kibaki speaking in Rwanda said that Kenya has committed considerable resources and put in place the necessary institutional and policy frameworks in an endeavor [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Aug 30th, 2010
WHO IS THIS MAN, OMAR AL BASHIR, THAT SOME KENYAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE SO DESPERATELY DEFENDING?
On November 5th 2009, Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga issued a statement which officially committed themselves and the Government of Kenya to cooperate with the International Criminal Court domestically and internationally. They categorically stated: “the Government [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Uncategorized, Youth, constituencies, elections on Aug 22nd, 2010
Wikileaks saga looks like persecution– Kenyans would vouch for Wikileaks; if we were asked.
3 years ago, we wrote about a new development on the transparency and anti-corruption front in a blog about a safe whistleblowing website called Wikileaks.org
It would appear that since then, and certainly now, Wikileaks has acquired powerful, and apparently innovative, enemies.
In [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Aug 5th, 2010
Have you ever been to a place called Change? We know some people who know how to get there! They have built a road to Change; it’s taken over 20 years – but it’s a good road! It started off as an off road route, and for decades it looked like a road to Nowhere. [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Jul 28th, 2010
Mars Group Budget Findings Vindicated and Confirmed by Parliamentary Budget Office Experts Report
Mars Group has been raising concerns over the accuracy of budget documents tabled in Parliament by the Treasury since the March 2010 Budget Policy Statement and even with the June 2010 National Budget Estimates. Our concerns have been met with abuse by the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2010
In the public interest and for transparency, Mars Group now publishes the full text of the Akiwumi Report to inform public discussion and action on this controversial issue of enhanced pay and remuneration arrangements for Kenya’s Members of Parliament. Click here to download a copy of the full text of the Parliamentary Service Commission’s Comments [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 19th, 2010
Bribery and corruption are receiving an unexpectedly high degree of attention at present. The relevance of aid to fostering or solving the problem is getting some attention. I hope to use my own experience to illustrate the damage corruption does to countries like Kenya and how serious the problem is there; how the problem carries [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Jul 15th, 2010
Countering William Ruto’s Ignorant Lies (No. 1): William Ruto, your bigoted stripes are showing, and you are now taking our intelligence for granted. Shame on You!
Sex Means Gender – Look it Up in a Dictionary
The Referendum Campaign is degenerating into a farce and somewhat to blame is the Kenyan Mass Media [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Jul 12th, 2010
WHAT IS THE REAL SIZE OF THE BUDGET DEFICIT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2010/2011: KENYANS MUST DEMAND BE TOLD THE TRUTH – Part 1
Kenyan Citizens should be very concerned to read about how some Members of Parliament are claiming to have read the budget and [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Uncategorized, Youth, constituencies, elections on Jul 2nd, 2010
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
OFFICIAL REPORT
Wednesday, 30th June, 2010
The House met at 9.00 a.m.
[The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Mr. Ethuro) in the Chair]
Page 1
PRAYERS
PAPER LAID
The following Paper was laid on the Table:-
The Report of the Tribunal Appointed by the Parliamentary Service Commission on 23rd January, 2009, vide the Kenya Gazette Notice No.699 to review the terms and [...]
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