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 May 8th, 2010
KENYA DIASPORA CORRUPTION WATCH
ANTI CORRUPTION DEMO AND PROTEST MARCH
On Saturday 15th May 2010 at 11: 00 am
From GREAT PORTLAND RAIL STATION to
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45 PORTLAND PLACE
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A TIME TO STAND – bring your flag and adorn your favourite Kenyan t – shirt
Martin Luther said “when it is darkest that is the best time to [...]
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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 Feb 23rd, 2010
OPEN LETTER TO THE NATION MEDIA GROUP: The Daily Nation’s casual editorial of 23rd February 2010 is entrenching fiscal impunity.
We strongly disagree with the editorial of the Daily Nation of 23rd February 2010 entitled “ Pass supplementary budget speedily’. It is a very strange editorial and forgive us but our reading is that the [...]
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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 Oct 8th, 2009
H.E Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary General has set very low standards for Kenyans. Statement by the Partnership for Change on the Kofi Annan Visit to Kenya issued at Nairobi Thursday 8, October 2009
We watched in disbelief yesterday as former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan briefed Kenyans on the outcome [...]
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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 Oct 4th, 2009
Kenya’s Grand Coalition Government has failed to implement the National Accord Agreement and its reform package. Kofi Annan must not be fooled by the Government Spokesman, Dr. Alfred Mutua; Kenyans rate the reform performance as (F):- GRAND FAILURE!
Full page Kenyan tax paid adverts placed by the Government spokesman Dr. Alfred Mutua entitled “THE TRUTH ABOUT [...]
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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 22nd, 2009
Lipstick on A Pig – Budget 2009 – 2010
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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, constituencies, elections on Jul 21st, 2009
There is no obligation to support Kenya’s Unity Government
The Partnership for Change is of the considered view that over the last 17 months the citizens of Kenya have exhausted the mechanisms available to us under the national Accord Agreement to cause the Grand Coalition Government to implement the National Accord. This [...]
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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 Jun 29th, 2009
Putting lipstick on a pig-–
The 2009/10 Budget of the Government of Kenya
Mars Group Kenya / Partnership for Change Report:
Nairobi 29th June 2009
On June 11th 2009, the Kenyan Minister of Finance, Uhuru Kenyatta, read the National Budget Speech outlining his proposals for expenditure by the [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Debt, Governance, Government, Laws, Mars Group, Parliament, constituencies, elections on May 5th, 2009
This afternoon Gitobu Imanyara, MP, will request for a statement from the Minister of Finance regarding glaring discrepancies in the documents presented to Parliament for approval of the Supplementary Budget last week.
Mars Group Analysis of the Supplementary Budget and comparison of figures within the Approved National Budget show systematic differences [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 29th, 2009
Mars Group Kenya has been reading the Supplementary Estimates tabled last week with great interest and growing concern. We are that concerned that there are material problems with the supplementary budget that parliament has just passed.
The Minister for Finance laid before the house the 2008/2009 Supplementary estimates for Recurrent and Development Expenditure for which he [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Apr 28th, 2009
It is well and good that Vision 2030 remains our blueprint but it would be wrong to assume that the plan is more important than the people whose lives the plan is meant to improve. Discussions with our fellow Kenyans and particularly the youth tell us that 2030 as a vision is unreal to [...]
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