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Fairly we share,together we prosper
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My Dear Wananchi ,
We share with you some o our ideas or creating a prosperous, democratic and equi-table Kenya. Through these words o commitment we establish our resolve to end thepolitics o exclusion, betrayal and misuse o national resources.
The majority o Kenyans have had to endure the grinding combination o poverty andinequality, regional imbalances in income, in rastructure and social provisions.
Our proposals or accountability, dispersal o political power, decentralisation o publicservices and support or local communities will help to reduce inequality. These changes
go to the heart o what is wrong in Kenya today.
The Kibaki Government has no solutions as they are part o the problem. They must notbe allowed to work or the ew at the expense o the many.
On December 27th you all will be given an opportunity to evaluate Kibakis per or-mance. I urge you to give him a Notice to Quit Immediately:Kazi bure ya Kibaki iishe kabisa; Kazi bora ya ODM ianze.
The ODM is the only Party that will promote Prosperity, ensure Fairness and most im-portantly guarantee Accountability. This is the sacred thread that ties us as a Party with
you. Trust us and we will not ail in serving you.
God bless you; God bless Kenya.
Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga
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President Kibakis Seven BetrayalsIn December 2002 there was a great sense o optimism and
euphoria when President Kibaki and the NARC government were
sworn into power. However, the optimism was very short-lived.
He immediately rejected the pre-election Memorandum o Under-
standing a covenant he had made with his political peers. Thus
he began his presidency with betrayal and shattered the dream o
all Kenyans who looked orward to an all-inclusive government
premised on undamental re orms.
ODM will: Renew aith in our politics and provide sound lead-
ership based on principles o consensus and airness. Equity
and inclusiveness are our watchwords.
The desire or a new constitution by Kenyans has been a long
struggle. Kibaki had assured Kenyans that he would introduce a
new constitution within 100 days i elected. He broke this cov-
enant with the people o Kenya, his second act o betrayal.
The Bomas was an inclusive, people driven, and consultative
process in constitution dra ting. Enormous time, resources and ex-
pertise were utilised. Kenyans declared a vision o a country witha genuine democratic, accountable and responsive government
that ostered national harmony by e ective power sharing and
devolution. Most saliently, Kenyans demanded a less overbearing
presidency.
ODM will: Guarantee a new Constitution within 6 months to
ensure Equity, Executive Accountability and Devolution o
Power.
Kibakis cronies were heard to say that constitutional change was
a necessity or removing Moi rom power but now that one o
their own was in power, there was no need or a new constitu-
tion that would bring about genuine power-sharing. The subver-
sion o the Bomas Dra t by the introduction o the Wako Dra t
was his third act o betrayal.
Kibaki lost the re erendum on the Wako Dra t by a landslide
and subsequently dismissed those progressive individuals rom the
cabinet who demanded that peoples voices be heard and acted
upon. Therea ter, he cocooned in government with the very in-
dividuals Kenyans had so massively voted against in 2002. Thus,that was his ourth act o betrayal.
ODM will: Introduce parliamentary system o government, where
power will be shared and not concentrated in one person or o ce.
Guaranteeing aNew Constitution
O all the transgressions o the Kibaki presidency there is only one
that towers above all else and that is his acceptance o corruption
past and present advocating zero-tolerance at the swearing-in
ceremony and now tolerating it one hundred percent. The chant ev-
erything is possible without Moi has turned i you want to misrule
and loot your country then it is only possible with Moi.
Kibaki broke his salient election promise. His government has ailed
to bring the individuals in the Goldenberg grand larceny (conducted
in President Mois tenure o o ce where at least Kshs. 18 billion o
public money was stolen) be ore courts o law to answer or their
crimes. The Kroll report commissioned by his government to identi y
and recover stolen national assets by Moi and his cronies is gather-
ing dust. This inaction on past corruption is his th act o betrayal
o the wishes o so many Kenyans.
ODM will: Establish a Truth and Restitution Commission to bring
closure to past corrupt crimes via a process o Justice, Truth, Rec-
onciliation and Restitution. This shall include asset recovery and
amnesty where restitution has been made. A process driven by
justice - making good or compensating or past loss, damage, andinjury; is what we are proposing. We intend to acilitate a process
that will see the return to the Kenyan people what is right ully
theirs. The principle o Restitution has ancient A rican roots.
Under Kibakis watch another grand corruption scheme was hatched
- the in amous Anglo Leasing scandal - where his government was
exposed to raudulent contracting and procuring and i it had not
been exposed would have cost the Kenyan taxpayers a signi cant
amount o money. This level o acceptance o present corruption at
the highest level in Kibakis government is his sixth act o betrayal.
ODM will: Review the unctions and e cacy o the institutions
set up by the government to ght corruption as billions o public
unds are spent to nance them with no tangible outcome.
And nally all the corrupt, repressive and regressive political orces
have realigned themselves in this election. Former President Moi
bringing with him his pet project Uhuru Kenyatta in his back
pocket ollowed by a motley crew o big-time crooks, such as, Bi-
wott and Pattni are now the key actors in PNU. The Nyayo Empire
that scampered out o the back door o the State House as demandedby the majority o Kenyans in December 2002 has nally strolled
back into the Kibaki State House unashamedly through the ront
door! An ultimate seventh act o betrayal o the wishes o those
Kenyans that voted or real change. Kibaki must go.
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Mafuta ya Taa-305%
Dec.2002 Ksh.22Sept. 2007 Ksh.63Oct. 2007 Ksh.67
Mkate-176%
Dec.2002 Ksh.17Sept. 2007 Ksh.22Oct. 2007 Ksh.30
Sugar 1kg-407%
Dec.2002 Ksh.27Sept. 2007 Ksh.65Oct. 2007 Ksh.110
Unga ya ugali-204%
Dec.2002 Ksh.27Sept. 2007 Ksh.50Oct. 2007 Ksh.55
Unga ya ngano-331%
Dec.2002 Ksh.35Sept. 2007 Ksh.65Oct. 2007 Ksh.116
1/2l Maziwa- 187%
Dec.2002 Ksh.15
Sept. 2007 Ksh.20Oct. 2007 Ksh.28
Kuishi na kibaki ni kuumia kwingi
TIME TO MOVE ON MR. PRESIDENT
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The Problem:President Kibakis growth is for the few not all
Under Kibaki the rich have grown richer and the poor poorer. The
top 10% o Kenyas population continues to control nearly hal our
nations wealth. That means that or every 1 shilling earned by a
poor Kenyan, the rich earned 56 shillings. This inequality has not
altered even though Kibaki trumpets his positive economic record.
The growth is not inclusive and is exclusive only to the rich. The
richest 10% now earn 42% o the national cake as opposed to 36%
ve years ago. This demonstrates that the Kibaki Government is a
government o the rich, by the rich and or the rich. The poor are,
at best, bystanders.
Solid economic growth is crucial or eradicating poverty, but get-
ting economic growth to percolate or trickle down to assist the
poor is a perennial challenge. How many very poor vulnerable
children and adults have to die be ore the ruit o economic growth
reaches them?
The Solution:ODM Governments Usawa Programme
We are determined to ght inequality head on. ODM is a party
that is responsive to peoples most basic needs.
The Blair Commission or A rica recognised cash trans ers as a
key tool in tackling extreme poverty in Sub-Saharan A rica and
recognises its potential impact on poverty and inequality as well
as its contribution to promoting and distributing growth. The
children rom the households receiving cash trans ers have an
opportunity to break the inter-generational cycle o poverty.
A ew Kenyans have been generously assisted by our develop-
ment partners in providing assistance to the very poor, such as,
Orphans & Vulnerable Children Cash Trans er Programme and
the Hunger Sa ety Net Programme delivering guaranteed cash
trans ers to chronically ood-insecure households. We applaud
these programmes and pledge to scale-up the e orts o our
development partners by extending the programme nationally so
that social protection investment contributes to overall economic
growth.
We will introduce a social protection programme or the very
poor households by monthly cash trans ers. This will reducecurrent poverty and inequality by providing a minimum level
o income or extremely poor amilies. This will be ODM Gov-
Fostering Prosperity and Eradicating Poverty
ernments fagship poverty reduction programme, called, the
Usawa Programme.The objective o the programme is to contribute to national
e orts to reduce poverty and hunger in ultra poor households,
increase school enrolment and attendance and improve the
health, nutrition, protection and well-being o orphaned and
vulnerable children and the very old.
We will immediately undertake a budget cleansing exercise
covering all Ministries in the Central Government to look or
overall national savings which can go towards launching the
Usawa Programme. This will help us to identi y question-
able debt, especially the commercial ones. It will also help in
elimination o wastage that currently occurs through procure-
ment, duplication in allocations, and questionable allocations.
We have already identi ed a large amount o savings and are
con dent in achieving our pledge.
We will achieve stable economic growth and pursue policies
or equitable distribution o income, wealth and resources.
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The Challenges:Kenyas population is pro-
jected to grow to over 60 mil-
lion people by the year 2043.
There will be a big challenge
to provide optimal in rastruc-
ture and services to meet the
demands o this population.
Such challenges are already
evident. A majority o the
Kenyan population have no
access to clean water, ood and
shelter. In rastructure (transport,water, energy, telecommunica-
tions and in ormation technology)
is a central pillar in Kenyas economic
recovery programme. Good in rastructure is
essential in lowering the costs o doing business
and increasing competitiveness o Kenyan products,
both locally, regionally and internationally. Road maintenance
and development has been grossly under- unded by the Kibaki
Government.
There has also been a lack o investment by both the govern-
ment and the private sector on rail in rastructure. As a result,
the existing Kenyan rail network is almost obsolete due to its
outdated technology and aged condition. It is there ore not
surprising that President Museveni recently stated that our
railways should be in a museum as an arti act!
There is a direct link between electric power supply, job cre-
ation and poverty alleviation. Electri ying rural areas, towns
and markets increases opportunities or employment in the
centres and improve living standards. Under Kibaki the energy
costs have remained high and this impacts negatively on the
cost o Kenyan goods and services and hence their competi-
tiveness.
The latest in ormation and communications technology (ICT)
has enabled countries like India and China to change their
destinies and uture o their people. Kenya needs to learn rom
their experience and signi cantly invest in ICT.
Access to water is the key to survival and access to sanita-
tion is a undamental issue o human dignity. Clean water andsanitation coverage remains very low.
Investing in InfrastructureYour ODM Government will:
Invest at least 10% of our GDP on infrastructure development
over the next 5 years.
Introduce a special sovereign bond for the purpose of raising
nance or rapid in rastructure development.
Build good roads that will reach all Kenyans and cover all parts
o the country, thus achieving our ambition to get Kenyans and
Kenya physically inter-connected.
Address the existing imbalance in the provision of road infra -
structure that is concentrated on the so called high potential
areas to improve accessibility or the development o all eco-nomic sectors and regions in Kenya.
Use labour-intensive methods in roads construction to create
employment cells countrywide. Minimum wages will be set to
stem overexploitation o women and youth.
Create Road Maintenance Training Centres in the devolved
regions to skill-up labourers through apprenticeship schemes.
Construct a modern, electric, international standard 1.6m
gauge, high speed railway system to link key cities and townsin the country or rapid transit o passengers and bulky goods.
This would protect our roads and lower costs or businesses. The
opening o the new railway line will be ODMs special pledge
for Kenyas 50th Anniversary Independence.
Increase electricity generation capacity to 10,000 megawatts in
the next 10 years to attract foreign direct investment.
Explore and exploit geothermal resources to increase electric
power generation to meet the emerging demands or electricity.
Develop solar power stations and wind farms as renewable
sources o energy.
Expand rural electri cation penetration through suf cient al -
location o public resources.
Invest in ICT infrastructure, especially, high-speed internet
backbone networks across the country.
Ensure ef cient and equitable delivery of clean water.
Invest in sanitation facilities and irrigation schemes.
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President Kibakis Statistical Distortions:
There is no link between the high level o economic growth re-
ported by Kibaki Government in various years and the creation
o employment. His Government has reported (via various paper
adverts by the Treasury and his own Kenyatta day speech) that
about 467,000 new jobs have been created since Narc came to
power and that this amounts to about 93% delivery o their
500,000 new pledge o jobs.
This statistic is a misrepresentation and distortion o acts.
There is strong evidence showing that the Kenyan economy has
over time and history been able to create between 400,000 and
450,000 new jobs on average regardless o the party in power and regardless o whether the economy is booming or stagnant.
Between 1999 and 2002 (when the economy was in doldrums)
there were still 454,000 new jobs created within the context o
only 1.7% average economic growth. It demonstrates that even
when the economy is growing rapidly, the rate o job creation
has neither been proportionate nor commensurate with a boom-
ing economy.
The sectors that are creating jobs are not linked at all with the
people who need employment most, that is, young universityand college graduates, youths in urban and rural areas, and
those who are laid o because o retrenchment and industry
closures.
The ODM Governments initiatives to create real jobs
We will:
Change the anomalies created by past regimes and the cur -
rent Kibaki Government that has ailed to reconcile and link
the realities o Kenyas growth process with its labour and
human resource potential.
Employ local labour in key public works, infrastructural
and development projects.
Implement policies that reduce barriers to work including
education, skills and training to create an adaptive, fex-
ible and productive work orce.
Pursue active labour market policies providing tailored
and appropriate help or those without work, to preventlong term detachment rom the labour market.
Help and target youths and adults without work and with
poor employability skills move into sustained employment.
Provide basic employability training for jobless people withsevere literacy and numeracy problems to remove their barri-
ers to employment and enable them to gain employment.
Promote the role of SMEs in sustainable job creation and
provision o goods and services which are better adapted to
local market needs through progressive re orm to boost pro-
duction and distribution capacities o SMEs.
Implement policies and programmes to create decent jobs
and entrepreneurial opportunities to assist JuaKali workers
and employers to move into the ormal economy.
Create and strengthen an enterprise culture which favours
initiatives, enterprise creation, productivity, environmental
consciousness, quality, good labour and industrial relations,
and adequate social practices which is equitable.
Open Jobseeker of ces in major cities and towns before
going nationwide or assisting those that have completed
secondary school education and graduates. This will be our
new government initiative to deal with unemployment. It will
provide an active service to help people move rom jobless-
ness into work. The o ces will be manned by job advisers
who will register jobseekers, provide training and individual
guidance in job searching techniques, including providing
traini ng, interview skills and assistance in the preparation o
curriculum vitae.
Ensure polytechnics become Skills Academies as these in -
stitutions will be a key driver in improving vocational educa-
tion at a national, regional and local level. They will provide
training programmes or young people and adults aimed atmeeting potential employers current and uture skills needs.
Thus, these academies will be employer-led.
Creating Opportunities For Employment
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Cost of corruption The billions o shillings that have been wasted on corruption scandals in this country are more than enough to improve
the lot o our citizens - by providing education, access to sa e water, employment and proper roads. See the gures below:
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President Kibakis failure in providing safety andsecurity for all
Kenyans have a right to sleep sa ely in their homes, walk sa ely
on the streets and drive sa ely on the roads. The Governments
duty is to maintain that security. However, crime is rising ast
under Kibaki while some members o the police have been
involved in political activities on behal o his government. The
recent exposure o two policemen dumping hate literaturein Ri t Valley shows clearly Kibakis priority using the police
or his own political survival, not protecting all Kenyans rom
crime.
Kibakis disregard o his duty to protect all Kenyans was most
evident in the Mamluki a air, whose presence and sor-
did saga was revealed by ODM Presidential Candidate, Raila
Odinga. The notorious Armenian brothers were state guests,
given police IDs o Deputy Commissioner rank. They were bla-
tantly de ended then gently escorted out o Kenya without the
Government taking them to court to discover why they were
here! The independent parliamentary committee report on the
Mamlukis identi ed key members o Kibakis amily, govern-
ment and State House o cials as directly involved with the
Artur brothers. To date there has been no action taken against
anyone! It is obvious that Kibakis justice system protects the
ew but not many.
There is insecurity in many regions o Kenya with shocking
images o death and destruction rom Kuresoi, Molo and Mount
Elgon. Sadly, Kibaki remains silent and does not bother to visitthe a ected areas. However, in September 1994 as Leader o
Opposition he did visit the victims o the in amous Enoosupukia
ethnic violence. He shed tears at the Maella Catholic Church
with his inspirational words, guutiri utuku utakiaga (there is
no night that does not see the light o day). This Kikuyu idiom
is usually used to li t sadness and com ort victims when no
immediate solutions are available. But Kibaki did nothing in 5
years as President or victims o Enoosupukia. The victims o
ethnic clashes have multiplied in his Presidency but now he has
no time or words o com ort let alone action.
The crime wave in and around Nairobi has caused ear within
our society as Kibaki unleashes special police squads to tackle
the Mungiki problem. Rather than investigate, arrest and bring
charges against suspected criminals-as per law, we have seen very
many alleged executions and disappearances. About 500 bodies o
young men have been dumped in various mortuaries by police and
reports suggest that other bodies were thrown in the wild. Almostall bear classic execution signs o a bullet in the head. These extra-
judicial killings are the rst step in creating a police state by Kibaki,
by throwing away the law and using police as killing squads.
Your ODM Government will never take your security forgranted
We will never take or granted the security o Kenyans. It will be
our legal duty to protect citizens rom crime and confict and ensure
that the rule o law is upheld in criminal investigations. We will
strengthen Councils o Elders and other community tribunals toadjudicate in land disputes and assist internally displaced people.
We will:
Boost numbers o police vehicles, communication equipment and
o cers to enhance crime prevention and investigative capacity.
Increase overall spending on crime prevention and ensure that
the resources are devolved to local police stations.
Map crime hotspots in urban and rural areas and deploy more
police o cers to enhance police visibility and physical presence. Deploy close circuit television cameras in central business dis-
tricts o Nairobi and major cities as a tool detect and deter crime.
Use the nations de ence orces to provide extra support in polic-
ing our national borders to help stop illegal fow o small arms.
Set up a Metropolitan Police Authority in Nairobi based on
South A ricas Scorpion orce. The new crack orce will be bet-
ter educated, trained and equipped to tackle rising gun crime and
murder and be the basis o a genuine accountable police orce.
Review current police remuneration, housing, o ce acilitiesand training with a view to signi cantly enhancing them.
Fighting Crime & Insecurity
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The Rise OfTribalismUnder KibakiTribalism is a national disease knowing no
regional boundaries and not con ned to
any one community. It rules our national
politics and divides us unnecessarily.
Kibaki has compounded the ethnicity ac-
tor and deepened it in our public ser-
vice by appointing people rom his own
community. Thus, the reorganization in
his government post-Moi was dictated by
prejudice and not equity.
Under Kibaki kazi iendelee means let the
status quo prevail public jobs or the
chosen ew and not all.
The Fall Of
TribalismUnder ODM
An ODM Government will:
Ensure that we represent all the people,
not just one interest group. We will ac-
tively seek to remove those obstacles which
hinder individual achievement obstacles
emanating rom tribe, gender, or economic
condition.
Guarantee to build a Kenyan society
based on airness and equality o oppor-
tunity or all where merit comes be ore
privilege.
Introduce an independent Presidential
Public Appointments Commission whose
task is to ensure that appointments to pub-lic o ces are based on merit and refect
the ethnic diversity o Kenya in its overall
representation.
We PledgeBelow are some of the other pledges we have made in our Plan forGovernment.
Urban Renewal We will ensure Nairobi becomes a regional hub or commerce and nance. We willshowcase our capital as a 24-hour city by investing in in rastructure, ICT, security
and planning. We will invest in urban regeneration and renewal.
Health We will provide ree health care to all children under the age o 5 years. We will
expand sa e motherhood programmes in all districts by ensuring that these centres
are adequately equipped and have improved re erral system, communications systems
and transportation acilities. We will provide ree ante-natal, maternity and post-
natal care or expectant mothers.
These are rst ew steps in our ambition to provide ree universal health care or all.
Education We will introduce ree quality secondary education within a system o a comprehen-
sive basic education rom early childhood to Form Four.
Gender We will intensi y e orts and actions to redress the existing persistent gender dispari-
ties in Kenya which hamper the ull integration o women in our society. There will
be no glass ceilings on the aspirations o women as we strive progressively towardsrealising a 50:50 gender ratio in all public bodies.
Environment We will combat escalating environmental degradation and deserti cation by ensur-
ing that environmental policy is built into every economic decision in all areas o
government policy.
Sports We will develop a progressive sports policy, expand opportunities or excellence insports; streamline sports administration; develop and maintain sports acilities and
bestow honour on high achievers in the sporting arena.
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President Kibaki has no constantguiding principles - no moral,social or political compass. Hehas been integral in all post-colonial administrations hisuture is his past. He has fip-fopped, reneged, prevaricated,or sat on the ence on allundamental issues that concernKenyans during his entirepolitical career. He has lost allcredibility and ailed to leadrom the ront. He is un t toreturn to work. He must bedenied another chance to workor the ew at the expense o working or all Kenyans.
-Raila Amolo Odinga
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Raila Amolo Odinga ODM