Outspoken Machakos governor Alfred Mutua has told off government employees who are against the program of changing all kshs 1,000 by October to resign.
The Machakos Governor believes its improper and unacceptable for any state officer to sue the same government over a government program
In my book, it is Improper and Unacceptable for a GOVERNMENT employee & State Officer at that, to sue the same GOVERNMENT over a GOVERNMENT program of exchanging all 1,000 shillings notes by October. The proper thing is for one to first resign from the GOVERNMENT. Wanaogopa NINI?
— Dr. Alfred Mutua (@DrAlfredMutua) June 4, 2019
The Central Bank of Kenya has said old Ksh.1000 notes should be out of circulation by October 1 this year.
Speaking when he unveiled the new legal tender at the Madaraka Day celebrations in Narok, CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge said the move is intended to fight counterfeit practises.
“All the older Ksh.1000 series shall be withdrawn. All persons have until October 1, 2019 to exchange these notes, after which the older ones will cease to be legal tender,” he said.
The old Ksh 1000 notes will be withdrawn in graft war even as the country seeks to tame runaway corruption in the country.
However activist Omtatah who has taken to court, is arguing that the demonitization of the Ksh.1,000 notes after October 1 is not supported by law.
“It is a lie that the currency was issued vide the Gazette Notice of 31st May 2019 as no such gazette notice exists at the Government Printer. A copy of The Kenya Gazette Published on 31st May 2019 does not contain a notice issuing the currency,” argues Omtata.
The issuance of the new currency has also been challenged in court by the East African Legislative Assembly MP, Simon Mbugua.
kakai says
mutua will never be president even he campaghns with rockets ,, what is wrong if you challenge the govt ,, let the law take cause
Jomki says
Nobody is against it.. Even Omtata is not
Anonymous says
wakwitu ….go and tell you mlevi friend…….that jeshi and Kenyans are regretting day and night why they voted 3times with hope to transform or change lives……..
read below for your mlevi prezo please…..
Ndii said that the ongoing debate over the new currency notes is not a war on corruption or money laundering.
“Let Ruto keep his loot. It is a political fallout of thieves. The only difference is Uhuru owns a bank to launder his loot. He who seeks justice must do so with clean hands. Uhuru’s hands are not clean,” he tweeted.
Ndii said he was part of the team that drafted Chapter 12 of the Constitution where Kenyans debated but could not agree on which heroes deserved to be on the currency, that’s why they settled on none.
Anonymous says
ehh wakwitu Kenyans are not fools…….nor kids on matters of politics and economics…………mlevi gava and even counties failed Kenyans………….
building sub standard roads and hospitals in not empowering Kenyans in all sectors of economy ……Kenyans want leaders who create wealth not things from national gava to counties……
Anonymous says
australia is mostly a desert but gava there listened to people and built nation together…….while in kenya …it is few to decide ….build sgr…borrows billions without Kenyans knowledge……..
can thievery and drankad led gava make public all debts that kenya paid from independence…..
huduma namba ni ya nini…..can mutau tell kenyans……
do we need voter card if i have huduma namba…..
mutua wacha siasa yako ya nursery……… you are a novice compared to DP DR RUTO…….
Anonymous says
ehhhhhh Uhuru overplayed his hand with the handshake, expecting blind loyalty from Central Kenya. UK will soon realise the curse of the lame duck phase he is in. If Kibaki who was a much better leader was ignored in his last term, why did UK think the Central Kenya electorate would still listen to him?
Anonymous says
SEE BELOW WAKWITU…
Top down regulation and more laws will not bring about the desired results. Laws are ineffective in any society unless the general public internalize, respect and heed their laws and constitution. Law implementation agencies and institutions too. In Kenya, it’s a farce. The influential and most powerful individuals in the country break laws with impunity. The Ethics Bill is… naught. Null.
Anonymous says
TRUE KENYAN WROTE
YES….Uhuru lost considerable support when people demanded what he had promised them but instead of listening he called them “Washenzi”.But there is still time for Uhuru to deliver his promises or at least initiate majority of the things he promised.On the issue of Ruto,he has grassroot support but he needs to distance himself from corruption like the way the great Kenyan athletes distance themselves from doping.The good thing with Ruto is that he is performance oriented and he does not pretend to please everyone.
Anonymous says
mutua …wacha mdomo that will not benefit common kenyan….if you are down to earth where do you and fellow gavans go to hospital……\you are part of problem……
You should have been hospitalized in Bomet, why London? – Governor Joyce Laboso humiliated after Raila visit
This is Bomet governor H E Joyce Laboso hospitalized in London for treatment. She is a governor controlling a budget of about Ksh10Billion a year. Together with other leaders they can decide to build a modern hospital in Kenya that can meet the standards of the hospitals in London or India for that matter. It is possible. We dont need 100 hospitals, we need about 5 or even 10 hospitals of that nature. It is possible. But what do they do? They rather loot the public money and store it in Swiss Banks so that whenever they get sick, they travel to SA, USA or London for treatment. Are they not embarrassed? I have never heard leaders from Singapore travel to USA for treatment. I have never heard leaders from China or Japan, or South Korea or Russia or Europe travel to other countries for treatment. These leaders have built state of art health care in their country such that they benefit both the leaders and the common people, who are the primary beneficiary. We pay taxes so that our leaders can build us best health care. But in Africa, leaders are on a looting spree to ensure they can travel to Turkey for a kidney transplant. I find this completely sad. Archaic and primitive. I have repeatedly said, African mind did not fully evolve during evolution. It stopped midway. Some of the things African leaders do, do not fit a civilized mind. A big shame.
Anonymous says
https://www.kenyan-post.com/2019/06/uhuru-is-big-thief-like-ruto-but-he.html
Anonymous says
kenyans are ready for elections even tomorrow……….we are tired of mutuas ,his mlevi fred and others…..
Anonymous says
woi……..There is a group called Kieleweke that claims to be supporting Uhuru but in reality, the fact is that they trying to force Kȋmῦndῦ down the throats of Mount Kenyans. Many people also forget that there two million “Mount Kenyan” voters in the Rift Valley who see Ruto as a homeboy and they won’t listen to what Central Kenya says.
Anonymous says
Nugu ici cia Central. Go on and vote for Ruto. You will regret for the rest of your damned lives. But remember you won’t decide who will be president in 2022.
Anonymous says
as you can read kamanda with his musumeno teeth is calling central guys nungu for supporting DP. and Prezo to be Ruto……….
mlevi abandoned us long time ago….cannot do anything in three years to reverse…………..aende Gatundu…akilete io ushenzi yake ataenda Hague for real…..
Anonymous says
WI VAU WAKWITU…….THOMA VAAA
Quote
Russia President, Vladimir Putin Says: Africa Is A Cemetery For Africans
“Africa will never be independent. Africans believe in Europeans, Americans and Chinese more than themselves–they don’t trust themselves at all.
A white man will commit crime in Africa but no action will be taken because Africa authorities view us as semi-gods, far from the truth. A black man can be abducted in Europe, get harassed or even killed but no African authority will question. Africans present themselves as weak people with no hope especially when dealing with Europeans and Americans.
They are their own enemies. They hate each other and that gives their colonial masters power to continue exploiting African resources. ”
“When an African becomes rich, his bank accounts are in Switzerland. He travels to France for Medical treatment.
He invests in Germany. He buys from Dubai. He consumes Chinese. He prays in Rome or Mecca. His children study in Europe. He travels to Canada, USA, Europe for tourism.
If he die, he will be buried in his native country of Africa.
Africa is just a cemetery for Africans. How could a cemetery be developed?”
Unquote
~Putin Asks!
AND THIS IS THE NAKED TRUTH!!!
Anonymous says
kura za kiuks na kales na normal thinking kenyans ni za DP DR Ruto COME 2022.
We are sure Dp. Ruto as Prezo wont make us suffer the way this drank prezo did……
Anonymous says
yes kura za kiuks na kales na normal thinking kenyans ni za DP DR Ruto COME 2022.
We are sure Dp. Ruto as Prezo wont make us suffer the way this drank prezo did……
Anonymous says
CJ Maraga: Executive, Parliament to blame for Kenya’s failures
Kamau Muthoni 06th Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Chief Justice David Maraga has given a harsh verdict on how the country is being governed in a stinging address to an international audience in the United Kingdom.
Maraga accused the political elite, in the Executive and Parliament, for “cherry-picking” provisions of the Constitution, only implementing those that safeguard their personal or sectarian interests.
Citing failure to tackle corruption and impunity, vote rigging and dithering in passing laws to help more women get into power, the CJ queried whether the new legal regime has worked for Kenyans despite the same being praised as one of the most progressive and transformative constitutions in the continent.
The CJ said the country’s biggest problem is the politicians, tenderprenuers and bad behaviour that has taken root overtime.
“Left on their own the legislative and executive arms of government, comprising mainly politicians and social elites, will implement the Constitution in an arbitrary manner, cherry-picking the easier and non-contentious provisions, always safeguarding their personal or sectarian interests. That is exactly what they have done in Kenya,” said Maraga.
Justice Maraga spoke at the Oxford Union Conference in the UK dubbed: ‘The quest for constitutionalism in Africa: a reflection on the interface between institutions, leadership and faith.’
He says the law in Kenya, just as is the case in the rest of Africa, is skewed to benefit business dynasties and tenderprenuers who influence presidential elections.
Maraga pointed out that unlike Europe where constitutionalism is tied to economic growth, in Kenya and Africa, the law is customised to suit certain interests.
He said there is little hope on redeeming the county as Parliament and the Executive continue cherry picking in the implementation of the Constitution.
“Three examples will suffice — failure to implement the gender equality principle under the Kenyan Constitution, failure to fight corruption and impunity and failure to hold credible elections,” said Maraga.
A case in which Parliament is challenging a High Court order that it should be dissolved for failing to implement the Two-thirds Gender Rule is currently before Maraga.
“Although the Constitution provides for gender equality in elective posts, 10 years down the line, the august House is yet to give effect to the two-thirds rule,” he said.
The CJ said Kenyan women have fared poorly in elections yet politicians are still unwilling to give them a chance in leadership.
The cause of the ping pong game by Parliament is the patriarchal nature of the society, says the CJ.
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He added: “The gender rule has not been enacted because such legislation will disrupt patriarchal interests of the political elite.”
Maraga said while Kenya is a religious nation, her moral fabric is rotten. “That explains why the country is still reeling from corruption when majority of citizens are either Christians, Muslims and Hindus.”
“Plundering pubic resources by the few elites in Kenya is the order of the day yet most Kenyans are living below the poverty line.”
Maraga added: “Although 80 per cent of the Kenyans are Christians, with a fair percentage professing Muslim, Hindu and other faiths, over one third of the national budget is lost to corruption every year.”
The CJ also said he still stands with the majority Supreme Court’s decision annulling the August 2017 Presidential election.
Maraga said no one should expect ‘animal farm’ kind of treatment before him.
“I’m a Seventh Day Adventist Christian and the bedrock of the doctrines of SDA, as is the case with other churches and faiths, is integrity in whatever one does. Though I am a weak and sinful human being, as everybody else is, I will always stand with my decisions, including the Supreme Court decision of September 2017 on the Presidential Election Petition,” said Maraga.
Maraga’s predecessor Willy Mutunga was also a fierce critic of the political elite. In an interview with Dutch newspaper, NRC Handelsblad, in January 2016, Dr Mutunga said Kenya had become a bandit economy run by ruthless cartels.
He said corruption stretches from the very bottom to the very top of society.
“The influence of cartels is overwhelming. They are doing illegal business with politicians. If we do not fight the cartels, we become their slaves. But leaders who take on the cartels must be prepared to be killed or exiled,” said Mutunga.
“Yes, I am now at the top. I’m riding a tiger, hoping that the monster will not devour me. But as long as I fight the cartels and they are protected, you cannot achieve anything. You are taking these people into a corrupt investigating system, through a corrupt anti-corruption system, and a corrupt Judiciary.”
Anonymous says
A fool is talking about joining them…. U know that is not the case, it is a matter of TYPE, and you have heard it many times , when presented with a chance… Always disapproved!!
Anonymous says
mtua tell us how to empower kenyans …wacha wivu shenzi iii…no one will vote for you as anything come 2022….ur part of problem……..
Maraga pointed out that unlike Europe where constitutionalism is tied to economic growth, in Kenya and Africa, the law is customised to suit certain interests.
He said there is little hope on redeeming the county as Parliament and the Executive continue cherry picking in the implementation of the Constitution.
Anonymous says
what a zombie with out any brains. Where did the kambas elect this booby shit.
shut up fool.
Anonymous says
mutuaa hauna poit…ni kuongea tu…..masomo mingi ya ovyo…..
jp and all mps senators ,mcas,gavansa ,CSs etc are stealing sweat and overpaying themselves in expense of developments and creation of wealth……..
this will not continue forever but will soon be thing of past…….2022….or b4 all this nyenjes will go to hell…….
Kenya’s GDP per capita is $1,500 and Estonia’s is $20,000. In Kenya, basic monthly salary for a county governor is $10,000. In Estonia, the PM earns $6,250..
Kenya is one of the few countries where a teacher would work more than 5 years to earn what a politician earns in a month. The constitution opened wide public silos for pigs to raid.
Wanjiku will be further when pigs created by constitution changes start earning pensions. We will be paying those in office and retired ones.