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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%


Sugar 1kg-407%


Unga ya ugali-204%


Unga ya ngano-331%


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

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