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    Nairobi

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    Fairly we share,together we prosper

    Price Ksh.10

    My DearWananchi,

    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 the

    politics o exclusion, betrayal and misuse o national resources.

    The majority o Kenyans have had to endure the grinding combination o poverty and

    inequality, regional imbalances in income, inrastructure and social provisions.

    Our proposals or accountability, dispersal o political power, decentralisation o public

    services 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 not

    be 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 peror-

    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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    The city o Nairobi has a population o about 4 million with over

    a million people coming rom the neighbouring provinces to

    work on a daily basis. The rate o urbanisation in Kenya is among

    the highest in the world and like all major cities in Arica, Nairobi

    has its share o problems. These include: trac jams, hawkers,

    street kids, lack o sucient health acilities, job insecurity, acute

    housing shortage, rising slum population, lack o recreational

    acilities and rising crime and insecurity. All previous plans and

    working documents or the renewal and decongestion o the city

    are rich in vision, poor in policy and worse in implementation.

    An ODM Government will rise to this challenge o implementa-

    tion.

    Governance

    Through devolution ensure that the City is entitled to equitableshare o revenue raised nationally and receive equalization grants

    and other allocations where deemed appropriate.

    Divide the City into our Boroughs as devolved units or eective

    delivery o services, accountability and community participation.

    Introduce direct election or the oce o Mayor to ensure greater

    accountability to the residents.

    Infrastructure, Finance, Commerce & Industry

    Ensure Nairobi becomes a regional hub or commerce and -

    nance. We will showcase our capital as a 24-hour city by invest-

    ing in inrastructure, ICT, security and planning. We will invest in

    urban regeneration and renewal and encourage fexible working

    hours to ease congestion on the road.

    Develop a comprehensive trac management programme to ease

    congestion in the city.

    Promote a light rail system to serve the City and its environs

    (Limuru, Machakos, Ngong, Thika, Kiambu and Isinya).

    Promote Non Motorised mode o transport in the city by ear-

    marking cycle lanes. It is estimated that 40% o Nairobi residents

    walk to places o work while only 4% use bicycles to reach their

    place o work.

    Build pedestrian under-passes and oot-bridges over major roads

    and multi-story car parks.

    Rehabilitate roads and build new by-passes: these include, south-

    ern, eastern and northern by-passes as well as the link road. Ad-

    dress the high cost o electricity to the manuacturing industries

    Pledges for the City of Nairobiand encourage participation o Independent Power Producers

    or generation, supply and distribution o electricity.

    Stimulate greater listing o companies on the Nairobi Stock Ex-

    change with the aim to make it a premier destination or inter-

    national unds. Encourage a greater share owning democracy.

    Ensure transparency in the stock market by strengthening the

    oversight capacity o the Capital Markets Authority.

    Design and build a Business Process Outsourcing and ICT Park

    on the outskirts o the City. Enorce a policy o ull access or

    people o disability in all new buildings.

    SecurityEncourage private initiatives and invest in street lighting. Es-

    tablish a new Metropolitan Police Force or the City.

    Install Close Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance in the indus-

    trial area, the central business districts and those areas mapped

    to be crime hotspots.

    Markets and Jua kali workshops

    Build satellite markets and Jua Kali workshops in each o the 4

    boroughs and ensure that women, youth and people with dis-

    abilities have priority in acquiring a stall.

    Introduce a weekly regular rota o street markets where hawk-

    ers without a permanent stall can have an opportunity to sell

    their wares in selected streets in the city.

    Environment

    Ensure regular garbage collection service and relocate the Dan-

    dora dump. Encourage recycling o waste and source private

    investment in turning waste into energy plant or the city.

    Expand Nairobi Beautication Programme to bring it back to

    its heyday, when it was reerred to as the Green City in the Sun,

    with the clean-up o Nairobi river and Nairobi Dam as centre-

    pieces or the Citys renaissance.

    Encourage amilies back to the public parks by ensuring there is

    good security, imaginative garden landscaping and provision o

    adventure playground equipment or the children.

    Expedite slum clearance and upgrading. Ensure ull rehabilita-

    tion o street children in collaboration with voluntary agencies.

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    President Kibakis Seven Betrayals

    In 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 reorms.

    ODM will: Renew aith in our politics and provide sound leader-

    ship 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 drating. Enormous time, resources and ex-

    pertise were utilised. Kenyans declared a vision o a country with

    a genuine democratic, accountable and responsive government

    that ostered national harmony by eective power sharing and

    devolution. Most saliently, Kenyans demanded a less overbearing

    presidency.

    ODM will: Guarantee a new Constitution within 6 months to en-

    sure 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 Drat by the introduction o the Wako Drat

    was his third act o betrayal.

    Kibaki lost the reerendum on the Wako Drat by a landslide

    and subsequently dismissed those progressive individuals rom the

    cabinet who demanded that peoples voices be heard and acted

    upon. Thereater, 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 oce.

    Guaranteeing a

    New 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 oce where at least Kshs. 18 billion o

    public money was stolen) beore courts o law to answer or theircrimes. The Kroll report commissioned by his government to identiy

    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, Recon-

    ciliation and Restitution. This shall include asset recovery and am-

    nesty where restitution has been made. A process driven by justice

    - making good or compensating or past loss, damage, and injury;

    is what we are proposing. We intend to acilitate a process that will

    see the return to the Kenyan people what is rightully theirs. The

    principle o Restitution has ancient Arican roots.

    Under Kibakis watch another grand corruption scheme was hatched

    - the inamous 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 signicant

    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 ecacy 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 demanded

    by 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.22

    Sept. 2007 Ksh.63

    Oct. 2007 Ksh.67

    Mkate-176%

    Dec.2002 Ksh.17

    Sept. 2007 Ksh.22

    Oct. 2007 Ksh.30Sugar 1kg-407%

    Dec.2002 Ksh.27

    Sept. 2007 Ksh.65

    Oct. 2007 Ksh.110

    Unga ya ugali-204%

    Dec.2002 Ksh.27

    Sept. 2007 Ksh.50

    Oct. 2007 Ksh.55

    Unga ya ngano-331%

    Dec.2002 Ksh.35

    Sept. 2007 Ksh.65

    Oct. 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 beore 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 Arica recognised cash transers as a

    key tool in tackling extreme poverty in Sub-Saharan Arica 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 transers 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 Transer Programme and the

    Hunger Saety Net Programme delivering guaranteed cash trans-

    ers to chronically ood-insecure households. We applaud these

    programmes and pledge to scale-up the eorts o our development

    partners by extending the programme nationally so that social pro-

    tection investment contributes to overall economic growth.

    We will introduce a social protection programme or the very poor

    households by monthly cash transers. This will reduce current

    poverty and inequality by providing a minimum level o income orextremely poor amilies. This will be ODM Governments fagship

    poverty reduction programme, called, the Usawa Programme.

    Fostering Prosperity and Eradicating Poverty

    The objective o the programme is to contribute to national e-

    orts to reduce poverty and hunger in ultra poor households, in-

    crease 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 cov-

    ering 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 identiy questionable debt,

    especially the commercial ones. It will also help in elimination o

    wastage that currently occurs through procurement, duplication

    in allocations, and questionable allocations. We have already

    identied a large amount o savings and are condent in achiev-

    ing 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 inrastruc-

    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. Inrastructure (transport,water, energy, telecommunica-

    tions and inormation technology)

    is a central pillar in Kenyas economic

    recovery programme. Good inrastructure 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 inrastructure. As a result,

    the existing Kenyan rail network is almost obsolete due to its

    outdated technology and aged condition. It is thereore not

    surprising that President Museveni recently stated that our

    railways should be in a museum as an artiact!

    There is a direct link between electric power supply, job cre-

    ation and poverty alleviation. Electriying 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 inormation 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 signicantly 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 and

    sanitation 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 inrastructure 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 ar-

    eas to improve accessibility or the development o all economicsectors 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 re-

    gions 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 towns in 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 or

    Kenyas 50th Anniversary Independence.

    Increase electricity generation capacity to 10,000 megawatts in

    the next 10 years to attract oreign 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 electrication penetration through sufcient al-

    location o public resources.

    Invest in ICT infrastructure, especially, high-speed internet back-

    bone networks across the country.

    Ensure efcient and equitable delivery of clean water.

    Invest in sanitation facilities and irrigation schemes.

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    Whats ina name?

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    PNU

    Pinga NyayoUone

    Porojo NaUpumbavu

    Party oNoUnderstanding

    Pitia NyeriUjionee

    Party oNoUse

    Piga NyanganyaUa

    ODM

    One Determined Movement

    One Decisive Man

    One Decent Movement

    One Devoted Man

    One Desirable Movement

    One Dedicated Man

    One Democratic Movement

    One Distinguished Man

    One Devolved Movement

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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 powerand 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 university

    and 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 current

    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, fexible

    and productive workorce.

    Pursue active labour market policies providing tailored and

    appropriate help or those without work, to prevent long termdetachment 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 barriers

    to employment and enable them to gain employment.

    Promote the role of SMEs in sustainable job creation and pro-

    vision o goods and services which are better adapted to local

    market needs through progressive reorm to boost production

    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 ofces in major cities and towns before going

    nationwide or assisting those that have completed secondary

    school education and graduates. This will be our new govern-

    ment initiative to deal with unemployment. It will provide an

    active service to help people move rom joblessness into work.

    The oces 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 insti-

    tutions will be a key driver in improving vocational education

    at a national, regional and local level. They will provide train-

    ing programmes or young people and adults aimed at meeting

    potential employers current and uture skills needs. Thus, theseacademies 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 sae water, employment and proper roads. See the gures below:

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    President Kibakis failure in providing safety and

    security for all

    Kenyans have a right to sleep saely in their homes, walk saely

    on the streets and drive saely 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 literature in

    Rit 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 aair, whose presence and sordid 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 blatantly deended

    then gently escorted out o Kenya without the Government tak-

    ing them to court to discover why they were here! The indepen-

    dent parliamentary committee report on the Mamlukis identied

    key members o Kibakis amily, government and State House

    ocials 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 visit

    the aected areas. However, in September 1994 as Leader o

    Opposition he did visit the victims o the inamous Enoosupukiaethnic 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 usu-

    ally used to lit sadness and comort victims when no immedi-

    ate 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 comort 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. Almost all bear classic execution signs o a bullet in the

    head. These extra-judicial killings are the rst step in creating apolice state by Kibaki, by throwing away the law and using police

    as killing squads.

    Your ODM Government will never take your security

    for granted

    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 to

    adjudicate in land disputes and assist internally displaced people.

    We will:

    Boost numbers o police vehicles, communication equipment

    and ocers 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 ocers 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 deence 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 Aricas 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, oce acilitiesand training with a view to signicantly enhancing them.

    Fighting Crime & Insecurity

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    The Rise Of

    Tribalism

    Under KibakiTribalism is a national disease knowing no

    regional boundaries and not conned 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 ODMAn 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 beore

    privilege.

    Introduce an independent Presidential

    Public Appointments Commission whose

    task is to ensure that appointments to pub-lic oces 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 for

    Government.

    Urban RenewalWe will ensure Nairobi becomes a regional hub or commerce and nance. We willshowcase our capital as a 24-hour city by investing in inrastructure, ICT, security

    and planning. We will invest in urban regeneration and renewal.

    HealthWe will provide ree health care to all children under the age o 5 years. We will

    expand sae motherhood programmes in all districts by ensuring that these centres

    are adequately equipped and have improved reerral 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.

    EducationWe will introduce ree quality secondary education within a system o a comprehen-

    sive basic education rom early childhood to Form Four.

    GenderWe will intensiy eorts 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 towards

    realising a 50:50 gender ratio in all public bodies.

    EnvironmentWe will combat escalating environmental degradation and desertication by ensur-

    ing that environmental policy is built into every economic decision in all areas o

    government policy.

    SportsWe 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 con-

    stant guiding principles - no

    moral, social or political com-

    pass. He has been integral in

    all post-colonial administra-

    tions his uture is his past.

    He has fip-fopped, reneged,

    prevaricated, or sat on the ence

    on all undamental issues that

    concern Kenyans during his

    entire political career. He has

    lost all credibility and ailed to

    lead rom the ront. He is unt

    to return to work. He must be

    denied another chance to work

    or the ew at the expense o

    working or all Kenyans.

    -Raila Amolo Odinga

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