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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 12, 2013 23:22:13 GMT 3
Perhaps I should prefer to say: PARLIAMENT HALF DISBANDS THE PRESIDENCY OF UHURU KENYATTA? No, in the British tradition of blood-curdling political imagery will I revel. There one talks of tax cuts, not reductions. We talk of axed to mean fired, which means 'beheaded' and 'burnt until ash'. Also sacked, which means 'put in a sack, weighed with stones, and sank to the bottom of the english channel'. A British massive cabinet reshuffle is marketed as a 'night of the long knives'! or a meat-choppers day, or a blood-letting, complete with a picture of No. 10 Downing with the caption: slaughterhouse.Thus I make my case for stating not emasculated nor checkmated, but castrated. Balls chopped off. Of course the first Lady Margaret would still be doing her halleluya hosana praise the lord gulps as his excellency excels in doing justice to her firmly built traditional proportions; so it will be understood it is the political balls cut. The defiance, almost insane 'pigheadedness' with which the 11th Parliament Mpigs have put forth their agenda of greed, needs an explanation. Their single mindedness has been striking. A pathology. They have managed to intimidate the president into a conciliatory, apologetic irrelevance. They have evidently slowed the turbo-charge in the tea-boy warrior's sails. They have backed the SRC [of Serem] into a climb-down, to a wheeling and dealing corner. They have effectively reduced the SENATORS to spectators, irrelevant idlers, now in court. They have blackmailed presidential appointees with chequered histories to certain concessions --i rember Kimemia doing a public about-turn on some sensitive issue during his vetting. I think the 11th parliament has suceeded in a sensational power-grab, evolving into a dangerous tyrant. They hunt as a pack, like predators driven by an evolutionary feeding instinct. They unite in a cross-party [multi-partisan] conglomerate, learning to ignore their petty party differences in pursuit of their collective CLASS interests. They operate as a coherent class, body with uniform interests, and having quickly sensed UK is a wounded animal, and Raila offside, they moved quickly to fill the vacuum and make a killing. ---At the treasury. RAILA OFFSIDE: Even as all studies revealed the public was harshly opposed to the SALARY RAID conducted by thIS parliament at the treasury, Raila held his peace of tongue. The defender of Wanjiku went missing in action, not even a kitendawili on the mayhem that was the PIGS DAY in town, when IG Kimaiyo became a disciple of Manofletters of Jukwaa, and ended up becoming an an animal rights cop! It was indeed ODM stalwarts close to Raila who were in the frontline of the treasury hold-up, but the captain looked the other way. Too scared. Like Uhuru Kenyatta, the Tsunami of greed from the 11th parliament intimidated him.This was an inter-elite turf-war over the control of the national surplus. The 11th parliament contains newbies who see the salary as their 'accumulation' step-hold. They know the likes of Uhuru and Raila owe their wealth to 'proximity or control of the state', not some extraordinary business acumen, nor managerial competence. Therefore they [MPS] can not be intimidated by the seniority of Raila, nor the 'authority' of the office of the president ---an ICC indictee they can impeach if push comes to shove! I think we can now safely begin to ignore Uhuru Kenyatta in his transformational agenda for Kenya. Financial secretary Rotich Richard Henry can only now identify the targets of which he must renege, coz of money shortage. DESPERATE TIMES: ZERO-RATED TAX is on the table the rumour goes! Price of bread, rice and food-stuffs then 16% up. If that is a serious proposal, Mr. Kenyatta is already firing full-scale blanks. Lost the plot. www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000085860&story_title=fear-of-price-shocks-in-trillion-shilling-budgetToday parliament has thrown another spanner in the works by rejecting 'a supplementary request'! to bridge a gap of ksh. 19 bn. Only yesterday it took nearly the whole night of wheeling and dealing for Ruto to reach a last minute deal over the devolution funding, a topic he had already ORDERED THE TREASURY TO SEE THROUGH, at an earlier meeting when UK was in South Africa.... Civil servants want a whooping raise, not to mention our own KUPPET!
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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 12, 2013 23:47:42 GMT 3
WITHER THE INDUSTRIALISATION AGENDA, WILL THE REAL ROTICH ARISE!
Every toil thy way they put O Hercules son of zeus! Thy stout shoulders with ease all burden they bore Every trial and test that lay in wait Thy might and sword cut a way through
Would, a man of thee sort to fill me up this budgetary deficit Would, a man of thy swordsmanship to slash in half this inflaltion Would, a man of thy inventive resource to tame me this unemployment!
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Post by OtishOtish on Jun 13, 2013 21:16:15 GMT 3
Jakaswanga: I had a few chuckles at the way salary negotiations go in Kenya.SRC: "500K per month is all the country can afford, and we aren't budging." MPs: "800K per month is what we want, and we aren't budging." Kenyans: "Greedy pigs! Not a cent more!" Uhuruto: "The MPs accept what is being offered and move on." ____________________________________ Somebody: "How about the salary stays at 500K per month, they get another 600K per month through other means, and a car and other good stuff get thrown in. ____________________________________ SRC: "Deal! We won because we stuck to the 500K per month salary!" MPs: "Deal! We won because we got another 600K per month plus a car and other good stuff!" Uhuruto: "Deal! We won because we showed decisive leadership and settled the matter; so everyone can now move on!" Kenyans: "We won something, somewhere." Does it get any better than a win-win-win-win deal? But I stopped chuckling when I considered where some of my taxes go:"Kenya stares at Sh180bn cash shortfall from foreign donors"www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Kenya-stares-at-Sh180bn-cash-shortfall/-/1006/1863646/-/hmqw8wz/-/index.htmlMind you, that's nothing compared to the off-budget amounts from the same sources. I will later show this great deal to my local legislator, who is expected to buy his own car and pay for pay for its use. But first, I'd better get to work, so that I pay taxes so that the foreign donors can have money to ... Beyond that:Kenya has broken new ground in political governance---dictatorship by a parliament in a democracy. And you have to give it to that Duale fellow: he was absolutely right when he stated that they are not to be messed with. One hope that Kenya has learned its lesson. I have taken note of the delicate word in the subject title. Are you sure the president needs them? After all, he's got weed, booze, and a happy marriage.
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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 13, 2013 22:05:32 GMT 3
www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000085823&story_title=treasury-backs-salaries-team-on-mps-payYou are saying this now after working all your life enact that system! or were you not there when the PUBLIC wage bill astronomously shot up as a % of GDP? ----Oh! now you remember your economic class: at 12% it is unsustainable! at 50% definitely suicidal would you not say? And this mathematics: the official minimimu wage is ksh. 14,000 in Nairobi. And Mpigs earn 500K plus, and wait for it, have just negotiated INFINITE COMPESATIONS ON SITTING ALLOWANCE! Serious, you put your signature to that on a deal brokered by VP Ruto, your benefactor! ---Wont the Mpigs die sitting to top up on lost revenues other ways? And there was Uhuru Kenyatta re-iterating his commitment to industrialisation. With 50% revenue going to salaries? and taxing cassava flour? Meanwhile Rotich was plotting how to present to the public without a backlash, taxing basic foodstuffs to pay Mega salaries!
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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 13, 2013 22:12:36 GMT 3
Jakaswanga: I had a few chuckles at the way salary negotiations go in Kenya.SRC: "500K per month is all the country can afford, and we aren't budging." MPs: "800K per month is what we want, and we aren't budging." Kenyans: "Greedy pigs! Not a cent more!" Uhuruto: "The MPs accept what is being offered and move on." ____________________________________ Somebody: "How about the salary stays at 500K per month, they get another 600K per month through other means, and a car and other good stuff get thrown in. ____________________________________ SRC: "Deal! We won because we stuck to the 500K per month salary!" MPs: "Deal! We won because we got another 600K per month plus a car and other good stuff!" Uhuruto: "Deal! We won because we showed decisive leadership and settled the matter; so everyone can now move on!" Kenyans: "We won something, somewhere." Does it get any better than a win-win-win-win deal? But I stopped chuckling when I considered where some of my taxes go:"Kenya stares at Sh180bn cash shortfall from foreign donors"www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Kenya-stares-at-Sh180bn-cash-shortfall/-/1006/1863646/-/hmqw8wz/-/index.htmlMind you, that's nothing compared to the off-budget amounts from the same sources. I will later show this great deal to my local legislator, who is expected to buy his own car and pay for pay for its use. But first, I'd better get to work, so that I pay taxes so that the foreign donors can have money to ... Beyond that:Kenya has broken new ground in political governance---dictatorship by a parliament in a democracy. And you have to give it to that Duale fellow: he was absolutely right when he stated that they are not to be messed with. One hope that Kenya has learned its lesson. I have taken note of the delicate word in the subject title. Are you sure the president needs them? After all, he's got weed, booze, and a happy marriage. Even as you laugh, spare a prayer for your ex fellow citizens! www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000085687&story_title=budget-2013-state-grapples-with-headache-of-raising-revenueRotich has shown his hand. He will tax Wanjiku to the bone instead. Like a man shaving a hen bald to prepare a meal of it!
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Post by b6k on Jun 14, 2013 8:14:29 GMT 3
But I stopped chuckling when I considered where some of my taxes go: Last I heard your taxes go to your adopted country, aka land of your spouse. That is ofcourse unless you never did freeze those Otishotish initiated aid projects to KE as you threatened to
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Post by kamalet on Jun 14, 2013 9:49:42 GMT 3
The missed issue on the 800k salary vs the 500k Serem pay was the element of PENSION that was driving the "older" mad at the salary drop. The reduced pay which means that the contributory pension is significantly reduced and I can imagine Midiwo seeing the likes of Lawrence Sifuna drinking in dodgy bars in Nairobi West with the likes of poor Kamale whilst they now cannot get access to a VIP lounge at JKIA! The MPs will realise that a sitting allowance of Kshs.5600 after tax is not a lot of money per day!
As for the 5 million grant to buy a car, and the mileage allowance they now get I will not be getting too excited nor too angry. If they do not steal it from me, someone else will and I would rather I know the thief than not know!
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Post by cheshirecat on Jun 14, 2013 12:47:51 GMT 3
Of course the first Lady Margaret would still be doing her halleluya hosana praise the lord gulps as his excellency excels in doing justice to her firmly built traditional proportions; so it will be understood it is the political balls cut. [/quote] You could have made your point without this.
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Post by OtishOtish on Jun 15, 2013 0:39:09 GMT 3
But I stopped chuckling when I considered where some of my taxes go: Last I heard your taxes go to your adopted country, aka land of your spouse. That is of course unless you never did freeze those Otishotish initiated aid projects to KE as you threatened to The month now is June. That means the Kenyan Begging Mission is due here any day now. Regular like clockwork: their arrival always confirms to me that it's summer.
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Post by mank on Jun 15, 2013 7:48:40 GMT 3
Jakaswanga: I had a few chuckles at the way salary negotiations go in Kenya.SRC: "500K per month is all the country can afford, and we aren't budging." MPs: "800K per month is what we want, and we aren't budging." Kenyans: "Greedy pigs! Not a cent more!" Uhuruto: "The MPs accept what is being offered and move on." ____________________________________ Somebody: "How about the salary stays at 500K per month, they get another 600K per month through other means, and a car and other good stuff get thrown in. ____________________________________ SRC: "Deal! We won because we stuck to the 500K per month salary!" MPs: "Deal! We won because we got another 600K per month plus a car and other good stuff!" Uhuruto: "Deal! We won because we showed decisive leadership and settled the matter; so everyone can now move on!" Kenyans: "We won something, somewhere." Does it get any better than a win-win-win-win deal? But I stopped chuckling when I considered where some of my taxes go:"Kenya stares at Sh180bn cash shortfall from foreign donors"www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Kenya-stares-at-Sh180bn-cash-shortfall/-/1006/1863646/-/hmqw8wz/-/index.htmlMind you, that's nothing compared to the off-budget amounts from the same sources. I will later show this great deal to my local legislator, who is expected to buy his own car and pay for pay for its use. But first, I'd better get to work, so that I pay taxes so that the foreign donors can have money to ... Beyond that:Kenya has broken new ground in political governance---dictatorship by a parliament in a democracy. And you have to give it to that Duale fellow: he was absolutely right when he stated that they are not to be messed with. One hope that Kenya has learned its lesson. I have taken note of the delicate word in the subject title. Are you sure the president needs them? After all, he's got weed, booze, and a happy marriage. Yes, and this is significant. The bet is "Heads you win, Tails I lose." And Kenyans are consistently willing to take it against the m.. PIG. What a dumb collection of Nyaga! I Can't blame you for jumping ship, arif. But I hate the thought that reading you beyond this point might translate to a prescription for I man to affliate with those who bet wiser (... U of As and etc) and savere the ambilical cord. I hope amigo Jak'aswanga won't stay zip and let me file the sellout papers. There's too much mourning already.
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Post by b6k on Jun 15, 2013 15:10:47 GMT 3
Last I heard your taxes go to your adopted country, aka land of your spouse. That is of course unless you never did freeze those Otishotish initiated aid projects to KE as you threatened to The month now is June. That means the Kenyan Begging Mission is due here any day now. Regular like clockwork: their arrival always confirms to me that it's summer. It's good to see you set your day light savings time based on the KE begging bowl cycles
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Post by OtishOtish on Jun 16, 2013 1:14:53 GMT 3
Friend Mank:
Why the mourning? The new parliament could be very entertaining. Have you even seen so much swagger outside a cowboy movie? Anyways ... As I usually do on weekends, I spent part of this morning talking to folks back in Kenya. "Mourning" did not come to mind, but "ennui" and "listnesses" did, and these from people who have (or should have) plenty to keep them busy in the grind of daily living. There's a very odd vibe in some places over there. Interestingly, even the serious Kenyan cyberforums---and that includes Jukwaa---are also showing a lack of "oomph". (The silly ones always create enough nonsense to keep busy.)
As for the notion of Jakaswanga doing a "zip", forget it. He comes from a part of the world where men have their lower six teeth removed. That gives the tongue plenty of room to move---to talk or to ... sorry, I can't properly finish that in a family-oriented forum (but see latest RE Michael Douglas).
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Post by joblesscorner on Jun 16, 2013 5:13:18 GMT 3
When did Cabinet Secretary Rotich get time to Prepare the Budget, i think it was all prepared, presented to him.
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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 17, 2013 19:01:21 GMT 3
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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 17, 2013 19:03:35 GMT 3
It has been billed as a climb down by the 11th parliament. It does not look that way to me from here! The tyrant got away with it scot free!
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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 30, 2013 14:43:16 GMT 3
From time immemorial, the general affairs of society has always needed a set-up in which the public affairs could be streamlined, debated, solutions sought in dialogue. And there has always been a deadly interplay between one man, the council of advisors, and the bareaucracy that implements the decisions. The fire of conflict in economic relations raging below, the bubbling paroxysms at the political surface, the struggle for power, mostly untidy. And in modern political practice, this Trinity is still a very fluid affair. And so we have the presidency, the parliament and the bureacucracy in Kenya currently locked in a battle for political pre-eminence. And in the transitional phase called promulgation, and devolution, currently the rogue 11th parliament enjoys supremacy. But it is in the nature of such a wide body that it is too cumbersome, too unwieldly, wherefore in times of a crisis as it bickers, it shall need a quicker decision making process to replace it, which is why the Roman senate invented the office of Dictator of Rome, specifically to deal with an existential threat, mostly war, but usually mass famine or a threatening bankruptcy too. A dictator of Rome could 'confiscate gold from the houses of the gods' to finance war, commit sacrillege by law. This would be like the Italian Government looting the Vatican and auctioning the works of Michellangelo, to finance war in Libya or Afghanistan, if not even loftier bunga-bungas for the ageing Berlusconi elite. Law can be an ass. But in the hands of man, most man, uchecked it will be. For a long time this fanciful dictatorial arrangement of Old Rome worked in balance, until an enlengthened period of crisis arose, that perpetuated the tenure of Julius Caesar. A perpetuation which would morph into the office of the almighty emperor, perfected by the wily Augustus with the senate in his pocket --tamed and domesticated. This is like the imperial presidency of Kenya, under Kenyatta or Moi which, at their peak, had parliament under lock and key. With the end of the KANU days and the advent of the Great Transition called the 2nd Liberation, the pendulum of power evened out a bit, and I think the 11th parliament in this phase, represent the peak of parliamentary power over the presidency to date in Kenyan history. An absolute tyranny of Mpigs. And it is more base and primitive than the worst period of colonial legico [impunity] in Kenya. The way they [Mpigs] have run rings around everyone, especially in their determined, pathological greed, which saw them invent bills to slither out of the fangs of the SRC and set their own remunerations, thereby having unchecked acces to the Treasury, proves their peak of consciousness in impunity, and, I am afraid, has set in motion a psychology of backlash amongst the populace which, from now, can only mean the decline in the 11th parliament's power and influence. They have become a national joke, but of a tragic kind. Uhuru Kenyatta, if not too distracted by other matters like the ICC, must sense this opportunity and start to turn the tables. The acrominious defeat of Jakoyo Midiwo's motion to have lap-tops money end the teachers strike, is a show of just what a schizophrenic lot these animals in occupation of the 11th parliament are, indeed, equally given to a cannibalistic frenzy [in toto] like pyranhas turned on themselves, they are on a path to auto-mutilation. That process should be catalysed. Kenyatta should throw them more bones to tear themselves to pieces and destroy their greed-based occasional harmony. I do not see another issue which could ever unite them more than their collective evil greed. A greed which has evoked disdain and hate, and thus began their decay. A greed which is the harbinger of their ultimate rout. Uhuru Kenyatta must now plot to regain the initiative, to break the united front of the wolf-pack, and bend them to break. Sending spanner-boy Ruto to long night meetings have not worked to date, so he will need to come up with stronger medicine, also to enforce party discipline. But he must beware, coz he is variously encumbered himelf. So he has to play politics of public support. Smart politics. He has to 'bribe' the population. And that Rotich budget with its now discredited 20% VAT on posho and sukuma-wiki, is to shoot ones own would-be fleet feet! (the other foot of course dragging the ICC bolder does not make matters any easier). It is in this respect that Uhuruto's insistence at following Mutahi Ngunyi's advice, of humiliating Raila and alienating a large base, becomes infantile and naive. It is like Ngunyi is leading him with his nose toward a political slaughter-house. www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila-Jubilee-wont-force-me-to-quit-politics-/-/1064/1899434/-/xn0fb7/-/index.html If Uhuru wants to have any meaning as president, he will need every ounce of goodwill from every Kenyan. Because his is already a beseiged rule, and must engage in high-grade 'coalitional diplomacy' internally, like he has tried externally with the AU in that other personal matter. --- Given also that though he was duly DECLARED elected, the IEBC has mathematically failed to reconcile the voting tallies. Hassan can not explain the descrepancy of the extra ~1m votes by the presidential tally. That is, it was a 'due' rig.In the old days the president of Kenya, as dictator Moi or Kenyatta snr., could intimidate by killing, detention without trial or jailing on trumped up charges; and selective briberies. Today the game has changed. The option of killing is non existent, so what remains is party organisation, bribery, blackmail, threats, appeal to higher morality, and mobilising other forces to isolate the rogue parliament further, marginalising it, emasculating then killing it. Reducing it to a diminished outfit, taking what it is given, until it refinds her true calling. The retiring senate of 47, could just do the job of legislative assistance and control. Within her halls are enough rotten lawyers' of exceptional mind who would re-write a money-saving ammendment to the constitution. That is one which leaves only the senate as the bridesmaids to the president-emperor, as it abolishes the den of of cannibal Mpigs who cost the taxpayer 1.5M/month each. The savings from abolishing parliament can be used as food subsidies for the urban poor, funding soup kitchens, and retirement allowances for all Kenyans above 70 years of age. I think Kennedy-man Rotich can now be forgotten. From his fancy head wont come a solution to the public wage-bill and the general economic crisis that the accompagning debt shall exercabate. But solutions must come, from somewhere, if not from the one in responsibility. I mean, something has to give in Kenya. Better an ordely coup than a chaos! politics is hard choices. Government expenditure must PRIORITISE INVESTMENT AND PRODUCTION ABOVE ALL ELSE. One way or another this has to happen soon. And it must mean 'reducing' the elite. Thinning them out, for they are clearly parasites killing the host. ------------------------ Meanwhile Mr. Kenyatta gives the impression he is all powerful. He rules by decrees. I think he must be treated of, or weaned off his political quixotic insanity, so that he can comprehend reality correctly and approach it rationally.See commentry on this thread jukwaa.proboards.com/thread/8555/quixote-uhuru-kenyatta-pancha-ruto
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Post by kamalet on Jun 30, 2013 19:16:21 GMT 3
Like the warthog who is legendary for a short memory, it would appear that our good old Jakaswanga seems to have fallen for the same short memory problem!
Perhaps he might want to remember the tyranny of numbers in the 10th parliament when the party in the majority even though it claimed to be in government rode rough shod over their counterparts in PNU! The speaker then played the tune for his party leader and we were lied to that his wisdom was Solomonic just because he could stand up to the head of state. Unfortunately in any democracy where there majority's way is fully recognised whilst the minority only has a say, do not be surprised or even be annoyed when the tyranny of numbers is unleashed in the House.
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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 30, 2013 22:03:20 GMT 3
Like the warthog who is legendary for a short memory, it would appear that our good old Jakaswanga seems to have fallen for the same short memory problem! Perhaps he might want to remember the tyranny of numbers in the 10th parliament when the party in the majority even though it claimed to be in government rode rough shod over their counterparts in PNU! The speaker then played the tune for his party leader and we were lied to that his wisdom was Solomonic just because he could stand up to the head of state. Unfortunately in any democracy where there majority's way is fully recognised whilst the minority only has a say, do not be surprised or even be annoyed when the tyranny of numbers is unleashed in the House. Kamalet, I think waragi has not yet decayed all my memory cells to warthog levels! That is why, on the other site on teachers, I reminded you that prf. Kaimenyi of education sounds, with his threat to interdict the salaries of walimu, much like his fellow academic Nyong'o when the Nurses went on strike on him. --FIRE THEM ALL! he shouted! But in this thread, in the above post, something else is bothering me. Government finances. If you consider what the interest repayments on the public loan is [both on external and internal debt already exceed spending on education or infrastructure]; the report that counties are going to use 72% of their monies on salaries and perks, and Rotich's earlier report that the central government is already at about 60% of budget on recurrent expenditure, and set to rise as the alignments [harmonisations] agreed in the last months bites in [ police, teachers, nurses, military etc], then it occurs to me either a miracle has to happen, or the laws of economics will impose their own austerity on us Kenyans. And that is a politico-economic crisis with grievous social consequences. I am therefore thinking of ways to reduce the government expenditure, both local and central --devolved or not, to a conservative international standard of 8%-GDP in say 2 years. That can not be done without a radical surgery. --eg: the abolition of the house of Mpigs. Do you think a nation can prosper paying 78% of its budget to salaries? ---That is Samuel Does Liberia! Caveat: the oil starts flowing tomorrow, and Rotich smiles all the way to the bank, or is it to the governor of Turkana?
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Post by kamalet on Jun 30, 2013 22:20:21 GMT 3
Jakaswanga
You raise an important point that I attempted to discuss in some other thread. The recurrent expenditure of our counties at 78% on salaries and perks is an insult to devolution! You say getting to 8& would be desired as happens elsewhere. Did you know that the CDF maximum for salaries used to 3% of the revenue a constituency received and 97% went straight to white elephants in some constituencies....which I would prefer to Gyms and Prados for busybodies in some county government!!!
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Post by mank on Jul 1, 2013 2:36:03 GMT 3
Like the warthog who is legendary for a short memory, it would appear that our good old Jakaswanga seems to have fallen for the same short memory problem! Perhaps he might want to remember the tyranny of numbers in the 10th parliament when the party in the majority even though it claimed to be in government rode rough shod over their counterparts in PNU! The speaker then played the tune for his party leader and we were lied to that his wisdom was Solomonic just because he could stand up to the head of state. Unfortunately in any democracy where there majority's way is fully recognised whilst the minority only has a say, do not be surprised or even be annoyed when the tyranny of numbers is unleashed in the House. Kamalet, I think waragi has not yet decayed all my memory cells to warthog levels! That is why, on the other site on teachers, I reminded you that prf. Kaimenyi of education sounds, with his threat to interdict the salaries of walimu, much like his fellow academic Nyong'o when the Nurses went on strike on him. --FIRE THEM ALL! he shouted! But in this thread, in the above post, something else is bothering me. Government finances. If you consider what the interest repayments on the public loan is [both on external and internal debt already exceed spending on education or infrastructure]; the report that counties are going to use 72% of their monies on salaries and perks, and Rotich's earlier report that the central government is already at about 60% of budget on recurrent expenditure, and set to rise as the alignments [harmonisations] agreed in the last months bites in [ police, teachers, nurses, military etc], then it occurs to me either a miracle has to happen, or the laws of economics will impose their own austerity on us Kenyans. And that is a politico-economic crisis with grievous social consequences. I am therefore thinking of ways to reduce the government expenditure, both local and central --devolved or not, to a conservative international standard of 8%-GDP in say 2 years. That can not be done without a radical surgery. --eg: the abolition of the house of Mpigs. Do you think a nation can prosper paying 78% of its budget to salaries? ---That is Samuel Does Liberia! Caveat: the oil starts flowing tomorrow, and Rotich smiles all the way to the bank, or is it to the governor of Turkana? Ok, now is the time for someone to say Kenya is a failed state! I disagreed when i saw an empty statement, but if these numbers are correct, then, my friend, it may not be clear today. But it won't be too long before we have to admit it. Strangely the constitution seems to have earned us the fatal blow in this sense.
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Post by jakaswanga on Jul 1, 2013 21:24:15 GMT 3
Mank, Here are some visible rifts of the iceberg which the Titanic, MV Kenya, sailing toward Industrialisation must mind. Navigator Rotich knows the score, so if he does not not sternly warn captain Uhuruto to load off some depth charges, that will be that. www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenya-public-debt-to-hit-Sh2-trillion-in-three-years-time-/-/539552/1886080/-/d855i4z/-/index.html www.businessdailyafrica.com/Interest-payment-on-public-debt-surges-to-Sh100bn/-/539552/1878276/-/9n3un4/-/index.htmlEarlier on. Like the warthog who is legendary for a short memory, it would appear that our good old Jakaswanga seems to have fallen for the same short memory problem! Perhaps he might want to remember the tyranny of numbers in the 10th parliament when the party in the majority even though it claimed to be in government rode rough shod over their counterparts in PNU! The speaker then played the tune for his party leader and we were lied to that his wisdom was Solomonic just because he could stand up to the head of state. Unfortunately in any democracy where there majority's way is fully recognised whilst the minority only has a say, do not be surprised or even be annoyed when the tyranny of numbers is unleashed in the House. Kamalet, I think waragi has not yet decayed all my memory cells to warthog levels! That is why, on the other site on teachers, I reminded you that prf. Kaimenyi of education sounds, with his threat to interdict the salaries of walimu, much like his fellow academic Nyong'o when the Nurses went on strike on him. --FIRE THEM ALL! he shouted! But in this thread, in the above post, something else is bothering me. Government finances. If you consider what the interest repayments on the public loan is [both on external and internal debt already exceed spending on education or infrastructure]; the report that counties are going to use 72% of their monies on salaries and perks, and Rotich's earlier report that the central government is already at about 60% of budget on recurrent expenditure, and set to rise as the alignments [harmonisations] agreed in the last months bites in [ police, teachers, nurses, military etc], then it occurs to me either a miracle has to happen, or the laws of economics will impose their own austerity on us Kenyans. And that is a politico-economic crisis with grievous social consequences. I am therefore thinking of ways to reduce the government expenditure, both local and central --devolved or not, to a conservative international standard of 8%-GDP in say 2 years. That can not be done without a radical surgery. --eg: the abolition of the house of Mpigs. Do you think a nation can prosper paying 78% of its budget to salaries? ---That is Samuel Does Liberia! Caveat: the oil starts flowing tomorrow, and Rotich smiles all the way to the bank, or is it to the governor of Turkana?
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Post by jakaswanga on Nov 25, 2013 21:27:38 GMT 3
Jakaswanga: I had a few chuckles at the way salary negotiations go in Kenya.SRC: "500K per month is all the country can afford, and we aren't budging." MPs: "800K per month is what we want, and we aren't budging." Kenyans: "Greedy pigs! Not a cent more!" Uhuruto: "The MPs accept what is being offered and move on." ____________________________________ Somebody: "How about the salary stays at 500K per month, they get another 600K per month through other means, and a car and other good stuff get thrown in. ____________________________________ SRC: "Deal! We won because we stuck to the 500K per month salary!" MPs: "Deal! We won because we got another 600K per month plus a car and other good stuff!" Uhuruto: "Deal! We won because we showed decisive leadership and settled the matter; so everyone can now move on!" Kenyans: "We won something, somewhere." Does it get any better than a win-win-win-win deal? But I stopped chuckling when I considered where some of my taxes go:"Kenya stares at Sh180bn cash shortfall from foreign donors"www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Kenya-stares-at-Sh180bn-cash-shortfall/-/1006/1863646/-/hmqw8wz/-/index.htmlMind you, that's nothing compared to the off-budget amounts from the same sources. I will later show this great deal to my local legislator, who is expected to buy his own car and pay for pay for its use. But first, I'd better get to work, so that I pay taxes so that the foreign donors can have money to ... Beyond that:Kenya has broken new ground in political governance---dictatorship by a parliament in a democracy. And you have to give it to that Duale fellow: he was absolutely right when he stated that they are not to be messed with. One hope that Kenya has learned its lesson. I have taken note of the delicate word in the subject title. Are you sure the president needs them? After all, he's got weed, booze, and a happy marriage. WHAT DOES A SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC WAGE-BILL MEAN?There are signs it is sinking in. That Kenya can actually run out of money to pay the public wage-bill! [of course the CBK can start printing worthless paper to keep up the appearances of value. Hopefuly nothing extreme as happened down south, where brother Mugabe issued a zillion denomination note which still could not buy 3 folded sheets of toilet paper ---the type they give you in Public Toilets in Nairobi in exchange for ksh. 10!]www.nation.co.ke/news/politics/MPs-plot-to-abolish-Senate-/-/1064/2086954/-/11oy2d8/-/index.htmlHere is cabinet fin-sec Henry Rotich on June 13 2013. www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000085823/treasury-backs-salaries-team-on-mps-payHe was subsequently thrown under the rubble as the Tsunami of Mpigs greed raged through the land. And only yesterday, Serem caved in and opened wide again, this time for MCA [members of country assembly] to rape their fill. ---Oh no, the MCA's refused! The want it wider, juicier! On the other hand it appears even the dumbest of the dumb is beginning to sense that new constitutions do not prevent financial collapse, and a financial collapse can easily be the collapse of a functional democracy. In other words, if Kenya collapses financially due to the greed of her political class, there is the possibility that even the security forces will not protect the politicians from public lynchings.It is this fear that informs these noises about UNSUSTAINABILITY! For Jukwaa, I think Mank did a good job setting us the parallel of the American city called Detroit! Okay, a country too can ran out of money. Greece was a kind of such a case. She promptly lost her autonomy as BAIL-OUT countries started ordering their politicians around. So, Die the senate or die the parliament? Good power struggle to watch in Nairobi. From a presidential perspective, it is easier to terrorise 47 senators than 400Mpigs. So better parliament be disbanded. By economics, the country saves more disbanding 400 salaries @ million+ each! Let the die be cast! But those who have had their raises, wont convince those who have not, that the pot is empty. www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/?articleID=2000097929&story_title=mca-s-reject-new-salary-offerEarlier on, Serem did not know who she was dealing with. What a mess! Who is the fraud in the story below? Serem or the group she met? The woman whose body the financial secretary is relying on to help him rationalise the nation's finances, does not even know who is genuine when she negotiates state monies away? There is a Kenny Rogers song called the Gambler: One line goes --- You got to know when to hold on, know when to walk away, know when to run ---b4 you loose all your money!Run, Rotich, Run! If ya gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right!
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Post by jakaswanga on Feb 18, 2015 23:49:57 GMT 3
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Post by jakaswanga on Mar 19, 2015 20:11:49 GMT 3
This 11th Parliament is no longer legitimateThe 11th parliament is no longer legitimate. ###See the scandals###. My Luo Nyanza pivot is leading me to extraordinary depths. It imposes on me a rigorous style of thinking, looking at reality without cobwebs refracting my gaze. It is a fresh exercise since I do not remember Kenya ever making such demands on me. Yes, one does get used to mediocrity in a republic where mediocrity is cherished. But in the same vein, some recognise the mediocrity for the boring hell-hole it is, tire of its under performing and under achieving culture, and opt out to go for the free air of healthy competition, and the self-realisation of good thinking. And good thinking can of course be scary. So I have been thinking about legitimacy, especially as far as it concerns the current parliament in the republic of impunity and mediocrity, aka Kenya. Legitimacy is something which can be lost. Legitimacy can also be annulled. Legitimacy is in this case a political construction. The parliament is legally constituted, based on a a general election in the year of our lord 2013. However, legitimacy is not a holy institute immune to real developments in society, maintaining its fortitude regardless. And truly, a general election and the eventual due process of inauguration are not a talisman around the necks of Mpigs, bestowing upon them foolproof infallibility in the face of whatever rot they engage in, neither does it bestow upon them bullet-proofed immunity; Nay, Muchai of Dagoretti for instance, seems to have gotten himself in circumstances which made him permanently vacate his Mpigship. Legitimacy has preconditions. It must be ever qualified. Ever performed. There are prerequisites for its maintenance, there are rituals. It has do's and don'ts it must adhere to, respect, hold high, profess, otherwise it degenerates and eventually evaporates. The 11th parliament has made easy work of this interrogation of legitimacy. Delegitimating our 11th MpigSty wont be the greatest mental feat of anybody's work day, because, in each and every case the crime is obvious and the facts self-explanatory. And our 8-4-4 journalists have had a field day documenting the parliamentary rot. The absence of a very powerful CULTURAL INSTITUTE of self-cleansing, self-renewal, seals the doom of this rotten House. RESIGNATION AS SAFETY VALVE.Resignation is one of the most powerful tools of refreshing legitimacy. When one is found, sometimes merely SUSPECTED, to have disobeyed the MORAL codes of the systematic order, he or she --in political speak-- looses their CREDIBILITY and their public position becomes UNTENABLE. The system then SACRIFICES one of its own in a PR-exercise which restores public confidence. And proves the checks and balances work, which is an INTERNAL civilisation norm. But in Kenya resignations are )unknown, this self-cleansing rituals of inner balances and checks non existent. And then we got a real problem. What to do? Only radical surgery remains as a realistic option. If rotten trash can not resign themselves to their fate which is the compost yard, then a kind of grading force, a lawn mower or a tractor, must sweep them away. Resign them by other means. That integrity chapter we ignored, trashed and was swept under even by Great Hopes like CJ Mutunga, methinks it is a ticking bomb, busy somewhere in an evil countdown according to the will of Olympian Zeus. If the history of other countries is to go by, most rotten systems come to very very sad ends. Unless an angel guardian does a Solomon, like the cloud-gatherer Zeus whenever he had had enough of strife between mortals, then would he dispatch his fiery-eyed daughter Athena to give and enforce the counsel of peace and sense. In thy counsel thus -O thy crooked-willed son of Kronos Dost we now wallow blind and sad that you show us a way! Mind thee, O thy god of the Thunderbolt that smitteth a-flames Them hecatombs of rich sacrifice we ever beseech thy wisdom with!###Next: the prosecution: what is the 11th parliament guilty of? ###
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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 17, 2015 19:46:33 GMT 3
WHEN THE MUTHAMAKI IS SHOUTED DOWN BY EVEN THE HOME CROWD!Kenyatta is a fish with a broken tail. A rudderless ship. The King is a prisoner. Does the country free him from his captors, or does the country free itself of the captured head of state, and let him sink with his captors? It is a devil's dilemma. The public crucifixion of Monicah Juma -crime of competence and standing up to corruption (limitedly of course) or is it marriage to the wrong man? is surely the last act of this sequel. We have seen the disbandment of the EACC, the buffoonery of Keriako Tobiko, the wiring of Anglo-leasing loot, the closure of the Land office, the fake title deeds, and now his own base telling him to forget Kagwanja's wife. It must be, that our Kenyatta himself, looking at himself in the mirror, revising his anti-corruption speeches as he sets out to work, for instance on the recent Madaraka day, must realise in his own mind that he means nothing to the country, but everything to the corrupt cartel controlling him and his actions like a puppet. If I had said earlier the 11th parliament had cut his balls, they must now be forcing to watch as they feed them to the dogs. The roguishness of this parliament has something fascinating. It is without pretence. It does not keep up appearances of an August House. They are untidy and brawl in primitive fashion -like during that security bill reading in which Moses Kuria couldn't help seizing the opportunity to thoroughly grope Millie Odhiambo; if the senate displeases them, they threaten to disband the senate; if the Salaries and remuneration raises its voice, they threaten to disband that one too; if Rotich of finance hints at taxing them, they inform him to come get his impeachment --which is the reason William Ruto never gets in their way. If he does, they will suddenly remember his corruption and ICC cases and move for his disqualification from office. Now, it is amazing that revelations are coming of cash payments demanded if the case Monicah Juma is to be listened to again. And Duale? They just called him Al-Shabaab and told him to keep a low profile, or else they could remember that list he never produced! The tyranny of this house is a pathology! That Okoa Kenya has a task here. These beasts can not be allowed this latitude much longer! Parliament has become a criminal enterprise. (but they rest assured nobody can bell the cat! Ruto is Singh -whatever that means; and Uhuru Kenyatta did not become the richest Kenyan by honest sweat and toil. Then you pick your battles carefully lest they blow back in your face! NB: During the reading of the budget, they cared naught, our Mpigs. They lounged and chatted outside as Rotich laboured, and those who were occasionally inside fiddled with their phones and yawned in boredom. Then when it came the time of the finance committee to inquisite the incoming chairman of the central bank, the concerned Mpigs were only more interested in how he gets his sexual gratifications! How he will handle the shilling if it looses nerve and starts to float could not interest them the least. These things are beasts amok! The nation must plot a cull one way or another! even a brothel has higher morals than these scum! yes we elected them, so yes it is our duty to finish them off!
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