JUBILEE V CORD

Posted on 12th June 201612th June 2016 by PJM

In Nairobi the biggest tribe – President, many employers, employees and generally successful is the: Kikuyu

The biggest slum – Kibera and many others are inhabited by Luo people that arrived in Nairobi from the Kisumu area, could not find a job and ended up in a slum.

The politicians divide these 2 communities for their own benefit (votes):

rich v poor;
Kikuyu v Luo
employed v unemployed
housed v slums
Jubilee coalition v Cord coalition

Very bad situation

Education needs to break down these barriers

Look at this video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxLsshfCUx4&index=1&list=PLuvkxTBwQE1YuHTfqR0Wr7nS9XFzYdeZd

Behavioural change project

Posted on 11th June 201612th June 2016 by PJM

Educate the young to have confidence in themselves
Work hard at school / University
Stop looking up to politicians as God – they are there to serve the public
Stop paying bribes – say NO

Politics

Posted on 9th June 201612th June 2016 by PJM

Uhuru Kenyatta was elected president of Kenya under The National Alliance (TNA), which was part of the Jubilee Alliance with his running mate William Ruto’s United Republican Party (URP). Uhuru and Ruto won 50.07% of votes cast, with closest rivals, Raila Odinga and running mate Kalonzo Musyoka of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy garnering 42%. Raila disputed the election results at the Supreme Court which however held (7–0) that the election of Uhuru was valid and such irregularities as existed did not make a difference to the final outcome . Uhuru Kenyatta was therefore sworn in as President on 9 April 2013.

The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy is a coalition of multiple political parties, built around the triumvirate of Raila Odinga,Kalonzo Musyoka, and Moses Wetangula, to contest the Kenya General elections of 2013. The members of the coalition are Orange Democratic Movement, Wiper Democratic Movement, FORD-Kenya, Kenya Social Congress, The Independent Party, KADU–Asili,Peoples Democratic Party, Mkenya Solidarity Movement, Chama Cha Uzalendo, Muungano Development Movement Party of Kenya,United Democratic Movement, Chama Cha Mwananchi, Federal Party of Kenya, Labour Party of Kenya Following the hotly contested elections that saw Jubilee alliance win, Cord filed a petition contesting the results. The Supreme Court rejected Cord’s petition and declared Kenyatta the president-elect.

The Coalition of Reforms and Democracy (CORD) is currently the official opposition party in Kenya. It has a wide support in Kenya with roughly 50% of the Electorate in Kenya.

‘Map Kibera’ driving change

Posted on 30th July 201525th August 2015 by PJM

Map Kibera was a project started in 2009, producing a detailed map of Kibera that is current and updated by trained local people on the ground. The mapping project has highlighted the very existence of Kibera itself as prior to 2009 it was just a blank space on maps and was not recognised by government since it was classed as an illegal settlement. The project has collected information on railway tracks, roads, paths, location of medical facilities, location of schools, location of water points, and locations of pit latrines & sewers. The second map on our maps page links directly to ‘Map Kibera‘.

A side benefit of collecting data on more than 350 ‘informal’ schools serving Kibera is that government is now taking notice. It has become obvious that many children are missing out on the government commitment to provide FREE primary school education. The result – plans are now under way for new public schools. Additionally organisations like UNESCO use the information to target their resources in a more focussed way.

So, what a tremendous project this is is and with unexpected influence on both private and public organisations.