Wednesday, 28 September 2022
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Mutula Jnr roots for
County Grants Bill
September 28, 2022
NAIROBI
By Anchor Reporter
A bill to facilitate the disbursement of funds from donors and
development partners to counties is in the offing.
According to Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo, the County Grants
Bill which was prepared in the last Senate and was never passed is to be fast
tracked, leading to the creation of a law to help in the flaw of funds to
counties from sources other than the national government.Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.
In a dispatch, Mr Kilonzo said the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua had directed that the bill be published in the National Assembly as soon as it opens during an emergency meeting with all Governors that took place on Monday September 16, 2022 to seek ways to alleviate the current famine situation.
The meeting, chaired Mr Gachagua was attended by outgoing
Cabinet Secretaries Margaret Kobia, Ukur Yattani and James Macharia.
The government has so far dispatched 23 trucks of foodstuff
including rice and flour were later flagged off by President William Ruto.
Said Mr Kilonzo “While I was at the Senate in the last
Parliament, we prepared the County Grants Bill which was never passed. As the
Chairman of the Council of Governors Legal Affairs and Government relations
committee I was tasked to work on the Grants bill to fruition. This will ease
disbursement of funds to counties by donors and partners.
The relief food was sent to the 10 most affected counties in
Kenya in the arid and semi-arid counties in Northern Kenya. CS Kobia confirmed
that 29 more counties including Makueni will shortly receive the relief food as
the Treasury CS was directed to make provisions for funds to support the
initiative.
During the meeting, the governor proposed that the relief food
be distributed with the assistance of Sub County administrators to curtail
pilferage and ensure it gets to deserving residents.
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Get out to the field,
Mutula orders Doctors
WOTE: September 14th 2022
By Governor's Press Service
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Kibwana: Wiper is aiding burial of Kalonzo's long political career
Thursday, 20 January 2022
Unmasking Kalonzo Musyoka
By Kivutha Kibwana
LAST weekend, Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka jumped the OKA negotiations to enthrone himself as the flag bearer. Before a gathering of predominantly some Lower Eastern Kenya residents, he declared that he will seek the presidency until the finishing tape. That declaration has all but put the last nail on OKA's coffin.
Prof Kibwana |
Kalonzo Musyoka |
Kalonzo was ostensibly also endorsed by the region's clergy, or so he said. It is however sad to note that the Ukambani Christian Leaders' Forum was not represented. The three key regional Elders' Councils were not in attendance. Both these two groups- clergy & elders- form the Akamba Leaders Forum (APEX). Last time they called him and other regional leaders to a meeting, he chose not to attend. SUPKEM was also not represented.
The vote basket of Ukambani stands between 1.6 million to 2 million and possibly with the diaspora vote and more votes from further voter registration the figure of 2.5 million is a real possibility. To win the presidency, one must get support from other regions whose total registered voters in 2017 stood at 19, 611, 423 million. For Kalonzo to appear to be a serious candidate, he must demonstrate that he will marshal huge nationwide support- which demonstration is neither here nor there.
The Kamba community
and other Kenyan communities are wiser now and will not be used by
individuals who merely want to capture a section of their communities in
the name of presidential candidature for subsequent auction. Normally, Kalonzo’s
real or perceived reach gravitates around his region. When he ventures out on
his own, the crowds are unfortunately lean.
Kalonzo has been riding on a myth currently created that he enjoys massive support in Lower Eastern Kenya as he did during the NASA times when many leaders from the region supported NASA. Further, due to continuous state support, the region had come to believe he is the gateway to national goodies. Recent by-elections in Kitui and Makueni have shown that Wiper is a weak party. Even in Machakos, a Wiper Senator won after the Chap Chap candidate was prevailed upon to stand down. His invincibility is being incrementally unmasked.
In the Yatta meeting Kalonzo claimed that three Ukambani governors stood on his shoulders to gain electoral positions! It is dumbfounding to imagine that he believes he is the sole voter in the region and the population of other 5 million voters is of no consequence. However, in 2013 I was elected under Muungano Party. In 2017 Governor Charity Ngilu was elected through NARC and Governor Alfred Mutua through Maendeleo Chap Chap even as Kalonzo fielded candidates in the two counties who actually rode on his shoulders. In 2017 Kalonzo had to plead with the people of Makueni to allow me to support Wiper and NASA. They called him for negotiations to a meeting at a place called Kambu, in Kibwezi East. In 2017 I helped NASA in Makueni to win decisively. Jubilee was not able to secure any seat as it did in Kalonzo’s Kitui and neighboring Machakos. As a negotiator I helped him to gain the Deputy President slot against Musalia Mudavadi, a gentleman and worthy presidential candidate. Kalonzo has not shown appreciation for the political work that people do for him. As a former chairman of his party, I stood in his place when he had to attend to his spouse’s treatment abroad.
Moreover, Kalonzo has over time antagonized key regional leaders such as Johnson Muthama, David Musila, Governor Mutua, Mutua Katuku, Mrs. Ngilu and myself. His casualties are many. In 2016 I helped to bring some leaders back to support NASA. Unfortunately, those who know him appreciate he is not a unifying, but a very divisive factor- whether in his region, OKA or elsewhere. In 2017 he used to say that the State could not accept Raila Odinga to win while he was his deputy.
Even before the Yatta meeting, Kalonzo told some of his inner circle whom we used to work together in the Think Tank that he will be a presidential candidate even if his community remains outside government for 20 years. Already 10 are gone. He hopes to create a Wiper ' Wave' in Ukambani so he can hoodwink the community and get MPs/ governors, MCAs to use to bargain for himself in the next dispensation.
Kalonzo's under-belly is that he cannot show tangible development to his credit from 1985 for almost FOUR DECADES of public service. Whenever this plain fact is mentioned, he goes livid just like his ardent supporters. Even as a Vice President there isn't much to show. On the whole he prefers to recruit leaders who don't question him, extreme loyalists. Since 2004 when Mzee Mulu Mutisya passed on and Kalonzo was informally declared as de facto leader of the community, the crop and quality of leadership has continually deteriorated. He has often been accused of annihilating visionary and development oriented political leaders as well as regional civil servants and key business people who have a capacity to stand up to him now or in the future. On the whole Kalonzo has been unwilling or incapable of LOBBYING for his community at national level. In most spheres, the community representation in the public space has deteriorated substantially.
At the Yatta meeting, Kalonzo talked of other presidential candidates having occasioned strife in the past and that he is the man of peace and true safe pair of hands. If in 2007 Kalonzo had supported Mzee Mwai Kibaki or Raila, there would have been a decisive win either way. We would most likely have avoided the blood bath. His "KUPITIA KATIKATI" policy became a very personal and expensive stance for the country.
Given that Kalonzo has done some diplomacy and peace work abroad, why is he unable to be a uniting factor in his region? Does he gain from a divided region?
In presenting himself as a presidential candidate who cannot win but may garner some votes from Lower Eastern, he wishes to attack a former Raila stronghold. If the strategy is successful, William Ruto stands to benefit. Knowingly or unknowingly Kalonzo would have helped a candidate he could later work with. I guess that is Kenyan politics of intrigue.
In Lower Eastern the residents have begun to understand who the real Kalonzo is. People are tired of being used and others dumped or reused. They believe his presidential bid may be a blessing in disguise. Although he said he is God's candidate, God may be planning to retire him from the region's political environment. The Bible says God's ways are truly mysterious.
Professor Kivutha Kibwana is the Governor of Makueni currently serving his second and last term.
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Rebel AIC Churches return to the fold
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Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Kitui County, NHIF sign
Universal Health Care pact
The MOU will see over 100, 00O homesteads benefit under the comprehensive super cover.
By Terry Nzau
Kitui County government Governor Kaluki Ngilu says her government will use a co-pay program that will see the county pay 50% of the annual subscription of Ksh 6000 to NHIF while the rest will be paid by the covered household. " Sixty Percent of Kitui residents are classified as poor and lack means. With this we have a pocket expenditure to ensure affordable health for all", said Ngilu.
Governor Ngilu during the signing of the MOU with NHIF CEO Mr Peter Kamunyo |
Kitui County has 262,000 households with currently about 79, 320 household being insurured with different insurances which is less than thirty percent.
According to Ngilu over sixty percent of Kitui residents are classified as poor and therefore lack the means to meet daily needs such as health.
" Over eighty percent of our people are depended on public health facilities this places a huge demand for our county government to allocate resources to meet the needs", she said.
"Thirty three percent of annual Kitui budget goes in health but with this MOU we have therefore decided to set aside ten percent of this allocation every year to support our vulnerable households to enroll to UHC through NHIF", she added.
Ngilu says that this MOU will ensure as the county government they provide health insurance cover for over 85,000 households for the first time ever in Kitui and largely Kenya.
" I believe this will be the first time in our country when such a large number of ordinary wananchi in one county get health insurance. This will be a landmark achievement and one for which we are extremely grateful to President Uhuru Kenyatta who has enabled UHC dream come to life in this country", she emphasized.
NHIF CEO Peter Kamunyo says they are geared at socially protecting all citizens through Universal health coverage. " It gives me pleasure today to be signing an MOU with the county Government of Kitui supporting the healthcare in the county. And why so? because the spirit of UHC is leave no one behind and the spirit of Universal Health Coverage is to ensure all those who can pay and those who can't are identified and supported" said Kamunyo.
Kamunyo says they are focused at relieving Kenyans the burden of high cost of health and be productive. " The cost of Healthcare has continued and will continue to increase. This makes us one sickness away from poverty. Indeed it is true because 1 million Kenyans are driven to poverty every year because of catastrophic health expenditure", he added.
Kamunyo says it is important as the country goes through the scaleup for UHC they use the output base model known as an insurance model of risk transfer. " Basically what we are saying is that instead of carrying your own risk of health, be covered and the vehicle is NHIF and that you'll be able to transfer risk", said Kamunyo.
" To ensure that once you have transfer the risk, you'll be able to get adequate services and I thank Governor Ngilu for being a trailblazer on this era of ensuring most vulnerable get the care they need", he emphasized.
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