With the general elections set to take place at the end of this month, the journey that I started at the beginning of the year is about to come to a climactic point. In a tough and yet remarkable year for me, I kept going against great odds driven by a deep desire to offer something different to the Kileleshwa voters – an inspired leadership that would raise the bar for our civic candidates in terms of service delivery.
To a large extent, I believe I’ve achieved that objective considering my limited time and resources. My name will be on the Kileleshwa ballot under the SAFINA party and it’s now up to the voters to decide whether my tested credentials qualify me for the job of representing Kileleshwa Ward at City Hall for the next five years.
This Saturday 8th December 2007, I will unveil my contract with Kileleshwa voters at the Waruku shopping centre during an exciting public rally. The rally will be curtain raised by local music artists led by no less - JUA CALI himself. See image advert on the right.
I have printed cards with this contract, which I prefer to call my Five-point action plans. My take is that action on pledges is what Kenyans really need, not empty promises in the form of grand “visions” and “manifestos” which are never implemented.
I have desisted from using those words because they’ve become such boring lies to Kenyan voters. I’ve been handing out my cards to Kileleshwa residents whenever I go out on the campaign trail because I believe that it’s important for a leader to have something binding on paper with his/her voters for ease of appraisal come the next elections.
It’s therefore a great honour for me to hereby present this contract on the blog for your download and objective perusal. Please click on the image to your right for a close-up of my contract cards.
I invite you to post your queries or comments on the same at this forum. You have a right as a voter and employer, to thoroughly interview me on these pledges before you cast your vote on December 27th 2007.
I’m confident that I’ll pass the interview and that Kileleshwa voters will give me the mandate to represent them as a Councillor at the Nairobi City Council. God bless.
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Mr. Councillor,
ReplyDeleteGreat blog you've got here. I appreciate the hard work you've put into your campaign...its pretty impressive. I've also listened to you talking to people in Kile and I think you have what it takes to get the job done. But tell me, why did you choose SAFINA?
I'm just curious.
Hi Ron,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. To answer your query about my choice of SAFINA, I'll provide five reasons as follows:
1. I looked for the least controversial party and that happened to be Safina. There's a neutrality about the party that works well for me. Voters are now focused on me as a potential leader rather than the Party.
2. I looked for a party that was likely to be there for at least another 10 years, and Safina fitted the bill. Remember, Safina has been around for the last 10 years. NARC has been there for 5 years and its now dead. ODM, PNU or ODM-K may not even survive the next 2 years as they are.
3. I was also intrigued by Muite's ability to go against conventional wisdom and prevail against party "waves" in Central Province three times in a row.
4. The obvious requirement of the law that you must be nominated by a political party. Otherwise I would prefer to run as an independent considering the fluid and unpredictable nature of our political parties.
5. Finally, the so-called "big" parties or "horses" ziko na wenyewe. If you don't kiss ass to these "owners" (usually sitting MPs), you don't have a chance. My dignity wouldn't allow me to stoop so low.
I hope that satisfies your curiosity.
Great content councillor!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the strength and represent the people!
Karibu Culu.
ReplyDeleteIts now six days to elections and the propaganda is already in top gear even in Kileleshwa. I would now like to share one of these lies with my readers here.
One of the civic aspirants - Kwame Kariuki of PICK, has printed booklets indicating that he is the only civic candidate resident in Kileleshwa. He claims that I live in Kangemi!
For the record (and this can be easily verified on the ground) - I live at Millie Court on Musa Gitau road, Kileleshwa Ward.
Now, if this candidate can stoop to such lies, imagine what he'll do if he gets his hands on the LATF funds which most voters don't know exist?
Hi Dancan, first of all I would like to send you my best wishes for 2008. I hope you had a good time yesterday. Me and Jenny had a good party with a couple of friends and it was just a great evening.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, I am very curious about how things worked out in the election. The only reports we get are about the presidential election. According to the reports it seems like the situation right now is very problematic in Nairobi with riots in Kiberi and other poor communities.
I hope you and your family are safe.
Send my best greetings to your family.
Best regards
Niclas
Hi Niclas,
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking up on us. We are currently quite safe and the political situation is getting calm.
There are some parts of Nairobi and indeed Kenya that are still experiencing some ugly flare ups depending on the fluid political situation.
Kenyans are earnestly working towards a lasting peaceful resolution to this political conflict. The coming days and months are going to be very hard for Kenyans and elected leaders must rise to the occassion. I'll keep you updated on the peace efforts.
Please pass my regards to your family.