KIBAKI'S STORY

This is an email going round the net. I take it to be an election ploy. My advice, think when Dec29th comes.


THE KIBAKI STORY

Kamau wa Njoroge, (not his real name) who happens to own five
acres
of
land somewhere in the Rift valley - tuseme Laikipia - will this
year
sell his maize, yes! Maize for Kshs. 1,300 a bag. He sells his
produce at the local cereal board (NCPB). Right across the street
from the NCPB, Mr. Kiptoo is doing a roaring business akisiaga
posho.
He even mills the sifted unga and hence no need for rural folks
to
buy Hostess from Unga limited.

Five years ago, he got about shs. 400 for the same if he even
dared
plant
it in the first place.

His five cows give him an average of 25 kilos/litres of milk per
day.
He
reserves 5 litres for subsistence and sells 20 everyday at a
price of
Kshs. 18 per litre. That is kshs. 360 daily and since cows give
milk
even
on Christmas day, it is kshs. 10,800 every month.

He has three kids in primary school. He is a reasonably young man
and
since he is not paying school fees, he is busy saving money for
their
secondary education.

Across the road from Kamas's shamba, his neighbor James Koske has
10
acres. He has put 5 acres under wheat cultivation, 2 under maize,
2
under
other cash crop like potatoes, oranges and other types of
vegetables.


HE will be selling his wheat for about Kshs. 1,500 a bag. That is
about
700 more than what he'd have received 5 years ago.

Wheat yield is about 15 bags per acre. That will give him about
Kshs.
108,000 per year.

He has 7 cows. That gives him over 12,000 shillings monthly. He
sells
oranges and other vegetables. He is smiling because he is getting
rewarded for his efforts.

That is the same case for Simiyu in Mumias and his sugarcane
farm.
Chacha
and his tobacco is getting the same.

Otieno the Jua kali artisan and panel beater has just taken up a
small
loan from Equity bank to expand his business. He has actually
hired
three
more guys, two panel beaters and a painter man.

Mama mboga is doing roaring business at the soko and so is
Joseph,
the
owner of Hilton hotel across the market.

Mwalimu ameongezewa mshahara and so is the civil servant. He now
has
more
disposable income and some of it is being left at mama mboga's
and
Joseph's kiosk.

Dr. Ogeto, a Veterinary Doctor is doing roaring business at
Nyahururu
town
selling Adamycin, anti bloat medicine and Nilzan dewormer to
farmers.
Wakulima wameongeza mifugo coz KMC is doing roaring business and
so
is
KCC.


All these are common dudes. They are the small guys, the small
trader.

ODM, tafadhali acheni fitina. You look bad. Try something else.
The
economy is our strength; it is Kibaki's strength.

The economy is not doing well for two kinds of people;
1. Those who wait for free things, for manna to fall from above.
2. The lazy idlers.

For everyone who has a body temperature and willingness as well
as
the
initiative to take a risk, something is happening.

There are so many University graduates who are unemployed in
Kenya
today.
They are still waiting for those six figure income jobs.

They should go get a life. Start farming. its the easiest way to
make
some
money. Some of them have land lying idle (their parents), but
can't
even
educate their parents on what should be done. Hang on Matatus as
manambas and save some money and do something.

For anyone who had saved kshs. 12,000 last year, that was enough
money to
buy 1,000 shares of KENGEN. (@Kshs. 12.00). He would have made a
cool
8,000 shillings any day after the shares were floated in the
market
for
doing nothing. Reinvest the same money in something else and the
money
would have given 50% yield (shs. 4,000) giving him Kshs. 12,000
or
double
what he had saved. He now has 24,000 shillings in less than six
months. That is enough to secure him a loan at the bank or
something
else.

Remember the woman who borrowed kshs. 100,000, bought 6400 KENGEN
shares for approximately 77,000, sold the shares at Kshs. 40 each
making 28
shillings per share or 180,000 shares, repaid her 100,000 loan
and
made
Kshs. 80,000 ALL THAT IN A WEEK????

Why wouldn't a university graduate do that?

Remember the Chokora who saved Kshs. 50,000 and bought the same
leaving
Kimunya impressed?

Watu! Stop whining. It only makes you look bad.

Finally, everyone has a story of a small trader be it mitumba,
bike
repairer, shopkeeper e.t.c. who has made it in the last 4 years
in a
way
he could only have dreamt of.

Remember, there are no two economies in Kenya. There is just one
economy.

You don't have to be a genius to realize that if all sectors of
the
economy are growing including major employing sectors such as
agriculture and tourism then automatically jobs are being
created.

E.g. 5 new KTB employees go to Europe to promote tourism = Mr.
Shah
gets
10000 tourist through his hotel this year= Mr. Shah needs to hire
cooks,
watchmen waiters entertainers, drivers etc =Mr. Shah also needs
support
services a company to do his laundry and provide supplies.

Mr. Shah also needs to feed the tourist: enter Mr. Kamau. Mr.
Kamau
needs
to supply the fruits eggs milk for Mr. Shah he also needs people
to
go
buy the stuff from the farms clean package and deliver them to
Mr.
shah.
Enter Mr. Mwachofi he knows all the right people to do this job.

While the tourist’s are in Mombassa Salim the local has a tour
guide
company
that guides tourist’s around the coast, he also has a small
kikoi
shop and
curving he employs Mutiso Kilonzo and Mwangumi. Later Mahanga and
his
friends the local beach boys troop in to go sell the carvings.

Meanwhile Mr. Shah, Kamau and Mwachofi need to operate offices to
deal
with billing, payment, taxation to deal with KRA etc by DEC 2007,
600,000
JOBS CREATED NAHIYO NI MAENDELEO SIO MAANDAMANO.

Meanwhile Onyango is still living in Kibera and attending endless
ODM
rallies. While Mr. Shah, Kamau, Koske, Mwachifi, Kiptoo, Salim,
Mutiso
Mahanga and Nyongesa make some money and vote for Kibaki in 2007
and
dont
forget the women Mrs. Shah, Kiptoo, Kamau, Salim and Nyongesa.

CDF projects have also created jobs especially in the
construction
sector, but in some areas MPs resorted to buying lab items from
their
own companies and also spend all the money in giving bursary to
private students attending their private owned schools. People in
such areas will never feel or see the impact of the money.



President Kibaki promised that he would steer the economy to
create
500,000 jobs annually.

Kenya has 210 constituencies.

Each constituency receives approximately Kshs. 20 million
annually in
CDF.

On average, each constituency needs to create 2380 jobs to attain
the
desired goal.

Granted, some constituencies will definitely create more jobs
than
others
for example, Nairobi. This is the hub of commerce and industry as
well as
the service sector be it tourism, banking, hotel etc.

Some areas like the Rift Valley and Central Province are also
very
vibrant
in terms of the economy and will see a disproportionate job
growth
than
other areas.

I believe that we are very close to the said target and in two or
three years, if the status quo holds, we will definitely surpass
it.


KIBAKI'S DETRACTORS

ODM is so discomfited by the good economic news that they are
groping
in
the dark looking for answers.Why not just give credit where it is
due?

If you think about the ODM big 6 (or seven if you add Dr. Julia
Ojiambo),
you'd be forgiven for making the assumption that they are not in
the
country.

When there is good news, they are absent and notably very quiet.

Some days ago, Equity bank announced its profits and the story is
the
same. This is how the bank CEO summarized the rosy picture. This
excerpt is direct from the Kenya Yimes.

"Equity Bank's snowballing profit for the third quarter has
spiraled
by
120 per cent to Sh774 million from Sh351 million recorded for the
same
period last year.

The soaring profitability, attributed mainly to a surge in volume
of
business, is certain to boost investor confidence among the
bank's
shareholders following its listing at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(NSE)."

He said that it was due to a surge in volume of business.

It wasn't EABL, KENGEN, SafariCom, Mumias and other blue chip
companies
that borrowed all this money; it was you and I, the small guy.


It is good to be objective. It is by being objective that we can
be
proud of being Kenyans. Subjectivity has turned people into
pessimists who cannot see light at the end of the tunnel. This
pessimism has been spread to many ignorant Kenyans
who have fallen prey of selfish politicians. For example Hon.
Musa
Sirma was sarcastic in his criticism of the NARC government. But
today he has seen what KANU was saying was impossible e.g. free
primary education is now possible. We are no longer kneeling down
to
donors yet every constituency including his Eldama Ravine is
getting
something. However there are some who still cannot
appreciate any of these goodies yet you cannot trace any
performance
record when they had a chance.


For Instance:

(1) Hon. Kamotho was Minister for Education,
Transport, Local Government, Trade, and Environment
What legacy has he left in all these ministries? What can you
remember?
Coups in local authorities, chaos in transport, and Oh! What
about
Karura forest? Hon Michuki was in transport for only two years
and he
has made history although Hon. Kajwang calls him - Muchuki.


(2) Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka has been in parliament since 1988. When
expressing himself he has always referred to himself as a
lawyer....
As a
lawyer he advised Kibaki to dissolve parliament and call fresh
elections.
As lawyer he predicted that 2006 would be a year of elections.
Kenyans
need to see his legal competence in parliament. Dont forget Njoki
Ndungu
joined Parliament recently yet she will go into history books
because
of
her contribution in parliament. Kalonzo needs to understand that
Kenyans
need more of actions and less of empty talk. Again he was
Minister
for
Foreign Affairs, Education, Wnvironment etc. Tell me something
unique
we
can remember him for.

(3)Hon. Raila Odinga was made Minister for Energy during the Moi
regime. As a minister during that time do you remember him beyond
landing in
Kisumu in a helicopter? Later he was appointed Minister for
Public
Works.
Do you remember him beyond bringing down buildings on road
reserves?
Give
performance a chance mheshimiwa!

(4) Hon. Balala was made minister for Sports and National
Heritage.
As minister he could not bring order to KFF. Hon. Maina Kamanda
was
recently
appointed Minister for Sports and we can see what is happening to
sports
in this country.



(5) Hon. Ruto can be best remembered in 1992 as a Kanu Activist.
You
remember the economy came to its knees as millions of shillings
were
looted for campaigns and for years Kenyans have paid for this
economic
crime. Anything you can remember him for as Minister? However
within
a
very short time as Minister, Hon. Kirwa has brought sanity in the
agricultural sector.


(6)Hon. William Ole Ntimama became Minister in 1988. However I
tend
to remember him more issuing threats and insults than working as
a
minister.
During the Narc era he was Minister for Public Service. Do you
recall
him
beyond threatening public servants. In the short period Moses
Akaranga
has been Minister do you see what he has done?



Actions speak louder than words. We have seen the likes of
Munyes,Obwocha, Tuju, Karua, Ngilu, Kagwe, Soita...their actions
are
louder than their words.
WE ARE NOT BLIND WE HAVE SEEN AND WE ARE NOT DEAF WE HAVE HEARD.
Does the ODM have an agenda for Kenya or these people have an
agenda
for themselves?

We can differentiate between competence and incompetence,
selfishisness
and selflessness. Can these people be trusted in their
incompetence
and
inconsistency?

You and other Kenyans should advice me. Send this to them and ask
them
to advise a Kenyan who wants to be proud of being a Kenyan. A
sample
of
ten is reasonable.



President Kibaki is going to be re-elected with a landslide,


Wait and see...


AND..
That is the story!

My philosophy remains ''WACHA KIBAKI ABAKI