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ODM-Scandinavia In The News In Kenya Times

By Abdallah Seif

A GROUP calling itself the Kenya Scandinavian Democratic Movement (KESDEMO) have said that they will mobilise Kenyans living abroad to vote against the Kibaki Government come the next general election.

The movement’s officials living in Stockholm have backed the newly-formed Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K), saying it was the only party that could bring change to the country.

An official of the group, Martin Ngatia, said already, they were in the process of setting up an ODM-Kenya office, to coordinate campaigns in Scandinavia to ensure the party seizes power come the next polls.

The KESDEMO officials complained that the Kibaki Government had short-changed Kenyans and reverted the country back to political dictatorship and graft.

They accused the NARC Government for failing to fulfil its pre-election pledges that included rooting out corruption, to deliver a new Constitution and promote human rights.

Ngatia said the Government had failed to address burning issues such as the Goldenberg scandal, ethnic cleansing, and land grabbing.

The Kenyan community living abroad will help remove the Kibaki regime to replace it with more progressive leaders who will address critical issues affecting the country.

Among the issues that they want ODM to address when elected to power are; the delivery of the new Constitution based on the Bomas draft in their first year in office, with the inclusion of clauses of dual citizenship and mechanism for voting abroad.
They also want the new Government to appointment public servants on merit.

Link: http://www.timesnews.co.ke/27sep06/nwsstory/news10.html

September 26, 2006 - Posted by makozewe | News & Analysis