On this day, Friday 3rd May 2013,

We, the people of Kenya—

ACKNOWLEDGING the supremacy of the Almighty God of all creation:

HONOURING those who heroically struggled to bring freedom and justice to our land:

PROUD of our ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, and determined to live in peace and unity as one indivisible sovereign nation:

COMMITTED to nurturing and protecting the well-being of the individual, the family, communities and the nation:

RECOGNISING the aspirations of all Kenyans for a government based on the essential values of human rights, equality, freedom, democracy, social justice and the rule of law:

EXERCISING our sovereign and inalienable right to determine the form of governance of our country and having participated fully in the making of this Constitution:

Feel deeply aggrieved and injured by recent actions by members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya and the Senate of the Republic of Kenya to agitate for higher remuneration after vying for office with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission having already gazetted their terms of service and remuneration way before they contested party nominations. We condemn the act of the legislature in being complainant, judge, witnesses, jury and executioner in their own cause for higher remuneration.

The SRC in 2013 set a new salary structure which reviewed the MPs salaries from Kshs 851,000 per month paid to the 10th Parliament (2008- 2012) to a range of Kshs 532,500 – Kshs 710,000 per month for the current parliament. This SRC process of reviewing the salaries was open and consultative and the MPs were represented in the same through the Parliamentary Service Commission. What is more, the MPs were aware of the proposed salary structure before they offered themselves for ‘leadership’ positions in the just concluded March 4th 2013 general elections. Terms of parliament run for five years. Even if an incoming parliament/national assembly has some of the members of the previous assembly, it is still a new parliament.

There is no basis for comparing the salaries set by SRC and what the 10th parliament earned. It is therefore a fallacy for MPs to argue that their salary has been slashed or reduced.

On May 3, 2013, the MP for Igembe South, Hon. Mithika Linturi filed a petition regarding the Petition for removal of the SRC commissioners for reducing their monthly pay to Sh535,500 saying it was "unacceptable." The aggrieved legislators complained that the pay is too low after it was slashed from Sh851,000 to Sh532,500 and threatened to disband the SRC and give its functions to another organ through a Motion on the floor of the House.

The aggrieved legislators are plotting to disband the salaries body and give its functions to another organ will have to get approval of Kenyans through a referendum. Article 251 of the Constitution is inapplicable in this case and to that extent, the Petition by the MP for Igembe South, Hon. Mithika Linturi is clearly misguided.

The Salaries and Remuneration Commission has not done anything that is contrary to this section of the constitution because it was fulfilling its mandate to inquire into and advise on the salaries and remuneration to be paid out of public funds and make recommendations on matters relating to the salary and remuneration of a particular State or public officer as provided for under the Salaries and Remuneration Commission Act Article 11.

The 10th Parliament amended the Elections Act and inserted stringent requirements that Kenyans would have to meet before their recall bid sails through. In so doing, the legislators have made it impossible for Kenyans to successfully remove unfit MPs from office.

The provisions give Kenyans a one year window during which to initiate the recall in addition to depositing Sh500,000 with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.

President Raila Odinga is the winner of the 2007 election in Kenya.

Kibaki took the office by force.

Kenyans voted for what they knew was right and never got it.

He himself have admitted that kibaki did not win the election. The court system in kenya is so corrupt and majority of the high court judges are from kikuyu community which will favour kibaki therefore to get justice we can't go to court.

We appeal to international community to help please! please! we demand the kenyan govn to lift the media ban immediately, the kibaki to step down, demand the electoral process be given the level of seriouseness it deserves.humanitarian assistance.

We ask international community to intervene. I myself live in u.s and I can't talk to my kids who happen to be in kenya right now.

We ask more especially AMERICA, BRITAIN, AND THE EU COMMUNITY TO HELP BEFORE IT IS TOO late.

They were frisked, stripped naked and their photos taken (half naked) and the photos shared on social media.

This is contrary to Chapter 4 Article 28 on Human Dignity and Article 31 on Privacy.

Our main aim is for the shut down or reform of this facility.

Kindly note we the residents/ inhabitants of the above mentioned Area, specifically the above stated estates have observed with concern the awful conduct of emission of toxic gases into the air. This illegal conduct is endangering our health and our precious lives. The gas/fumes are so toxic and most residents are now complaining of dry and irritable throats, headaches, nausea, tingling of the skin amongst other ailments. The children are having persistent sore throats and upper respiratory infections.

Some residents have reported to National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) but we are NOT aware of any substantive action so far taken.
As residents who care about our own health, and that of our loved ones, we are now writing to you officially, requesting you to resolve this complaint ONCE and FOR ALL.

We are aware that there are gas refilling companies just next to the residential area (check near the Softa Company, Chrolide exide company area) and we are shocked that Gas refilling companies have been allowed to operate so near a residential area. Another company called POWEREX LUBRICANTS LIMITED has been mentioned as being likely to be one of the pollutants.

We are only citizens without investigative expertise, so these are only our reasonable guesses judging from where the smell seems to be most perceived and smelt from. We surely expect that you will use tax payers’ money to ascertain who are the culprits, because that is why you have been set up as public offices.

Let Kibaki and his associates de-escalate this situation by stepping aside to allow independent observers review the contentious issues instead of going back to doctor voter registers.

It's obvious the incumbent rigged the result which is believable, yes, believable! Use your signature as your voice and petition now!!

BIOGRAPHY
FULL NAMES: Raila Amolo Odinga
PARTY: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)
POLITICAL HISTORY: Detained without trial for six years following August 1, 1982, coup attempt by Kenya Air Force personnel. Initially charged with treason, detained after nolle prosequi entered by state; 1982
Six months after being released, detained again for a year; 1988
One year after being released, detained again for a year; 1990
Political asylum in Norway for four months; 1991
Returns to Kenya to help found the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy, the first new political party to be registered after the restoration of the multiparty state in Kenya; 1991
General election: Wins Langata parliamentary seat on a Ford-Kenya ticket; 1992
Resigns from Ford-Kenya, joins the National Development Party (NDP); 1996
Wins Langata by-election on NDP ticket; 1997
General election: Successfully defends Langata seat; 1997
Presidential candidate: Achieves third place in field of 15; 1997
Appointed minister for energy; 2001
Leads NDP into merger with Kanu. Elected Kanu secretary-general; 2002
Leads Kanu breakaway faction (Rainbow Alliance) to join Liberal Democratic Party (LDP); 2002
Teams up with National Alliance Party of Kenya, a group of opposition parties, to form National Rainbow Coalition (Narc); 2002
General election: Ensures opposition unity by taking a rear seat and publicly backing Mwai Kibaki for president; 2002
Signs Memorandum of Understanding regarding cabinet power-sharing in event of Narc election victory; 2002
Successfully defends Langata seat on LDP ticket; 2002
Narc ousts Kanu from power it has held since Independence; 2002
Appointed minister for roads, public works and housing, but Kibaki reneges on Memorandum of Understanding power-sharing agreement; 2002
After Draft Constitution proposed by assembly of representatives (Bomas Draft) is changed to reflect government self-interest, leads group of parties opposed to changes to become Orange Democratic Movement. ODM leads nation in ‘no’ vote in referendum on constitutional changes, and wins by more than one million votes; 2005
Replaced as Minister for roads and public works; 2005

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Assistant lecturer, department of mechanical engineering, University of Nairobi ; 1970
Partner in Franz Schineis & Partners, engineering consultants; 1971
Established Standard Processing Equipment Construction & Erection (Spectre, later East African Spectre Ltd), engineering company that later specialised in the manufacture of liquid petroleum gas cylinders; 1971
Appointed group standards manager, Kenya Bureau of Standards; 1974
Two-month programme at British Standards Institution, London: Standards and specification writing, product testing and quality control; 1975
Two-month programme at US National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, and University of Denver, Colorado; 1976
Promoted to deputy director, Kenya Bureau of Standards; 1978

DATE OF BIRTH: January 7th, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH: Maseno Church Missionary Society Hospital, Nyanza
SPOUSE: Ida Anyango Oyoo
CHILDREN: Fidel; YOB: 1973
Rosemary; YOB: 1977
Raila Jnr; YOB: 1979
Winnie; YOB: 1990

HOME: Opoda Farm (Bondo District, Nyanza) and Nairobi
CAMPAIGN WEB SITE: www.raila07.com
EDUCATION:
UNIVERSITY /COLLEGE
Otto von Guericke Technical University, Magdeburg, Germany (graduated with MSc in Mechanical Engineering); 1964 - 1969
Herder Institute (high school). Leipzig, Germany; 1962 - 1964
SECONDARY /HIGH SCHOOL
Maranda Primary and High School, Nyanza; 1954 - 1962
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Kisumu Union Primary School, Nyanza; 1952 - 1953
BOOKS:
ABOUT SELF
Raila Odinga: An Enigma in Kenyan Politics