The Joint CORD Coalition Parliamentary group meeting held at the Boma
Hotel on this 22nd day of 2014 hereby resolves as follows;
1.
That the CORD Parliamentary group unanimously endorses the proposed
national referendum and fully enjoins itself to work tirelessly towards
its realization and success to stem the tide of corruption, nepotism,
tribalism, insecurity and the long list of injustices crippling our people, among others.
2. The CORD Parliamentary Group unreservedly adopts the framework for
national referendum encompassing the National Council of Advisors, the
Political Caucus, the National Referendum Committee, the Committee of
Experts, Citizens' forum, the Secretariat and Grassroots Volunteer
Action committees. The comprehensive organ gram of the envisaged
structure is hereby attached.
3. That to kick off the process
the CORD PG endorses Mr. Paul Mwangi as the chairman of the Committee of
Experts. The membership of the Committee includes M/s Kethi Kilonzo,
Mr. Khelef Khalifa and M/s Beatrice Kituyi .The Committee of Experts is
forthwith charged with the responsibility of crafting and formulating
the referendum issues. This team will be increased as appropriate with
regard to its workload and expertise requirements.
4. That the
declining security situation in the country is a clear demonstration of a
regime that has abdicated the highest calling of any responsible
government to protect the lives and property of its citizens. As Kenyans
continue to be ravaged by marauding gangs and terrorists all over the
country and the coastal region in particular, CORD condemns the jubilee
leadership's hollow rhetoric and never ending ultimatums that have
yielded nothing and exhibited little empathy with the victims of these
attacks.
5. CORD is disturbed and concerned that aspects of
insecurity engulfing the Coast is the work of agents of the State and
are deliberate diversionary tactic devised to tribalize the escalating
security situation.
6. We demand an overhaul of the security
and intelligence management of the country and a comprehensive plan for
peace and security for all residents of the coastal region in particular
and the country in general.
7. That we condemn in the sternest
terms possible the raw corruption exhibited during the recent police
recruitment exercise and demand the nullification of the entire process
and prosecution of the perpetrators. We demand for a repeat exercise
that will be fair, transparent, equitable and reflective of the
diversity of our nation.
8. That the security apparatus of the
state be properly devolved to the county level so that the recruitment
exercise can be comprehensively vetted and supervised by the county
governments.
9. That Jubilee regime publishes the names of all
appointments to the Public Service carried out in the last one year and
all the sackings that have taken place in the same period. On the same
breath, we also demand a publication of names of all senior pubic
officers from the position of director upwards and those sacked or
retired in the last one year by ethnicity, gender and region.
10. That the so called rationalization of the parastatals is another
turf war devised by the jubilee administration as a conduit for more
corruption, wheeler dealing and ethnic purging of individuals perceived
to hail from areas not friendly to the establishment. We demand that the
people of Kenya must have a say on this process.
11. That
Jubilee administration presents the people of Kenya with the roadmap for
the withdrawal of our gallant sons and daughters fighting in Somalia,
updates the country on how many of our soldiers have been killed in that
war, what kind of support the State has extended to their families, how
much the government is spending on this war and how much expenditure is
being incurred by AMISOM.
12. That the Truth, Justice and
Reconciliation report be implemented as originally compiled by the
Commission as a solution to the feelings of betrayal and injustices our
people are struggling with.
SIGNED BY CORD PRINCIPALS
Right Hon Raila Odinga
Hon Kalonzo Musyoka
Sen Moses Wetangula
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