Jubilee accused of promoting tribalism

The Jubilee administration has been accused of encouraging tribalism by favouring only two communities in making public appointments.

Speaking at a Ford Kenya retreat, MCAs and MPs in Nakuru, Trans Nzoia Governor Patrick Khaemba and Senator Moses Wetangula also urged the Jubilee administration to take immediate steps to change how they run the country's affairs. They called upon Jubilee to respect the principles of national healing, cohesion, reconciliation and integration in job allocation.

Ford Kenya also pointed out youth frustrations by the selective issuance of identity cards to members of two ethnic groupings deemed to be in support of Jubilee.

The retreat also resolved that there was a need for the government to urgently waive taxes levied on all foodstuffs and create incentives that will spur agricultural production. The meeting emphasized the need to disband the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) saying that political confidence in the body had already been eroded.
"Payments made to foreign companies involved in Anglo-Leasing, the laptops and Standard Gauge Railway projects are a betrayal of Jubilee’s pledge to fight corruption. We denounce the same and demand that they be stopped forthwith until we are sure Kenyans get value for their money,” they added.

The group said the provincial administration was a major threat to devolution and vowed to push for its restructuring to suit the new dispensation adding that they would hold grassroots elections once preparations were complete.