KENYAN YOUTH SHOULD TAKE LEADERSHIP ROLES

VALENTINE MUGAMBI A MAN OF INTEGRITY VOTE VALENTINE MUGAMBI TO PARLIAMENT IN 2007 Dear Friends and fellow people of kenya,Peace and blessings all the way from USA. I pray and hope that this message finds you all in good health and spirit. This message is meant to send a strong message to our quasi and rapacious leaders, who have impoverished and rendered our great constituency and country powerless in every corner we turn, through their nonchalant attitudes and lack of patriotism and sense of direction.Our children though born in the 21century are worse than the cave dwellers by virtue of what the future holds for them. Our economy, infrastructures, environment and institutions are on their knees save for president kibaki due to the people in leadership, who know nothing else but how to enrich themselves and destroy our heritage and our being as a nation.However, tonight all this misery and despair we have been subjected into has been served with a notice. That never again, will we cry. Never again will we sit like little hopeless children and watch as the virginity, integrity and personality of our great country is being raped and defiled by people who are masquerading as leaders. Never again will Kenyans be ignored and neglected as a second class citizens. Never again will we sit back and watch as hell is being turn loose and allowed to descend on us by people we have trusted with our lives and the wellbeing of our country. Time has come and this time is God given time for us to repair the breaches and build the bridges. Time is mature for us people of kenya to demand what is our inalienable birth right. Nobody will ever again take our silence to mean cowardice or shut our mouths and conscience. We refuse to be encaged and put into a cocoon of servitude and fear. We refuse to be led blindly by people who have no morals and sense of love in their hearts.Ladies and gentlemen, as you gather here tonight know that you are making history. Let posterity know and judge you fairly that you stood for that which was noble and just. Let our grand children later on call you blessed for standing for virtue, integrity, chastity and efficacy than depravity, corruption, dishonor and other social, economic and political vices our great nation has so far been subjected into.Forty years later our schools are like shanties or chicken cubes. Forty years later waterborne diseases are more than the time of our forefathers. Forty years later roads have been reduced into paths. Forty years later electricity is only for the chosen few. Forty years later hospitals are nowhere and if you find one it is a source of misery than hope. Forty years later our people are going hungry not because they are lazy but because the culture of corruption has destroyed every fiber of hope. People have been reduced into beggars so that the rulers can be able to rule through proxies and patronage.My dear people, ladies and gentlemen, all this has been due to poor leadership and incompetence. All this nihilism, which we are now reaping and experiencing, is as a result of self glory and bureaucracy which cares for nothing but their fame and stomachs. Yes, we accept to forgive and to forget but 10 years later the same persons are full of impunity and deceit. This is not the kind of leadership we want. This is not the type of Kenya we want. We want to be led by people with clean records and those who have never been involved in sacrilegious act of looting our country. We want visionaries and people who can dare to stand for that which right.Now, without taking so much of your precious time let me pose a question. What do we want as people of kenya?We want dignity at all costs.We want education for our children and grand children by building modern primary and secondary schools, community colleges and a modern university.We want clean and safe drinking water by building a filtration and treatment plant which can efficiently serve the whole constituency.We want electricity in our beautiful homes and market places.We want roads whereby we can ride our bicycles, drive our cars and walk with our two feet with ease.We want our farmers to be paid their right dues when they deliver their farm produce and to be encouraged to diversify in production.We want jobs for our youths by encouraging investors from other parts of the world to invest in manufacturing industry, to add value to such agricultural commodities like Coffee, Potatoes, Tea, mangoes, avocado pears, Milk, bananas etc Our teachers to be well paid and promoted to the next grade level for the great services they are rendering to our nation. Up to now teachers are the most poorly paid lot compared to other professionals despite being the backbone of the wellbeing of our nation.We want safety for every resident of Kenya in general.We want to be counted with humanity as a whole.We want healthcare facilities where people can get medicine and walk without tiring.We want a government of the people for the people by the people and not for the elites. That is what democracy entails and stands for. Yes we want democracy.Ladies and gentlemen, this list tells you that our leaders have failed to deliver and that’s why everybody is calling for their firing by the electorates. If you have employed someone and later on you realize she/he is not doing the job what do you do? You fire him/her. This is what the electorate will do come 2007. Our people have been cheated and given a raw deal.It is as a result of all this misery our people have gone through, that I have answered the call to duty. I have heard the cry from very far. I could have chosen to ignore this call and remain in the land of the free and the home of the brave; USA, but higher morality can not allow me to do so. I have no choice but to respond as it is an obligation and duty to do that which is right than to sit and hope that things will improve by chance. Let the message go forth that hope is on the way. Let people know that never again will their pain be ignored.As we liberate ourselves and our people from this great yoke of servitude, which has been placed on our shoulders by fellow Kenyans, let not bitterness or revenge ever be part of us. As we liberates ourselves let liberate even our oppressors. Let virtue always be accounted on us. Let our creator, our redeemer and our sustainer grant us courage, temperament, fortitude and justice.May God richly bless you as you come in and go out. May there be increase in all you lay your hands upon. May peace and joy always be your companion. SHALOM my friends and my people. Let this Shalom reach others who have been greatly afflicted.Thank you verymuch. VALENTINE MUGAMBI is a man of , integrity, courage, honest with tested leadership qualities. He has been a philanthropist, and a host of other leadership responsibilities, both in Kenya and USA. He believes the problems facing Kenya today can be solved with good and honest leadership. He believes kenya has all it takes to be developed minus leadership.morris will help in the following areas to help kenyans: Make sure everybody has access to clean and safe drinking water. That there will be motorable and accessible roads which are well maintained in order to facilitate mobility of people and goods within and without the area. That electricity will be available in every home and market place. That healthcare facilities are near the people instead of the current horrible situation whereby patients are forced to walk 20miles to seek medical attention. That our primary school and high school facilities are built to the modern standards and those in existence are improved in order to cater to needs of our Children. New and modern community colleges are built. A Univesity is built in every province. That our youth's needs are met to alleviate high rate of substance abuse, dropout from schools, unemployment, lack of say in the policies which affect thier lifes and those of others. Make sure that farmer are paid their dues on time after they have delivered the farm produce. Negotiates with investors to build agricultural plants in the area so that farm products can be processed in the area and value is added to the farm products. Encourage cultural events in the areas through sponsorship in order to promote identity and pride in one cultural heritage. Find ways to have student exchange with American institutions. Promote our tourist attraction worldwide. It is true that the Kenyan youths are the majority but the most disfranchised lot and the least represented in any civic and political foras. However, this mispresentation will soon change with their realization they count and they are a force to reckon with.There is a saying in Africa which states that "If you see a big forest dominated with big trees and there are no seedlings on the floor then you know that there is no future in that forest". This is true with any country which can boast of her future. Our youths are the future of Kenya and should be listened to. They have got needs and aspirations which needs to addressed and met by our national and local decision makers like any other Kenyan regardless of their socio-political or economic status.They are God's children and human beings too. The following ideas will be chukus guiding principles in trying to help the youths in order for them to realize their dreams and aspirations. Build modern community technical colleges to equip many of our youths who are not able to join high schools and other colleges. Revive the villages polytechnics by equiping them with modern technology and courses relevant to our nation. Start micro financing institutions which can make credits to the youths with viable business and other economic ventures. Encourage those who have technical skills to start small light industries geared toward supplying the local demands and as far as they create their own hinterlands by creating good system of micro financing with donors and other development agencies. Organize workshops and seminars on various issues affecting the youth and seek their opinion on how to address those issues Supply the whole constituecy with enough water for irrigation by building good water storage areas so that there is enough water supply throughout the year. Farming is central to the economic break through of the youths because currently majority are at home. Encourage youths to venture into farming businss especially in those areas whose products are in high demand around the world. Seek scholarships and grants for orphans and other Children who can not be able to support themselves. Make sure insecurity is dealt with according to our enshrined law to make sure our youth are safe. Encourage and support youth activities in games and sports by sponsoring them. Fight the ugly demon and spirit of corruption which has had more impact on the youth due to their economic status.Seek jail terms for those caught in this crime. Seek exchange scholarship programs from other countries so that our youth can learn how other youths live and handle life situations. Encourage youth to be proud of things made locally because this how employment opportunities are created. Look carefully at the the tigers of South East Asia. They have known how to solved the menace by being very creative and inovative and many ways. Today Hundai is competing with ford motors and GMC. If you can drink uji insteead of soda, buy shoes from our artisans, refused to buy mitumba but buy locally made clothes, find ways of developing our own thearters and film industry, then our youths will be employed and our economic stance will will not be shaky. What others say about unemployment: Ask Gandhi.An Insight into the mind of Gandhi through Questions and AnswersQ"Gandhi, how do you think making one's own cloth and inheriting one's ancestral profession solve modern problems ?"AOne has to acknowledge that poverty and unemployment are still Himalayan problems in the modern world. We started spinning and weaving as a means of solving unemployment as well as a resolution of self-reliance (Indians need not depend on the European mills for clothing). As we progress technologically, it is of utmost importance to include the downtrodden and the under-privileged in the scheme of things. While making of one's own cloth was only symbolic, in India it represented a non-violent protest against the British rule, as it culminated in the boycott of western clothing. I believe that for a nation to prosper, it is very important that its people are employed and the nation is self-reliant.The issue of ancestral profession, while common in many other societies, is a problem of enormous proportion in India, where one's dignity in the society was attached to one's profession. I have done everything in my capability to fight against untouchability and indignity of labor. Again, in a country divested of its resources by the occupying powers, new jobs are hard to come by and I felt that as long as we can work to remove social barriers attached to professions, inheriting the family profession is the best way to employ the newer generation.Happiness does not come from money. It can come from taking pride in one's work and recognizing its contribution to society as a whole. So it is of primary importance that in a society, especially one under foreign rule, there are jobs for people to work and feed their families. Only then we can fight for other rights such as freedom.M. Gandhi June 28 - July 9, 2006at the School for International Training (SIT)in Brattleboro, Vermont2006 marks the 17th year that the School for International Training has hosted the Vermont Governor's Institute on Current Issues & Youth Activism. This exciting and empowering 12-day Institute examines the critical connections between current issues, policy and the political questions that directly impact young people today. Working with a dynamic faculty and staff, the participants will explore how young people can get involved in the critical issues facing our state, our nation, and our world.A typical program day consists of intensive issue groups, seminars with Vermont politicians, policymakers and activists, leadership skills workshops, debates, simulations, arts, sports, local field trips, and an evening cultural activity -- improvisational theater, a barn dance, drumming, music, African dance workshop, or perhaps an 'open mic' night.Located on the scenic rural campus of the School for International Training in Brattleboro, the Institute brings together 60 of Vermont's finest young leader, and challenges them to ask and find answers to difficult questions. It provides opportunities for students to form strong friendships and partnerships with their peers and to work closely with a skilled and experienced staff. The program inspires students to become politically active in their communities, make informed choices as young citizens and teaches them the skills needed to turn ideas into action.Students participate in issue groups focusing on Ecology & Environment, Politics, Leadership & Social Justice, and Global Children's issues. In workshops and seminars, the students discuss many issues such as: Livable Wages in Vermont and the U.S.; Poverty and Class; Youth Violence; Child Labor; Separation of Church and State; HIV/AIDS; Gender dynamics; Health Care; School Quality; Electoral reform; Global Warming; Human Rights; Civil Liberties; Media; and Body Image, to name but a few. We'll take a critical and creative look at all the 'hot button' issues on today's agenda.Practical, hands-on leadership and activist skill sessions will provide training in public speaking, facilitation, project design, listening, internet research, and many more. Over the 12 days, the students will create projects and performance pieces that will be presented on the final day. Students will practice their activism by participating in Brattleboro's July 4th parade. They will also have the opportunity to meet international high school students who are participating in parallel peacebuilding programs at SIT To apply for this program, you must be a Vermont High School student, and please visit http://www.giv.org/ for program and application details. YouthYouth are our future. Young people are already active and involved members of our communities and society. CSREES youth development and educational programs build important skills and knowledge so that our youth can be competent, caring, contributing citizens now and as adults. These programs have been part of the extension mission since Cooperative Extension was established in 1914.CSREES youth development programs take land-grant university knowledge and expertise to youth in rural, suburban, and urban communities. Youth are encouraged to participate in a variety of activities that emphasize the “learning by doing” experiential learning approach. Through these programs, youth gain knowledge in a variety of practical subject areas and develop important life skills.CSREES provides educators with innovative ways to enhance educational programs in the classroom, after-school programs, child care programs, and communities. Students gain firsthand knowledge through experiential learning activities in areas such as healthy diet and weight, financial planning and management, the community, the environment, and safety.Through these programs, youth gain knowledge and life skills required for working and living in our increasingly challenging global environment.CSREES Programs in Youth Development4-H is the world's largest, dynamic, informal educational program for young people and is based on democratic principles. Nearly 7 million youth, ages 5-19, participate in 4-H Youth Development experiences.4-H Military Partnerships between the USDA and the Army and Air Force establish 4-H after-school clubs and programs on military installations worldwide and support families of National Guard, Reserves, and Accessions Command.4-H Afterschool strives to increase the quality and quantity of after-school programs, while building a brand image for the Cooperative Extension System's contributions to the after-school field.Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) supports community-based educational programs to assist limited-resource families and at-risk youth in developing knowledge/skills for academic and career success.Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) assists limited-resource families and youth in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behaviors necessary for nutritionally sound diets.Extension ‘CARES'…For America's Children and Youth (ECI) strives to create a nation in which all children and youth are in safe, healthy, caring, and enriching environments when away from their parents.Youth technology programs improve knowledge and skills as teens learn and teach technology to other youth and adults.CSREES Programs in Youth EducationAgriculture in the Classroom (AITC) promotes agricultural literacy among the nation's students so they will become citizens who make wise decisions.My Community, Our Earth (MyCOE) provides secondary school, college, and university students worldwide a new set of geographic tools to learn about current economic, social, and environmental challenges in their communities. It involves them in finding solutions within their neighborhoods, villages, cities, and countries.National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) is a high school financial planning curriculum consisting of six units that provide 10 hours of classroom work on financial management and planning.Last Updated: 07/03/2006CSREES USDA.gov Site Map Policies and Links Grants.gov CRIS REEISFOIA Accessibility Statement Privacy Policy Non-Discrimination Statement Information Quality FirstGov White House International Youth Scholarship ProgramJoseph T. Alme, USA, ChairmanDownload application form for students (100K PDF)-->The WASBE International Scholarship Program, initiated by Trevor Ford of Norway when he was President, was established to assist students to study at a music camp in a country other than their own. This youth cultural exchange would not only add to the student’s musical development but would also enable participating students to develop a greater understanding and appreciation of each other through their mutual interest in music.The scholarships, which are provided by the participating music camps, include the cost of meals, lodging and tuition during the student’s stay at the camp. Each student would be responsible for the cost of his or her own transportation to the music camp.Since 1982, almost 150 students from seventeen countries have participated in the International Scholarship Program. These students came from the countries of Brazil, Canada, Republic of China, England, Finland, France, Holland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela and the United States. Music camps throughout the eight nations of Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States have provided the scholarships.The response to the scholarship program by both the students and the music camps has been very positive. The students felt that they gained so much both musically and socially and the music camps were very impressed with the quality of the students and their contribution to their summer camp activities.The continued success of the scholarship program can be assured with the support of our WASBE members in recommending students from their country for the scholarships and encouraging music camps in their country to provide scholarships. Our short-range goal is to expand the number of music camps providing scholarships and our long-range goal is to have students participating in this project from every country.Students interested in applying for scholarships should complete the applicationform and return it by April 15, 2006 to:Joseph T. Alme, International Scholarship Chairman1930 23rd Ave SEMinot, ND 58701USAinfo@internationalmusiccamp.com-->©2005 WASBE2006 ScholarshipsUnited States/Canada International Music CampInternational Peace Garden, North Dakota/ManitobaNumber of Scholarships: 2Dates: 18 June – 1 July, 25 June – 8 July, 16 July – 29 July 2006Age Level: 15 - 18Contact Person: Joseph T. Almeinternationalmusiccamp.comUniversity of North Carolina – GreensboroSummer Music CampsPO Box 26170Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 USANumber of Scholarships: 2Dates: 9 - 14 July, 16 – 21 JulyContact Person: John R. Locke Tel: +1 / 800 / 999-2869Fax: +1 / 336 / 334-5349http://www.smcamp.org/Arapahoe HS Warrior Marching Band2201 E. Dry Creek Rd.Centennial, CO 80122 USANumber of Scholarships: 2Dates: 5 - 14 June, 2 – 16 AugustContact Person: Dr. Ed Cannava Tel: +1 / 303 / 347-6031Your Camp Here If you want to provide a scholarship (or more than one) to some deserving youth through this program, download this form and return it as directed on the form. The campaign season is here once more. Well, before we repeat the same old mistake of being cheated and lied on one more time by our old political timers, it would be prudent to ask ourselves as residents of kenya what we need and how we want it delivered. What does kenya NEED URGENTLY? Motorable and accessible roads Electricity in every home and market place in the whole constituency Modern Primary schools, high schools, community colleges and a university Our farmers to be paid their right dues from coffee, tea, horticulture and milk on time. Safe and clean drinking water in every homestead Clinics and dispensaries near our people and modern and well equipped hospital Bursaries for orphans and other needy children Creation of employment for our unemployed youth ,Address the issue of insecurity in the whole country.kenya is blessed with a young and innovative international leader who never swallows his words. This liberator has a vision for kenya and he is determined to accomplish the above listed areas of attention. Farmers, Teachers, unemployed youth and students, stand up and say no to this dehumanization you and the rest of our people have been subjected into for all these years, by casting a resistance vote,come election day and elect a leader with human heart. We need leaders who are morally upright and ethically sound. The power is in your hands. It is upon you to decide weather to continue wallowing in the mud of poverty and despair or to liberate yourself by casting your vote through our beautiful democratic process. WHO IS A GOOD LEADER? Links to this post A good leader is any individual who can fully borrow from proved leaders like:John Wooden "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." --Ray Blunt "It takes leaders to grow other leaders."Peter Block "Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below. " Field Marshall Lord Smith "There are no bad regiments, there are only bad officers." Field Mashall Viscount Slim"The most important thing about a commander is his effect on morale." Ira Chaleff "In the face of leadership flaws, too many people assume cynical perspectives, rather than do the hard work of building relationships in which they can have more positive influence." Thomas J. Watson,Jr"If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good."Andrew Carnegie "No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it." John Maxwell "People don't care how much you know--until they know how much you care." Conrad Hilton "Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." Henry George "Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power."Colin Powell "Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people--motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered." "Trust is the essence of leadership." Optimism is a force multiplier."Andrew Jackson"Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in." "One man with courage makes a majority." WHAT DOES THESE PICTURES HAVE IN COMMON? Links to this post This is one way of developing our country. But do the owners of these animals get their due right or they are coned by those in power?This patriot below is more determined to cast his vote though tired, but he knows his duty as a citizen. Do you know yours? Vote real leaders 2007 Vijana wote wanajua VALENTINE atafanya kile ameseme atafanya The youth knows they have a leader who cares for them. See the box full of ball? THIS IS NO FUN! IF THIS 21st CENTURY MACHINE IS GETTING THIS ROUGH WHAT ABOUT A COMMON MAN A BODY WITH NO ARTRIES AND VEINS IS DEAD. THE SAME WITH A COUNTRY WITHOUT ROADS COFFEE FARMERS HAVE BEEN OVEREXPLOITED FOR A LONG TIME TIME HAS COME FOR SOMEBODY TO STAND ON THE HILL TOPS TO TELL THE WORLD ENOUGH! TEA FARMERS SHOULD BE PAID THEIR DUES ON TIME AND THE RIGHT PRICE WHY SHOULD HARD WORKING PEOPLE BE REDUCED INTO BEGGERS? BECAUSE CORRUPTION AND DON'T CARE ATTITUDE HAS PERMEATED EVERY FIBRE OF THOSE INCHARGE WHEN WE ARE READY TO BE MOLDED GOD DOES HIS WORK IN A MYSTRIOUS WAY A man of transformation It is with great respect and humbleness that I write to endorse this great man of transformation and power, Mr. VALENTINE MUGAMBI.I have known him for 5 years and he has proven to me to be a man of integrity, honesty, humble, and self-sacrifice. I am most impressed that he has held on to the foritude of his convictions. In the midst of hate, he has loved. In the midst of ugliness, he has been able to hold on to the beauty that comes from within. It is a testament to his purpose in life and by knowing him I have experienced the manifestation of Jesus Christ. He is a true friend, a person that you can depend on. A brother that has come to my call of rescue without complaint or looking for anything in return. He has the true heart of a warrior and an itellect of the genius. He is the example of what Christ has asked us to be, "To be wise as serpents, but gentle as a dove." VALENTINE, is what one of my great leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has called "a person who has a tough mind, but a tender heart" and I have come to admire them both. I have come to know him as a brother who has a passion for the success of his country and people, but I have come to love him even more as my brother in the struggle fareness and justice for all. May the Spirit of the ancestors surround him and provide him with peace. May the Gods love and grace provide him with protection. And to the people of kenya, you have the opportunity and power of your vote to provide him with the ability to make development a reality. Vote Now!!!!! Valentine Mugambi is a graduating Senior (2007), in the MDiv program at the illustruous Gammon, Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. A servant of the people An education that is true to the past, a blessing to the present, and hope for the future. Posted by FORSCOW KENYA at 1:54 PM 0 comments You will know the truth and the truth will set you free VALENTINE is a selfless leader whose helping hand has gone far and behold.I met valentine in 2002 when i first came to the united states of America and something so unique in him struck me and we immidiately became close friends and a bond of friendship developed between us.When could discuss issues freely from political to social , economic and even spiritual.Over the years we have been buddies despite the ups and downs of life and he is not only my best friend but my political buddy and i believe valentine has a great potential in the future political sphere of our beloved country kenya and i would sincerely urge my friend to try his hand in politics.He is such a gentleman,very honest and always ready to help whenever he is called to do so.Posted by BISHOP ELIPHAS MITUGO Posted by FORSCOW KENYA at 8:23 AM 1 comments Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)