RESOLUTION BY THE PEOPLE OF KENYA DURING THE SABA
SABA ASSEMBLY HELD ON MONDAY 7TH JULY, 2014 AT UHURU
PARK, NAIROBI
WE THE PEOPLE OF KENYA here assembled at Uhuru Park on
this historic day on which we commemorate our struggle for
freedom, democracy and good governance;
REMINDED of the events of the 1960s leading to the clawing of the
democratic
ideals
in
the
Lancaster
Constitution
by
the
administration of the late Jomo Kenyatta and noting that the
Jubilee regime has adopted a similar pattern in reversing the
democratic gains in our new Constitution by curtailing media
freedom through the enactment of the Media Act, Amending the
National Police Service Act and the National Police Service
Commission Act, introducing amendments to the land laws to
remove powers from the National Land Commission to the
executive,
amending
the
Truth
Justice
&
Reconciliation
Commission Act to allow Parliament to debate, amend and mutilate
the Commission’s Report on historical injustices; and, introducing
legislation to curtail the Civil Society movement in the country.
RECOGNISING that Article 1 of the Constitution of Kenya vests all
sovereign power in the people of Kenya;
ALARMED by the direction that our country is taking; in particular,
the rising insecurity, escalating cost of living and increased negative
ethnicity and exclusion from public service and national resources;
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CONCERNED about the refusal by the Jubilee regime to accede to
National Dialogue with the
CORD Coalition to discuss issues of national concern to the people
of Kenya;
CONCERNED
by
endemic
corruption
rife
within
Jubilee
Administration, including complicity by senior officials in Jubilee
Administration including: Anglo-leasing, Standard Gauge Railway,
School
Laptop
project,
Security
surveillance
equipment
procurement fiasco;
CONCERNED that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries
Commission has failed to take responsibility for their failure to duly
discharge their mandate of managing an independent, impartial
electoral process, with the open connivance and protection of the
Jubilee Administration;
DISTURBED by the Jubilee Government’s relentless assault on our
Constitution; in particular, the curtailing of our fundamental rights
and freedoms including the freedom of belief, expression and
assembly; freedom of the media and press; undermining devolution
by establishing parallel structures of Provincial Administration in
competition with County Governments; and, flagrant failure to
uphold the national values and principles of patriotism, equity and
inclusivity;
AWARE that Devolution is the greatest gift in the new Constitution
to the people of Kenya to promote equitable sharing of national
resources and therefore deserves to be jealously guarded;
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CONCERNED about systemic profiling and victimizing of sections
the country based on religion and ethnicity by the Jubilee regime,
leading to capital flight by for example the Eastleigh Somali
business community to neighboring countries;
DISMAYED by the emasculation and abuse of Parliament by the
Jubilee
administration
by
subverting
and
undermining
its
legislative authority and mandate;
NOTING that this has already led to the assault on and reversal of
democratic
gains
brought
by
the
Constitution
by
enacting
retrogressive and unconstitutional legislation;
DETERMINED to defend our hard-earned Constitution and to
continue undeterred our pursuit of democracy, good governance,
unity, peace, equality, inclusivity, justice and prosperity;
THEREFORE ASSERTING our sovereignty as the people of Kenya
and our right to exercise the sovereign power directly; the Jubilee
administration having refused to accede to our plea for national
dialogue;
WE NOW RESOLVE as follows: 1. We launch today OKOA KENYA, a people’s movement to
defend our Constitution, support one another in good and bad
times, protect the gains we have made in democratic
governance, and rededicate ourselves to national unity and
peaceful co-existence.
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2. Demand that the
Jubilee
administration
addresses
the
escalating cost of living by reviewing the taxation regime;
failing which we will boycott the consumption of goods and
services whose prices are beyond the reach of the common
Mwananchi and commence commercial sanctions against
companies which continue to ignore our plight.
3. Convene an all-inclusive National Referendum Committee
(NRC) for the purpose of preparing the people of Kenya for a
national referendum on the critical challenges facing our
Nation.
4. Mandate the National Referendum Committee to ensure the
maximum participation of the people of Kenya in the
referendum at the County, Sub-County and Ward levels all
over Kenya; in formulating the referendum question(s),
collecting and collating one million signatures to initiate the
referendum.
5. Having lost all confidence in the Independent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission (IEBC); do now demand its immediate
disbandment and the establishment of a new electoral body.
6. Demand the immediate end to corruption, wasteful spending,
reckless borrowing within and by Jubilee Government. In this
regard,
we
demand
that
the
Jubilee
administration
immediately cancels the inflated security camera contract
irregularly
awarded
to
Safaricom
and
that
Safaricom
withdraws from the contracts and subjects itself to competitive
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bidding, failing which we will commence commercial sanctions
on Safaricom and other companies abetting corruption or
engaging in monopolistic practices.
7. Demand that the Jubilee administration takes immediate
steps to withdraw our gallant soldiers from Somalia to join our
forces in securing our nation from home.
8. Demand that the Jubilee administration takes visible, decisive
action to deal with runaway insecurity, including holding the
senior security officials accountable for hundreds of Kenyans
who have been killed and maimed in the various attacks and
conflicts across the country.
9. Reject attempts by the Executive through Parliament to
bastardise the Report of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation
Commission (TJRC Report) and demand the immediate
implementation of the original and unadulterated Report.
10. Demand
that
the
Jubilee
administration
immediately
addresses the underlying land issues that are at the heart of
some of the most enduring historical injustices and conflicts in
our society.
11. Demand a National Audit and publication by the Public
Service Commission of all appointments made in the public
service by the Jubilee administration, with full details listing
names, ethnic backgrounds and percentages.
12. Recognizing that the Jubilee administration has failed to apply
national resources equitably across the country, we demand
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that 40 per centum of the projected ordinary revenue of the
current fiscal year be allocated to the County Governments.
13. Demand that a National Audit on how resources at the
disposal of the National Jubilee administration are applied
across the country.
GOD BLESS KENYA
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