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Give the credit where its due.The government is really trying to counter corruption head on.We as patriotic kenyans also need to be supportive to this move in order to clean the mess completely.It cannot be left for Raila and Kibaki alone;for we are the government.Lets report corrupt ideologies to t ...

keneth kaunda okungu, Kenya


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1. On Tuesday September 9, 2008, 7:52 AM , Vivianne Kugui, Kenya wrote:
  Aren't our MP's ashamed of themselves? Why should they pretend as if they really care about the poor mwananchi? Tafadhalini tunawajua sana vile mnajipenda so stop pretending. Kudos to the PM's wife, she has shown real patriotism to the people of Kenya.

 
2. On Monday September 8, 2008, 3:41 AM , Pat Mwisa-okoth, United States wrote:
  I thank Ida for demonstrating her leadership by stating that she will not stoop low for rumored pay she reports she will continue to do the right thing...take care of her family and community at her cost.

 
3. On Saturday September 6, 2008, 7:16 AM , EMMY MUDAMBA, Kenya wrote:
  KUDOS MRS IDA ODINGA, PAULINE FOLLOW THE SUIT. Kudos, for what the prime minister wife has done. Kenya need people like Ida who understands the needs of the poor citizens. Mrs Pauline Kilonzo should follow suit. She should think of Kenyans who suffered or lost property and relatives during the post-election violence. The money should be used to build Kenya and help the needy.

 
4. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 19:41 PM , PMG, Aruba wrote:
  I commend you for not taking the money but that money will end up in someone else's pocket. You should have taken that money and put in back into the community. My 2 cents...

 
5. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 15:43 PM , Jacob Omaya Kwoba, Ireland wrote:
  While I appreciate Ida Odinga's gesture, I think our MPs are hypocrites. They award themselves hefty salaries, allowances and Shs3.3Mn grants. None of the MPs complained that the Sh3.3m grants to 210 MPs is a waste of public funds yet Shs400,000 to two hard working ladies is strongly condemned. Who is fooling who?

 
6. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 14:53 PM , Dem Gal, Vanuatu wrote:
  Mrs Ida Odinga epitomizes the spirit and strength of a woman of honor. We as Kenyans (and especially women) need more examples like her to jumpstart the change we've so long yearned for but that has forever been beyond our grasp due to corruption and the deafening silence of our representatives in Parliament. I won't even touch on the hyprocrisy and double-faced nature of our MPs and Ministers. As a woman, I feel that Ida, yet again has raised the bar for Kenyan wananchi (both male and female) to take a step towards doing the right thing. I say she has more balls than a football field full of rhetoric, testestorone-filled, tough-talking Members of Parliament. Way to go Ida!!

 
7. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 14:32 PM , Ahmed noor shuriye, Kenya wrote:
  Its good to hear that Ida rejected the allowance but why are the MPs who are praising her not following suit? Why don't they consider the suffering of the taxpayer and reduce their salaries?

 
8. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 14:26 PM , musoni, Kenya wrote:
  Well, thats great madam Idda. We are already praying that God sends us leaders that can say no public fund misuse. Right now we've leaders who keep seeing specks on others yet their log is great. They sent Kimunya away not because of the said scandal but because of his threatening their salaries for taxes. Will you Ida also talk to your husband on the way they misusing our money in the name of salaries and allowances. Mrs Kalonzo and Lucy Kibaki should be informed that houses (homes) "Nation" is built by women not men. Jezebel helped Ahab destroy Israel.

 
9. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 14:04 PM , Nancy Mwelu, Turkey wrote:
  l am totally aganist Mrs lda rejection of the allowance,the money should have been given to Youths and Graduates roaming across the country. Remember Muthaura had already written the money off and there's no guarantee that the money will find its way for any better use.

 
10. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 13:42 PM , mnkimani, Afghanistan wrote:
  I agree with Adiro Michael, the MPs should have been the first ones to reject their pay raises! This is just as ironic as it can get! BTW - I think Kenyans should be allowed to vote for such matters! An increment in salaries affects their tax shillings and they should have a say in how it is spent.

 
11. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 13:28 PM , edward, Qatar wrote:
  Good praise coming from our MPs and I praise Ida too. So when is the Public gonna praise our MPs for accepting to pay Tax! What a joke they are making to Ida? Laughing hyenas.

 
12. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 12:25 PM , popsi, Kenya wrote:
  The move by Ida Odinga is a very good gesture.kudos Ida keep it up. Alternatively she can take the money and give it to charity. Its another way of putting that money in to good use.

 
13. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 11:38 AM , Ben Nyakundi, United States wrote:
  Commendable is not even the right word for such a patriotic and thoughtful gesture Mrs Ida Odinga. In a country where greed among the top political elites is an institutional norm, Mrs Odinga's refusal to take such a helfy allowance is a challenge to every politician in the country to put their country first before their pride and stomachs. I wish we had 10 more Ida's in Kenya!

 
14. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 11:26 AM , muti kiemo, Belgium wrote:
  I like the direction taken by the PM wife to reject the allowance-Bravo madam Ida. My biggest concern is that the MPs voicing to congratulate her have never rejected their even increasing allowances at the expense of the common man. Indeed the Ikolomani PM should shut up since he is objecting the taxation of their allowances. The MPs earn a lot which cannot be spent in Kenya, that's why their children and families study abroad. An MP pockets more than the allowance proposed for Ida and Pauline combined.

 
15. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 10:47 AM , hellen masinde, Kenya wrote:
  Congratulations are in order for our dear mum, I think she is such an ordinary lady and I give credit to her. she has shown Kenyans that she not after what she can get but for the CHANGE in Kenya. Otherwise mine is just to give her moral support to continue being our mum. Go mummy Go mummy malo

 
16. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 10:25 AM , akinyi Pete, Sudan wrote:
  We might think that Ida refusing to take the allowance is some sort of relief to Kenyans but until that money is directly channeled to improve a school somewhere in Turkana district and we are told about it, it may as well end up in a rich politicians pocket. We need systems that run effectively with ethical standards that make people feel patriotic and passionate about serving fellow Kenyans so that when we refuse honorary allownaces, we are also able to say that a school in Muranga or Kuria is mad walled and i want the money to plaster it. Ida should therefore come out and tell us where she wants the money taken and she monitors its usage. Pete

 
17. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 9:51 AM , paul, Kenya wrote:
  In as much as it is not right at all to give the allowancies, our MPs should be the last to comment on the issue. Let them no remind Kenyans how much they earn and how they have refused to be taxed. Does it mean what they get cant be put into better use. Stop fooling Kenyans honourable waheshimiwa. Just keep quiet.

 
18. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 9:42 AM , GEORGE OMONDI ADONGO, United Arab Emirates wrote:
  Members of Parliament should follow Ida Odinga and slash their salaries because they tax us so heavily only to live in luxury.

 
19. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 8:41 AM , George Abuso, Kenya wrote:
  I think our country is headed in the right direction because what Ida did is not with most of the senior people in our country. It was even wrong in the first place for Muthaura to propose same amount of allowance to Mrs Odinga as that of Mrs Musyoka because Raila is only ranked same with Kibaki and not Kalonzo. Muthaura should stop joking withy Kenyans by trying to create an impression that Kalonzo is in the same rank with Raila and further propose same allowance to their wives.

 
20. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 8:30 AM , Bishop Philip Karanja, United States wrote:
  This is the greatest hypocrisy we are subjected to by our law-makers. All of a sudden, they are on wananchi's side, praising Ida Odinga and pleading with Mrs Kalonzo to follow suit. If they are so "sympathetic with the burdened taxpayers", let them be men enough and cut down their own too big salaries which they do not even want to pay taxes on, by at least K sh 200,000 each. If both Ida and Mrs Kalonzo went ahead and received their allowances (which they will not) that would save our country only K sh 800,000 a month and Ksh 9.6 million a year. But if our beloved MPs would cut theirs by only Ksh200,000, it would save our country Ksh42 million a month and Ksh504 million a year. Should they double that to Ksh 400,000 which they term as a waste of public money if tit goes to the two hard working ladies, this would save our country over a billion. Who should turn down their allowances, the two ladies, or the honourable MPs?

 
21. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 5:01 AM , ELROY ELARY, Kenya wrote:
  Ida has portrayed the true image of a Kenyan patriot by rejecting the proposed allowance.I hope the VP's too will do the same. There is no need to benefit at the expense of your fellow countrymen, what legacy will you leave behind. Any allowance extended to any one for doing nothing advanced to anyone for doing absolutely nothing is a form of public theft only in other name. Lucy too deserves to get no allowance-what for? This a way of overpaying the holders of certain positions i.e Prezzo, PM & VP over and above the statutory limit.

 
22. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 4:56 AM , Ngatia Ric, Yugoslavia wrote:
  Mrs Pauline please grab the 400K. You may not need it personally but you could use it to send a few poor kids to school

 
23. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 4:55 AM , sam ogolla, Somalia wrote:
  The ruse that Muthaura tried in awarding allowances to the PM's spouse must be seen for what it is: a poor attempt to shroud an equally sinister and illegal move he made last year to award Lucy Kibaki a similarly dubious allowance!! Creation of public offices and the expenditures thereof should never be left in the hands of people like Muthaura who went past their "sell by" date long time ago, and are holding office because of reasons other than capability. Ida has shamed him, and now he has egg dripping down his face!!

 
24. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 4:51 AM , Peter Ooko, Sudan wrote:
  MPs such as Dr Bonny Khalwale are hypocrites. They should also be asked to reduce their fat salaries

 
25. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 4:08 AM , Paul Thandi, Kenya wrote:
  Give me a break! Isn't it ironic to hear Mps praising Ida for rejecting a salary? When did I ever hear the said MPs rejecting theirs?

 
26. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 3:23 AM , Adiro Michael, Iceland wrote:
  MPs should not even bother praising Mrs Ida for rejecting the allowances. They claim this is a waste of public money. Do they also refuse to take their own salary increments that they usually pass motions on in parliament?

 
27. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 3:04 AM , Fred Miencha, Japan wrote:
  That was a bold move by IDA. However, it could have been much better to accept and give to poor and needy students in Langata constituency, especially in Kibera.

 
28. On Thursday September 4, 2008, 0:48 AM , Peris O, United States wrote:
  Now, if only the same MPs praising Mrs Ida Odinga had declined their salary increment.

 
29. On Wednesday September 3, 2008, 22:06 PM , john gitau, United States wrote:
  What hypocracy and double standards! While the PM's move is commendable why didn't the same MPs reject their own hefty pay increments after so much public outcry?

 
30. On Wednesday September 3, 2008, 21:49 PM , J. Mwangi, United States wrote:
  How ironic! We have MPs praising her instead of following suit and allowing their salaries to be taxed or to take a pay cut! Waheshimiwas, tafadhalini, follow Ida's example.

 
31. On Wednesday September 3, 2008, 20:45 PM , roseann ndambuki, Germany wrote:
  It was expected of her to turn down the offer. She has more than enough. She does not need the money anyway.

 
32. On Wednesday September 3, 2008, 20:41 PM , Damaris Moraa Ochiba, United States wrote:
  First thanks to Ida Odinga for the consideration she has on the Kenyan tax payer. Next the MPs too should follow suit and turn down the hefty allowances and fat salaries they receive monthly at the expense of the tax payer. They should demand that their salaries be cut and the money be used to settle the IDPs.

 
33. On Wednesday September 3, 2008, 20:37 PM , olweya steve, Germany wrote:
  Hypocyrites, looks who is praising Ida Odinga! The same MPs who always increase their pay. SHAME ON YOU

 

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