Its amazing how Esther Passaris lost her bid to be the area Mp for Embakasi.At this time and age ,people like her should be supported with all the possible force and means.She isnt only a patriot but a leader who has what it takes to see Embakasi through the maze of development. Its evident and unfortunate that the people she should have led didn't see her potential. Its never too late Eshter, your time is coming!

ESTHER PASSARIS
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Son stupéfier comment Esther Passaris a perdu son offre pour être le MP de secteur pour Embakasi.At ces fois et âge, les gens comme elle devrait être soutenue avec tous force et moyens possibles. Elle est non seulement une patriote mais un chef qui a ce qu'il prend pour voir Embakasi par le labyrinthe du développement. Son évident et malheureux que le peuple qu'elle devrait avoir mené n'a pas vu son potentiel. Son Eshter jamais trop défunt, votre temps vient !

ESTHER PASSARIS
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Su sorprender cómo Esther Passaris perdió su oferta para ser la P.M. del área para Embakasi.At este vez y edad, gente como ella debe ser apoyada con toda la fuerza y medios posibles. Ella es no sólo un patriota pero un líder que tiene lo que toma para ver Embakasi a través del laberinto del desarrollo. Su evidente y desafortunado que la gente que ella debe haber conducido no vio su potencial. ¡Su Eshter nunca demasiado último, su tiempo está viniendo!

ESTHER PASSARIS
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Il relativo stupore come Esther Passaris ha perso la sua offerta per essere il mp di zona per Embakasi.At questi volta ed età, la gente come lei dovrebbe essere sostenuta con tutti i forza e mezzi possibili. È non solo un patriot ma un capo che ha che cosa prende per vedere Embakasi tramite il labirinto di sviluppo. Il relativi evidente e sfavorevole che la gente che dovrebbe condurre non ha visto il suo potenziale. Il relativo Eshter mai troppo ritardato, il vostro tempo sta venendo!

ESTHER PASSARIS
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Sein Überraschen, wie Esther Passaris ihr Angebot verlor, um die Bereich Wartungstafel für Embakasi.At zu sein dieses mal und Alter, Leute, wie sie mit aller möglichen Kraft und Mitteln gestützt werden sollte. Sie ist nicht nur ein Patriot aber ein Führer, der hat, was es nimmt, um Embakasi durch das Labyrinth der Entwicklung zu sehen. Sein offensichtliches und unglücklich, dem die Leute, die sie geführt haben sollte, nicht ihr Potential sahen. Sein nie zu spätes Eshter, Ihre Zeit kommt!

ESTHER PASSARIS
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Seu espantar-se como Esther Passaris perdeu sua oferta para ser o PM da área para Embakasi.At estas vez e idade, pessoa como deve ser suportada com toda a força e meios possíveis. É não somente um patriot mas um líder que tenha o que faz exame para ver Embakasi através do maze do desenvolvimento. Seus evidente e infeliz que os povos que deve ter conduzido não viram seu potencial. Seu Eshter nunca demasiado atrasado, seu tempo está vindo!

ESTHER PASSARIS
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Dess förbluffa, hur Borttappada Passaris hennes anbud man är områdesMpen för Embakasi.At denna tid och ålder, folk gillar henne, bör stöttas med alla möjlighetstyrka och hjälpmedel. Hon är inte endast en patriot men en ledare som har vad den tar för att se Embakasi till och med mazen av utveckling. Dess tydligt och olycksfågel, som folket som hon bör ha, ledde, såg inte henne som var potentiell. Dess aldrig för sena Eshter, din tid är kommande!

ESTHER PASSARIS
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Свой изумлять как Esther Passaris потеряло ее заявку для того чтобы быть Mp зоны для Embakasi.At эти время и время, люди как она должно быть поддержано с всеми по возможности усилием и серединами. Она будет not only патриотом но руководителем имеет он принимает для того чтобы увидеть Embakasi через maze развития. Свои очевидная и несчастливо люди, котор она должна вести не увидели ее потенциал. Свое никогда слишком последнее Eshter, ваше время приходит!

ESTHER PASSARIS
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Zijn het verbazen hoe Esther Passaris verloor haar bod om gebiedsMp voor Embakasi. te zijn Op dit ogenblik en leeftijd, mensen als haar met alle mogelijke kracht en middelen zou moeten worden gesteund. Zij is niet alleen een patriot maar een leider die heeft wat het neemt om Embakasi door het labyrint van ontwikkeling te zien. Zijn duidelijk en ongelukkig dat de mensen zij zou moeten geleid hebben haar potentieel niet zagen. Zijn nooit te recente Eshter, uw tijd komt!

[إسثر] [بسّريس]
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ه يذهل كيف [إسثر] [بسّريس] خسر عرضه أن يكون المنطقة [مب] ل [إمبكس.ت] هذا وقت وعمر, الناس مثل ه سوفت كنت ساندت مع [ألّ ث] يمكن قوة و [منس]. هو ليس فحسب وطنية غير أنّ زعيمة الذي يتلقّى ماذا هو يأخذ أن يرى [إمبكس] من خلال المتاهة التطوير. ه جلّيّة وتعيسة أنّ الالناس هو سوفت يتلقّى قدت لم يروا إحتماله. ه أبدا يأتي [إشتر] متأخّرة أيضا, وقتك!

Today i got the kind of news that i have been expecting.Uhuru is just a spoilt,moneyed and spoonfed young boy who is following the footsteps of girafferly Moi.How comes he doesnt share in the fact that Kenya needs young leaders but supports the elites who danced and wined with his father?

YOUTH MATTERS

Are youths battling to lose?

Emmanuel Nyambega Gisesa.

With elections a few months away, the Kenyan youth remain at a gambling spot. Unlike in the past, there are echoes of a youth revolution in the political arena. What the Kenyan youth don’t seem to understand is the fact that great revolutions are based on unassailable, unbounded and unparalled great ideas. These ideas are perfectly timed to offer hope to citizens. This has been evidenced in countries like South Africa , Slovakia , Nicaragua and Chile .
Our politics has been dominated by an older generation who posses a shoddy and outdated comprehension of issues. This is despite favorable statistics that indicate 67 per cent of the populace and 58 percent of the electorate is aged below 35 years. Already in cohorts, the youths are transversing the country and forming groups aimed at wooing the electorate.
Although in large numbers, the aftermath of the elections may be yet another goof by our youth – loosing in seats yet again. At the current state, if they support the gov’t, opposition or other youths they will still be vulnerable to an onslaught from either of the sides.
No one can deny the fact that Kibaki’s government deserves praise for dishing out The Youth Ministry and the Youth Enterprise Fund to youths. But giving credit to the Youth Ministry and the Youth Fund won’t erase the fact that the government has taken the youths for a marathon.
If the youths decide to support the government, they will have given another term to the same government that has only offered derisory gifts for the overwhelming support in 2002. This support was largely and mainly given on the promise of creation of 500,000 jobs each year.
Some 64 per cent of the unemployed are youth and interestingly only 1.5 per cent of the unemployed youth have formal education beyond the secondary school level. Of the remaining, over 92 per cent have no vocational or professional training.
Accused of breaking pre-election promises, the government promised Kshs.2B for youths but only half of this was disbursed. Let’s do some mathematics on this fund. If you are in a group of 12 and given kshs.50, 000 each gets around kshs.4, 200. This capital is just enough for a hawker!
Up to the ninth hour, this fund was to be disbursed in small amounts through microfinance institutions but it was channeled overnight to constituency level each getting 1M. Never mind that the deadline keeps on being pushed obviously towards the election period.
3-5 million youths are unregistered as voters largely because application period for identity cards keeps fluctuating. The politics is simple; the youths may not support the government and so let’s deny them voter’s cards through delaying IDs!
The government has promised at least 33 per cent of posts to women. Youths have been offered nothing and are unlikely to be offered in the next term. All key parastatals and government offices are headed by aged officials and directors. Youths have only managed to grab well hidden youth desks, a regular dumping site.
Despite the promise to deal with corruption, its tainted with an abysmal record. If you have no money to bribe your way, there is no service. Youths are poor people and corruption croppers their progress.

Age requirement and experience keeps on increasing in applications for government posts. Hawkers majority of youths are given free karate sideshows and youths are rarely involved in decision-making.
Even the darling of the youths, the opposition, this time has offered nothing. In 2002, the offer was the job creation and the youths voted for it ignoring the youthful Uhuru Na Kazi. Politics is a frail game of deceit. If they haven’t promised before the elections, what about after?
In its clamor for minimum reforms, ODM-K plainly states that youths should be registered. There is an undue urge in registering the youths hence “no registration of youths no elections” should have been one of the nonnegotiable items.
Kind of a culture, the opposition always relegates the youths to lobbying. They are pushed, to the periphery blocking their participation in decision-making process only to be given undue airtime in singing party slogans.
The big-time losers will be the youths in their campaigns. It seems that they don’t understand that waving placards and banners declaring their age will not give them power. In fact age has never won an election, not even in the craziest democracies.
Youthful revolutionaries like Lumumba, Fidel Castro, Nkrumah and Nujoma strut into the political arena with a rare political structuralism in a bid to overthrow oppressive systems of rule. The youth alone never revolutionize but they are the main fuel for a struggle.
Instead of inanely campaigning, they should think about increasing their vote count. They should pressure the government to accept essential reforms in issuing temporary voters cards to those with waiting cards. They should push against the legal discrimination that bars them from being a councilor, M.P. or President at 18 years.
Disunity among the youths will be one of their main undoing. There is a proliferation of youth movements out to win donor support. The youths should unite to form a national movement based on an espir de corps and turn-out in large numbers during the elections unlike their 36 percent during the referendum.
Women and youths have the same problems hence need to have a common agenda. In voting for the government or opposition they may have lost indirectly as their voice will only be an anthill in a land of mountains. The youth may have 58 per cent of the vote but they need to change their tactics to be plausible.
Often perceived as major instigators of violence, youths should be ready to lose if they make such slight mistakes. Einstein said that “not everything that counts is countable and those that count are not everything”. The youths should know that their vote is everything and it counts. If they fail this round, they will have to blame themselves.
Emmanuel Nyambega is a consultant on youth affairs.
engisesa@yahoo.com