For several months now, the PK2012 Diaspora team has been engaged in organizing and coordinating the campaign activities for Assistant Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, Hon. Peter Kenneth (or PK as we all know him).
Last August, PK made a successful trip to the United States where he held 10 town hall meetings across 9 states in 7 days. All his gatherings were energized and highly interactive with the audience. A bulk of the time was spent in lively conversations about critical issues affecting Kenyans. We have since built strong networks of PK supporters across the Globe.
Over the years, PK has continued to lead from the front. He paid his taxes as an MP when it was not fashionable or popular with his peers in Parliament. His management of the famed Gatanga CDF has been voted the best managed for several years.
His leadership as chairman of KFF in late 1990s was a success and Harambee Stars almost qualified to World cup in 1998 in France. He campaigned vigorously for adoption of the new Constitution. He recently led in opposing the proposal to amend the Constitution to among others, change the election date and to do away with the Senate.
True too type, Hon. Peter Kenneth was the first Presidential candidate to launch his campaign manifesto in December, 2011. The Manifesto is freely accessible on his 2012 Presidential Campaign website www.peterkenneth.com.
Hon. Kenneth has impressed many with his vision of a brighter Kenya devoid of corruption, food insecurity, tribalism, health problems and underdevelopment and other malaise that afflict our beloved country. He has not been in any of the numerous scandals that have contributed to impoverishing Kenyans. His non-tribal politics resonates with Kenyans across the country as well as those in the Diaspora.
By electing PK, Kenyans would have decisively rejected ethnically-motivated politics, political dynasties, regionalism and negative ethnicity. A vote for PK is a move to issues-based politics where candidates compete on ideas to improve the lives of wananchi. The Diaspora is an undeniably critical constituency as Kenya prepares for the 2012 general elections.
It is estimated there are three million Kenyans abroad. These Kenyans have contributed immensely to the development of our beloved Kenya especially in tough economic times.
For months now, the PK2012 Diaspora Team has been working to reach and engage with these voters. It is unfortunate that IEBC team appears to be trying to suppress the Diaspora voters turn out by insisting they travel to the Embassies and High Commissions to register and vote.
We in the PK2012 Diaspora Team join our candidate in rejecting attempts to frustrate participation by Diaspora voters in the forthcoming elections. These include the notion of traveling for days to register and vote and also IEBC employing Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consul Generals as returning officers.
We PK2012 Diaspora team in various countries are excited to work for a truly transformative candidate. PK is changing the political discourse in Kenya by demanding even-handed scrutiny of every candidate’s development record.
We invite all Kenyans of goodwill to help usher in a new era in Kenya under a proven, tested, corruption-free, tribal-free and development-minded leadership of Peter Kenneth.
We look forward to a peaceful, vibrant and exciting contest of ideas for a brighter Kenya.
Thank you. Henry M. Ongeri
Chairman PK2012 Diaspora Team
Mr. Ongeri is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and is licensed to practice in the States of Minnesota and New York in the United States.
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