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Kenyans in Diaspora Endorse Kibaki. KIBAKI TENA! KIBAKI TOSHA TENA!

Who could listen to the grievances from Kenyans in the Diaspora?...

Stephen N. KINUTHIA
Chairman & Team Leader
KibakiTenaLobbyGroup- EU

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The KibakiTena2007LobbyGroup – EU urge voters to reject leaders bent on political opportunism. The choice of leaders at the coming General Election 2007, should be based on those championing the causes and interest of the people and not parochial personal interests.

The Kenyan Diaspora contributes to development in various ways including:

• Building business networks and creating social capital
• Through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
• Sending money to friends and relatives in their countries of origin – commonly known as Remittances
• Getting involved in political processes
• Market development for products from Kenya
• Promoting tourism and Kenyan culture
• Science and Technology transfer
• Positive influence and intangible knowledge transfer and
• Philanthropy among others

Here are some of the issues emphasized by the Kenyan Diasporas :

• Dual Citizenship, the Right to Vote and the Right to Representation by the Kenyan Diaspora
• Consular affairs, the need for Diaspora to be included in appointments and employment in embassies and the improvement of public service to the Diaspora
• Remittances (money sent by the Diaspora to their country of origin) which has actually played a big role in directing attention to the plight of immigrants and acknowledgement of their role world wide
• Trade and Investment providing best practices and examples of incentives that have succeeded in countries that have attempted to develop a relationship with their Diaspora such as India, Israel and China.
• Knowledge previously thought to have been drained out of Kenya can be tapped back hence reversing brain drain to Brain Gain.
• Looks into the other areas in which the Kenyan Diaspora contributes to, and can be facilitate in, such as Tourism, Culture and Philanthropy, etc
• The need to sensitize and put in place mechanisms and qualified personnel to deal with issues of Gender Equity in addressing all the areas of dealing with the Diaspora.
• The need to undertake a mapping exercise which will allow all concerned parties to attain baseline information on the Kenyan Diaspora. This will result to the creation of a Diaspora Data Bank.
• The development of policies to address the Diaspora issues in form of Legislation.
• The need for the Kenyans in Diaspora Bill to be passed in order to provide an effective monitoring mechanism. It is calls mechanism to be put into place so as to operationalize a working infrastructure in form of a Diaspora Council and Secretariat, Office or Commission for Kenyans Abroad (OCKA)
  Click here for :Petition for the Office and Commission on Kenyans Abroad.doc
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