http://www.mzalendo.com Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:58:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Greetings everyone, and happy new year! As you may know, Mzalendo started off as a discussion many years ago that quickly took on a life of its own. We have been incrementally adding feature and content purely as volunteer work but with limited resources it has been an increasing struggle to keep ... http://www.mzalendo.com/2010/01/19/mzalendo-revemped/ We are working on a comprehensive update of the Mzalendo platform this year. The new roadmap will be published soon. http://www.mzalendo.com/2010/01/07/update/ We have finally been able to get our hands on a soft copy of the revised standing orders. You can download a copy here. http://www.mzalendo.com/2009/02/20/new-standing-orders-available-on-mzalendo/ On Wednesday, December 10, 2008, the 17 Kenyans filed High Court Petition No. 769 of 2008, at the Nairobi Law Courts, requesting that the PSC be scrapped for violating the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya, and for flouting the republican ethics that prohibit public officials from using their offices ... http://www.mzalendo.com/2009/02/12/kenyan-citizens-file-suit-demanding-scrapping-of-the-psc/ According to CDF Insight: CDF Insight investigations have established that out of the fourty cases presented to KACC only two were taken before the law courts for prosecution, one was dismissed while the rest seem to have either been forgotten or are being investigated at snail’s pace. Mysteriously, the Director ... http://www.mzalendo.com/2009/02/11/parliament-needs-to-tackle-cdf-abuse/ The National Taxpayers Association has conducted it's first audit of constituency funds in Machakos and Kathiani constituencies and has found that close to Kshs 19 million was lost to "ghost projects" under the watch of the previous MPs David Mwanzia and Peter Kaindi, both of whom did not make it ... http://www.mzalendo.com/2008/12/18/cdf-funds-abused-in-kathiani-and-machakos/ The list of MPs volunteering to get pay their taxes keeps growing (although one wonders where they were next week). Kenyans - please keep up the pressure and let YOUR representatives know how you feel about this issue. The updated list of MPs (courtesy Standard) who ... http://www.mzalendo.com/2008/12/01/keep-up-the-pressure-where-does-your-mp-stand-on-taxes/ Dear Kenyan voters, it is time to do more than complain about YOUR mps and their refusal to pay taxes on their allowance...this culture of arrogance and selfishness must be put to end and they must be reminded that they are OUR representatives. What can you do? First, you ... http://www.mzalendo.com/2008/11/24/where-does-your-mp-stand-on-taxes/ [Hat tip Mwalimu!] The controversial Opposition Bill is all set to be discussed in Parliament in the next few weeks. It has been difficult to get a copy of the full text of the bill but we finally managed to do so. You can read the full text of ... http://www.mzalendo.com/2008/11/03/draft-opposition-bill-now-available-on-mzalendo/ THE PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE COMMISSION The Parliamentary Service Commission is seeking to appoint a highly motivated professional to join the National Assembly in the following exciting and challenging position:- MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER (PSC 10) Responsible to the Director, Information & Research Services, the officer will be incharge of Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit and manage all ... http://www.mzalendo.com/2008/10/29/media-relations-officer-job-psc/