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Viewing cable 07NAIROBI4186, PRESIDENT KIBAKI DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT

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07NAIROBI4186 2007-10-24 03:59 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Nairobi
VZCZCXRO7552
PP RUEHROV
DE RUEHNR #4186/01 2970359
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 240359Z OCT 07
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3075
INFO RUCNIAD/IGAD COLLECTIVE
RUEHDR/AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM 5530
RUEHKH/AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM 1584
RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA 9622
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA 2344
RUEHDJ/AMEMBASSY DJIBOUTI 4892
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NAIROBI 004186 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/E 
LONDON, PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHER 
 
E.O.12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV KUM KE
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT KIBAKI DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT 
 
REF: NAIROBI 3994 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Summary and Introduction 
---------------- 
 
1.  (SBU) On October 22, President Mwai Kibaki delivered a televised 
address dissolving Parliament and officially triggering Kenya?s 
election clock.  Kibaki also announced that he signed eleven bills 
into law immediately prior to the dissolution, including the 
important Political Parties Bill (reftel).  The Speaker of 
Parliament now has two weeks to declare seats vacant.  After that, 
the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) determines and announces the 
election-day and so starts the official campaign season.  Some 
political observers are speculating that the election will be held 
during the week of December 17, while others claim it will begin on 
December 27.  Everyone tells us, however, that the elections will 
take place before the end of the year. 
 
2.  (SBU) In Kenya, the entirety of the Parliament stands for 
reelection at once, meaning that, except for those MPs actually 
representing parts of Nairobi, the capital city will be largely 
empty of elected officials.  With the traditional mid-November party 
primaries just around the corner, most of the newly dismissed MPs, 
in fact, have already hit the campaign trail in their home 
constituencies.  End summary and introduction. 
 
Text of President Kibaki's Televised Address 
-------------------------------------------- 
 
3.  (U) Kibaki's address was as follows: 
 
Fellow Kenyans, 
This morning, I signed into law eleven bills that were recently 
passed by the Ninth Parliament. 
The new Acts of Parliament include the Finance Act, the 
Appropriations Act, the Political Parties Act, and the Constituency 
Development Fund (Amendment) Act among others. This concludes the 
business of the Ninth Parliament, which during its five-year mandate 
passed 67 bills, including several landmark laws and policies. 
The Ninth Parliament was unique in many ways. For the first time in 
our nation's history, KANU was not the governing party in the House. 
More importantly, the incoming ruling party NARC ushered in 
coalition politics as a defining factor in Kenya's political 
landscape. 
This form of politics is likely to be with us for many years to 
come. The management of coalition politics and government has been a 
major challenge during the Ninth Parliament, providing many lessons 
to be applied by future Parliaments and governing parties. 
Nevertheless, coalition politics has contributed immensely towards 
expanding democratic freedoms, and advancing the politics of 
inclusion and accountability. 
Happily, from the experience gained during this period, Parliament 
enacted a Political Parties Act aimed at instituting orderly 
management of party politics in the country. 
There are many things that the Ninth Parliament will be remembered 
for, some positive, and others not so positive. I would like to 
leave the fuller picture of this Parliament to be evaluated by the 
media and historians in the days to come. 
Today, I would prefer to dwell largely on the positive aspects of 
the outgoing Parliament. The Ninth Parliament will be remembered for 
instituting laws and policies that have tremendously improved the 
economic development and management of the country. 
These include, the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), which is a 
landmark law and policy bringing equitable development to all parts 
of this country. 
With regard to infrastructure, the Ninth Parliament passed several 
laws that will enable us to invest public resources more effectively 
and in a more focused manner. Among them, are laws establishing the 
urban, rural, and national highways authorities as well as the Rural 
Electrification Authority. 
This Parliament also passed laws that streamlined the management of 
public finances and the financial sector, particularly with regard 
to public procurement, fiscal management, private investment, and 
the banking sector. 
For the small businesses and informal sector, the House passed into 
law the Microfinance Act that will facilitate their growth and 
development. 
The Ninth Parliament will also be remembered for legislating the 
most comprehensive legal and institutional framework to deal with 
corruption. 
Among the landmark laws passed by the Ninth Parliament in this 
regard were the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act that 
established the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, and the Public 
 
NAIROBI 00004186  002 OF 002 
 
 
Officer Ethics Act that made it compulsory for public servants to 
declare their wealth. 
 
However, an important matter that the Ninth Parliament was unable to 
deal with conclusively is giving Kenyans a new Constitution. 
Parliament and the country spent a lot time and resources on the 
constitutional review process. The business however remains 
uncompleted. 
This will be a priority item for the next Parliament so as to put 
the matter of a new Constitution behind us. 
Turning to social policy issues, the Ninth Parliament will be 
remembered for passing laws for the protection of women's and 
children's rights. 
Indeed, the House passed the Children's Act as well as the Sexual 
Offences Act, both of which were seminal laws that have advanced the 
cause of the protection of children and women from violence and 
exploitation. 
Fellow Kenyans, 
We have now come to the end of the life of the Ninth Parliament. 
Before concluding my remarks, I recall with deep regret some of our 
dear colleagues and friends in the Ninth Parliament who lost their 
lives under tragic circumstances while serving the people of Kenya 
faithfully. 
We also remember those who died from natural causes. 
Finally, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by Section 
59(2) of the Constitution of Kenya, I hereby dissolve the Ninth 
Parliament of the Republic of Kenya with immediate effect. 
I take this opportunity to wish all Honorable Members well as we 
return to our constituents to seek a new mandate. I also appeal to 
all political leaders and Kenyans in general to ensure that we have 
peaceful, free and fair general elections. 
It is only through a fair and credible poll, free of violence and 
intimidation that the true verdict of the people will prevail. 
Thank you and God bless You All 
God Bless Kenya. 
 
RANNEBERGER