Kakamega council

Our friend Bibiana is the only woman councillor of 13 in Kakamega. She has the second largest ward. She and some others are trying very hard to clean up the operation. They have managed to remove the former mayor and the town clerk for corruption. The stories she has to tell are quite amazing: marked bills, undercover CID, careful traps set.

On Monday morning we paid a courtesy call with Bibiana and some others to the District Commissioner who is the chief administrative officer of the area. He also is very outspoken about the need to clean up the town (both literally and figuratively) and is strong in his support of people rejecting the attitude of waiting for 'help' before anything happens.

After that we attended the council. It was not a regular meeting but an invitation to two speakers. We were included to make a presentation on Virtues, with emphasis on leadership ethics, which matched what the DC had been saying.

The short presentation was well received and we hope to receive a date to do a full training.

Corruption is very much on everyone's mind as the US has made good its threat to deny a visa to "a top Cabinet Minister" It is generally supposed to be Amos Wako, AG for 18 years with the proud record of never a prosecution for any of the massive scandals that have broken.

Ocampo (International criminal court) arrives next week!