Good
People,
Nashangaa ( I am surprised).............Wapi
(where is) KCA na Henry Gichaba, somewhere in the forests of North Carolina.....???
Where
did this woman "Janet Feldman" dessapear to ??? What happened to her AIDs
organization in Kenya with the unregistered private NGOs she was running in
Kenya??? How come it is so quite........did she go underground or she is
greasing underground......???
I
would like to know?..........Is she in Kenya, Uganda or in Rwanda??? Under whose umbrella is she this passing
years??? We seem to have been visiting HIV
Aids stories with the “CUT” thing in the thicket, but with little information
about Janet, what is going on, could she be very busy attached in the thicket ......,
that she now passes our minds ???........Someone keep us posted……..As Public
organization, No NGO should go underground this much……This woman had a piece of
information we just cant get off our minds so easily........, I mean, a whole
many years past without incidents ?
Wapi
yeye ??? It is time we re-visit this character good people !!! There are new posts in her links, but where is she and what is she doing ??? Or, is she somewhere quietly with Prof. of the "CUT"........
Her quietness could mean danger to humanity in Kenya
or the Great Lakes of East Africa unless she is reformed.......and even if she
is reformed we need to know. In fact,
the end of the story was never known…….OR does anyone have some sort of
information?
Please
share if you do……
Cheers !!!
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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Janet
Feldman left a comment for Samuel Kawilila
Samuel Kawilila left a comment for Janet Feldman
From: imo
Subject: KCA SHOULD PUT ITS HOUSE IN ORDER.
I think there are issues
Janet Feldman's decision to ignore pleas by various Kenyans at home and
abroad to release the results of the KAC Election - now suppressed for the fifth
day running - is a contemptous disregard for the wananchi of this country and
the traumatic feelings they are still recovering in the aftermath of PEV. This
arrogant white woman has no respect for the intervention of the New Generation
Leaders like Otieno Sungu whose courteous appeal to her to let him verify the
election results she trashed dismissively.
As far as Janet is concerned, the opinions of Kenyans on their own organisation count for nothing; only her arrogant views matter. And she damn well does what she wants with KAC, and the hell with what Kenyans say about it.
She is a sadist bent on reminding us the botched December, 2007 elections. She doesnt care a damn about the stress we underwent over stolen and rigged elections. KAC is hers and hers alone to decide what to do with. Who are we to demand a say in the affairs of the KAC when that is hers alone to decide ?
We have been a free Kenyan Nation since 1963. We are not about to surrender our sovereignty to the White Martinet Lady of Rhode Island. You must show some respect when Otieno Sungu and others like him when they ask you the results.
As for your so-called AIDS programmes by KAIPPG in western Kenya, rest assured I will thoroughly investigate the veracity of your claims. Already, I am suspicious.
You claim on a turn-over of USD 110,000 KAIPPG is running an AIDS programme for 1,000,000 in 24 Western Kenya with a staff of only two - you in Rhode Island and James Onyango in Mumias ? How can Onyango single-handedly administer a programme for 1,000,000 ? How can a programme for 1,000,000 be run on a budget of USD 110,000 only ?
Mohamed Warsama
From: JM
sbj; WHY JANET FELDMAN CANNOT ANNOUNCE THE OFFICIAL KCA ELECTION RESULTS!/Otieno
Janet,
I would hate to respond to you in a different forum than KCA but I'm forced to do so because you are misleading the members of this forum from understanding the current quagmire in KCA.
As the outgoing president of KCA whose Executive team was dissolved through a "coup de tat" by a special interest group of 12 members using clandestine means, I am forced to respond and shed some light.
As soon as the "gang of 12" hijacked KCA from my executive using unorthodox and lame excuses, you took upon yourself to moderate some members including myself who differed with the "Gang of 12" members. If truth be told, KCA has been limited to a participation of 12 active members who engineered my dismissal because as the president, I refused to allow KCA to partner with a financial group that includes these 12 individuals.
My argument was that KCA is a non-profit registered organization and should NOT be involved in any financial venture schemes. I was overuled by the "gang of 12" who took upon themselves to dissolve my executive and conduct sham elections that were undemocratic.
The motive behind the "gang of 12" is financial gains from the newly formed Kenya Diapsora Investment Funds. Majority of KCA members who were displeased by the actions of the "gang of 12" are no longer active participants on the KCA forum and that's why its only less than 2 dozen members participated in this elections. This group is not a representative sample of KCA or the diaspora, and as such, these elections should NOT be honored or recognised since they were not conducted in a democratic manner.
The "gang of 12" who appointed themselves interim executive members nominated each other as candidates for the executive seats while moderating the forum from "outside" interferance.
Janet, any house built on dubious foundation can never last.
And BTW, I am not interested in current or future KCA executive position.
John Maina
From: Henry Gichaba
Dear Kenyans,
Janet Feldman fears that if she announces that Abdul Yakub won the KCA elections, she will not be able to use Kenya's name and KCA to raise funds.
As I informed you earlier, the un-announced winner of the KCA elections is Abdulsalam Yakub of New York. I also explained the reasons why Ms. Janet Feldman can't announce the KCA results. It's because she has far-reaching financial interests in Kenya. Through the rubber-stamp of KCA and the use of Kenya's name, she is able to enrich her resume and get more money which she claims to use in helping Kenyans suffering from HIV/AIDS and other ailments.
When I pointed out this unfortunate development, Janet Feldman said she would "take other measures." I must that Kenya's name has been used wrongly by an American called Janet Feldman to collect funds whose use isn't clearly explained as required by Federal Law. Both Feldman and Brodsky have registered non-profit organizations 501 3 (c) in the USA purporting to raise funds for work in Kenya but only feasible on paper.
Richard Brodsky is foxier than his countrywoman from Boston. It's hard to
nail Richard in terms of specifics. This New Yorker's sin is that he uses KCA
(see KCA membership and voting rights) to advertize his interests. However, his
books with the feds seem to be well kept (at least on paper). However, we will
also follow through to ascertain the exact nature of activities where he uses
public funds. When the courts and the feds subpoena his use of funds which he
collects - like use of credit cards billed to his organization - this man, I've
been advised is a fox.
"Hello Dear Sam, Wonderful to hear from you, and am
thinking of you so often! We may be out of touch via email, but we are always in
tune in spirit, and our communication remains constant at that level. Please let
me know how you are and what…"
Nov 27, 2009
Samuel Kawilila left a comment for Janet Feldman
"Greetings Jan, It has taken a while. Still doing the
stuff."
Oct 24, 2009
Janet Feldman's
Page
I am founder/director of two health
and development nonprofits, one the international branch of a Kenyan HIV/AIDS
organization, KAIPPG (http://www.kaippg.org), and the other an international
arts coalition called ActALIVE (http://www.actalive.org), whose 300
members in 30 countries use the arts and media to address HIV/AIDS and the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). I am a collage artist and social-change
activist.
I am an editor of the arts and MDGs e-journal, art'ishake; Task Force member and Adult Ally of the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS; and co-creator of development projects that focus on arts and media, information and communication technologies (including distance-learning), nutrition and food security, empowerment of women and youth, health and education, anti-trafficking, and poverty-alleviation.
I attended Hampshire College, where I received a BA in Art History, History, and Women's Studies; studied international law, diplomacy, and development at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where myself and fellow students helped to create a special field of study in international conflict resolution; and trained as a mediator at Harvard Law School, also earning a certificate there in Bargaining and Negotiation.
I am an editor of the arts and MDGs e-journal, art'ishake; Task Force member and Adult Ally of the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS; and co-creator of development projects that focus on arts and media, information and communication technologies (including distance-learning), nutrition and food security, empowerment of women and youth, health and education, anti-trafficking, and poverty-alleviation.
I attended Hampshire College, where I received a BA in Art History, History, and Women's Studies; studied international law, diplomacy, and development at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where myself and fellow students helped to create a special field of study in international conflict resolution; and trained as a mediator at Harvard Law School, also earning a certificate there in Bargaining and Negotiation.
Janet Feldman
- Female
- Barrington Rhode Island
- United States
- I am founder/director of KAIPPG…
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From: Judy Miriga
Folks,
There has been a lot
of twist and turns in regard to (KCA) activities which is worrying and
confusing.
We demand that KCA
authenticity with records operandi be investigated as talk are ripe
taking
dangerous turns in a make believe that has had a lot of funny illegal activities, in such of the likes
of "A Syndicate Decoy of Colombia Drug Cartels Money Transfers", involving big corporate
companies and where public taxpayers is equally in jeopardy of such transfers which breads
suspecion of the underworld undertable dealings of the Status Quo.
dangerous turns in a make believe that has had a lot of funny illegal activities, in such of the likes
of "A Syndicate Decoy of Colombia Drug Cartels Money Transfers", involving big corporate
companies and where public taxpayers is equally in jeopardy of such transfers which breads
suspecion of the underworld undertable dealings of the Status Quo.
We therefore feel
public safety and security is compromised if Joint investigation team are
not applied immediately and urgently.
not applied immediately and urgently.
This can only be
clarified through FBI and Inter pool security investigative team as
this
matter is believed to engage very high prominent Envoy Officer's networking along with those of
the local African corrupt Leadership in a significant ploy ......
matter is believed to engage very high prominent Envoy Officer's networking along with those of
the local African corrupt Leadership in a significant ploy ......
We look forward to an
urgent investigation and reporting of this case.
Thank you all,
Judy
Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
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From: Janet
Feldman
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: ABDULSALAM YAKUB IS NEW KCA PRESIDENT!
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: ABDULSALAM YAKUB IS NEW KCA PRESIDENT!
Henry Gichaba and
All,
Your abuse, lies, and
complete misrepresentation of myself, my role in KCA, KAIPPG, Richard Brodsky,
and the situation at KCA--including this hoax of an email, announcing the new
KCA president as Chifu wa Malindi--can no longer go unchallenged. You claim
friends in KCA, yet you do them a terrible disservice. You make pronouncements
on things you know nothing about, and some people may believe your
falsehoods.
Other measures will now be discussed and taken, as this has gone much too far.
Other measures will now be discussed and taken, as this has gone much too far.
Janet
From: Henry
Gichaba
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: ABDULSALAM YAKUB IS NEW KCA PRESIDENT!
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: ABDULSALAM YAKUB IS NEW KCA PRESIDENT!
Dear Kenyans and
members of KCA,
The KCA vote has been
casted and the new KCA President is KCA long-serving guru and founder member,
Abdulsalam Yakub, commonly known as Chifu wa Malindi. Out of the 32 members who
voted in these elections, Chifu obtained 20 votes out of the highest possible 32
votes.
A messy mushroom soup behind the curtains:
Janet Feldman, an
American woman with far-reaching financial and NGO interests in Kenya (through
KCA) was the returning officer. The voting was done electronically. Yet, Janet
has developed cold feet in releasing the election results.
Janet and Chifu are
strange bed-fellows. In the founding of KCA, Chifu used his own $500 to ensure
the registration and building process of KCA into a formidable organization
boasting over 300 members worldwide. Nonetheless, after a few elections, notably
of Dr. Matunda Nyanchama and Frank Mwaniki - others notwithstanding, KCA was
tribalized. Internal feuds made it possible for members to choose a woman called
Janet Feldman to run the affairs of KCA. She volunteered to work as CEO of KCA
because she has fundraising interests through her chain of NGOs. Ms Feldman has
since been the Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi of KCA. Her incessant dictatorship
has reduced the KCA to only 32 paid-up members, each one the owner of at least
one NGO with vast monetary interests.
For Ms. Feldman, and
her her fellow American friend, Richard Brodsky, they use KCA on their resume to
lend credence to their fund-raising activities in the USA, purporting to support
needy projects in Kenya.
Look at this circulation mail from: Richard Brodsky
Hi : : December 16,
2010
World AIDS Day,
December 1, 2010, Kisumu, Kenya. The Standard, one of Kenya's leading newspapers
wrote an article about my wife and me, Jodi and Richard Brodsky.
For five straight
years we have been traveling to Kenya a few days before World AIDS Day so the
Richard M. Brodsky Foundation can sponsor orphan dinner dances.
The Richard M. Brodsky
Foundation also co-sponsors the World AIDS Marathon with the Kisumu World AIDS
Marathon Group.
A record number of
participants, 404, completed the half and full marathon. Of the 404 runners, 29
were disabled athletes, and 80 were part of relay.
Such a statement is
used for big fundraising drives in Manhattan and across America. They do
fundraising in restaurants, a plate going at $5,000.00 (Ksh. 400,000.00) in
places like Manhattan. In addition, they would seek donations from other groups
and individuals so that at the end of the year, someone like Richard Brodsky
would appear in Kisumu as the co-sponsor of the World AIDS Marathon.
What does Richard
really do in Kisumu? He buys a few T-shirts for a parade of about 200 Kenyans.
The T-shirts are cheaply made and printed in Kenya. He then buys glucose and
soda for the marathon runners. Later, he buys dinner for those who participated.
The coast of dinner for 200 runners in Kisumu at the approximate whole-sale
price of Ksh. 1,000.00 per plate is Ksh. Ksh. 200,000. Therefore, Richard would
use the cost of two fundraising plates in Manhattan to run the entire cost of
"co-sponsoring" the World AIDS Day in Kisumu."
In the meantime,
Richard Brodsky or Janet Feldman or those other Kenyans who use the KCA to run
NGOs would make a chain of fundraising across the USA and Europe to raise money,
awaiting the AIDS World Day et al in Kisumu. Ladies and gentlemen, a few
thousands of fundraising plates are eaten by unsuspecting Americans and
Europeans, genuine people who want to help some HIV/Aids soul somewhere in
Kisumu.
Kenyans, that's the
reason why Janet Feldman is running KCA like private property. It's the reason
why Richard Brodsky is a paid-up member of KCA. Most of us made an exodus out of
KCA when we realized this process the KCA is now owned by a mzungu with
different interests other than the reasons for which Kenyans founded the
organization.
Now a few Kenyans have
woken up to the realization that Janet Feldman and Richard Brodsky, who are
running the KCA have vast financial interests and that KCA gives them a good
chance of doing fundraising to support their NGOs. In actual sense, this is NGO
politics. In truth, 90% of the money they fund raise goes to "Administrative
costs," meaning salaries for the owners of the NGOs like Janet Feldman and
Richard Brodsky.
A week after the KCA
Elections (where 32 people and two Americans would participate), Janet Feldman
is still to announce that Abdulsalaam Yakub of Manhattan, NY, is the winner of
this year's KCA Elections. The reason is because Chifu wa Malindi advocates for
the Kenyanizations of KCA and that a Kenyan organization should not be use to
raise money purported to assist needy Kenyans but 90% of the proceeds goes to
administrative costs.
Thank God, Almighty,
Chifu has won the elections and we will rejoin him to recreate the KCA to serve
the interests of Kenyans in the Diaspora.
Once again,
CONGRATULATIONS, ABDUL YAKUB
Henry Gichaba,
somewhere in the forests of North Carolina.
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From: Henry Gichaba
Subject: A DEAD
NOISEMAKING KENYA COMMUNITY ABROAD
Dear Kenyans,
KCA does not represent
Kenyans abroad. It's a group of at most 28 registered people under a stubborn
American woman called Janet Feldman. So, if the KCA has 29 paid-up members, the
group doesn't represent the 3 million Henyans abroad.
The following is the list of KCA members:
1.Richard Brodsky -
White American man -
2.Hezekiah Nyaranga
3.Janet Feldman - White American woman
4.Tom Ochuka
5.Tom Obiero
6.George Onyango
7.Gichane Muraguri
8.Ogendi Menge
9.Ndung'u Kahihu
10.Warigia Bowman
11.Ronald Edari
12.Evelyn Staus
13.Jacob Maaga
14.Enock Menge
15.Edward Muiru
16.Kuria Mwangi
17.Margaret Gichuki
18.Mahdy Abdi
19.Abdul Yakub
20.Angaluki Muaka
21.Jared Oluoch
22.Peter Ngunyi
23.Hussein Abbas
24.Jared Menge
25.John Maina
26.Justus Mureithi
27.Daniel Ngari
28.David Otwoma
29.Jackie Wanjiru
30.Rose Kinanu
31.Beldina Opiyo - Kisumu
32. Roz Kahumbu - Nairobi
2.Hezekiah Nyaranga
3.Janet Feldman - White American woman
4.Tom Ochuka
5.Tom Obiero
6.George Onyango
7.Gichane Muraguri
8.Ogendi Menge
9.Ndung'u Kahihu
10.Warigia Bowman
11.Ronald Edari
12.Evelyn Staus
13.Jacob Maaga
14.Enock Menge
15.Edward Muiru
16.Kuria Mwangi
17.Margaret Gichuki
18.Mahdy Abdi
19.Abdul Yakub
20.Angaluki Muaka
21.Jared Oluoch
22.Peter Ngunyi
23.Hussein Abbas
24.Jared Menge
25.John Maina
26.Justus Mureithi
27.Daniel Ngari
28.David Otwoma
29.Jackie Wanjiru
30.Rose Kinanu
31.Beldina Opiyo - Kisumu
32. Roz Kahumbu - Nairobi
From: Kensud
Liks
Subject: KCA SHOULD PUT ITS HOUSE IN ORDER.
Subject: KCA SHOULD PUT ITS HOUSE IN ORDER.
Kenyans in the
diaspora have every right to participate in all political decisions affecting
our country. Those of us outside Kenya contribute immensely to the economy
through remittances which are a significant part of our GDP. In a globalised
world, people move in and out of Kenya and other countries not because they hate
their motherlands but because they grab opportunity both for personal and
community development.
KCA is a major player in the economy. It must fully participate in affairs affecting the nation through experience earned elsewhere and material contribution to home countries.
KCA is a major player in the economy. It must fully participate in affairs affecting the nation through experience earned elsewhere and material contribution to home countries.
We must all embrace
ideas and opinions emanating from kenyan expats abroad. Our new constitution
recognizes this and soon we will all be able to participate in the political
processes that enhance democracy back home.
Mathias.
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otieno sungu
wrote
Ndugu Ogendi,
Ndugu Ogendi,
VVM supports a
strong KCA which will
champion issues affecting all Kenyans and at the forefront for the fight for
better lives for Kenyans both at home and in the diaspora, in this regard, we
request that all shenanigans surrounding this election be resolved so that those
who wish to vie do so fronting issues as the platform for being elected.
This will not only
ensure a stronger and vibrant KCA but will galvanize Kenyans abroad into a
united progressive unit that complements, supports and keeps watch on a better
Kenya back at home.
I am looking forward to joining KCA soon and become an active member.
Otieno Sungu.
I am looking forward to joining KCA soon and become an active member.
Otieno Sungu.
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Subject: KCA SHOULD PUT ITS HOUSE IN ORDER.
Ndugu Otieno
There is a concerted
slash and burn campaign being waged against KCA
and those who are behind it aren't looking for explanations or anything like
that. They have other reasons known best to themselves. Otherwise why
discuss KCA members in fora where they have no access and therefore
denied the right of reply? I have been attacked in the Kiswahili forum and
my reply to the same forum never saw light of day.
and those who are behind it aren't looking for explanations or anything like
that. They have other reasons known best to themselves. Otherwise why
discuss KCA members in fora where they have no access and therefore
denied the right of reply? I have been attacked in the Kiswahili forum and
my reply to the same forum never saw light of day.
Very disappointing
stuff.
Ogendi
--------------------------------------------
otieno sungu wrote
Dear Good people of Kenya,
It is quite a shame
that Kenyans have developed propensity to fails in almost every mall endeavor
they undertake, especially electoral processes.
We seem not to
understand democracy and what is going on on KCA mirrors our failures as a
people, we fail both at home and are worse in diaspora to where we carry our
tribalism, cronyism and lack of issues and content to determine who we offer
leadership.
In this brief, may I
suggest a way forward for KCA, let an independent and unbiased arbitration
committee be formed to look into the issues being raised and then organize free
and fair elections which both protagonist camps will respect.From hence, we will
be able to weed out detractors after such issues are resolved and they still
carry on.
For once, let us try and succeed in such a small endeavor and allow for democracy to prevail. I would be very much happy to see this resolved in a way that gives credibility to KCA and restore its place as an umbrella diaspora body.
For once, let us try and succeed in such a small endeavor and allow for democracy to prevail. I would be very much happy to see this resolved in a way that gives credibility to KCA and restore its place as an umbrella diaspora body.
The mushrooming of
other diaspora bodies and the fact that many, like myself who is diaspora have
been hesitant to join KCA is because of these intrigues, infighting and a lack
of a clear agenda for moving Kenya forward.
Can diaspora offer the
alternative leadership Kenya needs? I doubt under these circumstances of
mistrust. Does KCA deserve representation in parliament and even a County? I am
not sure from the foregoing where positions are championed for not on issues but
personalities.
The many youth outfits
we have in Kenya have been let without role models both in our national
leadership and our diaspora brothers/sisters to whom we look up to for guidance
on alternative leadership are equally smelling bad going by the quality of
debates and decorum here.
Otieno Sungu is the
National Chairman of Vugu Vugu Mashinani, a society of professionals based in
Kenya and diaspora.
--------------------------------
From: Henry Gichaba
Subject: From Janet Feldman/response to Chifu, note to all
Elijah,
KCA means Kenya
Community Abroad. If there were issues to be discussed, it's that Janet Feldman
is not a Kenyan. This woman runs KCA by remote control and so has effectively
killed the organization. KCA has allowed itself to be run by a foreigner who has
ensured the organization's death. Kenyans in their right mind should have no
business handing their daily business to an American woman.
You know the days when
many Kenyans worshipped white people like mimi nafanya kazi yangu kama mzungu?
Honestly, many of us are not in KCA since it was mortgaged to Janet Feldman.
Henry Gichaba.
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From: alhussein5555@ .
. .
Subject: From Janet Feldman/response to Chifu, note to all
Subject: From Janet Feldman/response to Chifu, note to all
Dear Elijah
,
Please can you elaborate on the issue of non KCA members who are they
I need you to tell us who are non and who are members not paid .
Thanks
Hussein Abbas
Mombasa , Kenya
Please can you elaborate on the issue of non KCA members who are they
I need you to tell us who are non and who are members not paid .
Thanks
Hussein Abbas
Mombasa , Kenya
From:
Elijah Kombo
Subject: From Janet Feldman/response to Chifu, note to all
Elijah Kombo
Subject: From Janet Feldman/response to Chifu, note to all
1. Who are the members
of KCA? Can thy be allowed to do the elections peacefully?
2. Why all guns are directed at Janet who is a caretaker? I would like to see
really issues here.
3. Chifu and Ogendi -
Before the elections can they make statements that will be sent to all blog,
suporters and members clarifying these issues?
Why am i feeling like there are non KCA members trying to meddle with the
affAIrs of KCA?
Janet has raised very
important points. Firstly,it in order to congratulate her for job well done
despite the heavy burden from the family. Secondly, she is a care take as i
understand from her email. Thirdly, she is non-Kenyan trying to volunteer. We
may need facts if there are some interests then. Real. But how come she is
running Projects in Kenya massively helping the rural forks in our midst that we
don't assist?
My friends in Diaspora
- how come that things are falling a apart here.
Can we now see the
full list of voters and members of KCA here. The voters register is very
essential. It needs also to have when members joined, how long they have been
members...what are the rules of the game here. I am a member of several
organization and clubs and i know these things.
I would now want to be an observer in this
elections.
Regards
Kombo Elijah
Kombo Elijah
----------------------------------------
Hussein Abbas >
wrote:
From: Hussein Abbas
Subject: From Janet Feldman/response to Chifu, note to all
Subject: From Janet Feldman/response to Chifu, note to all
Dear Janet ,
First of all let me
wish you and your father a good recovery soon Inshallah.
I just have to advice you on the following , since you have such heavy
burden on you health wise and your father which are very important now
so the better is for you to have a good rest as you know forums are a headache work and need to have a free time to volunteer and do the necessary actions .
This is my advice other things I don't think its good to bring in the forum .
Secondly I think have note got my respond on my previous email.
Once again wishing you all the best and quick recovery of your self and your beloving father Inshallah .
Tk c
Best Rgds
I just have to advice you on the following , since you have such heavy
burden on you health wise and your father which are very important now
so the better is for you to have a good rest as you know forums are a headache work and need to have a free time to volunteer and do the necessary actions .
This is my advice other things I don't think its good to bring in the forum .
Secondly I think have note got my respond on my previous email.
Once again wishing you all the best and quick recovery of your self and your beloving father Inshallah .
Tk c
Best Rgds
---------------------------------------
Hussein A Abbas
Mombasa , Kenya
From: Janet Feldman
Subject: From Janet
Feldman/response to Chifu, note to all
Chifu and All,
I stepped up to the
plate and registered the organization again because you did not follow through
with your offer to do so, and Jared--the only other person in the then-Exec
living here--was already very busy setting up our bank account and being our
Secretary.
I have not attended
meetings because I had major health challenges for many years (specifically, a
weakened immune system) that kept me behind four walls, and then for the past 4
years I have been a full-time caregiver for my father (as you know), who is 92
and disabled. I hardly ever get to leave our home. I have not been able to do
calls for the same reason, because the calls are usually scheduled when I am
here with him alone, and I often am called upon to help him at a moment's
notice.
I have been a constant
presence in our main forum and in the Exec forum, however, and have more than
made up for my not being able to attend meetings and do phone calls, which were
an infrequent occurrence in any case. No-one else would complain about my
absence.
You are very lucky to
be able to go to baseball games, travel to Kenya, and do everything you do in
the world. I wish I could do the same.
Now, on the issue of
"fairness," posts from you to KCA have gone through the entire month of March,
including last night, when I posted one about your presidency. It is a false
assertion that you are being gagged in some way. The only thing myself and Mahdy
are doing is keeping you from posting daily with disrespectful, derogatory, and
untrue statements, such as your assertion that Kanaka Ogendi did nothing as a
KCA president.
Kanaka was elected VP,
and only became our acting president when the elected president was not
"present" among us. He was the one who kept our 3-person Exec going--an Exec to
which you were elected, and then faded away--and steered us towards the
re-establishment of KCA as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization (with Frank
Mwaniki getting us our 501c3 status again). KCA might have sunk completely
without Kanaka...you surely would not have had an organization to belong to or
to be contesting the presidency of without him.
Everyone, you will
find no posts from Kanaka saying that Chifu has done nothing for KCA (a
statement that would also be false, as Chifu has done good works on behalf of
KCA). I have allowed posts of Chifu's to go through that have skewered myself
and others. I have edited some so that his remarks would be seen and felt in a
more positive light by members. If needed, I can post a list outlining all of
the postings he has made to the KCA main forum...he is far from being
silenced.
I was given ownership
of the KCA Yahoogroups main forum because I am one of 3 members elected in an
Emergency Committee to oversee elections for a new Exec. All admin features were
transferred to this EC.
I believe I was
designated the owner (meaning I have access to all Yahoogroups features, such as
setting a moderated status) in large part because of my previous role as a
moderator (2008). I was appointed to that role during the post-election crisis
in Kenya. Part of the rationale for my appointment was that--since I am not
Kenyan, except in spirit (according to many Kenyan friends)--I might be in fact,
and also be "seen" as being, a more neutral party.
Yahoo and Yahoogroups
do have rules of conduct clearly spelled out. This is in addition to rules of
conduct as laid down in the KCA constitution. When those rules are violated,
some form of moderation is warranted. I would not feel the need to moderate
posts if they did not violate these rules, which have been formulated so that
people will treat each other as they would want to be treated, even if they have
to be "guided" to do so via moderation.
I am not at all
"leading" KCA. That too is a patently false statement. I am the only non-Kenyan
in the Emergency Committee, I can only be elected to be a member-rep or at most
an assistant, I did not even run for office nor was I elected to the last Exec.
If I did not pay a yearly fee for our nonprofit status, it would lapse, as it
did once before. In that, I do feel a great "responsibility." But someone else
could re-establish that status if they wanted to take on that
responsibility.
I have also tried to
be a "leader" as a member rep, but that does not mean I am leading the entire
organization. Its members altogether are the leaders of KCA, and the Emergency
Committee was elected by KCA members.
Chifu, you are way,
way out of line on this. I still have your email from a couple months ago
telling me how much you support me on the nonprofit matter...do you remember?
And your "white" reference is surely a new low for you.
If you keep talking
this way, you may gain some allies, but on the other hand, some folks will
hopefully start to see why there has been a need to moderate some of your
postings, if nothing more than to preserve if at all possible the feeling of
affection and respect that many of us have for you otherwise. I would not have
nominated you for Asst Treasurer myself if I had not thought highly of you and
of your abilities.
Thanks and blessings to all, Janet
-----------------------------
from Judy Miriga
Folks,
This is a serious
matter involving International public taxpayer money and Janet MUST be
investigated by FBI and Interpol Police.
The truth must be
known, as these matters are of public information and interest affecting public
life and taxpayers.
I wonder, could this
be where the Minister Esther Mutugi could have borrowed the idea that HIV/AIDs
should be put into a concentration camp or do they have something in common with
HIV/AIDs fund case scenario?.......
There are
possibilities that HIV/AIDs fund has been gravely misused or misappropriated,
and more or so, it was used for unsuspecting activities or short-changed. We
therefore demand facts of the matter, check and balances, accountability and
transparency.
I am therefore asking
the Head of HIV/AIDs Mission, Presidents and Directors to throw some light here,
for the world to know ...... all about the hidden mission behind the purpose and
aims of HIV/AIDs Fund to Kenya and Africa and whether the Funds are meeting its
obligations, or are as accounted for, go to the people and mission intended for
or not.......and who are the masterminders behind under-cover deals
?........
Thank you all,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora
Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
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From: mohamed
warsama
As far as Janet is concerned, the opinions of Kenyans on their own organisation count for nothing; only her arrogant views matter. And she damn well does what she wants with KAC, and the hell with what Kenyans say about it.
She is a sadist bent on reminding us the botched December, 2007 elections. She doesnt care a damn about the stress we underwent over stolen and rigged elections. KAC is hers and hers alone to decide what to do with. Who are we to demand a say in the affairs of the KAC when that is hers alone to decide ?
We have been a free Kenyan Nation since 1963. We are not about to surrender our sovereignty to the White Martinet Lady of Rhode Island. You must show some respect when Otieno Sungu and others like him when they ask you the results.
As for your so-called AIDS programmes by KAIPPG in western Kenya, rest assured I will thoroughly investigate the veracity of your claims. Already, I am suspicious.
You claim on a turn-over of USD 110,000 KAIPPG is running an AIDS programme for 1,000,000 in 24 Western Kenya with a staff of only two - you in Rhode Island and James Onyango in Mumias ? How can Onyango single-handedly administer a programme for 1,000,000 ? How can a programme for 1,000,000 be run on a budget of USD 110,000 only ?
Mohamed Warsama
From: JM
sbj; WHY JANET FELDMAN CANNOT ANNOUNCE THE OFFICIAL KCA ELECTION RESULTS!/Otieno
Janet,
I would hate to respond to you in a different forum than KCA but I'm forced to do so because you are misleading the members of this forum from understanding the current quagmire in KCA.
As the outgoing president of KCA whose Executive team was dissolved through a "coup de tat" by a special interest group of 12 members using clandestine means, I am forced to respond and shed some light.
As soon as the "gang of 12" hijacked KCA from my executive using unorthodox and lame excuses, you took upon yourself to moderate some members including myself who differed with the "Gang of 12" members. If truth be told, KCA has been limited to a participation of 12 active members who engineered my dismissal because as the president, I refused to allow KCA to partner with a financial group that includes these 12 individuals.
My argument was that KCA is a non-profit registered organization and should NOT be involved in any financial venture schemes. I was overuled by the "gang of 12" who took upon themselves to dissolve my executive and conduct sham elections that were undemocratic.
The motive behind the "gang of 12" is financial gains from the newly formed Kenya Diapsora Investment Funds. Majority of KCA members who were displeased by the actions of the "gang of 12" are no longer active participants on the KCA forum and that's why its only less than 2 dozen members participated in this elections. This group is not a representative sample of KCA or the diaspora, and as such, these elections should NOT be honored or recognised since they were not conducted in a democratic manner.
The "gang of 12" who appointed themselves interim executive members nominated each other as candidates for the executive seats while moderating the forum from "outside" interferance.
Janet, any house built on dubious foundation can never last.
And BTW, I am not interested in current or future KCA executive position.
John Maina
From: Henry Gichaba
Dear Kenyans,
Janet Feldman fears that if she announces that Abdul Yakub won the KCA elections, she will not be able to use Kenya's name and KCA to raise funds.
As I informed you earlier, the un-announced winner of the KCA elections is Abdulsalam Yakub of New York. I also explained the reasons why Ms. Janet Feldman can't announce the KCA results. It's because she has far-reaching financial interests in Kenya. Through the rubber-stamp of KCA and the use of Kenya's name, she is able to enrich her resume and get more money which she claims to use in helping Kenyans suffering from HIV/AIDS and other ailments.
When I pointed out this unfortunate development, Janet Feldman said she would "take other measures." I must that Kenya's name has been used wrongly by an American called Janet Feldman to collect funds whose use isn't clearly explained as required by Federal Law. Both Feldman and Brodsky have registered non-profit organizations 501 3 (c) in the USA purporting to raise funds for work in Kenya but only feasible on paper.
One, according to US Federal Law, one must
be account for the use of untaxed funds raised through legally registered
non-profit organizations. Look at Janet's Feldman's fundraising for use in Kenya
in 2008-2009.
http://www.kaippg.org/involved.html "Please
contact Janet Feldman at kaippg@earthlink.net or James Onyango at
kaippg@africaonline.co.ke if you would like to volunteer your time, or
expertise, or to donate funds or other items. Many Top of the list is that we
need program and core-funding to enable us meet our budgetary requirements. Our
budget for 2008-2009 is US $200,000."
I've taken the pain to
find out the existence of the projects on Janet's site but I've not been
successful. First, in the Motor Vehicle Department, no vehicles are registered
in the name of Janet's KAIPPG.
Right on the ground in Kenya, I've
interviewed people and there's hardly any support for AIDS/HIP victims assisted
by Janet Feldman's organization. Janet, please give us the breakdown of people
who benefitted from your 2008-2009 budget.
Janet has previously
threatened me with "other measures will be taken" kind of stuff. Now I want
Janet to come out clean on how she uses the money she raises helping needy
people in Kenya.
I hope you have filed
your taxes for that period and that the items you entered in every column are
true to the best of your knowledge. Second, I suspect failed accountability in
actual use of these funds according to US federal requirements. Based on the
reports from the ground, Janet Feldman has not funded AIDS-related projects in
Kenya in the magnitude of her 2008-2009 budget.
Now read for
yourselves: http://www.kaippg.org/involved.html
On the other hand,
James Onyango shouldn't allow his name to be used by Janet without actual work
going on in Kenya. On the same note, KCA shouldn't be used as a tool to collect
funds whose use is not verifiable on the ground.
"The mission of the
Foundation is to provide food, shelter and shoes for orphans living in Kenya,
raise money for research for the cure or vaccine for AIDS, to help those already
afflicted with AIDS, and to help those with brain cancer." This man, at least,
travels to Kenya to buy some dinner in Kisumu.
I am asking Janet
Feldman: 1) leave KCA to Kenyans 2) stop using Kenya's name to raise funds 3)
stop threatening me and Chifu that "other measures will be taken" whener we ask
legitimate questions. I am going to demand that the Federal Government explain
to me why Janet Feldman should use Kenya's name to raise funds whose destination
is not well-accounted for.
Janet, do not forget
that laws here in the USA do work. You may remain in the KCA, but I want to let
you know I've a right to petition the Federal Government to account for why
Kenya's name is used to raise funds which you don't fully account for.
Henry Gichaba,
somewhere in the forests of North Carolina
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