BARAZA LA TAIFA
Baraza La Taifa (BLT) is social justice movement established in the 2018 by a
section of founder and ordinary members of Bunge La Mwananchi, members from
East Africa Climate Change Network based in major towns within Kenya.
VISION, MISSION, VALUES AND OBJECTIVES
VISION
A society that respect mother earth and its transboundarly geosphere.
MISSION
To advance and promote social justice agenda towards achievement of equal opportunity and equal chances for individual and collective success.
CORE VALUES
BTL
core values were developed to guide the movement in its struggle, to attract
others sharing these values and to serve as the very basis of BLT’s existence.
·
There is an
ultimate Source of all creation and of all universal and absolute values such
as Truth, Beauty, Love and Justice, which represent the highest ends of human
actions. Many people call this Source, God.
·
The highest responsibility of BLT members is to pursue absolute
values and to promote economic and social justice in his or her personal life
and all associations with others.
·
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That all sovereignty in the
social order begins with the human person not institution including the family,
the state, religion, the business, corporations, the labor union or academia.
·
That the essential means to
achieve the sovereignty of the person include such inalienable human rights as
the right to life, liberty, and access to productive property and free markets,
equality of opportunity. These rights- including the rights of property-are not
ultimate ends in themselves, but they are intermediate ends or fundamental
means to enable each person to pursue, truth, Beauty, Love and Justice.
·
And that for social justice to be part
of the fabric of society, the people must be afforded the right and legal
mechanism to investigate, impeach, convict and/or jail their political leaders
for incompetence, corruption and/or unlawful behavior.
·
That people create tools,
shaped from the resources and energies of nature or society to support the
economic and social sovereignty of the person. Through private property
ownership, each person can become master of the technology needed to realize
his or her fullest human potential and dignity.
OBJECTIVES
·
To
advocate and lobby for effective public participation in both County and national
development egenda.
·
To
provide a political voice to those otherwise disenfranchised Kenyans
·
To establish a
platform for cooperation and solidarity in order to enhance people’s voices and
visibility at both County and national level.
·
To develop
relevant training materials for counseling and mentoring ordinary Kenyans to both
enrepreneurship and political leadership.
·
To exploit latent
talent and skills inherent in the society towards contributing to positive
pursuit.
·
To engage in
partnership and collaboration with like minded organization in achieving the
movement’s objectives.
To
achieve the above objectives, the following strategies will be employed:
·
To define BLT vision,
mission and objectives to ensure they are clear, shared and owned by all the
members.
·
To strengthen the
BLT structures to clearly define roles, responsibilities, power and
relationship in order to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the BLT
movement.
·
To build capacity
of leadership to effectively plan, implement and evaluate activities of BLT
movement.
·
To diversify the
operations and activities of the BLT movement in order to incorporate various
thematic issues.
·
To develop
systems and procedures in order to ensure smooth, effective and efficient
operations of BLT movement across the country.
SITUATION ANALYSIS
A
lot of attempts to create structured and organize movements in Kenya, have previously
not produced expected results, good example being Bunge La Mwananchi. A
platform that statrted as a voice of voice less, an alternative to National
parliament, has over the years been reduced to a mouth piece of few
politicians.
Below
are some of root causes:-
·
Lack of knowledge
to run
·
Misconception of
BLT goals
·
Negative Political
Intereference
·
Lack of
secretariat
·
Leadership
wrangles
STRATEGIC ISSUES FOR BLT MOVEMENT
·
Create open
forums across the country for members to debate issues affecting them.
·
To convert and strengthen
the existing BLM networks to BLT networks
·
Support County and national campaigns and other
advocacy actions that are geared towards uplifting the lives of ordinary
citizens
·
To develop a
strong and vibrant community.
·
To increase the
level of interaction and exchange of information and experiences among
networks.
STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES,
THREATS OF BLT
STRENGTHS
Members
identified the following as issues that make them different from other
organizations:
·
Diversity
·
Network
·
Human resources
·
United and
consistent
·
Courageous
·
Gender sensitive
·
Proactive
WEAKNESSES
The
following are the current limitations of BLT with reference to the set
organizational objective and members’ expectation in its operations so far:
·
Lack of office
space
·
Lack of funding
·
Lack of Gender balance
OPPORTUNITIES
·
Open democratic
space
·
Informed citizens
·
Networks and partnerships
·
Training
·
Failed political
leadership
THREATS
·
Competition
·
Ethnicity/tribalism
·
Mistrust
·
Political
balkanization
·
Oppressive laws
SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS FORMED TO STIR
BLT MOVEMENT TO SUCCESS.
·
Fundraising
department
·
Project
Development and Research
·
Media Liaison and
Communication
·
Public Relation
·
General
Administration
Each
of the above departments shall be headed by departmental heads that will be
answerable to the Executive Committee.
BLT ORGANIZATION
DIAGRAM
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Information
shall flow as shown by the arrows. The BLT overal team shall be answerable to
the general public.
BLT
members volunteered to join the following departments as per their experience
and qualifications.
1) FUNDRAISING
DEPARTMENT
a)
Patrick Kamotho
b)
Wycliffe Sande
c)
Patrick Kinyua
2) PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
a)
Wambugu Mwai-Research
b)
Christom B.J
Kudindi-Projects Development
Support Team
a) James Kahura
3) MEDIA
LIAISON AND COMMUNICATION
a)
Cornelius Omenge (Media LIAISON)
b)
Edward Musungu (ICT)
c)
Geofrey Ondieki (ICT)
d)
Henry Omondi (ICT)
4) PUBLIC
RELATION
a)
Bernardette Auma
b)
Duncan Ombwori
5) GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION
a)
Dukeson Kimwei
BLT THEMATIC
AREAS
1)
Governance
a)
Scrutinize/
monitor the implementation and accountability
of National and County Government
projects
b)
Ensure there is
leadership accountability at both levels (National and County)
2)
Social Community Welfare
a)
Health
b)
Environment
c)
Housing
d)
Transport
e)
Education
f)
Security
g)
Trade
h)
Culture and
Traditions
i)
Religion Audit
3)
Foreign Policy
a)
Territorial
Classifications
b)
Territorial
Boundaries
c)
Immigrations
4)
Natural
Resources
a)
Wildlife
b)
Mining
5)
Human Capital.
a)
Trade Unions
b)
Working
Environment
LINED UP PROJECTS
1)
Housing and
Devolution Debate
2)
Carbon Trading
3)
UN Accreditation
4)
Meeting Foreign
Envoys
5)
Meditaeranean
Immigration Project
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