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BusinessToday is the leading independent news organization in Kenya, recognized nationally for its authority, professionalism and accuracy. It provides a wid range of news, information and services for the professional and business community. Popular Categories. He did not concentrate wholly on mathematics, however, for he had a number of other positions.
The Minister of Labour appointed him as the chairman of the Agricultural Wages Council on 3 November , a position he held for two years. He was elected to the East African Legislative Assembly in , serving until He was appointed chair of the board of directors for the Rift Valley Institute of Science and Technology in September He also acted as executive chairman at the Kenya Commercial Bank.
John Kamau writes [ 4 ] :- Despite his growing public stature, the double cultural heritage appeared to bother Saitoti, gradually turning him into an introvert, according to friends. He was like a man with no cultural identity. He spoke about harambee, a policy adopted by Jomo Kenyatta for community self-help projects, stressing its importance in the development strategy of Kenya.
There was, however, much concern about corruption, especially involving self-help projects, so Saitoti said:- As part of our effort to use resources more productively, we need greater accountability for harambee funds. Documentation of the collections and project expenditures must be prepared in order to maintain public confidence in harambee. In he wrote A View from Africa in which he said:- This is a continent of million people, only a tiny fraction of whom are producing up to their potential.
Africa's agriculture can grow a wide variety of tropical and even temperate crops, often at very high yields, and the possibility for research leading to improved productivity have hardly been touched. Africa's land is rich in mineral wealth, much of it unexplored, and its rivers contain unexploited potential for power and irrigation. With good economic management, good world market conditions, and more patience than we can perhaps afford, African economies should be capable of producing far more output than at present and of noticeably improving the well-being of their people.
In Saitoti participated in the general elections and won the Kajiado North parliamentary seat. The voting system used was heavily criticised as favouring the Kenya African National Union, and they were clearly reluctant to more to a more democratic model.
The Kenya African National Union now had two factions, one determined not to move towards full democracy, the other, led by Saitoti, in favour of change. Saitoti played a very clever role in keeping both sides happy. He turned out to be the longest serving Vice-President holding that position between May and January and again between April and August He delivered the Opening Address and gave the Concluding Remarks.
The past year has been marked by extraordinary political and economic events, all of which have significant implications for the world economy. Three of these developments stand out as particularly important at this juncture. These three developments were the fall of the Berlin wall, which he strongly welcomed, the progress towards a united Europe, of which he said "history is being made," and developments in the Middle East which would have an "adverse impact on the world economy.
The murder has never been solved but theories point to either a family feud or a political assassination. Saitoti claimed that attempts were made on his life around the same time.
The Goldenberg Scheme was an export promotion scheme in which anyone who exported gold or diamonds could claim 35 per cent of their value as a state subsidy. Given Saitoti's stand against corruption it is hard to believe he set this up so that he and his fellow politicians could make personal fortunes. Although the Goldenberg scandal would continue to make his life difficult, he always denied involvement in the scheme and he managed to avoid being charged with any offence.
Saitoti gave a speech on the occasion of the World Population Day celebrations on 11 July
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