An MP from Central Province has replaced a member of his CDF committee with a journalist who is said to be eyeing a civic seat in the area come 2012. The journalist managed to convince the legislator that a recent demonstration by local residents complaining about bad roads in the constituency was organised by the CDF official. The MP promptly sacked the man and replaced him with the journalist. Word doing the rounds is that the demo was actually stage-managed by the journalist who writes for a local newspaper (not the Star) in his attempt to advance his nascent political ambition.
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Still on MPs from Central, one was overheard saying a colleague risks losing his seat if he does not learn how to properly use the CDF kitty. The griping lawmaker said his colleague should be taken on a visit to other constituencies in the region to learn how to manage the CDF. The MP's fear is that his youthful colleague will be ousted in 2012 by a former legislator whom Central politicians do not like because he is known to cut his own niche and does not always follow their lead.
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The high courts in Eldoret and Mombasa have become popular with members of the civil society. Some civil society leaders were overheard saying they prefer these two courts because the judges "are more liberal" than their colleagues in other parts of the country. The civil society leaders would rather pay for an air ticket and accommodation to these two towns than file their suits elsewhere.
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Our moles say the National Security Intelligence Service is putting together a new unit whose purpose is to ensure the NSIS does not get any media coverage — positive or negative. The question some are asking is why the NSIS would got to such lengths to keep its work and activities under wraps and yet as a constitutional body it is subject to public scrutiny, like any other government office.
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