Corridors of Power

Thursday, 10 March 2011 00:02 BY POLITICAL DESK

Lobbying is in top gear for the Youth Enterprise Fund chief executive officer's slot since Umuro Wario's term expired last year. It is not clear whether Umuro's term will be extended.
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Some members of the LSK fraternity have hatched a plot to fire their chairman Kenneth Akide whom they accuse of violating the association’s constitution. They are even more incensed that Akide walked out of the LSK Council meeting convened to discuss his conduct. Akide's accusers say he left his coat on the chair giving them the impression that he was going to come back but never returned to the meeting which had to end prematurely.
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Lawyers and police in Gusiiland are accusing a magistrate of receiving bribes to set free robbery with violence suspects. The magistrate reportedly received Sh250,000 to set free a group of suspects who are now running free in the region. Last year a man charged with robbery stunned a court when he told the magistrate that his family had given the court clerk money so that he could be released. Another suspect recently sold off a piece of land and bragged he used the proceeds to "finish" the charge he was facing in the same court.
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A senior deputy PS at the NSSF Building may soon find himself in trouble. The former powerful DC is being probed by police on allegations that he transported and incited the goons who disrupted a football match between Gor Mahia and Rangers FC at Nyayo National Stadium two weeks ago.
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Some officials in ODM fear the party may lose two seats in the forthcoming by-elections. They are complaining that Raila Odinga erred by endorsing Ibrahim Hussein aka Johnny as the ODM candidate in Kamukunji even before the party holds its nominations. Johnny successfully petitioned against the election of Simon Mbugua. The officials are also concerned that Bernard Shinali may get a direct nomination run for the Ikolomani parliamentary seat left vacant by the ouster of Bonny Khalwale. They say it is such decisions that cost the party the by-elections in Matuga, Makadara and South Mugirango last year.