Corridors of Power

Wednesday, 06 April 2011 00:03 BY POLITICAL DESK

Two lawmakers have locked horns over a Sh1.5 million loan which an MP from Nyanza advanced his colleague from the Coast. The Coast MP initially wanted Sh15 million promising to pay back within a week after receiving some huge amounts from one of the foreign embassies in the country. The embassy however delayed the cash release leading the debtor to default on payment. The creditor has constantly demanded the money and threatened to report the matter to the police. Stung by the move the indebted MP replied through a phone text message; “I can understand if you are filing a case to recover because you can even get a court order to sell my house, but going to police?” The creditor threatened the debtor that he would destroy him politically if he did not pay back the cash immediately. The debtor did not take the threats lightly and sent another text message, “It's within your power to destroy me, God has however greater power. He knows I was to get the cash today but it has been pushed to Sato. I can only wait.”
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Supporters of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta are celebrating that their man has finally rolled up his sleeves and decided to play as dirty as his opponents in the murky political waters. Some of them were at Parklands Sports Club the other day bragging that their man was now becoming more competitive and has shed off the image of a leader without a spine to fight.
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We are told the CEO of a leading hospital has become a disgrace to the community. Corridors learnt the CEO has been blacklisted by sections of the diplomatic community due to his binge-drinking. When the fellow is invited for the diplomatic brunches, he comes drunk and is the last one to leave. The other day the man was asked to leave the home of an envoy in the wee hours, long after the party had ended.
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A lawyer representing one of the Ocampo Six suspects was nearly dropped at the last minute. The politician picked two local lawyers to team up with international barristers. But the two local lawyers differed over personal issues, and the one considered closer to the politician purported to fire the second lawyer. It took the intervention of the politician for the lawyer to be reinstated. The "fired" lawyer has finally arrived at The Hague ready for business.