Corridors of Power

Thursday, 14 April 2011 00:03 BY POLITICAL TEAM

At the Ocampo Six homecoming rally at Uhuru Park on Monday, the organisers had slotted time for the VP Kalonzo Musyoka to speak before the Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto. However, Kalonzo’s people protested bitterly and said it was a matter of protocol for the VP to speak last. The organisers agreed. Ironically, as the VP started speaking, sections of the crowd, including some of the dignitaries on the dais, started walking away.
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Talking of the Uhuru Park rally, Kangundo MP Johnstone Muthama and Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi refused to stand up as Mutito MP Kiema Kilonzo introduced the MPs from Eastern Province. Muthama's close allies tell us he was miffed by a suggestion that the Ruto-Uhuru camp has identified Kiema as their pointman in Eastern Province! Anyway, Muthama was later introduced by Kiraitu and made a remarkable speech.
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It was a little culture shock for William Ruto and a battery of Kenyan journalists who were almost run over by a cyclist at The Hague last week. They inadvertently blocked a cyclist's path, which is the order of the day in Nairobi. In the Netherlands it is more risky to stand in the way of a cyclist than that of a motorist!
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Nominated MP Maishon Leshomo, who was among the coterie of 40-plus MPs accompanying the Ocampo Six to The Hague, was excited to be part of history in the making. Dressed in full Samburu regalia, Leshomo took numerous photos of herself and her fellow MPs on the steps of the ICC as mementoes of the trip.
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Some members of the Luo Council of Elders are trying to persuade Prime Minister Raila Odinga to go easy on his political ambitions. Corridors has been told the elders want the PM to seriously consider giving up his 2012 presidential ambition — for the greater good of the country.