Corridors of Power

Thursday, 23 June 2011 00:04 BY POLITICAL DESK

A well-known Anglo Leasing suspect threw a bash on Monday evening to celebrate to swearing in of one of the three judicial officers by President Kibaki. The suspect was happy that his ally had been sworn into office and is looking forward to be protected for sometime to come. Those in attendance at the lavish party included MPs and some senior government operatives.
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The involvement of a senior Cabinet minister in the looting of public funds in Nigeria during the reign of former dictator Sani Abacha has now shocked government insiders. Documents implicating the tough-talking minister are now flying up and down and a member of Parliament is now threatening to unleash the shocking details of how the minister helped Sani Abacha to execute huge theft of public funds in Nigeria.
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 A city lawyer who has applied for the position of High Court judge is a worried man. The man is said to be planning to step out of the interview he has been invited to attend after a former client sent him a text message threatening to expose some of his past dirty deals. The lawyer prefers forfeiting the job instead of facing embarrassment through public scrutiny.
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Some top ODM officials close to Prime Minister Raila Odinga are now pushing to have Larry Gumbe elected the party’s new Secretary-General. But the group has ran into opposition from their rivals who insist that the position must go to Budalang'i MP Ababu Namwamba.The PM himself is said to have endorsed the youthful legislator for the top position.
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Whose maize was it?That is the question being asked of over 800 bags of maize that for several months was hidden at a godown in Athi River. A group of 11 young men hired by the owner to load the maize have been working at the godown for several days while operating from  single room rented near the go down. Despite city millers shutting down ,the owner of the mysterious Athi River maize said to be an MP  transported his load to Eldoret in trucks.