Corridors of Power

Saturday, 02 July 2011 00:04 BY POLITICAL DESK
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PM Raila Odinga

PM Raila Odinga

Prime Minister Raila Odinga is said to be furious with some officials at his office that he cautioned them to change their ways or face the sack in a few days time. Our mole at the OPM told us that there was tension in the meeting between the premier and his staff as he warned the five staff members present that they risked being sacked if their bad manners persist.

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Cherengany MP Joshua Kutuny was yesterday on the trail of a cyber criminal who is impersonating him on facebook. Kutuny who confesses he is yet to join facebook is worried that the imposter has been chatting with his unsuspecting constituents and friends discussing matters affecting his constituency.

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Some ODM leaders in Nyanza are not amused by the involvement of Luo Council elders chairman Ker Meshack Riaga Ogalo in the William Ruto campaigns for the Presidency. One MP from the region expressed shock at Ogalo’s appearance at a rally addressed by Ruto in the Rift Valley and warned that the elder could be politically punished for rebelling against the system in Nyanza.

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A PNU assistant minister is so disgusted by a group of MPs who are rushing to the Kenya Revenue Authority to pay taxes. The minister has been circulating a text message reading, “For an MP to pay taxes they have to be receiving tithe or drug money” to fellow MPs as away of expressing his rage against his compliant colleagues.