The heat is rising for Tourism assistant minister Cecily Mbarire. This time it's not from KACC but what some local wags term "new revelations" about her marital status. They claim that during the 2007 campaigns, Mbarire vehemently denied she was married. They say they feel she "betrayed" them. They were surprised when she made reference to "my husband" in responding to KACC boss PLO Lumumba's claims that she tried to bribe him.
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Who will sniff out the source of the money that a senior KACC is using to put up a splendid house in the city? We are told the man has taken out a loan with a local bank to finance the construction. But some say the bank loan was a ploy to deflect attention from the fact that the building cost estimated at millions of shillings is way beyond what the man earns as a public servant.
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A judge at the Milimani Courts is caught up in a row involving his son and a city businessman. The businessman reportedly conned the judge's son out of Sh2.9 million after claiming he would be able to sell him a new Mercedes Benz E Class 350. Since getting the money, the businessman has been claiming that the car "is yet to arrive at the port". The judge is worried that the case may be put in his docket in which case he will have to declare there would be a conflict of interest.
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Musikari Kombo, who took over the mantle of chairman of Ford-K after the death of Wamalwa Kijana, has become a permanent feature whenever the G7 alliance holds rallies in Bungoma. Speculation has been growing as to why Kombo would want to stick with people whose ideas on governance and accountability are not in tandem with his own widely articulated principles. A close Kombo ally was overheard asking whether principles and ideals matter anymore — going by the company that Kombo is keeping.
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The Netherlands embassy staff are unfazed when it comes to handling visa requests by the Ocampo Six, their lawyers or others in their entourage. Yesterday, a driver sent by former Industrialisation Minister Henry Kosgey to pick up his visa was flustered when told Kosgey's papers were not ready. The driver could not understand why the passports of the people who will be accompanying Kosgey to the Hague next week could be ready and not that of the Mheshimiwa. His pleas that Kosgey is supposed to travel on Tuesday went unheeded by the officer who firmly told him that he will be advised to come and pick it up "as and when ready!".
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