Monday, October 10, 2011

Corridors of Power



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We are informed that an outspoken MP vanishes into a hotel in Kilimani leaving the spouse to wait in their car in the hotel parking lot for hours. The MP, known for wayward ways, returns after two or three hours and orders the spouse to drive home. We are informed that the spouse has become used to the routine and has made friends with drivers, watchmen and hawkers who sometimes pass by selling their wares.
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A senior police officer in North Rift has bought a brand new Toyota Surf in unexplained circumstances. His juniors have told us that the man, a former General Service Unit (GSU) officer, was transferred from Eastern region for allegedly pilfering funds meant for running his station. The funds, we learnt, were meant to pay allowances for three months and station bills. The junior officers estimate that their boss embezzled more than Sh800,000. The station has been without water or electricity for the last two months forcing them to resort to buying water and using firewood.
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Last week we told you about an accounts clerk at the cash office at CID headquarters who had been demanding Sh200 from police officers when they received their per diem and allowances. We are now told the CID director Francis Muhoro has reined in the accounts offices and directed that action must be taken on rogue accounts clerks. We are told that the clerks have been frustrating police officers when they go to collect cash. Policemen asking for their allowances are told to collect the money at 5pm. We are told some of the clerks have been involved M-Pesa and the shylock businesses and pay the policemen from their profits.
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On Friday, we told you of a local bank with links to Charterhouse Bank which is in trouble after Central Bank withdrew Charterhouse’s fixed deposit. We are informed that the bank's deposits are spread among about 20 customers, who are responsible for about 80 per cent of the total deposits. Corridors wonders what will happen to the bank if only five out of 20 depositors withdraw their cash.

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