Thursday, January 12, 2012

Corridors of Power



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Parliament in session. Photo PPS
A Cabinet minister was thoroughly humbled when he tried to use his authority to get his son admitted to one of the top national schools in Kiambu county. The son who sat last year's KCPE got below average marks which do not qualify him for admission to the school. The minister's attempt to pressure the principal to admit the boy despite the miserly 320 marks were firmly rebuffed. The principal was unmoved by the minister's pleas and ignored attempts to intimidate him saying the school could not lower its standards for his son.
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A presidential candidate has come to the conclusion that his bid for high office is being undermined by the media— specially those from his own tribe. The man was overheard complaining to some of his cronies that the most critical articles about him have come from journalists from his community. He has now opted to take matters into his own hands. He has hired the services of a well known public relations consultant to organise a meeting with the 'problematic' journalists so that he can 'talk' to them.
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A section of Luhya MPs reportedly met at a hotel in Kilimani on Monday night to discuss how they can salvage deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza from the mess caused by the gun incident. Our moles tell us the MPs considered ways of politicising the issue and thereby intimidating those probing the incident.
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A well-known lawyer has allegedly refused to repay money he had 'borrowed' from one of his clients who has made several attempts to collect the same. The poor woman found himself at the receiving end of the sharp tongue of the lawyer's secretary who ordered the client out of the office when she went to demand the money. What is of concern is not so much the amount— just a mere Sh10,000— but the treatment the client received when she reported the matter to the Central police station. The lawyer had apparently called ahead and talked to the CID officer who chased her away even without giving her a hearing! Talk of a new constitution, a new Kenya!

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