The URP presidential aspirant William Ruto has been reaching out to the "Total Man" Nicholas Biwott in his bid for State House. Our moles say the Eldoret North MP recently held a meeting with Biwott in his ongoing efforts to rally the entire Rift Valley vote behind him. Attempts to get more details on the meeting hit a dead end when one of Ruto's people, Martin Telewa, denied such a meeting took place!
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Speculation has been growing that the Ghanaian former Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood has quit the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board and returned to Accra. Our moles at the board said the lady judge was concerned about the alleged underhand dealings surrounding the vetting process. The statement by the board chaired by Sharad Rao that it would not respect a court order stopping the vetting process thereby implying it was above the law and its quick about-turn on this seems to confirm some of the concerns expressed by some of the board members and others in the legal fraternity.
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An MP has been demanding a Sh18 million payout from a government agency for what he describes as the "hard work" he put in to raise the profile of the organisation.
The MP has tried to get the money from the agency through various means including issuing threats to see to the agency's dissolution. The agency has stood its ground and dared the MP — who has a reputation for getting "free money" for doing his parliamentary work — to make good his threat.
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Senior TNA officials are on a mission to woo Mandera Central MP Abdikadir Mohamed from Musalia Mudavadi's UDF camp. Our moles tell us the carrot the TNA is dangling before Abdikadir is the promise that he will become the Senate Speaker if all goes well.
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