Thursday, November 22, 2012

Corridors of Power



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2012 - 00:00 -- BY POLITICAL DESK
parliament chambers
Members of parliament MPs during the official opening the newly refurbished parliamentary chambers yesterday.Photo/HEZRON NJOROGE
One of the city's most distinctive night club will be no more. This is after the lease by the current night club owner runs out at the end of the year. Our moles tell us that an MP who has been trying to take over the club and has tried all manner of tricks to dispossess the club owner—including threatening him with deportation—is set to take over the club after the current lease runs out.They tell us the MP envisions refurbishing the club and turning it into one that will make it the envy of any red-light district in the world. Lap and pole dancers will be among the main attractions once the MP takes over the club!
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Passengers on the Eldoret-Webuye and Eldoret-Kitale routes are tired of the traffic police who are resolutely turning a blind eye and ear to the decrepit and overloaded PSVs plying on these routes. It seems the boys in blue and the matatu drivers and touts have come to an 'understanding' which is compromising whatever remains of the Michuki rules. They are not only allowing PSVs to pack passengers in like sardines, they are collecting Sh100 every day from each matatu! Complaints by commuters have been met with the usual police song—'we are investigating and we will deal with the culprits  in accordance with the law!'
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Talking of traffic police, the new hefty fines proposed in the amended Traffic Act has given the cops yet another opportunity to reap where they do not sow. Recently, a minor incident where a motorist rear-ended another slightly damaging the fender turned into a public spectacle when two uniformed policemen on patrol arrived at the scene as the two motorists were already exchanging insurance details. Threatening to arrest one of the motorist who had caused the mishap, the cops demanded Sh10,000 or they take him to the police station. After a big to do in which they reminded the motorist that he faced a fine of Sh100,000 for the accident, the cops only relented when the motorist insisted that he had only Sh1,500. They gladly took the money and went on their way,leaving the motorists to sort out their problem!

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