Thursday, February 21, 2013

Corridors of Power


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY THE POLITICAL DESK
More than a US$100 million belonging to a senior politician was last week blocked as it was being moved from a Swiss bank account to an account in Turkey. Worried that the west could punish Kenya if Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate William Ruto who are both ICC suspects are elected, the senior politician has reportedly been moving his financial assets to "friendly' countries where he can access the same quickly and easily.
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A senior manager at a well known supermarket has panicked after the taxman traced some Sh150 million to his personal account in a local bank. The supermarket chain is reportedly under investigation for alleged tax evasion where the same ticketing is used to enter multiple goods. Some of those assigned to investigate the same have all of a sudden displayed some 'reluctance' to pursue the matter.
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Bodyguards attached to presidential candidate Abduba Dida, are complaining there is little office space to share amongst themselves. Diba, who emerged the 'star' of the first presidential debate is still using the one room office on the second floor of Gilfillian house along Kenyatta avenue. The tiny office can only accommodate two chairs and a table. His security detail of four officers from the elite GSU unit have now been forced to station themselves on the staircase whenever their charge is in the office. Their presence has now become a nuisance to members of the public who use the same stairs.
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A group of policemen from Githurai Kimbo in Kasarani on Sunday night raided a bar in Kahawa West under the pretext they were looking for an illegal firearm. The cops, who were operating outside their area of jurisdiction, went to the the bar where they accused the bar man of harboring gangsters. Under the pretext they were searching for guns, the policemen searched the patrons and the premises but failed to come up with a gun. Instead, they took Sh10,000 and some change from the bar till and left after warning the barman that they would come back and plant a firearm on the premises if he dared report the incident!
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