Corridors of Power

Government Spokesman Muthui Kariuki may be working on borrowed time or maybe Moses Kuria is just jumping the gun? Whatever the situation, our moles tell us that Kuria, one of TNA's political and campaign strategist showed up at the spokesman's office at KICC on Thursday where he told staff that he was inspecting his soon-to-be office and asked them questions about the operations of the office. Kariuki, who was in Mombasa on official government business was appraised of the situation by some of the alarmed staff who wanted to know the state of affairs.

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With a larger than usual number of MPs in Parliament, new Speaker Justin Muturi will take a bit of time to master all their names especially the ones who are making their parliamentary debut. In those instances where Muturi does not know the name of the MP seeking his attention, he has reverted to using descriptive and non-parliamentary words like “the lady in a yellow dress” or “the man with the white beard” (Kangundo MP Maweu Chengu) or “the lady at the corner” (Zipporah Kering) the Nandi women rep!

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It seems the writing bug is catching up with some of the political elite. In recent months we have seen a proliferation of memoirs either being published or politicians talking of joining the bandwagon. The most recent is Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua who, at the launch of former Kenya ambassador to the UK Mwanyengela Ngali, Karua said she was considering writing her memoirs. Others who have put out memoirs (or just biographies) include former Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi, banker Martin Oduor-Otieno, Raila Odinga, the late Njenga Karume, among others.

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Slapped with a huge bill for legal fees, the IEBC is now facing strident demands for payment from the people who provided transport for the thousands of polling clerks, ballot boxes and other services during the March elections. in one station—Bungoma—the transporters are so angry that they have threatened to storm the commission’s offices there. They complain they are being discriminated against as the IEBC has paid other suppliers and even the polling clerks. Could it be that the commission has not prioritized the transporters as it pays of its debts?