Sunday, May 12, 2013

Corridors of Power


FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY THE POLITICAL DESK
Speaking during the funeral mass of the late Makueni County Senator on Wednesday, Deputy President William Ruto said Uhuru was the Kanu chairman in 2003 when the late Mutula was nominated to Parliament. But a Kanu stalwart who represented a constituency in the Rift Valley for three terms has pointed out that Ruto goofed. Retired President Moi was the party chairman at the time and only relinquished this position to Uhuru in 2005 after a bruising battle between Uhuru and Nicholas Biwott to take over the helm of the party. In 2003, Moi was chairman and his party vice chairmen were Uhuru Kenyatta, Musalia Mudavadi,Kalonzo Musyoka and Katana Ngala!
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AN MP who is reportedly on very close terms with two of his female colleagues found himself in a tight spot when both women came face to face at the Parliament's lounge bar. The MP was having drinks with one of the women MPs and engaging in a an overt PDA (public display of affection) when the second MP walked in unannounced. With the situation threatening to blow up in his face, the MP quickly sobered up and managed to convince the woman he was with to go and wait for him at a five star city hotel as he subtly let down the second woman MP. Neither women seemed to realize they had been played!
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Resolve may be wearing thin among some MPs whose demands for higher pay has meant that they have yet to receive their salaries. Our moles tell us an increasing number of MPs have been filing requests with the Clerk's office for salary advance. Most affected are MPs who are making their parliamentary debut. One of them who has run up a huge tab in the parliamentary bar was overheard telling his colleagues that they should forget their demands for higher pay and take whatever the SRC was offering and move on. He was taken aback when his colleagues warned him of 'dire' consequences if he continued with that kind of talk.
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A Senator taken aback when one of her colleagues shouted from the aisles that Wednesday's requiem mass for Mutula Kilonzo should not stop the business of the House. The man who opposed a motion of adjournment to allow the senators to attend the service, said even if the house adjourned, he would not attend the service. The female senator “How could he have been so callous? I have lost any respect that l had for them,” the senator said.

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