Friday, June 14, 2013

Corridors of Power

Friday, June 14, 2013 - 00:00 -- POLITICAL DESK
Two aides at the office of Deputy President William Ruto came to blows over who should access their boss.  A former councillor from Eldoret North who has been operating as one of Ruto's security aide and a Kisumu based activist decided to settle their differences physically when they met at Ruto's Agip House office on Tuesday evening. It seems there are those in Ruto's team who want the former civil leader kicked out alleging he is arrogant and is trying to force his way into becoming one of the deputy President's aides. Its said the man has been 'inserting' himself next to Ruto so that they can be photographed together at public functions.
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All is not well at Orange House. It seems that it is not only suppliers who have not been paid. Now the staff claim they have yet to receive their May salaries although it is way past the date—29th of every month— when they usually receive their pay. Several of them claim they have not been paid for two months. They claim the party hierarchy are reluctant to inform party leader Raila Odinga of the situation and cannot wait until a substantive CEO is appointed to replace Janet Ong’era who was nominated to the senate.
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An MP from a constituency in the South Rift is causing concern among his constituents. The man has yet to make even his maiden speech, two months after the Eleventh Parliament started its session. They are wondering why their MP has not yet caught the eye of the Speaker and are now suggesting that Speaker Justin Muturi allocate the MP a 'special time' so that he can speak for them.  As things stand, it is not clear whether the man is challenged by the new system where MPs use swipe cards to get the Speaker's attention or maybe the MP does not have any contribution to make in the House!
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Members of the public following  court proceeding of a land fraud case involving a land agent accused of fleecing locals out of millions of shillings by selling them non-existent parcels of land in Kisumu were surprised when a magistrate warned journalists against covering the case. The magistrate demanded to be told why journalists were following the case and threatened him with jail for ‘meticulous’ coverage of the fraud case. According to the magistrate, it is not a must for the case to be covered. The magistrate just stopped short of ordering a gag on media coverage of the case. The question is, why is the magistrate so keen to handle the case on the quiet?
- See more at: http://the-star.co.ke/news/article-124267/corridors-power#sthash.GMAFrUZA.dpuf

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