Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Corridors of Power

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY POLITICAL DESK
Hundreds of constituents who attended the homecoming party of a Uasin Gishu county MP are an unhappy lot. This is after many of them developed stomach problems including running tummies after a day of feasting at the MP's rural home where several cows had been slaughtered. While some believe that the food, especially the meat, could have been poisoned by his political enemies, others believe that the MP just opted to buy uninspected meat to cut on cost.
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Corridors of Power has it that President Uhuru Kenyatta had to make hasty preparations to travel to China where he will be from tomorrow for a state visit. This is after the Chinese embassy in Nairobi a few days ago informed the the Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed that if Uhuru wants to meet President Xi Jinping, he ought to travel this week or he will have to wait until April next year when the Chinese leader will be next available for such a meeting.
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Former PNU strategist Peter Kagwanja could not afford to miss wife Amb Monica Kathina Juma's vetting by MPs for the position Principal Secretary for Defence. However, he had to endure the antics of some of the male committee members who were all over her, some trying to get her phone number and others even attempting to hug her. An MP who tried to give Kathina a peck on the cheek was momentarily held back when he saw another man standing next to her. "And who is this man standing here?” he asked. The Principal Secretary nominee replied politely but firmly, “This is actually my husband.”
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We are told that some senior police officers had already paid as much as Sh350,000 each to some wheeler-dealers who had promised to push their CVs once the National Police Service Commission starts shortlisting candidates for the county top cops. The officers were taken aback when Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo released a new list. Some of the affected officers are now demanding their money back.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-125524/corridors-power#sthash.1Q5QATCl.dpuf

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