Thursday, July 25, 2013

Corridors of Power

Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY POLITICAL DESK
Government Spokesman Muthui Kariuki may be leaving soon as his contract is due to expire next month.Our wags tell us that some top honchos in the government do not see the need to renew Kariuki's contract especially after the restructuring and revamping of the presidential and deputy presidential press services. As it is, the office of the Government Spokesman is under the purview of Information, Communication and Technology Secretary Fred Matiang'i.
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Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is set to travel with 12 of the recently elected governors to Dallas, Texas for the Bi-national Kenyan governors summit whose theme is “Strategic Vision for Good Governance” which is being organized by the Network for Development of Youth in partnership with Summers Dodge International Group and will run between July 27-28. Our moles tell us the Jubilee functionaries have been busy digging to try and find out more about the two organizations and since they have not been successful, have quickly branded the two organizations as "bogus."
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A senator from Rift Valley was last week forced to dig deep into his pockets to pay transport for his constituents whom he attend a public meeting he had organized. The young senator had invited a colleague of his from Eastern region to be the chief guest at the rally and was shocked when nobody showed up for the rally. The senator had spent quite a bit of money to advertise the rally on all the local vernacular radio stations and was therefore taken aback when his people failed to show up. To save himself and his invited guest the embarrassment of addressing a handful of his die-hard supporters, the senator hurriedly hired lorries to ferry villagers to the venue. For anyone who attended, they were promised some cash.
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It is said there are no permanent enemies or friends in politics. So it came to pass last Friday when one of the very vocal senators from Western Kenya was spotted at a city hotel having dinner with one of the presidential candidates who lost in the last general elections. It was not clear if the dinner was pre-arranged or was an impromptu one. Coincidentally, the senator had earlier that day been singing the praises of the presidential loser and had told a local TV station that Kenyans had missed a great opportunity when they refused to vote for the man who would have taken the country forward in its development programme.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-129257/corridors-power#sthash.Mb4TtOPz.dpuf

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