Thursday, July 17, 2014

Corridors of Power


Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 00:00 -- BY POLITICAL DESK

ON THE SADDLE: Joshua arap Sang rides a bicycle to attend the proceedings of his case at the ICC yesterday.
ON THE SADDLE: Joshua arap Sang rides a bicycle to attend the proceedings of his case at the ICC yesterday.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto greets the Muslim Community from Western when he hosted them for Iftar dinner at State Lodge Kakamega on July 11. Photo PSCU
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto greets the Muslim Community from Western when he hosted them for Iftar dinner at State Lodge Kakamega on July 11. Photo PSCU
Parliament buildings. Photo/Monicah Mwangi
Parliament buildings. Photo/Monicah Mwangi
Former journalist Joshua Sang may not have been in the infamous Waki envelope as speculated in last week's ICC proceedings. Two prominent Nairobi lawyers were overheard analysing the responses of former Waki commissioner Alistair McFadyen in relation to the envelope. Asked if Deputy President William Ruto's name was in the envelope, McFadyen responded: "I believe it was." When the same question was asked in respect of Sang, he responded: "No, I don't recall." The two city lawyers were unanimous that from the response, Sang was not in the list.
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It is now emerging that the people who were being addressed by President Uhuru Kenyatta when he visited Kakamega last week were hired to avoid an embarrassment for Jubilee. Some insiders have revealed that they transported people from as far as Eldoret. "That place is too hostile and our pre-visit analysis had shown local leaders were telling people not to welcome the President. We had to act," a source said.
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A crop of new and overzealous security officers at Parliament Buildings are slowly running into trouble after some government officials complained of harassment. The security officers are being accused of blocking senior government officials at the level of ministerial directors from accessing Parliament. Letters from Cabinet Secretaries to National Assembly and Senate speakers are said to have been blocked at the gate on several occasions despite the officials identifying themselves. "Your identity card is nothing. You could have made it in River Road," one security officer told a senior government official. The same security officers yesterday tried to block parliamentary journalists despite their unlimited access to Parliament.
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A deputy county commissioner in one of the subcounties in Nyanza has run into trouble with the local community when he demanded bribes for those wishing to be recruited to the National Police Service. A source told Corridors that the subcounty was left out of the recruitment after locals refused to give the recruitment officers bribes. A local MP had approached the DCC with a plea for recruitment. Without batting an eyelid, the DCC told the MP to part with Sh100,000 per head. He told the MP they want Sh150,000 but because the legislator is a leader, he was given a discount.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-177688/corridors-power#sthash.1BVIyArj.dpuf

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