File | NATION Continental House: When MPs met in secret on October 3, 2011 to discuss the rot in the Parliamentary Service Commission, there were claims that some commissioners were in the habit of turning their offices into, well, ‘brothels.’
By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU ashiundu@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Friday, November 4 2011 at 19:55
Posted Friday, November 4 2011 at 19:55
Nocturnal escapades
Sometimes you hear scary things that MPs do within their offices at Continental House and at County Hall when the sun sets.
When they met in secret on Thursday afternoon to discuss the rot in the Parliamentary Service Commission, there were claims that some commissioners were in the habit of turning their offices into, well, ‘brothels.’
The allegation is that the commissioners usually intimidate the parliamentary staff and sneak women into their offices for sexual escapades.
There’s also an oft-cited case, spoken in whispers, about an assistant minister who had an embarrassing incident with his female companion.
The lady of the night threatened to expose the assistant minister, unless he went to the ATM on the ground floor of Continental House and withdraw some cash.
He paid her more than what had been agreed on.
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Wide cash web
The next General Election is around the corner. At times like this, politicians are usually on the look-out for money for their campaign kitty.
If you recall, in 2007, there were dubious pyramid schemes, in which Kenyans ‘invested’ and lost lots of money.
It is said that the Central Bank of Kenya ordered a freeze on the accounts of the companies.
Former minister Francis Nyenze went around the country and collected evidence on the faces behind the schemes in which many Kenyans lost their savings.
People committed suicide, homes were broken, lifetime savings were lost, but the perpetrators walked away rich.
Now, Mr Nyenze is scheduled to appear before Parliament’s Committee that handles co-operative matters to explain to lawmakers how deep the web goes.
MPs who sit in that committee are keen to get information on what happened to the billions that were frozen and the political connections of the perpetrators.
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Unimix saga
When your name pops up in Parliament in relation to a scandal of some sort, you have to pray and hope that those very MPs clear you.
Mr Abbas Gullet, the general secretary of the Kenya Red Cross, is now on the crosshairs of the hawkish lawmakers.
They are looking to find out who supplied contaminated Unimix. MPs will want to know whether or not Mr Abbas was linked to the firm.
When Wajir South MP Mahmud Sirat raised queries about the Kenya Red Cross boss a few months ago, he was hushed up quickly.
When he persisted, he was thrown out of the House. He wrote a hard-hitting statement and unsuccessfully tried to issue it to the press. Let’s see how that pans out.
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