A Cabinet minister has earned himself a nickname which is not very complimentary to him. Every time he is spotted in the corridors of Harambee House as he arrives to see his boss, workers point at him and whisper about his malfeasances. The minister is blissfully oblivious of the name calling and whispers and dutifully goes about his "business".
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A top lawyer meeting some of his foreign financiers who have been contributing to his election kitty was caught in the crosshairs of the Mali coup. The meeting was to be held two days before the coup happened. However, the financiers delayed their arrival forcing him to remain in Bamako far longer than had been scheduled. The coup disrupted air travel to the country which left the man stranded until he and other Kenyans, including Foreign Affairs (now Trade) minister Moses Wetang'ula were evacuated.
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Female students in a Karen government college are angry at the discrimination they are facing from the administration. In the last three months, the administration has sent home nine students allegedly because they were pregnant. Most of those admitted to the college are mid-career civil servants who attend courses to upgrade their skills. The female students are angry that the college has unilaterally been sending home their pregnant colleagues — most of whom are married — and asking them to re-apply for admission after they deliver their babies. This is against the college rules and regulations. Last week a student from Turkana, who is married to a Nairobi lawyer, was sent home even though she is only three months to sitting her final exams!
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Image is everything. During Monday's joint press conference by then Foreign minister Moses Wetang'ula and UK African Affairs minister Henry Bellingham, officials from the Kenyan side were caught on open mic arguing that our country's flag was dwarfed by the Union Jack. “We can't allow this,” one of them said as he quickly shifted the mics so that the Kenyan flag was more prominently displayed than the visitor's flag!
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