Corridors of Power
The Kenyan delegation to the Olympic Games opening ceremony in London last week may provoke a scandal reminiscent of the one that arose around joyriders at the All Africa Games in Maputo last year. Our tipster tells us that a top ministry official took his wife along to London on government money. However, the official's wife, like other joyriders not on the list of government invitees, watched the event from her hotel as the tickets to the stadium were too expensive (at least Sh240,000) since she was. The joyriders also included MPs who were on the parliamentary committee discussing the All Africa Games saga.
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There is panic in Uhuru Kenyatta's TNA top circles following the defection of one of its leading pillars to Musalia Mudavadi's UDF party. The man, who was at the heart of TNA's formation has been silent for a while. He is said to have notified party chairman Johnson Sakaja of his decision to quit due to intense jockeying for positions and influence within UK's team. Jolted by the defection, TNA is set to undertake a major purge with heads expected to roll.
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A top bank in Kenya forced a wealthy, prominent customer to change shareholders of its company for fear of international sanctions. The customer had told the bank that he was not a shareholder of a company that had an account at the bank. Convinced that the customer was being economical with the truth, they hired a due diligence company which tracked down the shareholding of the company to Cayman Islands. Corridors has been informed that when the bank confronted the customer with the information, he obliged and agreed to replace his name with a nominee shareholder.
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URP activist Zaheer Jhanda is scheduled to lead a team of young and wealthy supporters of Eldoret North MP William Ruto to Europe and Middle East to drum up support for the party. Jhanda, a close ally of Ruto, was heard saying plans are at advanced stage for the three-week extensive tour which will cost them Sh50 million.
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