A young woman in the communications sector is cursing a former MP (Parliament, pictured). A source tells Corridors the former love birds two weeks ago happened to run into each other at a Naivasha hotel where one thing led to another and they ended up sharing a room. In the heat of the moment, the former legislator promised to send the gracious Coastal lady Sh50,000 when he returned to Nairobi. But before he left the hotel, the man wired Sh4,000 to buy drinks. However, hardly had the lady returned to her conference, than the former servant leader reversed the money and drove off.
Things are thick in the inner circle of a political leader over plans to tour a region considered his opponent's turf. A little bird whispers to Corridors the party was taken aback following the announcement of the tour even before it was finalised. A party source said a member of the team who joined the movement less than a year ago has irked the politician and his allies for soliciting cash to plan for the events. We hear the man is also accused of making local and international phone calls — targeting politicians and diaspora supporters to solicit cash for the events. We understand the matter was so sensitive that party stalwarts were forced to discuss it at headquarters on Monday.
A Nairobi MP has run into trouble with a section of his electorate. The MP made a promise to barmaids in his constituency that they will each be receiving stipends of Sh7,000 every month to mitigate the effects of coronavirus. Living up to the true definition of a politician, the MP is yet to honour his promises eight months since he announced the programme. The barmaids have now pledged that if the MP won't fulfil his promise, they will mobilise voters to kick him out in next year's polls. They said leaders must live by their word and that there must be consequences for every action.
Those who engineered the vandalism of the Francis Atwoli Road signpost might have taken it lightly. However, things may get sticky even for those threatening to remove the signage. Some detectives were heard saying the act was malicious destruction of public property. Sources said the DCI is going flat out on the vandals and wants to make the culprits an example to would-be offenders. The plan is to locate the vandals at the scene of crime and get them to identify the co-perpetrators who could have bankrolled the crime. They said such acts breed lawlessness and amount to impunity.
(Edited by V. Graham)