A female lawmaker recently caused a stir in Parliament when Tanzania President Samia Suluhu was due to address a joint sitting of the House. Clad in her ever best attire, she left tongues wagging as to the sudden change in her dressing code. The MP is known for her conservative dressing style but on the material day, she pulled a surprise on her colleagues with expensive attire. Talk has been rife that the MP has been dating a wealthy Nairobi businessman who is said to be bankrolling her spruced up wardrobe. She was recently on a lengthy visit to one of the Middle East countries with the latest 'catch.'
Did a member of the Tangatanga brigade recently get a test of his own medicine? Well, Corridors is aware of a nasty encounter between the vocal MP from central Kenya and his counterpart from the Nyanza region. The Tangatanga MP had been bragging that they have the numbers in Parliament to shoot down the BBI Bill. However, the votes cast brought a different picture, forcing the Nyanza MP to lecture the Tangatanga die-hard on the fallacy that he claimed is the wheelbarrow movement. He even liked the hustler nation to a house of cards. The Tangatanga MP had to seek the help of some sergeant-at-arms to slip away from the corridors of the August House.
An ODM legislator is facing a barrage of attacks from a popular blogger, who is leaving no stone unturned in his offensive against the MP. The lawmaker, who is fluent in the queen's language, has been on the receiving end in the last few months with the blogger seeking to expose his alleged nonperformance as MP. There is talk that the blogger, who has been endearing himself to the party stalwarts and functionaries, is eyeing the MP's seat in the 2022 polls. The war of words would get nasty in the coming weeks when the blogger hits the ground running in his campaigns.