WE TOLD YOU why some politicians
drive long distances to meet a politician at
his rural home at night. Fearing reprisals
from the powers that be, they spend long
hours to and from the heavyweight’s home.
The political figure has triggered panic in
the corridors of power over his aggressive
campaigns to consolidate support. It has
now emerged some MPs who publicly
admonish him are his visitors in the wee
hours of the night. The MPs mostly drive
themselves without their aides and sometimes in groups. The lid is off.
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IS A SENIOR official in a state department set to be shown the door? There are reports the officer will soon be replaced after he fell out with the powers that be. Anxiety has gripped the officer, who has been moving from one office to another seeking help. He recently clashed with an influential MP in the Kenya Kwanza government over some contracts. The officer is said to have irregularly awarded a tender and defied internal controls. When the MP got wind of the deal, he confronted him during a public forum. The MP was clear that the officer’s days were numbered.
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A SEASONED MP has launched a war against another legislator who recently lashed out at him in public. The senior MP’s lapdogs are all over barking, unprovoked. The MP has sent some to funerals and others to weddings and to all social events to stare down the junior MP. At a funeral last week, the junior MP was surprised when mourners heckled him in the presence of a county boss with whom he enjoys a cordial relationship. The MP usually operates under the cover of the governor for political protection. But that is no longer tenable as the senior MP is determined to frustrate him.
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A GOVERNMENT OPERATIVE from the Coast has suddenly gone underground as the battle for the gubernatorial seat in his county shapes up. The overzealous lawmaker had been seen as a frontrunner for his party’s ticket, until a recent political development that exposed him. The government expansion has triggered jitters in his county, with the MP forced to retreat to reconsider his ambitions. A political heavyweight is determined to ensure the broad-based government gives the serving county boss an upper hand ahead of the 2027 polls. It is not clear if the MP still harbours gubernatorial ambitions given the latest development.
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