The excesses of a principal of a high school who is also eyeing a political seat in the August vote appear to have reached eye-watering levels. His colleagues are astonished. The man, having abandoned his post for the campaign trail, has left a girlfriend behind to spy for him. A junior teacher is calling the shots, to the woe of the senior teachers. The man is also said to have a contracted a company to clear sewage from the school but the waste is deposited within the school compound. Teachers also want him called out for intimidating and harassing them. Workers have gone without pay for months. Does TSC boss Nancy Macharia (pictured) know about this state of affairs?
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Drama unfolded at the Wilson Airport on Wednesday when an MP from Rift Valley, who was accompanied by an MP from Tanzania and the UK, was stopped for a while after landing. The three had arrived at the airport from Eldoret Airport and wanted to use VIP lounge but were stopped and asked to use a different route so their luggage could be scanned. This is because the place they wanted to use did not have a scanner. It was more dramatic after the Kenyan MP tried to insist but was informed that he would not be allowed to pass with his luggage unless it was scanned. Defeated, he agreed and went to the directed area. The mission of the two foreign leaders is yet to be known.
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A key security agency is under pressure from a parliamentary committee to release Sh500 million to 'facilitate' the honourable members’ affairs. The pressure is so intense that the agency has learnt it is meant to help in facilitating some MPs' campaigns in what would negatively expose the agency. Officials at the agency have learnt that the committee inflated and allocated the money for alleged civil aid and some humanitarian programmes without their knowledge. The head of the agency has warned his officers against accepting the demands as that would amount to funding and participating in politics, contrary to the agency’s mandate.
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Is a governor from a Nyanza county about to change his mind about plans for his successor? Perhaps after marking time for months despite vicious jostling among those seeking his attention, the governor is said to have identified who will inherit his seat. The county boss, it has emerged, is now softening his stance against a former ally who is set to decamp from a rival party. Corridors of Power understands it is a matter of time before the governor openly associates with the politician. The politician, the governor’s presumed successor, is currently set to quit his state job in coming weeks to concentrate on his campaigns.
(Edited by V. Graham)
