Broke politico cuts sorry figure chasing tenders in offices

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MCAs from a Western county are planning an extravagant vacation disguised as team-building at the Coast. Their secret getaway is however not news. Word has it that the ward representatives have budgeted millions of shillings for the week-long trip. Money has also been budgeted for the staff to accompany the honourable members. The news has now sent shockwaves among the residents who have already raised alarm over it. Local activists are now planning to foil the plan since they see no sense in what they see as wastage of taxpayers' money. Whether they will manage to stop, it is wait and see.

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A parastatal head has found himself walking a tightrope after his clandestine financial support to an opposition figure in the last general election was exposed. We are told the man is still working at the whims of the leader who made him rise to the position. Some influential men in current administration are said to have gotten wind of this and are hatching a plot to show him the door. The plans are reportedly at advanced stages and it is no longer a matter of if but when.

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Who is this governor facing unabated hostility from his people whenever he organises local events in his county?  Corridors of Power is told the overambitious first-term county boss has yet to deliver a single project despite the promises he made before the election. Spurred by their frustration, the residents have been confronting him at every turn, weaving a story of resistance and dissent.  It remains to be seen if the man will end his term in peace.