JUST WHO IS shielding a
notoriously corrupt roads official? On the ground, whispers abound that he struts
around as though untouchable, dishing out plum contracts to his cronies with
zero regard for procurement laws. Worse still, the favoured contractors are
accused of shoddy work, leaving behind impassable roads and disgruntled
residents lamenting wasted taxpayer millions. The burning question remains:
whose powerful hand is protecting this official and allowing him to thrive with
such brazen impunity?
***
A NOMINATED MP has once
again found himself in the headlines — and not for anything noble. In his endless
quest to patch things up with a certain presidential hopeful, the lawmaker
plotted a grand reunion at a flashy hotel on the outskirts of Nairobi. But the
script quickly flipped. The host, still smarting from a past betrayal by the
“prodigal son,” reportedly pulled a disappearing act mid-meal. The MP was left
holding the bill — a jaw-dropping tab running into hundreds of thousands. Word
has it he’s allegedly still
licking his wounds… and wishing he had just stayed home with ugali and sukuma.
***
WHO
WILL COME to the rescue of these police officers undertaking promotion courses
at a training college? Corridors of Power is informed the officers are forced
to pay monthly deductions of 10 per cent of their basic salary, while their
colleagues at two other colleges study for free. Sources also whisper that the officers
endure punishing routines, dawn runs, classes that stretch past midnight, and
meagre meals of soup, raw ugali, and scraps of meat. Fatigue is compounded by
alleged grudges against those without godfathers or with retired relatives in
the service. With many trainees being from an investigative agency, some wonder
if this harsh treatment is an indirect war on them.
***
IT SEEMS A principal
secretary wields such immense power in his ministry that his word is final.
Our mole tells us he has supposedly
converted one of the newly acquired vehicles within the ministry into his
private asset. Even more intriguingly, the car has allegedly ended up in the hands of his aide, who cruises around on
personal errands and managing the boss’s side hustles. The vehicle, now
curiously bearing private number plates, is still fuelled and maintained by the
taxpayer. The staff at the ministry, who are aware, are baffled at how such
blatant abuse of state resources could continue unchecked.
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