Powerful force pushes for takeover of renowned entity

JUST WHAT POWERFUL force is pushing for the takeover of a renowned entity said to be raking in hundreds of millions to aid trade? This column is apprised of high-level interests in the alleged takeover bid, which is said to explain the boldness among some of the key players. Word is that a big man is involved in the acquisition and has been allegedly pushing one of his partners to take the confrontational approach that played out recently. Those affected have been seeking interventions from the authorities in vain, thanks to alleged firm instructions to stay away from the matter.

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TALK IS RIFE of some mega projects undertaken by a state agency facing a bleak future and probably eventual collapse. Reason? Contractors are said to be shying from taking them up because of possible fraud and corruption in the tendering for the high-value ventures. A mole whispered to Corridors of Power that most of the tenders were allegedly handed out to companies which did not even participate in the bidding process, while some supposedly lacked capacity. A state of anxiety is said to have permeated the corridors of the agency in the wake of the delay, attracting questions from higher authorities.

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 STILL ON TENDERS, details are trickling in of a concerted bid to retain a supplier whose involvement in a critical constitutional process has always drawn controversy. We are told that top players of a state entity have been discreetly dealing with the supplier, in what points to future engagements. While the exact details of the engagement remain scant, a fly on the wall says they have everything to do with an upcoming political event. It is alleged that the secret talks have advanced, and could see the supplier retained, to the chagrin of those who have doubted its operations.

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 CAN THE REAL owners of a firm behind the purchase of a pricey 'historical' asset stand up? This is the call that a group of lawmakers were overheard making after details emerged of the big money transaction around the property. The lawmakers fear that individuals who have been eyeing the asset for eons may be behind the company that has fronted itself as the face of the buyer. The politicians vowed to invoke the law to compel disclosures of the beneficial owners of the buying firm to unmask the faces behind the multibillion-shilling transaction.