David Makali, who recently lost in the Bungoma Senator by-election to Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang'ula, believes that it is just a matter of months before ODM completely loses ground in all Western counties. “For fairly obviously reasons, ODM is going to lose ground in Western counties and may not find credible ambassadors to steer the ship there,” he recently tweeted.
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The impeachment of Embu Governor Martin Nyaga Wambora has left a few other governors silently trembling hoping that no one will be subjected to a similar fate. Mainly experiencing sleepless nights are governors who defeated wealthy and influential politicians in the last general elections. An advisor of one of the governors was heard saying that his boss is scared that the defeated but filthy rich opponent can easily buy out members of the county assembly to impeach him.
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Has Cord versus Jubilee politics been interfering with the ongoing vetting of senior police officers? Corridors has been told that the National Police Service Commission that has been conducting the vetting under the chairmanship of Johnstone Kavuludi has on several occasions been forced to contend with powerful forces from Cord and Jubilee on which senior cops should be retained and those to be shown the door. This has in some cases seen major splits amongst the commissioners with some even threatening to quit. It is not yet clear though if any of the decisions so far arrived at by the commission have been directly influenced by the political forces.
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A Catholic-run hospital in Nairobi seems to be on a false advertising spree calling itself a premier maternity hospital. The hospital has routinely been chasing away expectant mothers at critical stages of labour. This happens despite the time of the day the expectant women come to give birth. One morning this week, the nurses at the hospital turned away nine women in labour at 4am despite the women having had their pre-natal visits at the hospital. Moreover, some women did not have money to go to another hospital since they had insurance cards.