CORRIDORS OF POWER: Nyanza police bosses feuding

Last week, Corridors told you of brewing tension between police bosses in a County in Nyanza. Well, our moles now confide that the bad blood has reached dangerous levels with folk concerned security in the area is at stake due to the widening rift between a county CID boss and a junior in charge of a sub-county. The county boss is undermining his junior and often overrule decisions in cases the junior is handling. Peace-loving residents want Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai to transfer one of the police chiefs. They claim one must go to salvage the deteriorating relationship and let a new officer focus on the job.

With the demonetization exercise over, three youthful MPs, adversely mentioned as money laundering kingpins seem to be the biggest casualties. The MPs are used to dishing out huge amounts of money during social events to hit out at imaginary political rivals, have since taken a low profile. One of the MPs said to be connected to the architects of gold scams and the fake money printing syndicate has cut a frustrated figure. His arrogance, that has been the hallmark of his character, is gone. The MP was overheard moaning how the legislature and media can elevate someone to a lofty pedestal and engineer a crash that spells doom for a fledgeling political career.

There is joy and celebration at City Hall among county assembly staff and MCAs. Those in the know say the celebrations are as a result of the fallout between Governor Mike Sonko and Majority leader Abdi Guyo. Guyo felt he wielded immense power and could do whatever he wished at City Hall. A little bird has told Corridors that Guyo was one of the people who had plotted the ouster of Governor Mike Sonko and has been working behind the scenes to undermine the governor. Staff are now celebrating and praying that the Jubilee Party revokes his appointment as the Majority leader. Guyo ranted in crass language at former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

A picture doing the rounds on social media of children on a handcart going to school in Tongaren sub-county has elicited condemnation from residents of Bungoma County. The pupils were using the handcart to avoid soiling their clothes because recent rains had made roads impassable. Residents criticised the county of doing little to address the deplorable state of roads even as it became clear that businesses had also been hit hard. The complaints come just days after area governor Wycliffe Wangamati and his team toured the region and launched what he termed as massive road upgrade work.