Why was Sports CS Amina Mohamed missing in Vienna as Eliud Kipchoge made history? Her absence last Saturday is thought to be a sign of silent vicious, infighting within the ministry. Sources tell Corridors powerful mandarins within the docket conspired to elbow the CS out of the delegation to Vienna, especially after it became apparent DP William Ruto was the head. Questions have been asked why the CS — who was instrumental in handling logistics and pertinent issues with Nairobi's envoy to Vienna, Njeru Githae — conspicuously missed out on the trip. It emerges that a powerful clique of untouchables locked the CS out, despite her painstaking efforts with the Nike Team and the Ineos Team in Iten to ensure the legendary athlete shattered the sub-two hours barrier.
Has the DCI overlooked the incitement to violence by a bunch of loudmouth politicians allied to ODM in the Kibra by-election? Some critics think so. They claim that while the DCI moves swiftly to deal with DP Ruto-allied politicians accused of similar incitement, opposition leaders get a pass. Last weekend they were captured on camera telling their supporters to take the law into their hands and deal with Tangatanga. The Tangatanga gang believes this is a case of double standards and alleged the opposition is a beneficiary of the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM chief Raila Odinga. Unfortunately, they say, it's breading impunity.
Still on Kibra, a once-vocal opposition MP who was the face of a recent by-election where the party lost in its stronghold has gone mute. The lawmaker blamed for the dismal performance in an area that voted for the party to a man has not set foot in Kibra to campaign for Imran Okoth in a race to replace the late MP Ken Okoth. Corridors yesterday overheard women MPs from the party saying the MP has sworn not to join any party campaigns until officials who linked him to the poll failure apologise in person. The two female lawmakers say party officials are not about to swallow their own words.
A car firm CEO has heard people complain about how the company landed a lucrative tender. The exuberant go-getter used his persuasive skills to penetrate the inner sanctum of the decision-making team to secure the deal. Our mole intimates that the boss, famous for his generosity, convinced the hard-nosed business-savvy tender team to award him the bid. Word has it that the executive recently demonstrated how far he can wield his influence. The official is said to have dictated word for word a statement issued by an industry agency.
