Just who was responsible for what appeared to be a deliberate mix-up in the parastatal appointments in the Kenya Gazette? ICT CS Joe Mucheru resurrected a dead man and gave him a seat on the Film Classification Board. Sports CS Amina Mohamed named a Nominated Senator Abshiro Halake to the National Library Services. Confusion reigned as Kenyans vented their disgust. On social media, angry Kenyans pushed for action against those responsible for embarrassing the state.
Still on matters parastatal appointments, many are wondering if former Taita Taveta Senator Dan Mwanzo was the ultimate collateral damage and sacrificial lamb in the Kenya Ferry Services board overhaul on Thursday. He was appointed chairman in June but was shown the door following the Likoni ferry tragedy that claimed the lives of a mother and her daughter. Coast politicians who were coming from a mosque in Nairobi's CBD were overheard complaining that Mwanzo was unfairly fired. One of the MPs from his county said the President was targeting the former senator unfairly as he'd been on the job for three months. "How much impact could he have had," the politician asked.
A former MP from Mt Kenya, who has been complaining of having been ignored by the Jubilee government, has panicked. He has been reduced to a 'beggar' due to his changing fortunes and he faces a defamation lawsuit from the governor. It's alleged the MP made defamatory remarks about the county chief three months ago without realising the consequences. But after the ex-MP was hit with a demand letter last week, he is said to have driven to Nairobi and tried to book an appointment to see the governor at his private office. The governor's aides thwarted him. Corridors hears the former lawmaker has been loitering around a five-star hotel in deep thoughts as he ponders the coming lawsuit and what he will do.
Two journalists operating in an urban county recently shocked the county chief and his Finance CEC. The scribes stormed the governor’s office demanding ‘facilitation’ for their campaigns for the upcoming county journalists’ union elections. The journalists, both male, demanded Sh100,000 from the governor for their campaigns. Shocked, the county chief contacted his communication officer who asked the chairman of the union whether they were planning the polls. No, current officeholders have five or six months to go. The scribes cringed, slinked away and begged the director not to reveal what had happened.
