Fake it until you make it. This is the story of a prominent female civil servant in one of the parastatals. Insiders have questioned the rise and rise of the woman who once worked as a house help for a prominent politician. How she survives and becomes the favourite of all chief executive officers remains a puzzle to insiders. It’s whispered that the woman got a plum job recently and has the ears of the boss. Even with her promotion and other changes still mired in controversy, it’s said the woman has moved to implement her new salary scale, complete with allowances.
Is a senior government official at the centre of a standoff at a county assembly in the Nyanza backyard of ODM leader Raila Odinga? There are reports that the powerful and influential official was remote-controlling the assembly to advance personal interests. His manoeuvres triggered chaos at the assembly recently resulting in near fist-fights among MCAs. Some were caught in the melee unawares. However, our small bird insinuates there was more than meets the eye in the squabbling that threatens the budget-making process. While the battle is also linked to the appointment of a senior official to the county executive, there is word the official wants to call the shots as he plots a political debut in 2022.
Details about a recent union poll could have been bottled for long. They are about to explode soon. A union official is said to have pocketed some good facilitation kickback from his godfather to eliminate competition that would have cost him his influential position. It started with a scheme to lock out some delegates from joining in virtually during the high-stakes elections held recently. One of the moles was planted strategically within the ICT department of the union's infrastructure to identify delegates supporting rivals and then blocking their entry. The plan, executed with utmost precision, was to ensure that at the preliminary stages, there were no seconders for aspirants. The union's law requires that those running for positions in be first proposed and then seconded.
A legislator from Western Kenya eyeing the governor's seat in his county is said to be considering going for the seat on a different party ticket other than the one that sponsored him to Parliament. A bird whispered to Corridors that the legislator has learnt that people close to his party leader have vowed to deny him the ticket come 2022. The reason? The legislator has been associating with leaders from a rival party in and outside Parliament. So to avoid embarrassment at the last minute, the legislator is said to be shopping for another party that enjoys some level of popularity in the region.
