The controversial political party coalitions bill has rekindled the bad blood between the two Houses of Parliament. On Tuesday, a group of senators and members of the National Assembly from both sides of the political divide were engrossed in a bitter argument in Parliament over the bill. Some senators could be heard telling their colleagues from the sister House to wait and see how "mature people debate" devoid of violence and chaos that was witnessed in the other House. But the colleagues hit back, describing the Senate as "idle House of wazee that should be scrapped". The two houses have been engaged in supremacy battle since the introduction of the Senate in 2013.
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A vocal legislator who has been making the headlines for his political moves seems to be making a killing from his dealings. The man was heard telling his colleagues that he is not about to stop his political dealings, saying that "it is my time to eat". He vowed to move his party and party boss to the winning team. The lawmaker, who is eyeing a top seat in one of the counties said it is a matter of when and not if, before the country’s witnesses a big political announcement.
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Chances of a legislator from Western Kenya recapturing his seat appear to wane each day as the clock ticks towards the general election. The MP had high hopes of bagging support of his governor to boost his bid. However the lawmaker was shocked after the county’s CEO threw his weight behind a rival candidate. He is so incensed by the new developments in the political scenes and has been telling his friends about the disappointing moves. The MP was overheard complaining that the governor was further contemplating investing money in the campaign of his rival camp, while his (the MP’s) financial strength had suffered a serious beating.
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A section of police officers are in protest over the abrupt cancellation of planned promotion boards across the service. This has inconvenienced many who had prepared for the exercise by, among others, borrowing uniforms, buying new ones and even traveling from far to the interview scheduled places only to be informed the exercise had been called off. No reasons have been given for the cancellation but insiders cite disagreement among top commanders on sharing of slots for those to be promoted. This will definitely affect planned succession and officials want the impasse solved soonest possible. The ball is in Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai’s court regarding who is the boss of the promotion boards. They want him to be firm.
-Edited by SKanyara
