A VETERAN LAWMAKER appears to be
muddying the waters for his county chief.
The politico allegedly hired online warriors to
wage a relentless digital attack, which has
turned personal as bloggers now publish
private images of the county chief’s family,
including his spouse and children. The governor, well connected and close to the powers
that be, has long angered local lawmakers.
Yet repeated attempts to draw the attention
of Parliament and state agencies to the
county’s troubles have gone nowhere.
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A COSMOPOLITAN COUNTY’S assembly
leader faces possible impeachment. The
county lawmakers accuse him of aligning too
closely with the governor, whom they have
failed to remove after several attempts. Sources say the county assembly leader allegedly
ignores formal requests to discipline officials
implicated in graft allegations. The man’s
reluctance is reportedly believed to be due
to ties with a powerful political figure. Ward
representatives have hesitated to challenge
him, but they have now resolved to seek
the backing of the big man for the county
assembly leader’s removal.
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WHAT TIES A powerful state official to
a senior lawmaker? A group of the latter’s
colleagues were overheard debating this
question last week. It is reported that the
lawmaker in question has fiercely defended
the embattled big official, accused of incompetence and graft. When the officer faced a
censure motion over repeated parliamentary
no-shows, the lawmaker justified his absences, citing the bigshot’s packed schedule. He
left his colleagues stunned with the now-billed ‘unwarranted explanations’.
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IS A COUNTY chief whose former employee recently landed a top state job plotting
his downfall? Well, Corridors of Power has
learned that the governor is allegedly scheming to bring down the man with whom he
fell out before he departed from the county.
The governor has reportedly reached out
to top political figures to reject the man
who is set to join one of the most influential
agencies in the county. He is believed to be
allegedly spending millions to ensure the man
falls flat. Whether his machinations will be
successful remains to be seen.
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