County chief becomes talk of town over newly acquired taste for luxury

A COUNTY CHIEF is the talk of his backyard for allegedly scaling the ladder too fast to join the club of those of means in the country. The fellow is reportedly touted to be moving big, assertions arising from a multimillion-shilling dwelling that is coming up in an up-market area in the capital. Some professionals were overheard supposedly questioning how the fellow, a renowned smooth operator, is funding the new lifestyle - which the politico has been trying hard to keep tightly under wraps.

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INVESTORS FROM A crucial sector are reportedly murmuring behind closed doors accusing a newly-appointed chairman of a lucrative state agency of allegedly making excessive and unrelenting cash demands from them. Corridors of Power is apprised of stakeholders who have purportedly resisted the demands, which has earned the moniker of ‘chairman’s tax’. They were reportedly overheard laughing off how the chairman, a former lawmaker, maintains a smiling public face, preaching transparency and zero tolerance to corruption. The man is said to be eyeing a top post in his home county in the coming elections.

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THE NEWLY-HIRED CHIEF executive officer of a leading government institution is reportedly shocked by the sheer level of ethnic imbalance at the agency. The official reportedly expressed his shock how every department is filled with people who allegedly report elsewhere on various operational matters. The top leadership of the institution purportedly refused to appear before a parliamentary committee after learning that the ethnic imbalance was the key issue to be discussed. Parliament wants the issue be exposed to stop what they termed as impunity by a section of top managers.

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JUST WHO IS protecting a public officer implicated in sleaze, which has attracted huge interests by the authorities? Well, despite the officer’s alleged central role in the matter under probe, there are grumbles that they remain untouchable. Some individuals aware of the intrigues were reportedly overheard discussing how even the person’s name doesn’t feature in the reports they churn. Talk is rife that the layer of protection the officer enjoys is not ordinary, pointing fingers to very unfamiliar leads.

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