Lecturer frustrates students with money-making scheme

STUDENTS OF A local university are up in arms over what they term as exploitation by a lecturer in a department. The don is accused of allegedly turning his lectures into a money-making scheme. He is said to be supposedly denying the students notes and instead directing them to his cybercafé, where materials cost Sh300. To make matters worse, the man tends to bring his business partner to class to market the service. The frustrated students, many struggling to make ends meet, are now pleading with the administration to step in and restore sanity.

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A POWERFUL GOVERNMENT functionary is said to be fuming over a governor he is accusing of sidestepping him on key matters. Corridors of Power is told the county boss prefers to channel his concerns directly to a top figure higher up the food chain, leaving the functionary to learn of it later from his bosses. The snub has not gone down well with him. Insiders say the top official has supposedly vowed that since the governor has chosen to “go over his head,” he should now handle his issues alone. Whether this tiff is purely official or personal remains to be seen.

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WHO IS THIS parastatal boss who has reportedly blurred the line between public property and private luxury? Word has it that one of the agency’s new four-wheel drives now supposedly spends more time ferrying his family than on official assignments. The vehicle, complete with tinted windows and a driver on the payroll, is a familiar sight at schools and shopping malls. Staff quietly grumble that while they struggle with means of transport to important office events, the boss’s relatives seem to enjoy the government service,allegedly without ever clocking in.

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A POLITICALLY CONNECTED businessman who has been trying to warm his way back into circles at a popular address is said to have had a night to forget. Our mole whispers that after bragging about his “new links,” he invited senior figures for drinks at a city hotel to relay the news. But when the bill came, the self-styled wheeler-dealer reportedly vanished into thin air, leaving his guests stranded. The stunt has left tongues wagging among his close friends about just how the man is slowly turning into analleged con and if the connections really exist.