A FIERY PARTY activist is supposedly licking wounds after a secret midnight plot spectacularly backfired. The operative, working hand-in-glove with an overly ambitious lawmaker from Nyanza, cobbled together and widely circulated a proposed leadership lineup that conveniently elevated them to plum party positions. But the party’s top brass moved fast, publicly rubbishing the lineup as fake and self-serving. The swift disowning left the schemers exposed, embarrassed, and with a generous serving of egg on the face.
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A FOREIGN NATIONAL is in deep trouble after allegedly trying to buy her way into hundreds of millions in contracts at an agency in the Health ministry. Word has it that the well-connected lady allegedly even greased the palms of a well-connected agency board member to fast-track the deal, cooked up months ago. Now, with investigators tracing her influence through agency’s communications, finance, and legal units, multiple agencies are circling. EACC sleuths are said to be lying in wait at JKIA, ready to nab her and her entourage the moment they set foot in Nairobi.
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AN MP WAS suddenly unreachable. The lawmaker, who has been nursing ambitions for a higher seat, is said to have purportedly switched off his phone after a delegation from his constituency was stranded in Mombasa during recent celebrations. The group claims the MP personally encouraged them to travel to the Coast, promising he would ‘handle the rest’ once they arrived. But after reaching Mombasa, their calls went unanswered, texts blue-ticked, and the honourable member supposedly vanished into thin air. Now, the stranded voters are fuming, whispering that if this is how he behaves while eyeing promotion, the higher office might just remain a dream.
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SPECULATION IS RIFE about a senior figure in a key political outfit who has gone unusually quiet. The once-vocal heavyweight has purportedly retreated from the public limelight, skipping key party meetings and keeping his phones on selective mode. According to aides, the big man is deeply unhappy with how the top brass are running the outfit, accusing them of allegedly sidelining seasoned hands and turning decision-making into a small-clique affair. Whether he is plotting a quiet revolt or simply biding time, the outfit’s leadership is said to be uneasy because when this man goes silent, it is usually the calm before a political storm.
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