Stingy governor unbothered as aides go hungry, trek home

ONE OF THE county bosses has become the subject of gossip among his staff, with those close to him quietly expressing deep frustration. They claim he isallegedly stingy and indifferent to their welfare. His press unit and security detail reportedly spend an entire day without food while on duty, yet the boss supposedly remains unmoved. The discontent goes beyond his immediate aides. Officers in his administration are forced to walk long distances back home after official duties because they lack even fare for a boda boda, simply because their allowances have not been paid.

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TWO LAWMAKERS FROM the same county shocked colleagues and civil servants after they almost got into a fist fight at one of the ministries in Nairobi. The altercation began after the female MP demanded to know why her male counterpart hadpurportedly used a derogatory word while addressing her in a WhatsApp group. The two come from the same county but belong to different camps in the current political dispensation. It took the intervention of their colleagues to separate them as they almost went physical.

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WHY IS A government entity denying people access to critical services without offering clear or lawful justification? Numerous people report being turned away and instructed to seek services in their place of birth—an apparent requirement that has neither been formally announced nor supported by any official policy. This has sparked serious concern and confusion, raising questions about whether new rules are being enforced quietly and without transparency.

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 WHISPERS ARE SWIRLING around a certain MP accused of supposedlyquietly bankrolling bloggers to peddle false claims that his party rival was excluded from a high-level meeting bringing together key leaders. Insiders say the narrative is meant to portray the rival as slowly being edged out, when in fact the exclusion never happened. The dirty online campaign reportedly follows a bitter fallout between the two, with the MP now allegedly determined to tarnish his colleague’s standing and rewrite the political script.