CORRIDORS OF POWER
They say you don’t kick a man when he is already down. But apparently, one legislator who supposedly prides himself on being close to power never got that memo. The MP is said to have demanded a favour from a senior government official who had approached him for help in reaching a senior leader over a personal problem. When the high-ranking official in critical docket found himself with few options, he reportedly enlisted a senior judicial officer from their community to persuade the legislator to intervene. He eventually agreed — but not before loudly advertising his good deed. Some people in the know interpreted the gesture less as charity and more as an investment in political mileage.

 

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A quiet battle for supremacy is brewing inside an opposition party, seemingly pitting a senior principal against a party official who believes their man has been too gentle for the 2027 battlefield. The official has allegedly gone as far as accusing the principal of dimming the party’s light by failing to seize key political moments. Critics say the party has been weakened, dissenting voices sidelined and campaign machinery neglected in favour of old party structures. Word also has it that the embattled principal may be looking beyond the party — with a newly found political buddy reportedly emerging as a possible Plan B should the battle for control go the other way.

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Frequent reshuffles in government are quietly taking a toll far beyond the corridors of ministries and diplomatic missions. Foreign Service officials, in particular, are grumbling about being moved or recalled barely after settling into new postings — sometimes before they have even found their feet in unfamiliar capitals. And there is another, less visible casualty: the family. Diplomats say abrupt postings and recalls disrupt children’s schooling, forcing families to uproot just when children have settled into new schools and routines. The financial and emotional cost is also considerable. The officials are now wondering whether those making these decisions and move the chess pieces ever count the human cost of their decisions.

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A bitter Mt Kenya political feud is taking an intriguing turn, with an old money trail once probed by detectives now being whispered about in political circles. The two protagonists were once allies, their networks enjoying proximity to power and business around the same political establishment. That friendship has since spectacularly collapsed. Now, insiders supposedly say old financial transactions involving companies and individuals linked to the two could provide fresh ammunition in their escalating war. Political operatives are reportedly dusting off the old files. Who blinks first when an old money trail collides with a new political war?