Is the President planning far-reaching changes in government in the coming days? Well. Corridors of Power has learnt that in a few days’ time new appointments into government that will include staunch allies of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga could happen. It is understood that the Opposition chief has forwarded some names for possible inclusion in the looming reshuffle that will mostly affect state parastatals and some ministries. The NASA chief’s allies will take up positions in directorates as CEOs including those of seven that are about lapse.
The office of the Auditor General could soon be under severe test should reports that a top manager is engaged in corruption be confirmed. The officer based at the headquarters is said to have created an intricate corruption ring involving officers from the field offices known as hubs. A case in point is a scheme by his officers to clean a serious audit query involving Nyamira county government. The conspicuous query was raised during the audit process but the county failed to provide satisfactory documentations in its response. While field officers forwarded the report with the query, our mole tells us the senior official had it cleared in unclear circumstances.
A former MP from Kisii county known to be wealthy and with influential business connections must be a worried man. The man who runs a multi-billion manufacturing concern is facing the taxman’s guillotine over tax arrears in millions. The Kenya Revenue Authority has hit him with a Sh100 million tax claim. Efforts by the MP to use his previous connections at Times Towers to evade the tax proved futile this week after he was busted alongside his accomplice. The man risks attachment of his assets to recover the tax.
It is no doubt that DP William Ruto has in the recent past been traversing the country launching ‘development projects.’ However, some are now asking whether some parts of Nyanza region are not slated for any development. Neither President Uhuru Kenyatta nor Ruto have found or even scheduled any launch of a development project in the former Nyanza counties except Kisii, Nyamira and some parts of Migori county largely inhabited by the Kisii and Kuria communities. Corridors is keeping an eye on the diary to see if there is any “launch” in the coming days.
