Kickback demands behind Mumias Sugar Company's latest woes
A top government official is loudly complaining about developments at Mumias Sugar Company (pictured) in Western. The official was overheard asking why some local politicians are opposed to a planned takeover by an investor pumping in some Sh5 billion, which is hard to find even for the government. The official is said to be wondering why some people were hell-bent on making local sugar cane farmers poorer in the name of protecting their interests in the business. Some leaders are also said to be planning to demand kickbacks in exchange for their support. A bird told Corridors that these leaders intend to demand as much as Sh100 million as kickbacks from the investor.
A senior official at a government ministry can't stop telling his friends how happy he is with recent reshuffles that saw him posted to another office. He believes the reshuffle, which removed him from the limelight though viewed by many as demotion, was a blessing in disguise given that he is nursing political ambitions. Corridors overheard the man complain that in his former position, his boss—also nursing political ambitions—was always hard on him and everybody treated him with suspicion. But now, he believes, his diary is not full and therefore he has time to prepare the ground for his campaigns.
An MP from Western is said to have ordered a close relative whose building houses the party offices to close the premises and refund rent paid in advance after he doubted his loyalty. The legislator issued the orders after getting reports that the relative had been spotted several times with his rival. His rival is eyeing the seat come next year and is said to have sidelined the legislator during a recent membership recruitment drive in the constituency. All party MCAs and local politicians from the area were incorporated in the exercise, a matter that angered the MP. Corridors of Power understands that the landlord has since reached out to party headquarters for intervention.
A governor of a Coast county has left residents guessing whether he will retain his deputy in next year’s election. His deputy has been conspicuously missing whenever the county boss meets his confidants to lay strategies for his reelection. They are also hardly seen together at public functions. A local revealed that the deputy governor, on the other hand, is considering going for a parliamentary seat after suspecting the governor may dump him. He, too, is said to be meeting close confidants to prepare the ground for a plan B should the county boss choose another person as his running mate. BY THE STAR
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