Corridors of Power: Phone call interrupts Raila’s press conference
Cord boss Raila Odinga is a politician known to treat his press conferences with much seriousness. But on Tuesday afternoon he left reporters at the Serena Hotel in shock when, in the middle of a press conference, he stopped after one of his aides handed him a mobile phone. He quickly walked to a corner of the room and talked for between four to five minutes. He then returned to finish off from where he left. Many were left wondering who exactly was the caller who can make Raila stop reading a statement. Your guess is as good as ours.
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Has Deputy President William Ruto promised Sh10,000 each for delegates attending a meeting at his Sugoi home? Well, some of the delegates from Western Kenya were overhead planning how they will spend the reimbursement if it is paid out. It is not clear if the money is coming from the DP directly or his regional pointmen mobilising people for meetings in Eldoret.
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A PR practitioner who served in the now-defunct PNU is conning politicians with the promise he has connections to influence positive media coverage. The former journalist turned media consultant recently embarrassed himself after his plot to defraud a senior senator from Western Kenya was unmasked at a Nairobi hotel. His target failed to show up at a high-end hotel, despite having accrued a bill of Sh5,300, which the politician had promised to clear. The PR practitioner was forced to sweep the hotel and clean the cloakrooms before he was left free.
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A flamboyant politician from Central Kenya positioning himself for a county seat was last weekend shocked when he went to his girlfriend’s house in Thika town only to find it empty. The politician was used to visiting the woman at the rented house. He checked in as usual but was shocked to find the door open. After he entered the house, he came out screaming that the woman had taken off with his assets. Residents were treated to the free show as the man shed tears in disbelief.
Corridors of Power: Phone call interrupts Raila’s press conference
