Uhuru clueless about PS reshuffle list?

Who is doing what and where and to whom in the world of politics

• Was President Uhuru Kenyatta kept in the dark on how the list of the Principal Secretaries he reshuffled in September?

•The troubles of a lawmaker, who is teetering on the edge after his party threatened to unseat him, are far from over.

President Uhuru Kenyatta./FILE

Was President Uhuru Kenyatta kept in the dark on compilation of the list of Principal Secretaries he reshuffled in September? Corridors overheard two senior government officials at a famous city club, discussing in low tones how two powerful individuals with huge influence on the President’s decisions were the ones who generated the list of the PSs. The PSs were moved to what were seen to be less lucrative posts. Then the two officials asked the head of state to approve the list before the changes were communicated to the public. At the club, the officials went on to say that the plot to transfer the PSs was perceived to have been part of a larger scheme to tame DP William Ruto.

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An MP is in distress after his party threatened to unseat him. The MP is suffering mounting anxiety after members of his party, in a House committee, threatened to have him de-whipped. Some members of the committee were overheard saying they can no longer tolerate the MP’s "know-it-all" attitude. Their problem is that their colleague does not accept criticism on matters that he wants the committee to deal with. The next move, they say, would be to have the member reassigned to another committee ‘where his excesses can be tolerated’.

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Yesterday's melee at Nairobi County Assembly was well planned for weeks in advance. Corridors learnt that a team of politicians has been meeting at a high-end city hotel along Kenyatta Avenue where the plans to execute the mission were put together. A mole in the know says a vocal female MP has been chairing the meetings that were also attended by goons hired by a city politician. The first target was assembly Majority Leader Abdi Guyo who is said not only to be very influential within the county but also has the ear of key individuals in the national government.

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It seems the efforts by the national government to absorb the thousands of jobless youths into public service appear far from being achieved, based on the goings-on at a ministry whose offices are in the Upper Hill area. Questions have been raised over what may have informed a decision to extend the retirement age of senior officials by two years. The officials had attained the mandatory age of 60 years and had even started enjoying their time out of office, but in unclear circumstances, they have been seen back in their former offices. Now youthful officials in the ministry are questioning the PS’s intention to retain the pensioners who should be heading home to spend time with their families.