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A third-term MP from Nyanza is on a warpath with a section of his electorate over lucrative road construction tenders running into millions of shillings.
The politician last week came under siege after members of a Whatsapp group demanded he make public list of companies that have been winning tenders since he took the constituency leadership.
The members alleged that the MP was awarding tenders to companies associated with his wife, in what is clear case of conflict of interest.
It remains to be seen whether the National Assembly representative will take the bold step of making public list of firms that have clinched road construction contracts.
Elsewhere…
A Member of Parliament form Rift Valley has been summoned by detectives over claims that he forged his academic papers.
The vocal lawmaker who is serving his second term in office, is alleged to be in possession of fake primary and secondary school documents.
Sources have told The Grapevine that detectives have already visited the learning institution he claims to have attended and obtained crucial documents to support their case.
The legislator has been on record blaming his woes on a female colleague from the county saying she is on a witch-hunt.
He explained that he has no apologies to make over his modest education, saying his father was a very poor man who could not afford to educate him, unlike his nemesis who was even sent abroad for her education.
