Kuria needs help to understand there are limits to his power in public appointments

"Asante Hon Moses Kuria for standing with a generation, please keep doing good and stretching your hand," came the cryptic message from Dennis Itumbi. His official designation is an assistant minister, a position that was revoked by the courts, so Itumbi spends most of his time blogging for the government. Or responding to those seen as putting the government "down."

The cryptic message thanking Kuria was prologued by a more explicit line: "Congratulations, Jacque Maribe. May God bless you as you serve." Maribe is the former TV girl who was recently acquitted in the trial of Monica Kimani's murder trial. Her ex, Jowie Irungu, was sentenced to hang.