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The seemingly sudden change of fortune of a fringe presidential candidate has set tongues wagging.
This is after the aspirant erected several campaign banners in different city roads ahead of the repeat presidential elections.
Questions abound on where the man reaped a windfall from, considering that before the August 8 polls; he was struggling financially.
In fact the candidate did not erect a single banner and did not campaign like his opponents.
Yesterday a group of Opposition MPs were heard speculating on who may have opened the financial floodgates for the academic turned politician.
Elsewhere on the Grapevine
Reports of a recent scuffle between controversial Embakasi East MP Babu Owino and his Starehe Counterpart Charles Njagua alias Jaguar, which saw the two exchange blows in parliament, shocked the nation.
But it now seems the incident was only a dress rehearsal of what the 12th parliament will be.
On Tuesday, an opposition MP who is a former ward rep was engaged in a fierce verbal altercation with his outspoken Jubilee counterpart.
The exchange, which occurred at the MPs restaurant lounge could have turned physical, where it not for the timely intervention of parliamentary catering staff who managed to calm down the two lawmakers.
