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A legislator is the talk of town regarding his habit of extorting individuals who are under probe by parliamentary committees.
The MP, who is doing his second term, is said to have on the case of individuals who recently appeared before the joint House team probing how bad sugar found its way into the country, asking for millions of shillings to save their skin.
Those he reached out to confided to The Grapevine that the man assured them that the man had the ability to get them exonerated or to have the report shot down altogether.
This is despite the lawmaker not being a member of the committee!
Maybe it’s time the House leadership cracks a whip on this (dis)honourable member.
Elsewhere…
Colleagues of a leader of a government arm are baying for his blood because he exposed their under hand dealings and subjected them to public ridicule in the process.
The Grapevine hears that of particular concern to the group is that the top official has been leaked their dirty secrets to journalists.
They are banking on the man’s recent vocal defence of journalists who were under attack as a testament that he is an enemy within the institution.
It remains to be seen what tricks they will use to punish the official, who is said to be very well-connected with who’s who in the country.
