Claims that Tanzanian President John Magufuli is sponsoring Cord to help in deposing President Uhuru Kenyatta have angered the former and his men. We are told President Magufuli has spoken to his high commissioner in Kenya to understand why the claims are being made. It is understood that some people close to the Tanzanian leader have whispered to him the accusations are made because Tanzania has cost Kenya a pipeline from Uganda and a railway line from Kigali.
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There was a scramble by some Cord supporters who wanted to be included in the team that will negotiate electoral reforms. Those interested, mainly lawyers and prospective candidates for various seats next year, were lobbying anyone close to the three Principals to get them on the list.
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Several staff members who lost their jobs after Cord re-organised its secretariat are said to be on their way to the rival Jubilee coalition. We are told that some have been meeting controversial Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria, who has promised to find them space in the Jubilee
secretariat "since they know Cord like the back of their hands". The former employees are willing to give out Cord's deepest secrets if Jubilee offers them jobs and the wherewithal.
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The wife of a senior official in one of the commissions is a woman in a panic after she got wind of an attempt by civil society activists
to expose her corrupt dealings. Our mole has told Corridors the woman, who has had shady deals in several government institutions and won tenders in a number of counties, is worried because the revelation is likely to
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