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A governor appears not to approve of the political truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga.
This is after the county boss for the umpteenth time kept off a forum that was graced by Deputy President William Ruto in his county.
Yesterday, the governor, who has expressed interest in running for a higher seat in future, skipped a high level forum he was expected to attend, forcing his colleague from a nearby county to speak on his behalf.
It will be interesting to see if the county boss will make an appearance at the end of the week, when his party boss will be presiding over an event.
Elsewhere…
An MP who was included in a list of lawmakers who have never uttered a word in Parliament has moved to defend herself by discrediting those behind the report.
Just to show how serious the matter was, the county legislator shared screenshots of chats she had with her colleagues in their private WhatsApp group over the issue.
Never mind that some of the screenshots she shared to all and sundry had other totally unrelated stuff.
