Did President Uhuru Kenyatta give MPs aligned to his Jubilee Party a thorough tongue-lashing yesterday for failing to mobilize people to attend the National Jamhuri Day celebrations?
A little birdie whispered to Grapevine that a furious president could not understand why his foot-soldiers let him down.
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On Tuesday during the fete, the Head of State was greeted by empty terraces when he arrived at the Kasarani Sports Complex.
MPs from Nairobi and the neighbouring counties during the parliamentary group meeting at Statehouse, are said to be the ones that were on the receiving end.
Most of them could not explain why they did not facilitate their supporters to go Kasarani.
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It is said that a picture speaks a thousand words. This could not be further from the truth in the case of a top government official.
The officer who loves publicity was conspicuously absent in a high profile event held in the country, at least according to photographs from the meeting shared to media houses.
Word on the street has it that the official could be in trouble with the appointing authoritative for giving the big function a wide berth.
