KAIKAI'S KICKER: Of a Mulot ‘Cabinet Secretary’ and the emerging republic of scammers

On my Kicker tonight, I had a rather entertaining day last Sunday. A smooth-talking caller claiming to be a Cabinet Secretary reached out with a raft of imaginary offers that included opportunities of working together on a wide range of official and private matters. With a poor accent, he was audacious enough to introduce himself by the name of a serving Cabinet Secretary known well to me. I played along and pretended surprised and honored by the call, and this invited the caller to upgrade my ticket; he promptly passed the phone supposedly to the Prime Cabinet Secretary, who despite doing a poor job of imitating Musalia Mudavadi’s voice, proceeded to engage in a conversation of stately niceties