Rank: Member Joined: 5/28/2014 Posts: 149 Location: Nairobi
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kryptonite wrote:sparkly wrote:mkenyan wrote:sparkly wrote:muandiwambeu wrote:sparkly wrote:I don't see any problem when the Governor's wife takes a spa recommendation from a banker, or the fact that the banker pays for the spa. This is immaterial. Some people fail to live fully coz of failure to find the disconnect between real life and ideal living. If you find your young man receiving presents from your neighbours wierdo girl do not just say it is a valentines gift. Inaweza kuwa bidii uko juu. Utajua SAA ngapi na uko busy pia.   It is implied that Governor Ndungu's wife got a Thai spa recommendation from Abdulmalek . She went with Governor Ndungu and another. IMO such courtesies and small favours are common in the business/ corporate world. I do not think a Thai spa recommendation in itself is sufficient to influence the governor. in a business/corporate world it is common for the head of a regulatory authority to receive such favours from those he should be regulating? the above notwithstanding there is that park of abdulmalek having his cards charged for the so called 'small favours'. in your view that is not enough to raise issues of integrity? No. In my view that is not enough to raise integrity issues. But on the other hand the "gift" was material, then issues of integrity would arise. I bet even the CBK officers who went to audit IBL were offered tea and lunch by the bank. Does that mean they were compromised? The reality is that we live in a world where soft lobbying, gifting, sending Christmas cards etc are common place. Personally in my line of work, I deal a lot with regulatory guys. I try to know them well and in fact I have coffee/ drinks with some of them once in a while. Some of them are longtime friends from way back. Do you see integrity issues here? C'mon now, you can't compare tea and lunch to a trip to Thailand. The governor should have avoided such situations. A fully paid, blank-cheque-like treat at an exclusive spa? Really...tea and a foreign spa are worlds apart. Even worse, in my opinion, is the fact that the Governor's Missus was involved. How much more intimate does it get? By the time you have introduced your spouse to the fella and they are on direct-correspondence terms? When you live for others' opinions, you are dead.
- Carlos Slim Helu
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