Post by job on Jan 25, 2007 23:29:23 GMT 3
MACHARIA GAITHO's TAKE........
Jan. 24th, 2006, SUNDAY NATION.
quote from article.........
"one of the Ministers involved in the (Anglo-Leasing) cover-up is quoted as saying that "President Kibaki is above money" and "does not touch money". The problem is, he depends on others to worry about how his political projects will be funded. And he asks no questions about the source of funds.
This reminds of an anecdote often told about Mr Kibaki from his days as a regular on the 19th hole at Muthaiga Golf Club. He would be generous in offering drinks all round, but when it came to picking up the tab, there would always be the more youthful businessmen eager to catch his attention by dipping into their wallets.
Some of those fellows are now running some key state corporations, and are also linked to the investment groups that seem to have the inside track on a very opaque privatisation of public corporations. " end of quote.
Mr Gaitho is the managing editor, Sunday Nation