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02/03/2005:

"Our man in Kenya back on warpath"

The British high commissioner to Kenya launched a renewed attack on corruption last night, claiming that "massive looting" of public funds was devastating the country's economy.
Sir Edward Clay's fresh attack on sleaze follows a speech last July accusing the government of being "gluttons", which caused a furore.

Last night Sir Edward claimed that foreign associates of the previous government of Daniel arap Moi were working with officials of the new government to steal public funds through crooked procurement ventures.

"We are not talking about minor corruption. We are talking about massive looting and/ or grand corruption which in total has a huge impact on Kenya's economy," he said in a speech at Kenya's Journalist of the Year awards, released to Reuters.

In a speech to British businessmen last July, Sir Edward accused the government of President Mwai Kibaki of "arrogance, greed and perhaps a desperate sense of panic to lead them to eat like gluttons".
Full Article: guardian.co.uk
Perhaps Sir Edward would not like to recall that African 'gluttons' are the pure product of European ones. They have excellent role models.