James,

The truth of the matter is, none of us is good. For a lot of people, staying out of trouble is done because they are afraid of getting caught and being punished. i.e. they are afraid that the law will catch up with them and they’ll end up in jail.

Now, can you imagine being in Kenya when you are the president’s son or the PM’s son? When you know for sure that you are untouchable as far as the law is concerned? It’s very easy to get greedy and end up doing the wrong things.

That’s why I’ve said that I expect some corruption in situations like these, but I what I don’t understand is the excessive and downright stupid corruption. i.e. Fidel should not steal food when 10 million people are starving. They are other things he can steal. This guy is a downright idiot for doing that.

Also, don’t be like Gideon Moi. Don’t steal so excessively to the point where you end up destroying the economy and leaving a majority of the population in poverty.

So, if I was in that situation, I’d probably steal, but I’d steal from companies like Safaricom. i.e. I’d try and get my 10% cut from private companies and I would not touch public money (i.e. taxpayer money or foreign aid money) – that would be used to develop the country because I know that a population where 50% or more are living in poverty, would eventually be dangerous for me politically.

The problem with Africans is that they steal without thinking.

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Fidel’s crimes are quite minor, but I do wonder how he got caught for smoking weed.

Who gets arrested for smoking weed unless you are stupid enough to smoke it right in the open or on the streets.

You smoke it in your apartment and you put a wet towel underneath the door to eliminate the odor and eliminate the chances that your neighbors will smell it and call the cops.

Like I said earlier, he doesn’t appear to be a very smart criminal.

More than 50 percent of all crimes are committed by re-offenders, and 40 percent to 60 percent of parolees return to prison. 70% of the offenders become repeat offenders.

Fidel’s record can be found at the case search section on the left of this Maryland judicial site(link below).It seems the man has a record of sticky hands and drug usage. what is shocking is even with all the money the odinga’s already have fidel couldnt keep his sticky hands to himself even in the states .

http://mdcourts.gov/

Can you tell us more about Fidel having a criminal record in the States ?

This stuff get deeper everyday.

Ke,

I think you’re missing the point. You see, In most families the Son will take the fathers struggle… If the dad was striving to build a house and never completed it.. the son will try and do it.. If the dad was trying to quit smoking… the son will try do it..to the extent they have win over the vice…

In the Kenyan Scenario… The sons of politicians are trying to finish off on what their father had left… David Mwenje was a clown and a corrupt politician… His sons will promote this vice to the next level.. Moi’s was authoritative his sons will be authoritative and take nepotism and corruption to the next level…. Kenyatta was Corrupt and had a problem with Luo politicians… Uhuru Kenyatta will follow the same route…

Like its almost unbelievable how all these ties in.. But honestly i’m not suprised Fidel has come out of the closet…. It simply means he knows what his dad does……. and he’s just replicating… it… Au Sio Jameni ?

Fidel needs to become smarter about his stealing, but the problem for guys like these is that they’re simply not that many companies that they can attach themselves to (or are they?).

A guy like Gideon Moi was able to steal outright for many years because his father was an outright dictator, but when things got thick, their theft changed. The best example of this is Safaricom/mobitelea. In exchange for letting safaricom set up operations in Kenya, they got shares in a very good company and they’re making millions off those shares.

The problem with stealing is that once you taste that easy money, you are never, ever, going to want to work and you have to continue stealing in order to maintain your lifestyle.

That’s the problem with many of these young sons of politicians. If they were smart, they would be encouraging entrepreneurs to set-up companies and then they’d take a cut in those companies, but at least with that, new wealth would be created.

I’ve fixed the dates. They were there, but at the bottom. So I’ve moved them to the top.