Kenya: Muthaura a Relic of Imperial Power

In one of the most memorable speeches ever given by a foreign diplomat serving in Kenya, the former British High Commissioner Sir Edward Clay, back in 2005, spoke of the Kenyan ruling class being so gluttonous that it was vomiting on everyone's shoes.

The "vomiting on our shoes" phrase went on to be used over and over again in many different contexts as epitomizing the excessive "eating" culture of our elected leaders. So much so that it was forgotten that in the same speech, Sir Edward also diagnosed Head of the Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Muthaura as "suffering from selective amnesia".

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