There is a rumour going on in Stockholm that I am in jail for dealing in drugs and fake cards. I have been phoned by several people trying to confirm if this is correct. The answer is NO. As a business man, I am aware that I must have enemies. I have been a businessman for the last 7 years and I am proud to say that I have not been summoned by police or even been in jail.
Yes, as a business man, I have debts, I have made mistakes and I can also go bankrupt. This situation faces other major business companies like British Airways, Alitalia, KLM, Ericsson, Xerox and so on.
Even governments do have debts. The Kenyan, Tanzanian, Afgan and other governments all have debts and so on. Big Airlines like SABENA went bankrupt, just like other big companies have. Yes, as a businessman, I have also been a victim of fraud through visa cards and this applies to all large Airlines and big companies.
Now, one wonders why somebody should wake up one morning and build rumours that I am in jail. Rumours have been spreading for a month but I did not want to comment on them. It has gone too far now. It’s not funny to receive calls all the time from friends asking whether I am in prison.
I have been in touch with some of these rumour mongers and it is unfortunate that these are people who have been living in Sweden for the last 30 years and one wonders if they are becoming infants as they grow.
One even went to an African Embassy, made an appointment to meet the Ambassador and started saying that I usually organise parties so that people can come and fight, report the fights to police so that they can get compensation which I then share with them.
Surely, isn’t this a mentally sick person? I do not want to mention names. But I would advice Kenyans to keep these two individuals away from their lives. They would come to my office, rush to the kitchen, make coffee and before they leave, ask for 20 Kr for cigarettes but what comes out next? Rumours. Sometimes I wonder why God picks good people from the society and leaves the rotten ones.
Clay Onyango
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