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Originally Posted by Snakeeye

According to the Herald on Sunday, he stands accused of stealing about $24 million on his way out of Kenya. The article also said he left Kenya under a death threat.

Definitely will not be voting for him after reading that article.

I found a Herald article dated Sept 18:

There's a much longer history to Kassam, who fled Kenya in 1993 with the law at his heels for his involvement in the country's greatest banking scandal. He was a principal of Trade Bank, as well as Diner's Club. A huge inquiry over government subsidy of exports focused on the fate of the bank. Kenyan officials have said he's welcome to return, as long as he coughs up $23 million Cdn he's alleged to have taken with him. Kassam insists he didn't take a penny, noting that a Canadian immigration tribunal ruled in his favour. He has freely told me, though, that he used to leave briefcases full of cash behind when he visited government ministers, and engaged in illegal currency trading. Kassam is disarming when he's asked about all this. "Oh yes, I did that," he said last last October, referring to the bribery. "We all did. We had to. That was the political culture, entirely without ethics or honesty. "It's not excusable, some of the things I did, but now I can sit back and reflect on what I did wrong and try to make it right."