I am the personal attorney to Engineer Gimple Mwangi, a national of your country, who used to work with Mobil Oil Nigeria plc. Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client.”I’m a stickler for politeness, and so the apologetic start had my attention. I tried to see whether, like Yoweri, Gimple was a localised corruption of something, but to no avail. But every time I look at my pathetic bank balance, I wonder what might have been had the offer been halal and I had taken it? To corrupt another famous line by Brando, this time in a much earlier film, 1954's 'On the Waterfront': “I coulda had cash.

Source: The Star June 13, 2021 01:52 UTC