We considered all the possible negative outcomes that could be triggered by those actions. Ultimately, however, we did not hesitate, and would not hesitate to do it again, under similar circumstances. Banks must steer away from being used as conduits for ill-gotten funds.
The Kenyan people – Wanjiku – demand that of us, and will treat us very unkindly, were we to look the other way. The reason why there is such palpable disappointment – I dare say it extends to anger – from the ordinary citizen to you in this room is exactly that. Wanjiku feels that her banker prefers expediency to empathy.