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Developments:
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[It is] alarmingly clear that the corruptive system in Zaire with all its wicked and ugly manifestations, its mismanagement and fraud, will destroy all endeavours of institutions, of friendly governments, and of the commercial banks towards recovery and rehabilitation of Zaire's economy. Sure, there will be new promises by Mobutu, by members of his government, rescheduling, and rescheduling again of a growing external public debt, but no (repeat: no) prospect for Zaire's creditors to get their money back in any foreseeable future.
(Report by Erwin Blumenthal to the IMF, 1982)
"If you steal, do not steal too much at a time...Steal cleverly, little by little."
(President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire in an address to party regulars, 1991)
In Kenya I met President Kibaki. We had a full and frank discussion, as they say, about the persistence of corruption. I made no secret of our concern. During the same visit, I also announced that we will be putting £55 million into improving education.
(Hilary Benn, UK Minister for International Development, Speech to the Royal African Society, 2006)
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