Sex is the ultimate career-ender

By Peter Kamuri

The widely reported sex scandal early this week involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the 62 year old head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has shocked the world.

Kahn is an economist of no mean repute. Back in France, he cuts the image of a political colossus – one who was primed to depose the embattled president Nicolas Sarkozy next year.

Sadly the revelations of an alleged scandal and attempted rape, which have seen charged, have left him with an egg on the face.

This is sure to sink his political career. Already he has quit as the IMF chief. This could as well be the sad story of Strauss Kahn’s political ambitions.


Back home, the country on Monday woke up the tragic news of the death of Olympic marathoner, Samuel Wanjiru, after a fall from the balcony of his house during a domestic dispute with his wife and another woman, according to police report.