More Problems for Kern Spencer

It seems more problems for Kern Spencer (former Minister of State for Energy), who police are now checking on the electrical panel at number 9 Sharrow Drive, Kingston 10, which Spencer occupied between May last year and January, shows that there had been an illegal connection to a light post on the premises where a meter should have been.

Spencer, his former assistant Coleen Wright and businessman Rodney Chin, are currently facing charges of conspiracy to defraud, corruption and money laundering in connection with the Cuban Light Bulb scandal in which it is alleged that over $267 million was spent to distribute four million fluorescent bulbs donated to Jamaica by the Cuban Government.

What I can't understand is why all these politicians have so much money but they are constantly finding ways to bend the law to their own advantage. Sometimes things that are acquired free are not necessarily free.

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Jamaican Observer Going to Far

I really think this photo is in bad taste. Kern, (and give the devil its due) is not anymore corrupt then a lot of the political figures that inhabit Jamaica. Kern Spencer On the face of it, the arrangements surrounding the acquisition, distribution and installation of the Cuban light bulbs leave much to be desired. However, there are always people that are behind the scenes that have others do their dirty work and they don't get their hands dirty.

I think before this whole mess comes to a finale, that so many more people will be left out to dry. I feel that the light bulb program was used as and attempt to get voters. Yes, the former government at that time was there to kick start the energy conservation program, but as I stated in an early post, free should not involve money.

Shame on you Observer for this Cartoon!