Kenya’s pampered CEOs

Some of the perks CEOs enjoy include flying on private jets or first class, entertainment and holiday allowances. file photo | nmg

When a Harvard trained 50-year-old executive—who sought anonymity for privacy purposes — landed the plum post of a chief executive of a Nairobi blue chip company, fresh from his stint as a senior manager at an American based lender, he was offered a salary of Sh5 million.

But that was not all; the married executive with a young family of two was also offered round-the-clock security, access to a private jet for official trips, a personal chef, a personal trainer and an armoured luxury limousine.

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