Feeling pitty for the owner of Shell Kiambu rd in a new world of social media. A photo showing a Vivo energy employee caught scamming a clients credit card data shared on facebook and twitter brought to an end a dealership he probably fought hard to establish. Vivo Energy, fresh from a confrontation with erc ERC after 4 of its stations were named in the petrokerosene scandal moved fast closed down the station and pulled down the shell branding. Am sure had a risk manager approached him before for a review of his business he would probably have named a fire or a major theft as the biggest risks to his enterprise . Where did he go wrong the experts in wazua. Employee vetting, close supervision or exactly how could he have saved his business.

Its very difficult to control these people when money is concerned.

Very true. I remember hiring someone by just observing the way they walked from the gate to the reception- the poise and steps were just right- and the person just turned to be the best! Crooks have the best papers, and you can never nab them using standard procedures.

Visited a Shell stn yest late at night to buy gas and they told me they do not have official receipts- Just returned the cylinder to them and i got my cash back. My intuition told me most likely the gas is back-street filled and the attendants sell it separately from the Station's stock.

For Shell, Igathe had to act seeing that his petrol stations were nabbed serving motorists with petrol laced kerosene. So for this Kiambu guy, he became a sacrificial lamb (or goat if you like) to shore up the corporate image of Shell.

I believe there is a difference between corruption and an employee malpractices. The owner at this point might not be aware of the employee behavior. Anyway it is a lesson to employers to be careful when recruiting.