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The Capital Markets Authority has cleared a former director of collapsed Imperial Bank of wrongdoing in the lenders’ issuance of a Sh2 billion corporate bond just one month before its collapse.
Chris Diaz had argued in his defense that he joined the bank as an independent and non-executive director after the decision to issue the bond was made.
Mr Diaz appeared before the CMA’s ad hoc committee that the regulator constituted to investigate the matter after he broke ranks with fellow directors, who rejected the CMA’s role in the matter.
Eight Imperial Bank directors, including Alnashir Popat, Omurembe Iyadi, Jinit Shah, Anwar Hajee and Hanif Somji, declined to appear before the committee arguing that Section 11(3)(cc) & (h) of the CMA Act is unconstitutional because it allows the regulator to play overlapping roles.