<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliAt the same time, the governor and his cronies were busily pocketing bribes, as was the custom in the self-financing French colonial service.  <response>: Wakati huohuo, gavana na watu wake walikuwa wakijishughulisha sana na kunyakua rushwa, kama ilivyokuwa desturi katika huduma ya kikoloni ya Ufaransa iliyojitegemeza yenyewe. 