In January 2003, Kenya--seen as the most stable country in Africa--was hailed as a model of democracy after the peaceful election of its new president, Mwai Kibaki. By appointing respected longtime reformer John Githongo as anticorruption czar, the new Kikuyu government signaled its determination to end the corrupt practices that had tainted the previous regime. Yet only two years later, Githongo himself was on the run, having discovered that the new administration was ruthlessly pillaging public funds.
"Under former President Moi, his Kalenjin tribesmen ate. Now it's our turn to eat, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780007241965ISBN:0007241968
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 400 pages. A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780061346583ISBN:0061346586
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"Apparently this book is not being sold in most Kenyan bookshops because owners fear government reprisals. Wrong is an outstanding journalist and really delivers the goods on the Kibaki government. I didn't know whether to be angry or depressed. Best account of corruption I've read. It may be about Kenya but it fits Illinois as well."
"Pretty fascinating, and discouraging, stuff: a Kenyan whistleblower finds out that the new reformist government is doing exactly what the old one did (the title refers to a general sense that each tribe is just waiting its turn at the trough when friendly politicians get into office), and very few people (foreign governments, the World Bank, people in the government) care for more than a few days. And then the whole thing erupts into violence when the government tries to keep its hand in by stealing an election. It has a lot to say about pomo ethnicity (she blames the British rather than some sort of essentialized "Africanness" for the country's Luo/Kikuyu--most prominently--tensions.) Made me pull that Caroline Elkins book that won all the awards off the shelf as well."
"Fantastic. A reasonable view of Kenyan affairs from 2002-2007 (the Kibaki reign), told from the view of the biggest African whistleblower, John Githongo aka The Big Man."
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