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It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower

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It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-BlowerIn January 2003 Kenya was hailed as a model of democracy, following the peaceful election of its new president, Mwai Kibaki. By appointing respected 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 secretly compiled evidence of official malfeasance throughout the new

In January 2003 Kenya was hailed as a model of democracy, following the peaceful election of its new president, Mwai Kibaki. By appointing respected 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 secretly compiled evidence of official malfeasance throughout the new administration. Unable to remain silent, Githongo, at great personal risk, made the painful choice to go public. The result was a Kenyan Watergate.

Michela Wrong's account of how a pillar of the establishment turned whistle-blower, becoming simultaneously one of the most hated and admired men in Kenya, is a real-life political thriller that explores the problems that continue to plague Africa -- tribal favoritism, government corruption, and the smug complacency of Western donor nations.

Michela Wrong began her career as a foreign correspondent for the Reuters news agency. She spent six years covering the African continent for Reuters, the BBC, and the Financial Times. Her first book, In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo, won a PEN award for nonfiction and was a New York Times Notable Book. She currently lives in London, and travels regularly to Africa.

"A fast-paced political thriller -- with echoes of Graham Greene and John le Carr ... Wrong's gripping, thoughtful book stands as both a tribute to Githongo's courage and a cautionary tale about the dangers of challenging a thoroughly corrupted system." -- New York Times Book Review--The Economist

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/08/2010
ISBN: 9780061346590
Pages: 354
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.00d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 07/18/2010 pg. 24
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