It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower
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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," politicians and civil servants close to the president told Githongo. As a member of the government and the president's own Kikuyu tribe, Githongo was expected to cooperate. But he refused to be bound by ethnic loyalty. Githongo had secretly compiled evidence of official malfeasance and, at great personal risk, made the painful choice to go public. The result was Kenya's version of 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, grips like a political thriller. At the same time, by exploring the factors that continue to blight Africa ethnic favoritism, government corruption, and the smug complacency of Western donor nations It's Our Turn to Eat probes the very roots of the continent's predicament. It is a story that no one concerned with our global future can afford to miss. The New York Times - Joshua Hammer …a fast-paced political thriller—with echoes of Graham Greene and John le Carre…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.
Map viiiPrologue xi1 The Big Man 12 An Unexpected Guest 213 Starting Afresh 334 Mucking out the Augean Stables 415 Dazzled by the Light 656 Pulling the Serpent's Tail 777 The Call of the Tribe 998 Breaking the Mould 1219 The Making of the Sheng Generation 14510 Everything Depends on the Boss 16311 Gorging Their Fill 18312 A Form of Mourning 20513 In Exile 22714 Spilling the Beans 24715 Backlash 25516 A Plaza Paradise 27917 It's Not Your Turn 295Epilogue 317List of Key Characters 336Glossary 337Acknowledgements 339Notes 341Index 345
