tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80492706438645369872009-10-16T18:00:09.510-07:00..we owe it to posterity to act against the ills of our time...or at least demonstrate that we inked our thoughts, if it helpskaperehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05413634972109258315noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049270643864536987.post-24593894875788295872009-08-06T18:12:00.000-07:002009-08-06T18:19:18.527-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mG3AnrB4ARI/SnuAfhfVGzI/AAAAAAAAArY/xqNKLlcSTcA/s1600-h/It%27s+time.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mG3AnrB4ARI/SnuAfhfVGzI/AAAAAAAAArY/xqNKLlcSTcA/s400/It%27s+time.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367024659996154674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><strong>John Githongo with </strong></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" ><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Michela Wrong in London</span><br /><br /></strong></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><em>It's Our Turn to Eat</em> is the story of John Githongo, who was appointed anti-corruption chief after President Mwai Kibaki swept to power in 2002, vowing to eliminate the sleaze that had become a feature of predecessor Daniel arap Moi's regime. Githongo, an old friend, stumbled across a brand new government scandal, dubbed "Anglo Leasing". On probing, he realised his closest ministerial colleagues were involved. They expected him to turn a blind eye for one simple reason: he hailed from the same ethnic community as the "Mount Kenya Mafia", as Kibaki's coterie was known. Instead, he fled Kenya, taking with him hundreds of hours of secretly taped conversations, and eventually went public with what he knew.</span><br /><br /></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8049270643864536987-2459389487578829587?l=kyosiga.blogspot.com'/></div>kaperehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05413634972109258315noreply@blogger.com0