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

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A PEN Award-winning author documents how Kenya was viewed as a model of democracy upon the 2003 election of president Mwai Kibaki before the flight of reformer John Githongo two years later upon his discovery of government corruption, in an account that discusses alleged ethnic favoritism that Githongo took risks to expose. 20,000 first printing.

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'A tremendous account that reads like a cross between Le Carré and Solzhenitsyn.'
-- Guardian

'[A] compelling book...Wrong's narrative is part political thriller, part African morality tale.'
-- Financial Times
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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.

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  • PublisherHarperCollins
  • Publication date2009
  • ISBN 10 0061346586
  • ISBN 13 9780061346583
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages354
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