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It's Our Turn to Eat

The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower

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A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When Michela Wrongs Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of her London flat. carrying a small mountain of luggage and four trilling mobile phones he seemed determined to ignore. it was clear something had gone very wrong in a country regarded until then as one of Africas few budding success stories. Two years earlier. in the wave of euphoria that followed the election defeat of long-serving President Daniel arap Moi. John had been appointed Kenya's new anti-corruption czar. In choosing this giant of a man with a booming laugh. respected as a longstanding anti-corruption crusader. the new government was signalling to both ...

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Título
It's Our Turn to Eat
Subtítulo
The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower
Idioma
Inglés
Editorial
Fourth Estate
Publicado en
2009
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
354
ISBN10
0007241968
ISBN13
9780007241965
Serie
Calificación
4,15 de 5
Descripción
A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When Michela Wrongs Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of her London flat. carrying a small mountain of luggage and four trilling mobile phones he seemed determined to ignore. it was clear something had gone very wrong in a country regarded until then as one of Africas few budding success stories. Two years earlier. in the wave of euphoria that followed the election defeat of long-serving President Daniel arap Moi. John had been appointed Kenya's new anti-corruption czar. In choosing this giant of a man with a booming laugh. respected as a longstanding anti-corruption crusader. the new government was signalling to both ...