*It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower* (HarperCollins, 2009)
*BOOK FORUM Monday, June 22, 2009 12:00 PM* Featuring the author *Michela Wrong*, with comments by *Frank Vogl*, President of Vogl Communications, Inc., Former Vice Chairman and Co-Founder of Transparency International. Moderated by *Marian Tupy*, Policy Analyst, Cato Institute. The Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 [image: ipod]<http://ne.edgecastcdn.net/000873/archive-2009/cbfa-06-22-09.mp3>Download a Podcast of the Event (MP3)<http://ne.edgecastcdn.net/000873/archive-2009/cbfa-06-22-09.mp3> [image: It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower]<http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061346586/?tag=catoinstitute-20> Purchase at Amazon<http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061346586/?tag=catoinstitute-20> When the 24-year-long reign of Daniel arap Moi ended in 2002, Kenyans looked to their new democratically elected government to end pervasive corruption and fix the economy. The new president, Mwai Kibaki, quickly appointed John Githongo as Kenya's anti-corruption czar and took tentative steps to make the government more transparent. Veteran Africa correspondent Michela Wrong charts Githongo's losing fight. As hopeful beginning gave way to disappointment, Githongo realized that the new ruling elite—including people closest to the president—partook in grand corruption with the same gusto as the old. Kibaki's lack of concern at Githongo's findings was only matched by the resolve of most Western governments and aid agencies to ignore widespread corruption so that more aid dollars could flow to Kenya. Printer Friendly Version<http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6133&print=Y> Recent Cato Events[image: Bringing Transparency to the Federal Reserve]<http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6279> Bringing Transparency to the Federal Reserve<http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6279> Policy Forum (6/24/09) [image: Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy]<http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6215> Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy<http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6215> Policy Forum (6/23/09) [image: It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower]<http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6133> *It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower<http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6133> * Book Forum (6/22/09) [image: Cato Institute Conference on Health Care Reform]<http://www.cato.org/events/healthcarereform/index.html> Cato Institute Conference on Health Care Reform<http://www.cato.org/events/healthcarereform/index.html> Conference (6/17/09) It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower | Cato Institute: Book Forum <http://shar.es/CVpU> Source: cato.org <http://shar.es/CVpU> bruce majors sent this using ShareThis<http://sharethis.com>. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
