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  <title><![CDATA[It's Our Turn to Eat]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michela Wrong]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty fascinating, and discouraging, stuff: a Kenyan whistleblower finds out that the new reformist government is doing exactly what the old one did (the title refers to a general sense that each tribe is just waiting its turn at the trough when friendly politicians get into office), and very few p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66217398">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is unofficially banned in Kenya (which means no book-store will dare to stock it) -- but its gained quite an underground following -- I have found it on sale on the streets, being sold at a profitable premium by newspaper vendors.<br/><br/>Rather than being a tell-all book about a corrup...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54453390">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Apparently this book is not being sold in most Kenyan bookshops because owners fear government reprisals. Wrong is an outstanding journalist and really delivers the goods on the Kibaki government. I didn't know whether to be angry or depressed. Best account of corruption I've read. It may be about K...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68512085">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic.  A reasonable view of Kenyan affairs from 2002-2007 (the Kibaki reign), told from the view of the biggest African whistleblower, John Githongo aka The Big Man.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have any interest in Kenya, or how corruption works in Africa, or how aid agencies can exacerbate corruption, READ THIS BOOK.  Wrong is a careful, clear writer who pulls no punches.  Nobody comes across as a hero here, but in telling the story of John Githongo, who exposed a huge corruption s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48794199">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far, it is very engaging.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you want to read a depressing book about just how extensive the problem of corruption is in Kenya, read this.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting story, well written. My one complaint is that it focused more on Kenyan political history in general than Githongo's story. It was interesting to read about the history, but I was expecting more detail about what, specifically, Githongo did. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brought back memories of my school days]]></body>
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