John Githongo

He had just heard Ciru Gikonyo (a sister of anti-corruption campaigner John Githongo) reel off a list of complaints against Jubilee ranging from theft of state funds to sabotaging devolution...

John Githongo a former Permanent Secretary and expert on governance says the government 'has allowed the most permissive environment for corruption in Kenya's history'...

The scandal destroyed the anti-corruption credentials of President Mwai Kibaki's government and severely damaged the global image of Kenya when the anti-corruption czar John Githongo resigned and went into exile in 2005 (AC Vol 46 No 18 Githongo picks up the glove)...

Yet there is no figure in the Kenyatta-Ruto government who like anti-corruption czar John Githongo in Kibaki's time shows any determination to tackle the rot in the security services...

As shown by the pursuit of John Githongo in Britain Kenya's political thugs have a long reach...

Ringera was seen as a victim of intrigues in the late Moi era; few faulted his independence he was favoured by former anti-corruption advisor John Githongo and his report on corruption in the judiciary in 2003 had led to the suspension of 23 judges...

Civic activists such as Gladwell Otieno and John Githongo speak of a wider mobilisation beyond the urban centres...

It was also on the Treasury's 14th Floor that former anti-corruption czar John Githongo heard government ministers admit they and other senior officials were responsible for the Anglo-Leasing deal (AC Vol 47 No 3)...

When the former anti-corruption czar John Githongo gathered evidence implicating ministers in the Anglo-Leasing scandals Wako assisted them; he has also blocked Kenyan cooperation with an investigation launched into the same scandals by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office [(AC Vol 50 No 3)...

This coincides with the publication in London of 'It's our turn to eat ' a powerful new biography of Kenya's exiled Anti-corruption Czar John Githongo by writer and journalist Michela Wrong...