John Githongo

We Kenyans generally aren’t rational about President Barack Obama. To most citizens he is the much loved and admired Kenyan son who made good.

[John Githongo, CEO, Inuka Kenya Trust, and a former Permanent Secretary in the last government, made these remarks at the opening of the 4th Human Rights Watch Film Festival, 10 – 14 November 2014, Nairobi.">

Ladies and gentlemen, all protocols observed...

During my brief tenure in the Kenyan government I clashed with senior colleagues who insisted that ‘eating’ from security contracts in particular was okay because the money was essential to pay for democracy that we all know is messy and expensive.