It’s our turn to eat. The story of a Kenyan whistle blower

Literary salon with journalist and author Michela Wrong, Lise Stensrud of Norad’s Anti-Corruption Project and Arne Tostensen of CMI. Host for the event is Jessica Schultz, Co-Director of U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre.

Michela Wrong's latest book is a gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of Michela Wrong's London flat, carrying a small mountain of luggage, it was clear something had gone very wrong in a country regarded until then as one of Africa's few budding success stories.

In this book, Michela Wrong seeks answers to the questions that have puzzled outsiders for decades. What is it about African society that makes corruption so hard to eradicate, so sweeping in its scope, so destructive in its impact? Together with invited guests Lise Stensrud and Arne Tostensen, Ms. Wrong will discuss these issues and reflect on how international actors might play a more constructive role in addressing corruption in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa.

Michela Wrong has worked as a foreign correspondent covering events across the African continent for Reuters, the BBC and the Financial Times. Based on her experiences in Africa, In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz, her first book, won the PEN James Sterne Prize for non-fiction. I Didn't Do It for You focuses on the African nation of Eritrea.