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John Githongo

Date of Birth: March 1965
Place of Birth: Kenya


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The influence brokers take a pay cut

It has brokered a deal with Vanguard Africa a non-profit whose co-founders include veteran US Democrat party strategist Joe Trippi and which features Kenyan whistleblower John Githongo on its board...


Seck seeks DC clout

Vanguard's co-founders include veteran US Democrat party strategist Joe Trippi and the advisory board includes Kenyan anti-graft campaigner John Githongo (AC Vol 58 No 9 Finding Africa on K Street)...


When the political descends to the personal

In March John Githongo anti-corruption chief turned whistleblower on the Anglo-Leasing scandal during Mwai Kibaki's presidency and publisher of The Elephant in Nairobi remarked that 'Kenyans are going into an election believing in nothing standing for nothing … no big idea no galvanising issue...


The prosecutor isn't so special

John Githongo a former permanent secretary for governance and ethics in Kenya used to say 'anti-corruption politics is good politics'...


Hanging on a handshake

The activist and former anti-corruption guru John Githongo links it to the government's need for a policy endorsement from the International Monetary Fund...


Finding Africa on K Street

' Eyebrows were raised by the potential involvement in advising Odinga of John Githongo the anti-corruption official in the then President Mwai Kibaki's government who turned whistle-blower over the Anglo-Leasing scandal (AC Vol 57 No 23 Empty words on graft)...


Empty words on graft

' Apart from that presidential broadside the event was a damp squib made noteworthy by the absence of two key invitees: John Githongo the anti-corruption czar in President Mwai Kibaki's government who turned whistle-blower on the Anglo-Leasing scandal in 2004 and economist David Ndii who has persistently attacked the government's handling of funds from the KSh...


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