Githongo featured in Time Magazine

Pretty good write up. Hat tip Selam!

8 comments to Githongo featured in Time Magazine

InSidious

1 Mar 06 at 3:01

Always a step ahead!
Ntwiga

2 Mar 06 at 0:22

Thanks for this link Ory.

I agree, it is, surprisingly, a very well written and researched piece. I thought is was just being carried in Time Europe so I checked and was pleasantly surprised to find that the piece was in the US/Canada Edition too.

It is only on the web edition though since it is a web exclusive, nothing in the print edition.

Githongo gets right to the heart of the matter in this quote:

“We are seeing political accountability on corruption for the first time in Kenyan history,” says Githongo, 40. “It’s a painful process, and no one ever said it would be straightforward, but hopefully some of the impunity witnessed will never happen again.”

Nice ending to the piece too:

One thing’s for sure: John Githongo does not stand alone. He has a nation behind him now.

While it is not all about Githongo, the nation has definitely been mobilized into starting to demand political and civic accountability for transgressions aganist the electorate.

Let’s hope that we stick to it.
Selam

3 Mar 06 at 1:36

FYI: Kenya is making headlines worldwide…

CNN:
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/03/02/kenya.press/

New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/international/africa/03kenya.html?ex=1141966800&en=376a8efb0598cd45&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS

BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4768254.stm

Reuters International
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-03-02T202859Z_01_L02300434_RTRUKOC_0_US-KENYA-MEDIA.xml

World News Australia
http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=127570&region=5

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/02/AR2006030201855.html

ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1679343

Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/kenya/story/0,,1722568,00.html

Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/03/wkenya03.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/03/ixworld.html

China Economic
http://en.ce.cn/World/Africa/200603/02/t20060302_6249745.shtml

The list goes on…

Local media:
Nation Newspaper (neutral) – http://www.nationmedia.com
Standard Newspaper (affected) – http://www.eastandard.net
KTN (affected) – http://www.ktnkenya.tv/ (site is currently down)
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