Copies of a new book on corruption in Kenya are being sold under the counter in Nairobi as the content is considered too explosive to leave the book on the shelves.

Patric Smith of Africa confidential wrote this review about the book: Michela Wrong’s compelling book, It’s Our Turn to Eat, charts the career of a doughty opponent of this corruption: Kenyan anti-graft campaigner, John Githongo. By describing Githongo’s efforts, Wrong explains the mechanics of corruption within government and business circles and why so much western development policy in Kenya fails.

Wrong, a veteran reporter and former correspondent for the Financial Times, has known Githongo since both were journalists in Nairobi more than a decade ago.