John Githongo, Former Kenya Governance Secretary

The Africa Program hosted a roundtable discussion with John Githongo, former Permanent Secretary for Governance and Ethics under Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki. He discussed the status of current efforts to combat corruption in Kenya  co-director of the Africa Program, will be moderating this discussion.  

Githongo is a veteran anti-corruption campaigner who, prior to his appointment as Secretary of Governance, served as the Executive Director of Tranparency International’s Kenya chapter. Though he resigned from his Secretarial position in February of this year, he remains a powerful independent advocate of governance reform throughout Africa.