Reading B.E Kipkorir's 'Descent from Cherang'any: Memoirs of a Reluctant Academic' has me psyched for the one about his tour of duty as an ambassador abroad:
'Kenya's foreign policy was shaped and interpreted by one man: the president himself, not the Foreign Minister (Kalonzo Musyoka) or the Permanent Secretary (Sally Kosgei)' (p. 436)
'The account of my ambassadorial appointment must, and will, be told. It is an account of promise, hope and despair; and of occasional triumph and numerous disappointments ... I am convinced that this part of my story, deserves its own pages unpolluted by references ...' (p.437)
That aside, B.E was indeed 'naive.' On p. 290 he talks of this bread he was offered to take to his wife. unknown to him, it was not loaf per se but a bribe of Ksh50,000/-! When his wife alerted him about the ''loaf,' a furious BEK had it prompty returned.
A nice read
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