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You Will See Fire: A Search for Justice in Kenya

di Christopher Goffard

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Whether gunning down a warthog, raising the beams he'd hewn himself for a new church, or standing up for landless refugees and abused girls, Father John Kaiser was a figure larger than life. He was fierce in his commitments, devoted to the poor and displaced, and fearless--what some would call reckless--in the pursuit of justice. For this he was beloved by his parishioners, seen as a loose cannon by his superiors in the church, and despised by Kenya's strongmen under the tyrannical leadership of Daniel arap Moi. When Kaiser was discovered dead on a remote roadside in the bush, the FBI ruled it a suicide. Kenyans were sure he'd been murdered.In a new Kenya, post-Moi, it would fall to Charles Mbuthi Gathenji, a prominent dissident and the son of a man himself murdered for his beliefs, to find out what really happened to Father John Kaiser.… (altro)
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When Fr John Kaiser's body was found by a Kenyan roadside, his shotgun nearby, it was reported as suicide. However he is widely believed to have been murdered by establishment figures as a result of his pursuit of justice and human rights for the poorest of the poor. Ironically in the light of recent revelations within the Catholic Church, part of his crusade was against a powerful government figure who was alleged to have raped young girls. This book is a very readable account of Kaiser's life and death, and that of a Kenyan lawyer whose journey parallels his.

John Kaiser and many of the figures who appear in the book were colleagues of mine, so it's particularly interesting to see the story told in this way. ( )
1 vota John5918 | Nov 13, 2012 |
“Ex Africa semper aliquid novi” was how Pliny paraphrased the original quip by Aristotle: Aristotle was referring to Libya specifically, not Kenya, where this book is set, and one might argue the murder of Catholic priests is hardly new, but You will see Fire does highlight a new and more anarchic phase of post-Colonial African politics.

In August 2000, former paratrooper turned priest John Kaiser was murdered for his outspoken opposition to the Arap Moi regime: he was not the first or last priest to die but while US investigators collaborated with corrupt Moi officials in ascribing his death to suicide, the Kenyan people themselves honoured Kaiser as a martyr and a hero, never doubting he was assassinated. ( )
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Whether gunning down a warthog, raising the beams he'd hewn himself for a new church, or standing up for landless refugees and abused girls, Father John Kaiser was a figure larger than life. He was fierce in his commitments, devoted to the poor and displaced, and fearless--what some would call reckless--in the pursuit of justice. For this he was beloved by his parishioners, seen as a loose cannon by his superiors in the church, and despised by Kenya's strongmen under the tyrannical leadership of Daniel arap Moi. When Kaiser was discovered dead on a remote roadside in the bush, the FBI ruled it a suicide. Kenyans were sure he'd been murdered.In a new Kenya, post-Moi, it would fall to Charles Mbuthi Gathenji, a prominent dissident and the son of a man himself murdered for his beliefs, to find out what really happened to Father John Kaiser.

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