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Khamisi's book: The hot potato that bookshops have declined to stock

Joe Khamisi, author of the book "The Wretched Africans" during the launch of the book in Nairobi on April 07 2016. [David Njaaga/Standard]

Bookshops in Nairobi have shunned a book that lays bare the depths of corruption in the country’s four administrations for fear of reprisals.

Although the demand for the book, Looters and Grabbers, 54 Years of Corruption and Plunder by the Elite, 1963-2017, continues to rise following debate on social media, The Standard did not find a single copy in bookshops.

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