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The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya

instrument of suppression used to enhance immunity, that entrenched extractive power positions. Sadly, the chapter depicts a Nigeria where political corruption has grown by leaps and bounds to become systemic, diversified and variegated. The focus has turned to the preservation of power in the crudest and cruelest form. Political elites have used fair, foul, constitutional, extraconstitutional, judicial or extrajudicial means to hold on to power. The irregular system that has been built resulted in the introduction of a clientele system, which the authors compare to competitive clientelism that undermines distribution and sustains rent capture. This book held my interest, as there were no slow parts. Although it was a challenging read with many thematically disjointed chapters brought together into a single volume, the case studies are thought provoking and fascinating. I would recommend it to anyone interested in political corruption studies and to policymakers and members of non-governmental organisations working on corruption. Of immense value is the clear articulation of the vicious cycle that extractive and power-presevering sin creates, particularly – as stated in the concluding chapter – when the two types feed into each other, creating a buffer that becomes impossible to penetrate with anti-corruption tools, mechanisms and strategies, when ruling elites engage in extractive corruption to preserve their power, and this power is abused for further extraction. The Editor, Inge Amundsen's, discussion of various means of corruption is riveting and ushers in an air of optimism, which leaves the reader hoping that the continent might still win the war against corruption. This may be a forlorn hope that will never be realised.