Githongo. Cut. A. Deal.

There. I've said it. Because I've been waiting seven frigging days for someone else to point out the obvious. Someone better qualified.

Like all the brave anti-corruption crusaders who have worked their guts out for the past 3 years, here on the ground in Kenya, while Githongo was "in exile" in England.

So he got tired of exile. Who can blame him? They offered him a deal he couldn't refuse:

You can come home, John. We'll guarantee safety for you and your family, and here's a nice fat cheque for your moving expenses. All you have to do is say Amnesty every time you open your mouth. Practice for the journalists now: Amnesty. Amnesty. Amnesty.

What's mindblowing is the disingenuity of his proposal:

Amnesty in return for full confession and voluntary surrender of stolen wealth, because the blunt object of prosecution only causes delays.

Voluntary surrender of stolen wealth? Did you say voluntary? Even a 6-year-old in Kenya knows that possession is not just nine-tenths of the law - it IS the law. Githongo of all people absolutely knows the impossibility of securing the return of the billions looted from Kenya. What's he planning to do - send Kenyan bailiffs to repossess 10,000 acre Australian ranches? Impound luxury vehicles in Paris? Get Swiss banks to turn over the contents of secret accounts?