Gangster State

The book portrays a system stifled by corruption and overrun by gangsters.The protagonist travels for a 3-day business trip to Tanzania and finds himself detained in the country for 5 months. A former business associate in Kenya, where they both lived, decides to use corrupt officials in Tanzania and to manipulate the Tanzanian judicial system to extort money from him.The story reveals the failures of a judicial system overrun by gangsters in police uniforms and sanctioned by powerful individuals in the system. This saga continues for 5 months, going through various jails in Dar es Salaam and highlighting the plights of several individuals who have been denied justice by the system.After 5 months of legal battles, agony, and frustrations, the protagonist is left with a difficult option of quietly sneaking out of the country to stop the nightmare.

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Theodore Epey Ayuk Oben, a Cameroonian, married with four children. He was a UN Official for 20 years and currently manages an agribusiness -- Green Zone. Oben runs the "Stand Up 4 Africa: Stop Corruption" anti-corruption Campaign. He holds master's degrees in Management and Organizational Development, and Environmental Planning and Management.