What Belongs to Caesar

By Antony Obwari

Both the government of God - through religious faiths - and that of man, through civil authority, should ideally be in harmony, because the later are supposedly instituted by God. In practice, however, some governments are arrived at by conquest, overthrow of legitimate power, and even erstwhile good governments can become bad. The year is 1982, in Kenya. A democratic government has acquired despotic tendencies, fueling clandestine resistance organizations and movements. Reagan, a young boy in primary school, live with their family on their farm near a shopping centre at the foot of Mount Elgon. He and his three sisters like to exchange riddles and folk tales. Their riddle and stories find parallels and allusions to the adult world around them, as well as to history and the state of the nation. The tension in the country culminated in an attempted coup that is quickly crushed by loyalist forces. In the aftermath the country is reeling from division and increased repression as multi-party democracy is scrapped and replaced with a single-party system. What is the duty and role of the private individual in a totalitarian setting? Even at this bleak period, however, hope, symbolized by the innocence of the young and their fledging romantic affections, springs again. In the meantime though, the adult world is left to ponder moral questions that have no easy resolutions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQJ3Y5C2
• ISBN13: 9798264567667
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"