President Ruto’s African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meeting speech sparks a debate.
President Ruto’s African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meeting speech sparks a debate; This is after he expressed that Africa has a great potential to help itself through its own resources.
The meeting he expressed is a crucial platform for the advancement of our shared vision to build a more prosperous and democratic Africa..
He stated,”We are a busy continent that is going places; the young, clean, green continent of the future, and we are determined to lead our march into this future as a united, empowered contributor of sustainable solutions to global problems. We are reasoning together, generating effective solutions, implementing them, facing our challenges head on, making progress, and getting results,”
“The most compelling signal that African integration is unstoppable, and that it will open doors for unprecedented socioeconomic transformation, is the progress we have made in implementing the Africa Continental Free Trade Area. We must all be proud of this magnificent project, an historic achievement by and for ourselves, whose positive effects will reverberate throughout the world for a long time to come,” He added.
Some of the reactions including;
Chagua stated,”Charity begins at home! As long corruption & greediness are rampant, Africa countries’ integration will probably only replace the so-called investors from global origin to few rich Africa elites.Just like independence of Africa replaced white masters(colonizers) with the black.”
Another tweep stated,”They burden us with taxes and police. Our pain means nothing to them. If we cry out, they say it’s the opposition.”
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