New African - June 2022

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Research: African Youth Survey 2022 Food: Achieving self-sufficiency
Nigeria: Epic election battle begins Uganda: Weeding out fake NGOs Event: Africa Centre reborn
S. Africa: Focus turns on ethics Sport: Africa in the World Cup Culture: An African Dr Who

Man of the people vs King-in-waiting

Rigathi Gachagua William Ruto

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p.16 Kenya elections 022

Your comments and letters

Briefs
Quote / unquote

Lumumba’s golden tooth

Kenya elections 2022

Twists and turns shape historic polls
Man of the people vs
king-in-waiting

Challenges awaiting winners

The Queen and I

Gender equality is still
sluggish

30 A ‘good news law’ for Africa?
32 Dr Hippolyte Fofack on integration
34, Taking control of our defence

36 African solutions to world
food supply problems

40 African Youth Survey 2022:
Brimming with gems of insight

46 From acorns to oaks
48 ACBF’s new leadership

50 Reimagining Tunisia

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Kiswahili to the fore

An African Dr Who

London’s Africa Centre reborn
A glorious history

Nigeria: Election extravaganza
takes off

Uganda: NGO fraudsters to

feel lash of new laws

South Africa: Arrest of

Guptas puts ethics under spotlight

The world’s best choir

African soccer star profile:
Edouard Mendy

World Cup Preview:
Ghana, Tunisia, Morocco

A golden opportunity squandered

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Readers’ Views

Pivotal moments in history
Please accept my deepest appreci-
ation for your magnificent Cover
Story, The African Foundations of the
West’s Wealth (May/June 2022). It is
without a shadow of any doubt the
best treatment of my friend Howard
French’s extraordinary and history-
bending opus: Born in Blackness.

I have been urging everybody I
know and many that I don’t to read
both the book and the article in your
magazine as a massive favour to
themselves. These are indeed piv-
otal moments in history and fol-
low logically in the unleashing of
consciousness and consciences in
the wake of the Black Lives Matter
movement.

The significance of your Cover
Story is that if approaches these is-
sues from an African rather than an
African-American standpoint. That
makes all the difference in the world.
Keep up your great work.

MARK FREEMAN,
Atlanta, US

The fragility of democracy
All over the world, you can expect
a season of ‘high octane’ politics -
usually close to or leading up to elec-
tions, especially when the electorate
is highly diversified - or sometimes
in the run-up to a referendum.

But what has been happening in
the West African region over a period
of time reflects a change of dynamics
(Flawed systems at root of coups — NA,
May/June 2022). The people there
have been expressing their judge-
ment on the efficacy of the gov-
ernments in power — in countries
where democratic ideals had been
functioning as a system of govern-
ment. The reaction of the people to
the toppling of governments by the
military has underlined the fragile
nature of democracy.

When political accountability,
parliamentary democracy, and the

rule of law is simply not functioning
as a means of the realisation of the
aspirations of the people, then the
citizenry loses faith in the demo-
cratic process. In such situations
people experience endemic poor
quality of life and hopelessness.

As a result, and as is happening
in the West African region, peo-
ple are welcoming non-democratic
players to govern their countries in
the hope of an improvement in their
quality of life, a better present than
what they experienced in preceding
years.

Democracy in such situations
is tested for its durability, as to
whether it can withstand turbulent
times while navigating uncharted
waters.

While in many parts of the de-
veloping world, or LDC countries,
civil strife has ruined nations, with
the civilian populations displaced
from their homes, other African
countries have conducted polls
where voters have displayed a sense
of maturity in going through the
process in a peaceful and well-co-
ordinated manner.

People have faith in democracy
when they are valued and have a
sense of belonging; but by the same
token they can lose their confidence
in the system if tangible indica-
tions of a better tomorrow are not
delivered.

Obviously citizens have an obli-
gation everywhere around the globe
to sustain the institution of democ-
racy, no matter what the existing
economic circumstances are; but
can democracy retain its durability
when in a very precarious situation?
That remains to be seen.

KOKIL K. SHAH,
Mombasa, Kenya

Punching back

As a Rwandan, I was very pleased
to read the unassailable arguments
you presented in your editorial Af-
rica’s open door for refugees. It is a
slap in the face of those who love to
criticise our country for the crime
of being prepared to help them with
their refugee problems! This is an
unbelievable attitude and I am so
pleased you punched back for us.

SOLOMON NIZEYIMANA,
Nairobi, Kenya

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Partnership for the Ownership, Development and Management of the Banjul Shipyard Company Ltd.

1. BACKGROUND

The Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) sole owner of the Banjul Shipyard
Company Ltd. (BSY) is desirous of soliciting expressions of interest
from reputable international ship repair facility operators for the
ownership, development and management of the BSY under a
partnership agreement.

The BSY provides dry docking and ship repair facilities for industrial
fishing vessels, naval craft, small cargo ships, tug boats and leisure
craft. The Company also provides industrial services such as carpentry,
electrical works, machining, welding and ship wright works. The BSY
occupies an area of approximately 1.4 ha and has 2 slipways and a
cradle with capacity for dry docking of vessels of up to 500 DWT. The
condition of the main cradle and slipways is in a poor condition that
renders it mal-functional.

Studies have been prepared in the past by international consultancy
firms and the primary recommendation calls f
the main cradle, slipways and ancillary facilities and services to render
the BSY functional. There is a strong business
investment in the BSY rehabilitation and upgrading to provide service
to the GPA marine craft, ferries, industrial fishing vessels and to serve

case, which justifies

the ship repair needs of the West African market.

total rehabilitation of

2. OBJECTIVE

GPA intends to conclude a partnership agreement with potential
partners for investment in the BSY rehabilitation, upgrading,
operations and management and hand back to the GPA at the
end of the agreement period. Preparatory activities have already
commenced in terms of the acquisition of the land areas and
preliminary designs for the construction of the required facilities at
the BSY.

To this end, the partner will be expected to design, redesign,
engineer and construct as applicable, and then equip, operate,
maintain, manage and repair the BSY facilities and services within
its present location, with the possibility of further expansion in
the future. The partnership is expected to be conducted in the best
interest of Government, the GPA and the private partner based on

sound commercial principles.

3. APPLICATION PROCESS FOR QUALIFICATION
All interested firms are required to submit literature indicating their
company profiles, audited financial statements for the last 5 years,
references to show that they are engaged in similar ship repair facility
ownership, management and operations. Firms will also be expected
to demonstrate commitment to invest in the rehabilitation and
upgrading of the Banjul Shipyard. Shortlist of firms will be selected
based on fulfilment of the above criteria and other strategic interests
of the GPA for the sustainable management of the BSY to enhanc

potential to serve as a vibrant ship repair facility within West Africa.

All Expressions of Interest should be addressed to:

The Managing Director

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A ceremony to lay the
first brick and begin the
construction of the new
US Consulate General in
Lagos, Nigeria was held
at the end of March 2022.
It will replace the current
consulate based in Eko
Atlantic on Victoria Island,
Lagos.

This fresh project is a
strong statement of the
US bid to strengthen its
diplomatic and economic
relations with Africa’s
most populous nation.

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Funds of $537m have been
earmarked for the project,
which on completion,
estimated to be in 2027,
will take the crown as the
world’s largest consulate.
Predicted to pour $95m
into the local economy,
it will employ around
2,500 Nigerians as admin
staff, architects, artisans,
construction workers and
engineers. The 10-floor
building will sit on land
almost the size of six
football pitches.

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Paper - and bronze - lions

Reports that a lion was on

the loose in the village of
Kinyana, a short distance from
Mt Kenya National Park, set
off alarm bells and sent armed
wildlife rangers rushing to the
scene.

According to frightened
villagers, the lion had been
seen lurking in a hedge near
the house of one of their
neighbours, who was away at
the time. When she returned,
she met the rangers who
warned her of the danger as
they cautiously approached
the hedge in which the lion
was believed to be hiding.

To their astonishment, the
lady marched up to the hedge
and plucked the ‘lion’ out
of the undergrowth. It was
nothing more than a shopping
bag with a realistic-looking
lion’s head photo on it!

The bag in question had
been undertaking the very
innocent task of drying out
some avocado tree seedlings,
and had been left in the
hedge by the villager, who
was relieved to find that her
seedlings were all intact.

The rangers and the villagers
heaved a huge sigh of relief,

celebrating their ‘victory’ over
the lion that never was.

Meanwhile, the Born Free
Forever Exhibition is touring
the UK. It is organised by
a foundation that evolved
from the classic 1966 wildlife
movie Born Free, based on
the bestselling book by Joy
Adamson. It was based on
the true story of raising Elsa,
an orphaned lion cub, and
her subsequent release back
into the wild in Kenya. The
starring couple in the film
found making it a deeply
poignant experience and went
on to become champions of
conservation, setting up the
Born Free Foundation.

When Born Free was made,
there were approximately
200,000 lions in the wild.
Now, as few as 20,000 remain.

The outdoor exhibition
displays 25 incredible bronze
sculptures of life-sized lions,
including the iconic Elsa on
top of a 1961 vintage 4x4
surrounded by lion cubs. It
will be in Bristol, UK for three
months from 4 July and will
move on to Edinburgh in
Scotland until the end
of the year.
Elephants can trace their
ancestry back to around
55m years ago, while we
humans can trace ours
back to less than 6m,
according to scientists - so
they were undoubtedly here
first! Over time, wildlife
and people have had to
adapt to living together
and as our population has
grown, sometimes in closer
proximity than we would
both like.

The World Wildlife
Fund estimated that in
the 1930s there would
have been close to 10m
elephants roaming around
the continent. Today, it is
estimated that there are
415,000. Poaching, climate
change and land conflict
with human expansion
and settlement are the
main contributors to their
decline in population.

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Whilst Botswana
heads the league table in
numbers — approximately
130,000 - Zimbabwe
follows in second place
with around 100,000
elephants and according to
conservationists, almost
half live in the Hwange
National Park, Zimbabwe’s
largest natural reserve.

Zimbabwe has seen an
increase in its elephant
population of close to 20%
in less than a decade due
to its robust and successful
conservation measures,
but in a country where
ecologists say there is a
habitat capacity for around
only 45,000 in total, this
is becoming a sensitive
issue.

In 2021, it was reported
that 72 people had been
killed by elephants in the
country. By May 2022 this

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year, there were already
reports of 60 people being
killed and 50 injured. With
the dry season arriving,
the majestic herds will
wander further to find
food and water, and more
deadly encounters with

an ever-growing rural
population are bound to
occur. y

The government is now
seriously looking at how
it can effectively manage
and reduce the elephants’
proliferation. Ideas on the
table are to re-issue the
emotive hunting licences
as Botswana did in 2019
or begin a contraceptive
programme.

With Zimbabwe’s
population growing at
1.5% a year on average, a
solution enabling man and
beast to live in harmony is
vital. Watch this space.

Egypt have been
attraction for hundreds
of years, the pyramids |
Meroé in Sudan are far less
known outside the country
but are no less interesting
than their Egyptian
counterparts.

Now, thanks to Google
you can explore these
pyramids, which are on the
UNESCO World Heritage
site, using Google Arts &
Culture, without moving
from your seat anywhere
in the world. The 200
pyramids are remnants
of what was once a great
civilisation, the Kushite
Kingdom, circa the 8th
century BC, which ruled
the lands of Nubia for over
3,000 years.

The Google tool allows
you to roam around the
various pyramids and even
enter some of them. You
can marvel at the artefacts
on display while learning
a great deal about this
ancient kingdom.
A 19-minute short film
from the UK's Guardian
newspaper, by director Phil
Cox, highlights how one
man has been honouring the
memory of his best friend,
killed by security forces
in Sudan. Dressed as the
intrepid hero Spiderman, he
has been an eye-catching
presence at protests in
Sudan since 2019 - initially
against the former dictator
Omar al-Bashir (who was
finally overthrown by a
military coup in 2021) and
now against the military
regime ruling the country.
Remaining anonymous
(much like the character
from the comic book and
big screen), he explains in

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the film, “We had a 30-
year dictatorship in Sudan.
People died but in 2019

we won our revolution.

Now, the generals, Burhan
and Hemeti stole that
revolution. They took all our
new freedoms and my best
friend from me.”

In the last six months
around 95 protesters have
been killed and hundreds
injured and arrested but
true to form, ‘Spiderman’
has escaped and remains a
symbol of resistance.

When he is not
demonstrating in the
streets for the freedom of
his country, he is teaching
young homeless children
the art of robotic dancing.

THE SPIDERMAN

OF SUDAN.

July Independence
Day celebrations

1 July 2022 marks the 60"
anniversary of Independence
Day for Rwanda and
Burundi.

Colonised by the German
Empire in 1894, Ruanda-
Urundi, now modern-day
Rwanda and Burundi, was
later occupied by Belgian
forces in 1916 and under the
Treaty of Versailles following
World War I, officially came
under Belgian rule.

The two states finally
gained their independence
in 1962 but it was a
further two years
before they were
fully separated
into the countries
we know today.

In Rwanda,
the celebration
will be a low-key
event as three

days later marks Liberation
Day (known locally as
Kwibohora), marking the
1994 defeat of the genocidal
regime - and it is then that
the celebrations will truly
begin.

Burundi will mark the
occasion by a public holiday
and celebrate not only
independence but also a
nation coming together
following a turbulent and
violent past. Colourful
processions, dancing and
parties are just part of the
revels.

On a similar note, on 5
July, Algeria will celebrate
its 60 anniversary of
independence from France
following a brutal eight-year
war where many lives were
sacrificed. The nation’s flag
will fly proudly across the

country and official parades,
concerts and cultural events
will abound.
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For 15 gratifying years,
Nigerian sprinter Olusoji
Fasuba, held the title of
Africa’s fastest man with
his 9.85 seconds 100m
sprint in 2006, at the Doha
Grand Prix.

Last year finally brought
that sporting chapter to a
close, following a record-
breaking performance by
South African sprinting star,
Akani Simbine. Clocking a
time of 9.84secs, Simbine
won the men’s 100m at
the 2021 Istvan Gyulai
Memorial Meet in Hungary
and stole the thunder from
Fasuba.

The triumph, however,
was short-lived as Kenya’s
Ferdinand Omanyala
Omurwa (below) returned a
time of 9.77 seconds at the
Absa Kip Keino Classic, held
in Nairobi in September of

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the same year,

Now, Omurwa has
continued his success, at the
2022 African Championships
in Athletics, which was
held in Mauritius at the
beginning of June, following
a two-year hiatus due to
the pandemic. Whilst his
9.93 seconds run was not a
record-breaker, the nail-
biting photo finish with
rival Simbine was enough
to win him the coveted
gold medal and assisted in
putting Kenya at the top of
the medals table.

His rise to becoming
the ‘Fastest Man in Africa’
and 8*" fastest on the
world athletics stage is a
testimony to hard work
and belief. He was initially
playing rugby for the school
team when a friend noticed
his speed and challenged

THE FASTEST MAN
IN AFRICA WINS
GOLD FOR KENYA

him to try out for short races.
The rest is history.

By 2016 he was being
coached by ex-sprinter,
Duncan Ayiemba and in 2017
joined Kenya’s athletics team.
At Tokyo’s 2021 Olympics, he
became the nation’s beacon
of hope when he became the
first-ever Kenyan to qualify
for the 100m semi-finals.
Sadly, the dream ended there,
even though he ran another
personal best and was to hold
a new title just a couple of
months later!

His career has not all been
smooth running. In 2017, he
was suspended from athletics
for 14 months for a doping
offence, testing positive for
the prohibited substance
betamethasone, a steroid
medication he was taking
for a back injury sustained
during training.

The ban did not deter
him and he said ina
later interview, “It gave
me resilience, made me
stronger - because it is
a challenge no athlete
would want to go through
- and it is a lesson that
you shouldn’t just take
anything, and you shouldn’t
just trust anyone in
athletics.”

More than once he has
commented that his dream
is to beat Jamaican Usain
Bolt’s formidable world
record time, set in 2009,
of 9.58 seconds. Usain Bolt
was 22 years old when he
made his unforgettable
100m sprint at Berlin’s
Olympic Stadium. Omurwa
was 26 years old in January
but, those who dare to
dream are always the
winners!