Former President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday graced the 2023 Presidential Inauguration Lecture held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, Nigeria. In his keynote address at the event themed Deepening Democracy For Development, Uhuru pointed out the importance of democracy in spurring development in any country, especially in the African Continent. The former President further pointed out the three most fundamental issues weaponized to the detriment of our democratic growth as ethnicity, tribalism, and economic greed." I feel the three most fundamental issues that are easily weaponized to the detriment of our democratic growth. The first is negative ethnicity or tribalism, followed by religion, and lastly, economic greed," Kenyatta said.

Source: The Star May 28, 2023 06:56 UTC