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Video: We will work with international community to help Somalia – Kenya’s president-elect, William Ruto

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In this video, Kenya’s president-elect, William Ruto in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that his government will be willing to work with the new president of Kenya’s East African neighbour, Somalia in solving the crises bedeviling the country and the Horn of Africa as a whole.

Ruto also tactically refused to take sides in the ongoing Ukraine and Russian war. He noted that it is not time to apportion blame but time to collaborate with other actors to resolve the crisis.

 

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Video: Kenya’s Ruto plans bonuses for sugar cane farmers

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In this video, Kenyan President, William Ruto, revealed that the country would begin payment of bonuses to sugar cane farmers, just like their tea counterparts.

Ruto stated that he saw the policy through despite legal confrontation against it, noting that the government had begun setting up a sugar marketing agency, replicating the Kenya Tea Development Agency Limited (KTDA) in the tea sector with a clear dividend payout policy.

For each kilogram of green leaf delivered to the agency’s facilities, tea farmers associated with the Kenya Tea Development Agency Limited (KTDA) got an increase in their monthly tea payments in December.

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Video: Zambia’s Hichilema decries effects of drought on economy 

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In this video, Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema speaks on the effects of climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon. The crisis, which has threatened national food security, as well as water and energy supply,

The nation in southern Africa has experienced five weeks without rain during a time when farmers most need it, and last month they proclaimed a national emergency.

“Zambia is experiencing the worst drought ever, we have not seen a drought like this for years, we have six million people that are facing difficult food shortages, we have water supply, which is supposed to drive our green energy, 25% of our energy, which is already green, is already being affected.”

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