Kenyan Professor of Law Patrick Lumumba says the tragedy of Africa is that the current crop of politicians see politics as an avenue of gaining material wealth. And Lumumba says “as long as you have politicians whose preoccupation is winning the next election, then you are in trouble”. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV’s Costa programme, Prof Lumumba said late Dr Kenneth Kaunda did not focus on amassing wealth compared to other politicians as seen from the record. “Kenneth David Kaunda when he died, records even when they may differ, show that he had no more than the equivalent of US$8,000 in his account. He had no home outside of Africa. Compare Kenneth David Kaunda with any of your...

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