The Former Prime Minister Hon Raila Odinga was honoured to be among the head of states who were invited to address the African Union Summit that was held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
Apart from the leaders agreeing to end the prolonged and the menace of terrorism in their countries the leaders joined forces to speak on how they are going to regain the African Heritage.
Kenya’s former Prime Minister Hon. Raila Odinga stated that African descendants had been humiliated for centuries and it was now time for Africa to stand up and say her people wherever they are, are part of this continent and are allowed to come back home. He said this was the beginning of liberating the people of African descent.
The same idea was echoed by President Uhuru Kenyatta.President Uhuru Kenyatta urged African leaders to join him in making 2019 a year that will be remembered by African descendants; the year of renewing engagement with Africa and its diaspora. Speaking during an event he hosted this morning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the Kenyan President appreciated the descendants of slaves who were taken to the Americas in chains, for their unique resilient spirit, saying they had become a great source of strength and hope. In the Spirit of integration, Mr. Kenyatta called for the full participation of Africans in the diaspora as the 6th region of the African Union.
Among the leaders in attendance was President Kaguta Museveni of Uganda who hailed President Uhuru Kenyatta for reviving the Pan-African Spirit by hosting an event to commemorate this Anniversary. Museveni also thanked Kenyatta for building a new framework of engagement between Africans and African descendants in the Americas.
On his part, President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana said he had declared 2019 as the “Year of Return” both to commemorate the resilience of Africans forced into slavery and to encourage their descendants to return home.