On Wednesday, Kenyatta, Kenya's president from 2013 to 2022, addressed regional leaders at the East Africa Region Global Health Security Summit in Mombasa, Kenya. The center is affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
In his remarks, which touched on the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as the coronavirus, he called out leaders for "crying" about Trump's global medical aid freeze.
"I saw some people the other day crying that Trump has removed funding. He is not giving us any more money," he said, asking, "Why are you crying? It is not your government; it is not your country. He has no reason to give you anything. You don't pay taxes in America. He's appealing to his people."
Kenyatta called Trump's move a "wake-up call" for African leaders to reflect and consider: "Okay, what are we going to do to help ourselves?" He added that African governments should better manage their funds and not rely on others, saying, "Nobody is going to continue holding out a hand there to give you. It is time for us to use our resources for the right things. We are the ones who are using them for the wrong things."
Dozens of senior officials with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were placed on administrative leave earlier this week.
WEST AFRICAN IMMIGRANT CALLS OUT ILHAN OMAR AT TRUMP RALLY: AMERICA GAVE HER EVERYTHING AND SHE SPAT ON IT
A West African immigrant stood up at a Trump rally in Kentucky and delivered a blunt message that cut through the usual noise. He said he is an immigrant who came here and is grateful. He called Ilhan Omar’s behavior in America unacceptable. He said she needs to apologize to the president. He noted that immigrants should run toward the country that gave them opportunity, not against it.
Omar arrived in the United States in 1995 at age 12 as a refugee from Somalia. She became a citizen in 2000. Federal investigators are now examining whether she or her family lied or omitted key information on immigration paperwork during that process. Agents recently searched her Washington-area home and seized her phone and passport. A federal grand jury in Minnesota is reviewing the case.
The contrast is straightforward. One immigrant at the rally expressed gratitude for the opportunities America ...
