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| Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta urges Africa to give up aid | Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta urges Africa to give up aid |
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| Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged fellow African leaders to stop receiving foreign aid, saying it is not an acceptable basis for prosperity. | Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged fellow African leaders to stop receiving foreign aid, saying it is not an acceptable basis for prosperity. |
| "Dependency on giving that only appears to be charitable must end," he said in a tweet ahead of this weekend's African Union summit in South Africa. | "Dependency on giving that only appears to be charitable must end," he said in a tweet ahead of this weekend's African Union summit in South Africa. |
| The BBC's Robert Kiptoo in Kenya says it is not a government policy but a rallying cry for African leaders. | The BBC's Robert Kiptoo in Kenya says it is not a government policy but a rallying cry for African leaders. |
| Aid is believed to account for 5-6% of Kenya's total income. | Aid is believed to account for 5-6% of Kenya's total income. |
| Mr Kenyatta said that foreign aid "often carries terms and conditions that preclude progress". | Mr Kenyatta said that foreign aid "often carries terms and conditions that preclude progress". |
| "It is time to give it up," he wrote. | "It is time to give it up," he wrote. |
| Our correspondent notes that while Kenya does receive a lot of aid, it did survive for four years without foreign assistance after western countries suspended their aid in 1991, to express their anger with then President Daniel arab Moi. | |
| The US, EU and the UK are the biggest donors to Kenya. | |
| Since Mr Kenyatta came to power in 2013, he has had an uneasy relationship with the West. | |
| He was accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of crimes against humanity for allegedly inciting post-election violence in 2008, in which more than 1,200 Kenyans were killed. | |
| But the case was dropped last year after the prosecutor's office said it did have enough evidence to prove his criminal responsibility. | |
| He and other leaders from the continent accused the ICC of bias against Africa. |