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Gaddafi declared ‘King of Africa' by Kenyan elders
Lybia's ruler Muammah Gaddafi on Friday enjoyed a cheap glory-boost when Community elders from Kenya landed in Lybia's capital Tripoli to crown him 'King of Africa'.
The poverty-stricken elders who were airlifted from Nairobi and enjoyed an air -flight for the first time at Gaddafi's expense, declared Lybia's ruler the King of Africa, during a ceremony in a traditional tent at the leader's farm. An Imbongi who ran with a water-smeared feather-brush shook the traditional object on Gaddafi several times declaring him ‘The King of Africa'.
Receiving the crown of 'Kingship', Gaddafi sits still surrounded by Kenya's elders
However apart from Kenya, no other country was represented.
Speaking shortly after the ceremony, Gaddafi, a Robert Mugabe ally, made his voice even louder on his vision for a unified Africa:
"We must have a defence minister for Africa. We must have one African army to defend Africa," he said.
Gaddafi also suggested that problems such as Kenya's post election violence and the war problems in Sudan could be avoided if Africa united as one.
Assuring the world that this was an ‘authentic' crowning ceremony, a leader of the elders' committee said:
"The elders are respected in the grassroots and some of them a right deep down where even some of the MPs cannot reach… " the chairman of the elders' committee, Paul Kamlesh Pattni quoted by Eye Witness News said.
At the time of writing a comment from the Zimbabwean government or its committee of chiefs could not be obtained. South Africa has distanced itself from Gaddafi's calls for a continental government. (ZimEye, Zimbabwe)
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