giraffe Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/giraffe/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 giraffe Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/giraffe/ 32 32 Political leaders replaced by animals on Kenya’s new coins https://jjcornish.com/2018/12/political-leaders-replaced-by-animals-on-kenyas-new-coins/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/12/political-leaders-replaced-by-animals-on-kenyas-new-coins/ Kenya’s replaced the likenesses of former political leaders with animals on its newly-minted coins. President Uhuru Kenyatta says this shows his country has a come a long way. ends intro The Kenyan decision is an attempt to prevent the glorification of political leaders. Previous coins bore the likenesses of ex-rulers Joma Kenyatta, Daniel Arap Moi […]

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President Uhuru Kenyatta says this shows his country has a come a long way.

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The Kenyan decision is an attempt to prevent the glorification of political leaders.

Previous coins bore the likenesses of ex-rulers Joma Kenyatta, Daniel Arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki.

All three also had their images printed on banknotes during their rule.

Many Kenyans felt this was an attempt by the leaders to promote themselves and the cult of the personality

New coins have at their heads lions, elephants, giraffes and rhinos.

Hailing what he calls this big change is President Uhuru Kenyatta who has promised never to have his picture on Kenya’s currency. 

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