Lolest! wrote:
My point is on land expropriation only. Not looting & tribalism and keeping a beard, length of rule,sale of ivory, love for beer, philandering or any other thing we may want to compare these three.
It's clear who is like the other in expropriation
Putting Mandela and Kenyatta in the same sentence when it comes to land expropriation is a crime.
There is a New York Times article that enscapsulates how kenyatta dealt with the issue of land. I am copying texts verbatim from that article:
1. Mr. Kenyatta wanted to sell the British settler lands to Kenyans of means, and to concentrate political power in the presidency.
2. Mr. Kenyatta set up a buyback scheme, which meant the land “went more or less to the political elites,”
3. Mr. Kenyatta brokered land deals that benefited his fellow Kikuyus, and his own family.
4. His government blocked repeated efforts by Parliament to limit land ownership,
5. His family amassed vast tracts of land, tea and coffee plantations, and stakes in ruby mines, among other riches, according to a 1978 dossier that the C.I.A. declassified last year.
So now I am seeking clarification as you requested. How exactly are Mandela and Kenyatta similar in terms of land expropriation?