Africa: Mudavadi, Mbadi Back Increased African Funding to Reduce AU’s Reliance On Donors

Nairobi — Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi have backed a new financing framework to reduce the African Union’s dependence on external donors and strengthen its financial independence.

The two Cabinet Secretaries said African countries must take greater responsibility for funding the continental body’s operations and development programmes amid declining predictability of foreign aid, rising public debt and growing global economic uncertainty.