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African leaders should borrow leaf from New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Ardern has announced that she would not be seeking re-election in this year’s election, citing that she no longer has ‘enough in the tank’ to do justice to the job.

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Running on empty • New Zealand Premier Jacinda Ardern, 42, will not be running for re-election as she feels “she no longer has enough fuel in the tank to do justice to the job”, notes John Mukiri. “In Kenya and Africa, we have octogenarians and septuagenarians masquerading as leaders. Can’t they learn from the New Zealander or do they just want to continue on empty tanks?” His contact is [email protected].

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