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The nurture of democracy and our role in ensuring rule of law

Africa is not failing in democracy because Africans do not want democracy. [iStockphoto]

Democracy is a lot of hard work. We have to nurture it. The winning of an election and acquisition of office are not the nurturing of democracy.

Democracy is not an event every five years. It is a process over those five years. Successively. Democracy is brought into the lives of citizens by structured good governance.

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