Disappointed with the political leadership and economic systems of Africa and had embarked on journeys to foreign lands to seek better living conditions there.
Rev Dr Mwombeki said though the youth were right to move out to seek a better life in places that had better jobs and living conditions, the AACC thought otherwise to sensitise them to stay and help develop the continent.
He said the AACC wanted to create a platform where young Africans would meet “and think about Africa in the spirit of the early leaders of Africa on the continent.”
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That, when founding fathers first “met in 1945 as students in England, Manchester and they decided we wanted independence, we appreciate where did they get that audacity.”
Rev Dr Mwombeki said all countries in Africa were under colonialism but the students were resolved to lead an independent Africa “and within 15 years, African countries began to attain independent.”
“That audacity, that courage, that patriotism which made them come back and suffer, and go to jail in other to bring independence, that spirit of patriotism is the one in which we want to encourage and provide a platform that the young people themselves can encourage and inspire each other,” he stated.
The All Africa Christian Conference, also known as the All Africa Conference of Churches was formed in April 1963 during the second meeting of the Assembly of Churches of Africa held in Kampala, Uganda.
That, AACC which was established almost at the same time as the then Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now African Union (AU), had the same aim of liberating Africa — working for political independence and later economic independence.
