DEAR ARSENAL:Arsenal, Say No To Kagame. Reject Rwanda’s Money. Rwandans Need It More Than You Do. Open Letter to Sir Chips Keswick, Chairman, Arsenal Football Club
COPIED FROM Dr. Himbara David Dear Sir Chips Keswick, permit me to firstly congratulate you for running a highly successful football club, Arsenal. Your club is impressive by all indications. According to your 2017 Financial statement, Arsenal’s assets stand at US$892 Million (£670 Million). Add caption Forbes valued Arsenal at US$1.9 Billion (£1.5 Billion) as of 2017. Arsenal’s assets nearly match Rwanda’s annual budget which was US$2.3 Billion in 2017/2018. There can be no doubt that Arsenal is a highly successful enterprise — which brings me to my point that taking money from such a poor country is not right. Sir Chips Keswick, I am writing you this letter, as the Chairman of Arsenal, about what most reasonable people would consider a terrible mistake on your team’s part. Evidently, you just signed with the government of Rwanda a three-year US$39 Million sponsorship deal. For this money, your team will wear a ”Visit Rwanda” logo on their sleeves. THIS RWANDAN FAMI