Things Many Don’t Know About Nigerian Kemi Badenoch New Leader Of Conservative Party, UK

As many are celebrating her exceptional brilliance, some are of the opinion that she is being used by the powers that be in England. Kemi is not the normal black woman who one will think that, she will uphold the black beliefs or their pursuit.

In the past with many video evidences, Kemi has come out to criticize those who are seeking reparation from the ‘whites’, especially the English for slave-trade, she called it ‘a scam’ that nobody should fall for it. Her beliefs are far different and she’s on her own pedestal, though she won the leadership contest of the Conservative Party and her comments may some how inspire hope her believers.

“It’s an honor and a privilege to have been elected to lead our great Conservative Party. A Party that I love, that has given me so much.

I’d also like to pay tribute to Robert Jenrick who fought a great campaign. I have no doubt he will have a key role to play in our Party for many years to come.

Thank you to all the members who have put their faith in me.

It’s time to get down to business.
It’s time to renew.”

Important biography about Kemi Badenoch:

Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch, born 2 January 1980) is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party. The first black person to hold those offices, she previously served in the Cabinet under Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak from 2022 to 2024. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Essex since 2024, and previously for Saffron Walden from 2017 to 2024.

In 2012 Badenoch unsuccessfully contested a seat in the London Assembly, but became a member of the London Assembly after Victoria Borwick was elected as an MP in 2015. A supporter of Brexit in the 2016 referendum, Badenoch was elected to the House of Commons at the 2017 general election. After Boris Johnson became prime minister in July 2019, Badenoch was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families. In the February 2020 reshuffle she was appointed Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities. In September 2021 she was promoted to Minister of State for Equalities and appointed Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities.

In July 2022, Badenoch resigned from government in protest at Johnson’s leadership; she stood unsuccessfully to replace him in the July–September 2022 party leadership election. After Liz Truss was appointed prime minister in September 2022, Badenoch was appointed Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade and was appointed to the Privy Council; she was reappointed Trade Secretary by Truss’s successor, Rishi Sunak, the following month, also becoming Minister for Women and Equalities.

In the February 2023 Cabinet reshuffle, Badenoch assumed the position of Secretary of State for Business and Trade following the merging of the Department for International Trade with elements of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Badenoch retained the responsibilities of Women and Equalities Minister. After the Conservatives’ defeat in the 2024 general election, Badenoch was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in Sunak’s Shadow Cabinet and later launched her bid to become leader of the Conservative Party in the 2024 leadership election. She defeated Robert Jenrick in the members’ ballot, becoming party leader and Leader of the Opposition.

Badenoch is an “anti-woke” politician, and she aligns with the right wing. On race, she rebukes the left’s stance on systemic racism and opposes teaching critical race theory in schools. Regarding immigration, Badenoch advocates integration centred on British culture. On the UK’s colonial legacy, she argues there were both negative and positive aspects. Badenoch is for maintaining single-sex spaces and opposing self-ID laws for trans individuals. In 2024, she was accused of bullying while responsible for the Department for Business and Trade.