According to your website, it was 25 months in 2008, and that's an increase of maybe 2.3%.
I want to go over some figures with you for Accra, Cairo, Nairobi, Pretoria, Rabat, Kingston, Jamaica, and Port-au-Prince. Accra went from 18 months to 20 months. That's an 11% increase. Cairo went from seven months to 11 months, which is a 57% increase. Nairobi we talked about. Pretoria went from 10 months to 12 months, which is a 20% increase. Rabat went from seven months to 10 months, which is a 42% increase. Kingston, Jamaica, went from eight months to 14 months, which is a 75% increase. Port-au-Prince went from 16 months to 18 months, a 12.5% increase. That's for spouses.
I want to also talk to you about dependent children. Accra went from 17 months to 22 months. That's a 29% increase. Nairobi went from 19 months to 33 months, which is an increase of 73.68%. Pretoria went from seven months to 15 months, a 114.28% increase. Kingston went from six months to nine months, a 50% increase. All these folks I'm talking about are immigrants who are coming to Canada from a particular background: African.
Why are they taking longer than other posts?