Thursday, July 07, 2005

RE: Africa Simama!

Kwa vile dadangu Cowi ametamka mambo yanayo tuhusisha sote, ningependa kumuunga mkono. Huko peke yako mama, kwa vile hata mimi nimesimama nakuwasikiza wanakenya wenzangu wakilalamika eti mambo ni mabaya, na wao wenyewe hawafanyi jambo lolote la kuimarisha hali yao. Kazi yao nikulalamika bure, na mmoja wao anapojaza titi, na kujimudu, wako hapo papo kumkata chini.
ok that was a phase, but the days of insha didnt pass by just like that. Ifeel the pain, especially with this G8 thing going on. My learned brother tells me that kenya was not eligible for debt relief merely because we don't fall into that category. Trust the African mind to politisize everything..from a famous American line" it's coz we're black!"
lets not stand by and just critic things without offering a solution. We're good at that, we take comfort in our comfort zones of hopelessness, helplessness. The Japs realized that no one was gonna give them any favors after WW2, so they got their sh*t together. Can't we do the same?
Ok, about G8 i believe our arguement holds some water. We should reinforce it with wat Hon.Kituyi said the other day. We should press these Big Boys to stop unfair trade practices and level the playing field. Some of the taxes they impose on our produce, yet granting their stuff benefits and shieding their markets is not ethical, even after claiming that theirs are globalized economies.am just pissed to the bone!
but we have to style up too. for example, 40% of our coffee and tea produce is wasted due to poor packaging. This is compounded by the fact that eg. the Brits only buy the high grade unbranded stuff, which they promptly package and brand 'English Breakfast Coffee'. This is the real stuff that we gotta fight.

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