Decolonizing the mind

The British ambassador has no right to abuse an elected Kenyan government whatsoever (Pambazuka News 167). Britain as a former colonial master continues to exploit Kenyans unprecedently. The purported UK foreign aid to Kenya is less than ten per cent of UK profits repatriated from Kenya every year. No sane journalist will dare to expose these statistics. Instead a lie is perpetuated about a caring and benevolent master at the expense of African dignity.

If UK is such a caring development partner why have the atrocities committed against the people in the war of independence not been acknowledged and reparations made? Are Jews special human beings to have been compensated for the Nazi genocide as Africans wallow in self-hating indignities? Does Kay thinks Kenyans have forgotten about the Hola massacre? Where was Kay when Moi looted the nation's coffers clean? Where was Kay when Moi closed Kikuyu ran banks so that UK banks could flourish?

When Kibaki tries to return the economy to the people, the exploiters jump with 'clean shovels' to the amusement of the 'fickle minded African journalists'. It takes only the courage of a few to change the world. Without the sacrifice of Mau Mau, many of Kay supporters would still be licking the boots of their masters. Thank God Kenyans no longer need to read what their journalists write to be informed. Lets learn to access and analyse information on our own initiative. Politics of ethnic divide and rule will continue to be used to divide 'less informed' Africans. Remember the British propped up KADU at independence so that they could have their way in Kenya.