Dear Africans they are already trying to cut you off the use of AI.
Soon you will see western based AI restricting African regions.
They don't want you to benefit from the AI buzz and economy that is approaching.
If the Western world cuts you off their products like they did with payment infrastructures and made Paypal ban us and then try to sneak back in to our market, adopt Chinese-made AI infrastructure.
There are many Chinese AI that are up to per and some better than their western counterparts leverage them.
They have started the smear campaign already.
Soon they will start restrictions. Pivot to Chinese made AI models now and compete.
Black/African people, please learn the genetic advantages of your skin colour. Your skin is a great blessing from God. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Kenya needs a new moral universe if it wants liberation. And I'm sorry, #Katiba2010 cannot give us that. The Katiba helped us tame the state, but we should be using that space to reconstruct a new moral universe on which we can build a new political economy. We are wasting so much time following politicians and bureaucrats to implement the Katiba properly. But the politicians are deliberately keeping us busy with their theatrics so that we don't have time to think and innovate.
One idea that has to go is that it is the role of "good" leaders or "relevant" education to "bring" development. We all have to build this country. If we go into 2027 telling politicians "show us what you can do for us," it won't matter if we ask for decent things like roads, hospitals, schools, etc. We will still be singing "wantam" even to Ruto's replacement.
The idea of leadership as bringing development came from the figure of the colonial district commissioner. The colonial DO, and now chief and county commissioner, are everything: marriage counselors, police, teachers, development partners, etc. Meaning that our economy doesn't work.
And the problem with that model of the all-knowing local government official was that they didn't connect the local economy to the national one. One DO will build a road, next DO won't complete it, and instead build latrines for all primary schools. And colonial DOs used to decide on "development" projects based on their fancies, not on the needs of the natives or projections into the future. In fact, after the WWII, colonial officers moved from "helping the natives" to fighting change and innovation in Africa. A legacy which our civil service does to this day.
We have remained colonized in our reserves, even if we now call them counties. One day we're praising pigs in one county, next day clean streets in another county, but if you ask any Kenyan, we don't understand that camel rearing in Marsabit, livestock keeping in Samburu, fishing in Homa Bay or farming in Taita must all be connected to each other. There has to be a coherent story we're telling about our economy that puts the people at the centre, not government officials and elected leaders.
The biggest problem of Kenya is that serikali ndiyo mama na baba. The state is still our source of capital, social legitimacy and mobility. As long as that remains, we'll be back to singing wantam after the 2027 elections to Kasongo's successor.
Speaking during a development cooperation conference in Sweden, former CBK Governor Njuguna Ndung'u said Kenya's President has overrun state institutions, leaving officials to comply out of fear.