I am with you 99.9% on this.... Kenya should never look back and should never think of going back to the west... if anything, we should look to improving ourselves so much that we can actually start tendering for projects in other poor countries... i believe once we are done with our 2030 vision, we shall be in a position to..

however, unfortunate as it may sound, kenya has to continue paying back the loans.... if you take up a loan and drink all of it and die in the process, guess who's gonna pay for your loan, yes, you kids and wife! the whole generation if that what it calls for.... unfortunately..... but your obligations do not disappear when you do, they are carried over to the next of kin unless you didnt have one.... sovereign debts are worse!

..... My point of view, I think we need to see the Chinease as who they're, the problem is that we're so blinded by all the investment they're currently doing, first, most of the chinease aid are in form of long term loans which favors China and the ruling class, Chinease will pay kickbacks to the ruling class just to get a contract and if you have to pay kickbacks to get a contract then that is a bad contrac. china do not care about Wanjikus unlike the West. When Kenya was burning in 2007 China would have supplied the Guns to kill the people if there was a need.

Note that it is China's ruling class best interest to aggressively invest in order to keep a double digit growth. Remember that Chinease Economy depend on sustaining a double digit growth because of a few reasons, one is to keep unemployment at below 5%. Currently China is fighting rising inflation which is at 6.5% and also fighting unsustainable currency pegging which, if allowed to appreciate, is going to be devastating for China( manufacturing jobs account fo 150 million to 200 million jobs).We do know that when it comes to economic policy, the primary calculation is always based on what is needed to enhance regime security at the expense of China Wanjikus.

So for us to think China is a better bet is just to be naive in order to get a fair deal with China, strong government is needed but with current governments in Africa China is exploiting Africa more than any other coloniolist has ever done!

Lastly, China has close to Zero technology at the moment, their economy depend entirely on low skill manufacturing and dumping low quality products in developing countries!

The West is becoming the largest 'owners' of the East. They went in as financial institutions & advisors & are now playing around the volcker rule. Ask yourself why the first contagion shocks of the Greece debacle are being felt in Asia more, even with China's stringent ownership rules day in day out western financial institutions are opening up shop in HK, why wars always take place in resource rich countries that are strategic to the west & Eastern countries firms are always the first to get kicked out by the 'newly installed regimes'. The reality is the East will always still bow to the West & there should countries that bring 'sanity & democracy' to the table or bad governance & corruption will always rule.

YES!!

I am appalled by this kind of thinking!! Why do we need anyone to save us? Over 200 years post slaverly and 43 years post colonialism, we are debating who is a "better" slave master?

I think Kenyans need to kill this mentality and believe in themselves more. It needs to start at an early age. We subconsciously teach our children to become slaves right from birth. Our names, school system, food, our hair , religion and language all glorify the white man. How then are our children supposed to shed this slave mentality? How are they expected to believe nothing is immpossible?

East or west cannot save us, only we can save ourselves. And more importantly Jesus or religion will not save anyone!! One must make a choice, to have a better life or wallow in poverty.