Our country needs a strong space force developed predominantly with indigenous knowledge sooner rather than later. Taking the next five years may be more costly than most of us can imagine.

If we think about it, creation of new markets and the cyberspace infrastructure needed are perhaps Kenya's best hopes for a decent social and economic life of her citizens. This key economic feature is vulnerable in an international system that is more 'sovereignty' based than 'rule based' - where we can be sure that even global powers won't exploit our weaknesses.

A good example is provided when we think about how satellites and remote sensing have been used to identify resources in our otherwise backward countries. Such information advantages will certainly not be used benignly by other states.

Therefore, we can't wait to develop a space force as soon as is possible. Space based technologies will even help us to consolidate the country. Investors in wazua, please consider how we can fund an indigenous space research and development complex, and ways with which we can influence policies and laws that will ensure these ideas take off.

Both crafts can do. The latter craft will be for the intelligence challenged who come up with such questions.

We are already there. There are corporations that can help us to deliver SLAVS (Space Launched Aerial Vehicles) to orbits of choice. Our work could be to design and make to our specification. We may not need a space craft.

Anyway, about witchcraft: if African traditional science is witchcraft then umelost jakabuda. It is African traditional science that we can run to in a chaotic global environment. Besides, emusambwa and juogi are there and I am sure many of us are suppressors... But freedom si nikufungua roho?