Very nice post! The minute you let someone else dictate, not advise, dictate for you what is morally right or wrong, you have already lost that battle coz they would never tolerate you telling them how to live their lives. I never knew the true meaning of backstabbing until I dealt with people from the western hemisphere. I think part of the reason they think Africans can reason at a 5 year olds level is because they cannot understand how Africans are so gullible and dont see the backstabbing, while they on the other hand are normally on their toes ready for it. What they miss is that for the most part, Africans are straight forward and wear their emotions on their sleeves, they on the other hand believe in concealing the cards that you hold. So im sure there's some NGO heads somewhere laughing about how it took Africans over 10 years to unveil this NGO scam.Its pretty inhumane to benefit off the poverty and misery of other people, how do you sleep at night knowing 80% of the NGO money goes to benefit your exorbitant lifestlye? If they were truly out to save the world, why cant they live like Mother Teresa? Why do they travel half way around the world when there are just as many poor, homeless and starving people in their home countries?

I don't buy into this "dog ate my homework" excuses to try and explain our misery. Bottom line is the mzungu has as much right to be selfish as we africans, they also have a right to act in their self interest including hoodwinking us to believe that they are trying to help us.

It is our responsibility as africans to act in our interests and do whatever it takes to succeed, if we can't then too bad.

@Obi, bravo. To @Nabwire and the ilk, i think yours as much as it is true,you miss the point,the solution. And that is what @ Obi is trying to explain.
In short we should all be selfish. The mzungu and the African. But what does the African do, he gets lazy and greedy. He wants to invest 1$ and reap 100$. How is that possible?
The mzungu is "smart" and selfish,the African is "lazy" and greedy.

The solution is therefore not to hate the mzungu and his ways,but to be smart and selfish.

A good example is USAid and the malaria program it was running. Where did the money go? The Africans working there [i personally know several], got "lazy" and greedy. Colluded with some wazungus and they "ate" the funds. How then do you blame the mzungu?

"Wajinga ndio waliuwawa". Its our stupidity killing us, not the mzungus wits.

There is an election coming here,have you been following the debates? How many are using their minds in their choice of the next leader? How can you use emotion where a functioning brain is needed and expect to come out better?

Tuache ujinga na tutatoboa. Otherwise the mzungu has just an easy target,why blame him? Why do you think the mzungu doesn't pull the same on most of the Asian countries? It's because they are smart and selfish.

You know what I give up!! Honestly the next time a mzungu calls you ignorant or inferior to him, please bow down and accept, coz thats essentially what you are doing here. No one has answered my question of why isnt the African allowed to set up NGOs and keep 80% of the proceeds? One thing I will admire about Westerners is they dont have this defeatist mentality that most of you have, they will never say since X is exploiting us, why not let Y exploit us too? They will fight to the death to keep their dignity. Do you not see anything wrong with using images of starving children to collect money and build yourself a mansion? Sigiriri define Escapism, coz what you are advocating is actually escapist. They are taking 80%, lets bury our heads in the sand and just accept the 20%. At this rate and with this kind of thinking, Africa will be recolonized again, oh wait, it already is, grow a spine!!