It’s disheartening to see Kenya, the regional leader, acting so helpless

Before the cynic in you laughs at official Kenya’s celebrating the billions of dollars offered recently by the US, first remember the character in Nikolai Gogol’s beautiful play, The Government Inspector who, after castigating himself for not being so smart, reminds the laughing audience that they are actually laughing at themselves. 

So, African leaders’ seeking finance solutions from where the problems originated should worry you, if your destiny is here. What you can ask is why seek inspiration from a regular US president today, instead of from the bigger one who was in the White House when many Africans got independence, and who still towers far above any of his 11 successors, John F. Kennedy?