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n case you did not know before, be what happens in the African countries where
aware now that much of our world is they send their foreign aid and it’s about
Iruled by parasitic systems that prey on time we stop that. So instead of African
the need and lack of others to enrich those leaders stealing and stashing their countries’
behind those systems. resources in foreign banks, they should use
it for their people and stop depending on aid
We have shared dozens of articles over from the US.
the years in this magazine pointing at the
various ways in which multinationals and A Facebook post was made by Mohammed
the so-called NGOs prey on the gullibility Hersi from Mombasa, speaking about Trump
of Africans and get away with it. The recent pulling out of the WHO. He says:
Trump announcement to defund or stop aid Trump pulling USA out of WHO. Not good
to Africa and also to pull out of WHO has news at all.
blown the lid off the rottenness that has been
going on for decades. Probable effects on Kenya and many other
countries. Sectors that are bound to feel the
A short while back, one of our very good heat.
friends in the US sent us a video talking
about the Trump issue, I was the one that 1. Real estate, those blue zone homes
got the email, so my response was simple. I occupied by NGOs funded by US Aid.
wrote back to him: Westlands. Runda +++
2. Hotels and Resorts, we host many
Yes, we saw the news and even though on conference business including business
the surface the new policy of cutting aid to travel.
Africa has its challenges, we also believe it 3. Aviation, ticketing
has its good side. I will give two examples. 4. Transport, vehicles on lease & fuel for
First, now at least those organizations who those vehicles
are using the so-called US aid as funding 5. Schools, unemployed parents esp ex-pats
for creating terror organizations that are who have to return home will have to pull out
creating chaos and instability in Africa will their kids from the international schools
be defunded to sort extent. And that is a good 6. Suppliers to all the organisations that were
thing. being funded by USA
7. Health, loads of programme worst will be
Secondly, it’s about time Africans and HIV support system. ARVs for adults and
African nations stand on their own and take also the young ones born with the virus
care of their people without foreign aid that 8. Polio may sneak back into the system
compromises local policies. You know the unrolling all the gains
old saying, he who pays the piper dictates the 9. Marburg and other viruses are happy since
tune. America has for years been dictating there will be no funds to tackle them
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