Zungu, heshima mbele, nadhani you are missing a point. Unataka kuassume kwamba misaada inakuja kwa nia njema ya kumkombaa mwafrika au any other beneficiary for that matter. Unasahau politics behind AID. Unasahau kwamba AID ni source of employment and income for western countries.... in 2006, Gordon Brown akiwa Chancellor aliulizwa New York na mwandishi....what will the West do to counter China`s Influence in Africa which gives "free money" without conditions. Brown was candid: "ITS STRATEGIC AND MORALLY IMPERATIVE FOR THE WEST TO CONTINUE TO GIVE AID TO AFRICA IRRESPECTIVE OF THE WAY AID IS USED". So, your argument would hold, kama AID ingekuwa inatolewa kwa kufuata priorities za wapokeaji. SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT. Kamaforeign secretary..interest yake ni gender issues na human rights...most of the money will be in that area.....yet you ask...hiyo gender huko western countries ilianza lini..jibu unalo.
Precisely, Iam not blaming the West for our failures, rather, Iam blaming them for double standards, of using AID as weapon of undermining our efforts. Yes, Brahimi, argued Kofi Annan to rethink their strategies..Yet, in the era of google UN is simply powerless...because who pays the bill calls the shots! Leo ukienda Afghanistan, utaona kabisa kwamba western countries they give with right hand and take with left hand. Kagame is right, Africa needs trade and not AID. Let me ask, why is that all important ECONOMIC systems zimeshikiliwa na western countries..at the expense of other countries...talk of multilateralism..today all serious institutions like WTO, IMF and World Bank..are not even part of the UN system so to speak..their policies are shaped by western countries....while at the UN in New York..diplomats talk about refugees and hungry people..in WTO..people talk on how global trade should be shaped.
Sorry Zungu, but I have the feeling that, you just like some of us, are simply apologists of the current status quo. Kutumia arguments ya International Journals..its a weakest link. Tatizo tumeshakuwa brainwashed na hii western system. Huwezi kuniambia eti somebody in Brussels or in Paris knows our problems better than WE. Its an INSULT. What Dambisa says, is..lets try something new.... huko magharibi kuna hii kitu wanaita charity fundraising (I hate it so much)..eti wana-raise hela ya kununua vyandarua..yet..no body is thinking kutafuta solution ya chanzo cha mbu. Hebu niambie Kikwete anaenda New York anapewa vyandarua million tano..anakuja amefurahi..kwa mtoto wa mkulima kama Masanja..will naturally ask..Mr, President..ar you serious? what will happen hivyo vyandarua vikichanika? utarudi kuomba vingine New York au itakuwaje?
Tatizo la Africa ni sisi wasomi..we are too theoretical to address REAL problems of our people. Hivi hiyo academic Journal hata kama utaiandika..nani ataitumia?..zaidi ya kutumika kama elimu ya nadharia KWA WAZUNGU KUJIFUNZA KUHUSU Africa (maana our students hardly have access to the Lexis, Heinonline etc..)! Africa we are doomed even by the kind of education we get...we dont get a necessary education ya kuaddress matatizo yetu. Tunajidanganya eti we are one world..forgeting that..sisi matatizo yetu ni unique and they need unique solutions. No country EVER followed the Western prescription ever made it. Indeed, the BIGGEST MISTAKE WE TEND TO MAKE IS TO THINK AFRICA AS AN INCOMPLETE VERSION OF THE DEVELOPED WORLD! Yet we are still grappling na matatizo wenzetu waliyoyapitia miaka mia mbili nyuma! China is the living example. They have their own style of democracy, economy and alike..it doesnt bother them what the Human Rights WATCH or Amnesty International will say! And see where they are. Narudia tena, Africa is the only CONTINENT which has been condemned to develop while democratizing. Yet even these western countries NEVER did that!Na ukiangalia kwa ukaribu..utagundua kwa nini..ASIA imepata some decent progress kiuchumi....walikataa hii train ya western concept za human rights and democracy.
Chukulia mfano mdogo wa hizi so called MDGs za UN...every body in the donor world is taking about MDGs..but is it something new? probably not! Nyerere alianzisha MDGs zake miaka hiyoo......wengi hawajazaliwa humu..alijua umuhimu wa elimu ya msingi kutolewa bure, afya ya mama na mtoto, elimu ya watu wazima, maji safi na salama..etcs....what happened? hawa hawa donors..ndo walimshukia wakamyima hela....kwamba huwezi toa huduma bure..well Nyerere as a lone ranger had no alternative..lakini..today we are getting the same thing Nyerere did..albeit in the name of MDGs! Upuuzi wa namna hii tunaofanyiwa ni mwingi!
So wait a minute, I am not blaming anybody for our predicaments...rather I say...we should be supported in our priorities.....hii tendency ya ku-co-opt elites wachache na kuwapa feelings kwamba na wao ni wazungu kwa kuwapa mishahara mikubwa kama experts..ndo inawafanya wasaliti hata raia wenzao..dont forget..Chenge is Harvard Graduate, Membe is John Hopkins alum, Ndullu is a Northwestern alum..nk...tatizo la waafrika ni too theoretical! Perhaps we need a new era of an education reflecting our needs na siyo hizi mentalities za Yale or Harvard Journals..ambazo hata watu wetu hawana access nazo.