Lest Kenyans get immersed in juvenile patriotism, basic facts need be highlighted. The US is the world’s sole political, economic and military superpower and will be so for the next 50 years at the minimum. Kenya’s GDP is about $19 billion, equal to the net worth of Michael Bloomberg, New York’s mayor, whilst US’s is $14 trillion! Our economy is less than 0.1 per cent of US.The IMF and the World Bank, the world’s multi-lateral finance and monetary institutions, are under the control of Washington and London. UN and its organs dance to Washington’s drum-beat. Standing up to Washington is pyrrhic chest-thumping. Zimbabwe was Africa’s bread basket with the best farms and roads in Africa and rich mineral resources.
