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Time for a History Class. 1. Egypt initiated industrial development at the same time as America's New England, but was barred from that course by British force. 2. India produced as much iron as as all of Europe in the late 18th Century. India was de-industrialized through Colonization and Tarrifs to create a Level Playing Field 3. The defiance of orthodox economic precepts was a condition for the Japanese miracle. 4. Kenya’s textile industry collapsed in 1994 when the Clinton administration imposed a quota, barring the path to development that has been followed by every industrial country. 5. According to the “rotten apple theory” advanced by Western planners, countries that develop too fast are threats because they can create a domino effect of good examples to sleeping countries. You say resources? Indochina is pretty big with resources. Eisenhower and his advisers feared that if Indochina achieved independence and justice, the people of Thailand and Indonesia would emulate it, and by then a significant “advantage” over the Grand Area would be lost. 6. The Marshall Plan aid was tied to purchase of US agricultural products, part of the reason why the US share in world trade in grains increased from less than 10 percent before the war to more than half by 1950. 7. United Fruit Company's exploitation of Central and South American countries ultimately led to the term "Banana Republics". This was a case of economic imperialism, where the United States effectively controlled and manipulated the economies of these countries, preventing them from achieving self-sufficiency and development. 8. The Case of Oil. The U.S. and U.K. propped up autocratic regimes, like Saudi Arabia and Iran under the Shah, to ensure access to oil. This led to a lack of economic and political self-determination for these nations. After 150+ years of protectionism and violence, Western Countries became what they are. Quick question. What is a Rich Country? Is Africa really poor?

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Yes, I agree with you on that point. However, I strongly advise outsourcing them from West Africa, India, Italy, or Australia. Kenyan architects are fraudulent they lack passion for their craft, zero creativity; for them, it's purely about money and how to milk you dry.

I wonder why we stopped being intentional about the way our backyards are designed

Ukipata pesa, please get an architect to design your home. Take your time to research too

Let me tell you how it happened. Nigeria’s ginger export hit zero from N26 billion within 3 years. The official story blames fungal blight. But here is what actually happened. When Nigerian farmers lost their indigenous seed supply, grant-aided interventions arrived with replacement seeds. An associate professor at Lagos Business School flagged publicly that some of those interventions involved GMO organisms that weakened indigenous crops and compromised soil health. That is not a conspiracy theory because it is a documented academic concern. Now that Nigeria spoke got destroyed by the GMO seedlings….what is not the result? Nigeria was forced to import ginger from China to fill domestic demand. Chinese ginger has none of the pungency, oleoresin content, or quality that made Nigerian ginger a global premium product. And the ginger now sitting in Nigerian markets tastes like wood because it essentially is wood. The two indigenous varieties that built Nigeria’s global ginger reputation, the Tafin Giwa and Yatsun Biri, had decades of soil relationship and quality built into them. Once the soil was degraded and those seed varieties were displaced, the product that returned was a pale imitation. Nigeria did not just lose a market. It lost a seed. And without a National Ginger Seed Bank, which nobody has built, it may never fully get it back.

Tax experts - correct me if I am wrong, but this is what I understand KRA’s proposal in the finance bill 2026 to be. Assume I made revenue of 100,000 All my costs are 80,000. My net profit is this 20,000. KRA at present expects 30% of this as corporate tax. Leaving me with 14,000. I can pull that out as dividends, at which point KRA will tax me. Or, I can plough it back into the business. KRA’s proposal is to TAX at MINIMUM 60% of this, the ceiling being at the discretion of the commissioner general. This makes absolutely NO SENSE to me. Not only are you punishing reinvestment, you are hitting hard new businesses that are the most likely to reinvest their profits, not to mention businesses that are growing organically. In what universe is this a rational policy move?