How To Fool and Enslave Africans

By Mwarang'ethe

Some writers and commentators on this blog have asserted that, imperialism as the key factor in the African mess is
over rated. We read these prejudices with a lot of amusement. We do so because, many seem not aware, that, the
first thing imperialists have done in all ages is to ensure the citizens in the imperial centres and the slaves in the
conquered nations are kept stupid and ignorant of the forces at work. This is done through state imposed education,
media, religion and state organised pomp. They do this because, they know, majority of humanity abhor slavery. As
such, the goal is twofold. Firstly, they ensure no guilty feelings are aroused on the part of imperial citizens by
ensuring they never fully realise they are being used to enslave others. Secondly, the enslaved must be kept stupid,
distracted and ignorant that, the corruption, impunity and violence they see around them is just the effect and not
the cause. As such, to fasten delusions and childish fantasies on the slaves, the imperialists fund projects to fight the
effect of that which they engineer. As an example of childish delusions, you may study idlers and noise makers like
PLO Lumumba and their parasitic organisation called KACC.

They succeed brilliantly because; they know from psychology and history this. Men appeal not so much to truth
itself, but, to the prevalent opinion, and are therefore, disposed to treat whatever stands opposed to it, as
necessarily erroneous. The authority, in which men acquiesce, is therefore, that which is present, and to which they
have been accustomed to yield assent. Whatever is opposed to this, and separated from it by distance of time or
space, has no influence on their judgments. So ignorantly kept, the citizens of the imperial centres who get some
crumbs from the table of the imperialists, perpetuate the imperial system by sending well intentioned, but, ill
thought aid to the poor slaves of the conquered nations. By doing so, they vainly deceive themselves very good
people who care about the poor people.

For the slaves in the conquered nations, they see flags dangling in the air, dogs and soldiers marching on
independence days and they vainly imagine they are free. Armed with such false interpretation of what they see,
they form the wrong opinion that, to end the rampant corruption, impunity, famines, etc, the present leaders must
be replaced by better ones with better morals and values. How the present leaders are bad, who should replace
them and how, such nonsense then, as a matter of irrational logic, occupies the minds of slaves every day. To aid in
the process of getting better leaders, lawyers like Koki Muli engage in civic education. Needless to say, well funded
by the imperialists. To crown this modern circus, the UN and the associated bodies send election observers as we see
in Ivory Coast and soon in Libya. This is the prevalent opinion/prejudice, but, is not the truth. In other words, these
elections we see around are nothing, but, a modern circus like that of Middle Ages Italians who had annual practice
of hurling from top to bottom wagonloads of live hogs for the diversion of the populace.

Now, on 5th May, 2011, two things were reported in our pressitute. The DN informed us that: EPZ manufacturers to
sell products domestically once Bill is passed. We mentioned these Special EPZs on 13th May, 2010 in our article:
EPZs and Modern Slavery: Who Shall Tell Wanjiku the Ugly Truth. The other piece of news was a legal circus on the CJ
interviews as we see here.

As one would expect, Kenyans only noticed the useless legal circus led by Mr Abdulahi Ahmednasir. One can
understand Kenyans. It is their desire to have a nation where justice flows like the mighty spring. However, Kenyans
led by these learned fools, are like a florist, whose desire for the flower as the ultimate product, leads him to neglect
the roots and leaves which are intrinsically of greater importance, because, on them, the evolution of the flower
depends. In other words, these learned ignorant lawyers, have never bothered to reflect, is it rational to expect a
good judicial system in a nation of serfs? Woe unto you lawyers!

From the EPZ report, we are told that, when this law is passed, those who operate in the EPZs will be allowed to sell
their products locally. This, we are told by Mr Mathenge Wanderi, the EPZ Chairman during a workshop in Kwale to
sensitise local residents on EPZ opportunities in the region. It is when you read such statements, you are forced to
recall Jesus saying, forgive them Father, for they know not what they do. Reading further, we hear that, the Kenya
Association of Manufacturers is against this idea for it will favour EPZ manufacturers at the expense of other normal
manufacturers. Let us first note this. The EPZ idea is from the World Bank and associated bodies. We agree with
KAM. However, we go further to demonstrate imperialist destructive genius at work.

Firstly, when we set EPZs, we exempt the manufacturers located there, from a lot of taxes/robbery. That is fine.
However, these EPZ people require some common services such as security and good roads. More so, since most of
the manufacturers in the EPZs are foreigners, they are paid abroad by those they manufacture for. This means
therefore, may be only about 10% of the sums involved per each product is ever seen in Kenya. If this is the case, we
ask, who funds the common services these manufacturers expect? The answer is simple. The local manufacturers
and their employees. In other words, through these EPZs, imposed on us by our friends, the poor of the poor of this
earth, subsidise the mega corporations which are the buyers of the EPZs products. As if this was not enough, now,
the plan is to have tax free manufactures compete with those who subsidise them.

And, by the way, why do we need these slave enclaves called the EPZs in the first place? The priests tell us that, we
need them, so as to raise foreign currency. Why do we need so much of these foreign papers? They tell us, to pay
debts and pay for our imports. How do we incur these debts? Well, we incur them to enlarge our slums as we read
here: World Bank approves Sh8.4 billion for infrastructure upgrade. In other words, to connect our own labour
with our own soil, we need dollars. Translated. Americans get a chance to export their engineering and capital goods.
As a consequence, when we get dollars from our coffee, instead of using it to buy industrial goods to modernise our
economy and thereby, ensure the necessary social political reforms which must follow such modernisation, we hand
over the same to the West and keep on importing that we can make ourselves. Why do they do this? The imperialist
know that, by importing raw materials worthy $ 20 billion, they can turn the same into $ 200 billion. At the same
time, our slums as planned by the WB would have expanded for more loans in the future.

Even worse, when we incur these foreign denominated debts, we are further pushed into more EPZs and cash crop
farming at the expense of food crops. Therein, by utilising our best soils for export oriented agriculture, we find
ourselves starving every year. Now, to solve these problems, Professor Calestous Juma has come with a new formula
in his new book: The New Harvest. As one would expect, of a mis educated African, in the service of the Empire, he
presented his findings to the gullible African leaders. Well, we have news for Professor Juma. The imperialists have
already decided to saddle Africans with more debts. Now, using Jumas book as authority, expect more debts which
are nothing, but, alienation of future African labour, i.e. capitalising the blood of the unborn. In other words, Juma is
just another African Trojan horse. The problem is that, when these debts come due, Juma will be long gone and the
Africans slaves who will bear the brunt of the same, will be distracted with usual nonsense like elections, new
constitutions etc. You can see the interview of this African Trojan horse here.

Why this is going on, you may ask. Simple, because, in our childish ignorance, we have accepted it. You may ask,
how? As an example, study Articles 36, 46, 46A and 47 of The Central Bank of Kenya Act and Article 231 of your
wonderful new constitution. You may protest that, the matters discussed therein, are too technical. We ask, didnt
Koki Muli conduct civic education to you? Should you continue to inquire, we shall tell you that, universal suffrage
assumes you have the relevant information to be a citizen. You may not know it, but, these few lines, there lies the
summation of imperialists experience of the last 6000 years. If you do not understand that, then, remember this
warning: Voting - The Modern Opium of the People.

In the same article, we read this: Due to stiff competition from Asian countries for foreign markets and high
production costs in the country especially on electricity, most manufacturers operating in the EPZ framework have
closed down. Why is this happening Mr World Bank? This is the deal. On 14th April, 2011, it was foolishly reported
by our empty heads that: Lots of hope in Makueni as techno city gets off the ground. Among other things, you will
notice these words: The government signed a contract with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the
transactional advisors for the $10 billion project in October 2009. Also, so innocently, you will read these words: ...
India is a world leader in technology today. Egypts similar project, known Smart Village, hosts 120 companies and
20,000 professionals. Cairo expects to increase the tally to 500 companies and 100,000 professionals by 2012.
Kenyas project in Makueni involves massive infrastructure upgrade including the development of a high speed
railway system.

Translated. The IFC, as an imperial economic strategy, is giving loans to numerous 3rd world countries to set SIMILAR
projects. Do you think they can fund different BMW car manufacturing in 20 countries? Never. They will even bomb
such factories were they to appear. Once these projects come online at the same time, they will be competing to sell
the same standardised product to the same market. Therefore, the price offerings must be lowered so as to compete
by all these nations. This will be the same with the agricultural loans the African Trojan is bringing. So many evil
consequences, unseen now, will flow from this.

Firstly, we will be left with debts we are unable to pay. So as to pay these debts, we will be advised by the IMF, World
Bank/IFC, to sell our Mombasa port as an example. The same bodies will buy the same on credit. That time, the
operative word will be efficiency. Also, given the stiff competition, the operators will have no choice, but, to offer
serfdom wages. Now, factor this The government has started building a perimeter wall around the 5,000-acre land
meant for the project, triggering a rush for plots in its environs.
Translated. Rents shall be high enough, to absorb any surplus the serfs may get and thereby, reduce them to total
slavery which ensures we never build internal market so that, we remain dependent on external markets. We
mentioned this issue several times, so, we just cite one article: Nyanza To Be Double Taxed Under The New
Constitution.

Now, in a nation of slave wages, we are told by the charlatans calling themselves learned friends that, Kenyans are
committed to nurturing and protecting the well - being of the individual, the family, communities and the nation.
For these empty and foolish words, see the Preamble of the New Constitution. If you have time to waste seeing a
flower without roots and leaves, you may read the empty Bill of Rights in Chapter Four of the new wonderful
constitution. Just to make your life easier, we mention Article 30 where we find that: A person shall not be held in
slavery or servitude. They forgot to write, Except where such person is employed at slavish terms at the Special
EPZs. Also, in Article 41 (2) we read that, Every worker has the right - (a) fair remuneration. They forgot to write,
coming from the sky like manna. These empty heads, paid millions for nothing, lie to themselves that, legislation can
add to man new powers. They may as well make laws to affect movements of the planets. However, do not worry,
these same lawyers, will form the NGOs funded by the imperialists to agitate for better pay from the evil
manufacturers and stir imaginary conflicts between labour and capital so as to throw dust into the eyes of mankind.

And, we are not yet done. Without entering into complexities of the EPZs, we just note this. The EPZs are borne out
of functional analysis of the kinds of activities a factory performs. In other words, the rewards due to any
factory/business activity are dependent on the functions, risks and intellectual property it controls. From this, there
flow very evil consequences. For instance, the outsourced parts are mostly low end activities which are subject to
constant or negative returns to scale and have very limited scope for learning. Consequently then, the rewards for
the kind of economic activities are very low. In other words, Kenya like all African countries is now locked into a
Malthusian trap whereby, due to vaccines, good health etc, while our population is expanding without any significant
increase in productivity. This lowers the living standards back to the subsistence level. This being the case, we find
ourselves locked into a zero sum society whereby, the elite circulation is, and can only be based on static rent
seeking rather than, dynamic rents which come from serious industrial activities.

This being the case, we have a system whereby, personal wealth must come as a matter of LOGIC and HISTORICAL
evidence:

(a) from siphoning rents from raw material extraction,

(b) from international aid industry which clouds rent seeking in the industrial activities.

This then, leads to corruption as an inevitable, integral and NECESSARY part of the African economies. From this, just
like the pre industrial societies, we are now locked into cyclical sequence of tribal wars with each tribe trying to
secure the static and non productive rents that accrue to the capital or major towns. Now, with increased taxation
and destitution that must follow the implementation of the new constituion, you can expect things to unravel even
faster. The question is, why did Kenyans fail so miserably? We find the answer in the words of a famous historian
that:

... to comprehend this important truth, let us attempt, in an improved society, to calculate the immense distance
between the man of learning and the illiterate peasant. The former, by reading and reflection, multiplies his own
experience, and lives in distant ages and remote countries; whilst the latter, rooted to a single spot, and confined to
a few years of existence, surpasses but very little his fellow labourer the ox in the exercise of his mental faculties.

In summary therefore, the catastrophic failure by Kenyans to understand their own minds and their own society is an
indictment of the whole education system which emphasises mere knowledge and not understanding. For instance,
if the designers of this new law were truly men and women of learning, they would have been instructed by these
words:

The decay of the great industrial and commercial towns also brought poverty upon the whole Greece: agricultural
work proved unprofitable, and the artisans could find no employment in the secondary towns, yet at the same time,
as in great and small republics, the peasants flocked to the towns from the most distant parts of the country and
abandoned the country as the nation grew poorer. The vices attendant upon wealth, luxury, the thirst for pleasure,
avarice, the gambling spirit, municipal pride and intrigue, far from disappearing, continued to develop with
increasing force. By degrees, large estates worked slaves or lands entirely deserted had replaced districts formerly
populous, while in towns art languished and morals deteriorated, in spite of the most desperate efforts. Want and
corruption, walking, as usual, hand in hand, entered the palace of the noble, the house of the merchant and the
humble dwelling of the peasant.

In the end, when we analyse the new constitution, we can only observe that, it is impossible to design a more unjust
and absurd constitution than that which condemns Kenyans/Africans to perpetual servitude under the arbitrary
dominion of strangers. Yes, servitude, corruption, fraud and violence propped by Law and Order that our new CJ shall
administer. This must be so because, without material abundance, which we have abandoned, the most valiant and
heroic strivings shall be in vain. It is so because, wealth underlies all civilization and ultimately, therefore, to a large
extent both knowledge and religion. It may be among the lowest, but, is also the first step towards social worth and
national strength. We need not value material wealth for that which it is in itself, but, for that to which it can be
made to minister. As such, from it, we derive all intellectual, social and religious advantages. Anyway, as a poet
wrote:

Wherefore feed, and clothe, and save,

From the cradle to the grave,
Those ungrateful drones who would
Drain your sweat nay, drink your blood!

The seed ye sow another reaps;

The wealth ye find another keeps;
The robes ye weave another wears;
The arms ye forge another bears.

Sow seed but let no tyrant reap;

Find wealth let no impostor heap;
Weave robes let not the idle wear;
Forge arms, in your defence to bear.

Rise, like lions after slumber,

In unvanguishable number!
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep has fallen on you!
Ye are many they are few.