Inter Press Service (Johannesburg)
4 July 2009
Concern is mounting in Kenya that the government has leased a big slice of agricultural land to the Qatari foreign investors to produce food for export.
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This what all African countries are going to face. Does one of you remember a man called Malthus, well if you do remember him then of course you remember his theory, at first i thought it was irrelevant but to some extent it's applying!!!!!!! FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY
The same misunderstanding clouds the governments across the continent. On the western side, Nigeria is committing more of her gas resources to the outside world. On the eastern side, it's land. Kenya could develop that land, produce food, and export it to Qatar. At least make sure that they employ a lot of Kenyan labor. Foreign money is of limited value to a nation. Its good for buying private jets and limousines, and military equipment but not for improving the living standards of the poor. For that you need to employ your own labor and local resources.