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Why Obama visit is a non-issue

Barack Obama during his Kenya visit
Barack Obama during his Kenya visit

Long after the euphoric acclamation and reception of POTUS, sobriety will check in and we shall realize that the president’s visit was a non-issue!

America has for long treated the third world countries as non-entities and subjected them to ‘their’ form of governance and leadership with little regard to local history, conditions and intricate social fabric. The ‘big’ brother syndrome has for long skewed trade and other forms of collaborations in favor of the US only for it to ‘give’ back a pittance through aid and grants that ensure the third world countries remain beggars and unequal at the negotiation table.

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