Forget about the naysayers, relations with China will take us farther

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Xinhua]

Two days after Kenyan independence, China was the fourth country to open an embassy in Nairobi. At the time, our two countries were just recovering from the cruelties of colonialism and the agonies of imperialism.

Before the Arab slave trade and the economic exploitations of Kenya, our country had been the cradle of humanity, with bountiful natural resources and strategically located as a regional trade centre.