The past few days have been awash with news of how President Uhuru Kenyatta jetted into China seeking more funds to extend the Standard Gauge Railway to Kisumu, but jetted out empty handed. Over the past few 24 months, China has been on the receiving end for seducing naïve African Nations with predatory deals that favour China’s State capitalism and a few rotten-to-the-core tender buccaneers. Whether fact or conjecture, we should celebrate the aborted begging sojourn by the government of Kenya.