We should decolonise our minds to prosper and win respect abroad

I went to buy a padlock yesterday and much to my surprise, there were no locally made padlocks. I was surprised because padlocks are not new technology. They are literally hundreds of years old and none of us has thought it a good idea to start making them locally. This may seem like a small matter but when you add that to the list of things we don’t make locally, you begin to see a worrying trend. Combs are imported as are kikois and deras. The Maasai shuka we are famous for is made in China as are the beads they wear.