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Dog food for starving Children!

I'm sure everyone has heard about dought right now in East Africa. It is sad but preventable and that is why it is important for educated Africans to vote and participate in electing good leaders.Did you know that the Kenyan government spent about 878million (Enough to educate kenyan children in famine striken moyale for 8 years)on cars - Mercedes and the like??
Yesterday,I read an article in the newspaper where a lady from New Zealand offered to donate 24tonnes of DOG food to children affected by famine. Maybe she eats dog food but it is very offensive and ignorant to give someone dog food. That is why it is important to at least know other peoples cultures before make terrible ssumptions. Africa is not a 'wealthy' place but people have some level of respect for themselves.Instead of someone from far off ahh... offering to donate dog food; why can't those of us who are well of do something? After this incident I know that no one can help us but ourselves becuase no one really understands the situation but us. (How do you explain all the Mercedes e.t.c. we have, the surburbs, the slums and the hunger? )

February 1, 2006 | 3:06 AM Comments  2 comments

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bengy hesbon nyangena
February 1, 2006 | 3:54 AM
dog food for kenyan kids
My first reaction to such a suggestioin was outrage.Does the people outside Africa think we are so despararte that we can eat food meant for dogs leave alone feed it to our kids.This proved beyond doubt that africans are still lowly considered by the internatilonal community;otherwise which mind can construe such an idea.I don't deny that the drought and famine is biting in some areas in the country but the govt' and conserned oarties have promised to make the issue their no' 1 task.Otherwise famine or no famine we faricans and kenyans still have aur pride and wont stoop so low as to let our kids to feed on food meant for animals.
mmtairo Martin Tairo M.
February 1, 2006 | 5:13 AM
We Need Facts
Its true the woman has a company manufacturing dog food. Its also true that the ingredients used are the same used to manufacture the dog food. But it is also true that the manufacturing process is different from the one of dog food, and this brings all the difference.

The media has played its usual role of blowing issues out of proportion calling the donation "dog food" without continuing to explain the real facts.

I know we are really proud of ourselves, but the donations we received from US some years ago, of yellow maize, were actually food meant for cows and horses.
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