Will Rwanda dethrone Kenya as the next big thing in East Africa?

Rwanda is now stable. Economy on the rise and some pundits think it is on its way to claim a place in the bargain of nations-and while at it, dethrone Kenya as the East Africa’s economic giant. That’s a blatant lie.

Rwanda acquires a new constitution in a semi-democratic referendum that clearly hoodwinks a section of’ international community’ and a majority of voting Rwandese masses.

Let’s first be clear here, ‘international community’ especially the US had no business in telling Kagame whether he was right or wrong in seeking to extend his term. It is none of anyone’s business except the Rwandese public.

Yes, that referendum was well choreographed to suit the incumbent president’s interest is a fact. And that the pro-new constitution campaign was a well- oiled state machinery is unquestionable-it is standard practice anywhere in Africa …and yes again only Rwanda says and decides if they want to die by the firing squad or mercy killing.Either way they already had elected themselves to die.

In any case, if international community (if there is such a thing at all as international community, since this term is construed in many context to mean the west and its lynch mob)  had the heart to assist an ordinary Rwandese, should by matter of help only have funded public education done by Rwandans themselves  to elaborate on contentious issue. Or even encourage a healthy public dialogue on whether to adopt or not to adopt the new sets of laws.

 Not telling Rwandans what they need to do! Who the f**k is US to Rwanda anyway? A messier? A brother? No, just a lousy capitalist protecting its interest.

No two economies share the same dynamics, it is therefore preposterous for  Uncle Sam and other cry babies to demand methods  that they think should work for Rwanda. This is outright, uninvited interference into the running of a sovereign state.

That is where the west lost the plot to China. Nations are no longer easily duped by promises of a big brother’s protection. They engage in give and take like equal partners and if this is not the case, everyone walks to different directions.

In the illusion of peace is a deep seething anger of the Majority Hutus who unenthusiastically stay under the government of a former Tutsi rebel fighter. There is fear of each other rather than the requisite respect. And at the slightest trigger-well, fireworks! The poor Hutu have no choice but to be bought into submission by the affluent and politically well-positioned Tutsis.

For a landlocked country barely the size of a Kenyan county, Rwanda is still a toddler in its diapers and cannot match the economic clout of veteran wheeler dealer that is Kenya.

Kenya is power broker, a nasty competitor who won’t be bullied by seasoned powers in quest for what she wants. She ventures into the wild, beat her nemesis silly, strangle her and display on the roadside as warning for would be detractors. With the aid of an unassailable intelligence and counter-terrorism mechanism, Kenya walked into the murky waters of global terror with umpteenth success. And to smash rotten eggs on the faces of the west, dared into the domain of Al Qaeda that the US with all hullabaloo of its military strength failed miserably.

The East African bully does not rely on aid and grants like Rwanda. Funded by a budget purely from it pocket, boast of a growing number of middle class population, has increased energy production and has a well defined foreign policy that defines its terms of engagements.

Kenya’s multinationals are reaping big in the African market and its technological might is at par with the best in the world.

So can Rwanda take Kenya’s space? Not in the next century. Rwanda is in the league of South Sudan and other Banana republics. Kenya is flexing its muscles against the best of the world powers and can only play in a friendly tournament with Rwanda but not the same league.

Rwanda has first to learn its steps. Learn to bite, chew  and swallow before he can partake into competition with dirty fighting Kenya-just ask the least developed nations that were at the WTO summit. They were into a bargain for a common voice with Kenya as the lead prosecutor for their course.But what happened? Kenya spit into their faces and told them that it is not about a group of nations- it was individual effort. She went for the juggler of major powers, got her cut of the deals, sealed and walked away-as the rest waited for father Christmas to hand them goodies. Forget it! You gotta have your own balls to impregnate the fair damsel.

That is Kenya for you, the world's next big thing!.