It is a regular winter day in the west, and had just woken up and prepared for yet another busy schedule to hustle for the bills. As usual, where there is a Kenyan, the pace is set with cup of tea (actually a kettle) before any priorities are made. So I had took about 2 glasses of hot Kapsara tea and I was doped enough to read and make meaningful conclusions on written material. For the records I was at my best ready to tackle what was in stock for the day. I walked downstairs and into my Locomotive and I drove to the bank to get a few coins to finance a few necessities. In less than 5 minutes I pulled by a drive through ATM at banking institution that I have been a customer for 7 years. I have been a loyal customer at this bank, and I had gone the extra mile to recommend a few of my friends.
On a bad note and quite embarrassing I should say, this ATM kept running and re-running adverts on donations to Help fight HIV-AIDS in AFRICA. I am African and a through son of the soil. I have held certain great persons and personnel in business with great respect but such an advert is a cause for failure in how the society handles matters of worldwide concerns. Aids is not an African concern but a matter that faces Humanity, it is professional to address this matter into Humanity and not brand it a property of a specific place or person. It seems to me that anything that bears Africa is a tool for begging or gaining sympathy, and to attract more donation. We would consider poverty because we still own most of it and that we have not robbed anyone or forced a regime change to any nation just to impose person who will be easily exploited. Why are your cameras so focus into AID’s ,Poverty and Africa and you have totally forgotten about the young lady who stood across the street asking for a few coins to find a place to stay in this freezing temperature? It was 32 degrees outside and I saw three of them along the road.
HIV-AID’s is real and it is a universal epidemic that does not marginalized or affect certain nations, it is not destined for Africa. Pieces of information, statistics and local papers have relevant data that will shock you about your neighborhoods and disease prevalence .For institutions to solicit money by branding Africa a place of AID’s is absolute ignorance: This in fact bars certain persons from travelling to Africa because of such careless adverts. I have encountered so many ignorant people who I had blamed until I realize today the cause, and how appealing adverts can lure individual to think negatively.
I love my Africa until Dead for we own without question or revenge all the diseases, poverty and other evils you want to write about us.
Remember the secret and the TRUE meaning of life and happiness is in EXCESS in Africa.
Mshamba Abroad 