Aid cuts will not change African rulers; try proving they can kill

Salary earners will pay more Black Tax, covering medical costs for relatives when public health centers lack medicine.

Photo credit: Joseph Nyagah | Nation Media Group

If you thought American aid cuts will compel African governments to learn to cut their coat according to their cloth, you better lower your expectations. We (Black) Africans were designed to take a lot of pain before reacting.

Taking one billion dollars from a two-billion-dollar national budget will not upset our rulers to mend their ways when the subjects can be made to take the pinch gracefully.