Stop this nonsense about a 'United States of Africa'

Away with Libya and its leader Muammar Gaddafi’s incessant reminders and a now a concerted call for USA! Unless he can expressly stand up and tell us, I do not see a thing that can bring Africans together, now or even in 50 years to come. There is absolutely nothing, save for our skin colour, which in various cases differs.

In Africa, while some countries are busy perpetuating corruption, others busy themselves with civil wars and murders of innocent civilians. At the same time some leaders infringe on the very rights that Gaddafi and his fellow unionists go about in Africa seeking to ‘protect’.

How would you unite Sudan and Zimbabwe when their own respective people cannot unite, do not speak the same language of peace and development and suffer from irreparable corruption, human rights abuse and corruption occasioned by dictatorial governments of Omar el Bashir and Robert Mugabe respectively?

What do Kenya and Western Sahara share in common, for instance? Or, what similarities does Rwanda and Morocco have? Someone tell us and other like-minded Kenyans like me will no doubt support Gaddafi’s efforts at uniting Africa.

Our economies are weak and with a plethora of other unions in existence such as EAC, COMESA, ECOWAS and SADDC among others, more funds will be needed to fund the common army, presidency, government and other necessities of the USA. Where do the African governments get the extra funds when their own national budgets have massive shortfalls? Is Gaddafi proposing that we run back to the West and China even after uniting Africa?

The whole idea of USA is Gaddafi’s way of taking the leadership of Africa which he tried through the African Union and failed. He wants Libya to dominate African affairs albeit through the wrong door. Be wary of Gaddafi and his antics. Away with the US of Gaddafi (USG)!