Weeks after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending US foreign aid for 90 days, it has now emerged that his administration will shut down USAID completely.
This decision has begun eliciting fears, that China will swoop in to cement its influence in Africa.
The decision to suspend the aid has already rendered hundreds of Kenyans jobless and others risk layoffs.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID), is the new face of contention in the US capital Washington, after tech billionaire Elon Musk revealed plans to shut it down. "We're shutting it down," Musk said during an X Spaces, He added, "Spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper." However, fears have now emerged that China could take over the loopholes left from the aid that spent about Ksh66 billion in Kenya alone last year.
