Poverty can't be alleviated by resource allocation. People are poor because they don't use the resources they already possess.

If the government has a role to play, then it's that of setting standards high by expressing the highest ideals possible for her people so that more citizens can raise their own standards. In that case, India has done and has been doing well.

The cultural and spiritual heritage of India can't be compared to Kenya's, and that's where we are losing it.

Like of late, I have come to see that young people in Kenya are getting more disenchanted with life and their pursuits tend to be harmful to their health and humanity's welfare. That is, Kenya is rapidly increasing it's population of the poor.

But I also realize that Kenya can change overnight and become an international power house. The ingredient that's needed is a suitable cultural and philosophical framework that can utilize advances in information and communication technology.

And that needs only a private initiative, and in a few years we can raise the civilization level by tapping most of the solar energy that goes unused.

We are fast asleep, and we really need to wake up.

while you people are thinking about subsistence and looking up into the sky wondering what is out there! the rest of the world is using technology from 1925 to propel objects to Mars! think about it... the computers that took people to the Moon had computing power similar to smartphones! so instead of thinking of a problem as being too big or too expensive the copping out with statements like 'we need to feed our people first' read and you will find out that it's not a difficult and expensive as you thought! people have been placing things in orbit since the 50s!

for the curious ones... here is how to get objects to Mars

http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf4-1.php