Hasla allows import of eggs, chicken, milk from Uganda

[johnpombe]

Food security inahusu grains zile important, maize, wheat na rice. izo serikali ikiuzia wakulima fertilizer ya bei kidogo hakuna shida, lakini sio saa zote.
ukulima ile ingine ni hobbies za watu, serikali haiwezi jishughlisha sana na wakulima wa kuku ama nguruwe.
nchi ikiwa imejitosheleza kwa major grains, ni ivo, mambo zengine zitajipanga

Tumekusikia loud and clear.

 

[Straw man]

Yes. Because people have to eat affordably. In Kenya, animal feed (maize) competes with human feed (maize) - the Bagandans eat Lutoke and use their maize as chicken feed - so they can produce chicken more cheaply- Inaitwa economics 101.

Your government has an insatiable appetite for money, that's why they tax your farmers to death. Instead of opening the borders for imports why can't the government reduce the taxes on imputs and encourage food production. It is a stupid government that increases taxes just to get money to send 330 people to a COP27 meeting in Egypt, one of the biggest delegations to go talk about climate change. Waafrika mmerogwa.

 

[sani]

Your government has an insatiable appetite for money, that's why they tax your farmers to death. Instead of opening the borders for imports why can't the government reduce the taxes on imputs and encourage food production. It is a stupid government that increases taxes just to get money to send 330 people to a COP27 meeting in Egypt, one of the biggest delegations to go talk about climate change. Waafrika mmerogwa.

kwa nini kwa mpaka malaba biashara ya magendo inahusu bidhaa kutoka uganda kuja kenya na hakuna bidhaa inatoka kenya kuingia uganda kimagendo?

Hadi mshughlikie mambo ya tax, mipaka ifunguliwe.

 

[Kahuni Maisha]

Museveni and Suluhu would have done the same, only that your citizens produce nothing of value, and export nothing.

Uganda imports these commodities too, then passes them to Kenya ? Juzi i asked @Circledot , where will this leave our farmers ? She only saw Brookside going down.

 

[Kahuni Maisha]

Hii nakubali.Bwana,hatuwezi kuwa tunanunua mayai 600 a crate ati juu we want to support locals

Why not address the cost of production in the country

 

[K3n]

A crate of eggs was going for 300bob a few months ago. Today, it is retailing at about 450bob.

Open the import doors and the price will come down but the local farmers will be locked out of the business because of high cost of inputs.

open import doors, loose valuable foreign exchange, kenya shilling loses against regional currencies, prices of imports goes higher, kenya loses more money on imports versus exports. rinse repeat.
local production (with lower energy prices i.e. stima, mafuta) is solution lakini wakiambiwa wanasema subsidy mbaya.

 

[K3n]

Why not address the cost of production in the country

ukijaribu hiyo, watakukata shoka, eti una saidia mabwanyenye

 

[ombudsman]

As a consumer, any step to lower food prices is welcome. Local producers should not hold us at ransom.

 

[Kahuni Maisha]

how do we make local farmers competitive ?

 

[Circledot]

how do we make local farmers competitive ?

Reduce production costs n overheads.
Ug prices are due to reduced use of hfo n other petroleum products in boilers.
Energy cost in 254 is just too high. Then u add taxation kwa inputs n u r done

 

[Capitan]

Hufai kufunga mipaka eti wakulima wachache wakuwe wana exploit wakenya na bei za juu, ilhali io bidhaa iko available Uganda kwa bei ya chini zaidi.

Yes. Let food be affordable to kenyans.

 

[uwesmake]

sasa Ruto aongee na M7 aundee his side of the SGR tufikishe our side Busia . then a dredge his side of Lake Victoria tupige kazi.

meanwhile wacha kenyans tupate affordable food

 

[Billy Drago]

Hata Linturi ameagiza subsidized mbolea kutoka TZ.
Mvuta bangi aliporomosha nchi.

 

[Mzichi]

So maize farmers wapewe subsidised fertiliser to cushion them lakini poultry farmers wajaribu biashara ingine? Isokei.

Maize is a staple food, and the most cultivated grain in Kenya.

Poultry farming isn't as big, and the food isn't staple.

If you have to hurt one to lift the other, YOU HURT THE POULTRY FARMERS

 

[PHARMACY]

Landless, homeless town ghaseeers wenye hupewa peanuts kuvote clowns mtajua hamjui

 

[Mwanakijiji]

When you have an abundance of food, the well established cartels in the food industry lose their power.

And don't get it twisted, more people will benefit from the abundance than those that will lose out in sales.

Plus food abundance in a country as innovative as Kenya will push the sellers to manufacturing and value addition

those established cartels are the ones who want to import food to make higher profits

 

[Mzichi]

those established cartels are the ones who want to import food to make higher profits

How does flooding the market with food increase the cost of food?