Yangu ni swali

[system]

@Conservative dude

There is also the question of high farm gate prices and high labor costs.

ION, it bothers me that the court awarded teachers a basic salary increment of 50%. That is insane! The net effect is that the labor costs in the country will spiral out of control in the next few years . The economy of this country should not be controlled by the courts and nefarious labor unions! One of the reasons KQ is in ICU is because the management gave in to the demands of pilots and other airline staff, which resulted in a high wage bill.

I beg to differ. Kwani mwalimu akipewa hiyo pesa ataitumia wapi? Will they not spend it in this very economy?

[Saka]

@uncle nyam

Exactly, which raises the cost of production. For example just try to be a poultry farmer in kenya and you will see the cost of feed and farm implements is too high. Why? Because we want to overpriced our fuel, in turn kplc overprices it’s power, feterlizer barons overprice their product, the feed manufacturer not wanting to bear the brunt, overprices his product. The farmer ends up bearing the burden of all this gluttony and barely makes a profit and this is by overcharging the consumer for a product which costs a quatre of the price halfway around the world.
The government needs to wake up and protect all farmers otherwise the young generation will fear venturing into the business… This corruption is counterproductive even to the government and the cartels themselves because if they provided a condusive environment for farming, more and more guys would venture into it thus the losses incurred by lowering the prices would be recovered and surpassed by the simple economics of scale. Instead of importing eggs, we would be exporting them to another african hell hole which is like us currently.

Nigeria;)

[Wakanyama]

@Dunya

Our taxation regime is simply ridiculous and thoughtless. A country cannot grow on taxes. A country grows on production and trade. Our technocrats at treasury beleive in more taxation so every budget taxes keep going up. More products are included in the vat threshhold. Sin tax is raised. All manner of levies on power and fuel. Prohibitive taxes on vehicles(a product that we do not even produce). All this hinders growth. Im yet to understand why we tax capital goods that we do not manufacture like commercial vehicles and machinery. Its nonsense and on this i can say confidently that Uhuru Kenyatta has no clue on how to turn around a country. Very little policy change aimed at growing the economy. Very little. And the cost of production will not be brought down by massive infrastructure projects until we change our punitive tax regime

wewe unatetea magari na sisi tunatetea sukari?

[kijanamrefu]

@Wakanyama

yes,and the money you will save will help you in other things,e.g if we import cheap maize for animal feed production the cows will increase milk production thus lowering the price

Wakanyama I used to think that you were just playing dumb but now I know that your are.

[system]

@Dunya

Our taxation regime is simply ridiculous and thoughtless. A country cannot grow on taxes. A country grows on production and trade. Our technocrats at treasury beleive in more taxation so every budget taxes keep going up. More products are included in the vat threshhold. Sin tax is raised. All manner of levies on power and fuel. Prohibitive taxes on vehicles(a product that we do not even produce). All this hinders growth. Im yet to understand why we tax capital goods that we do not manufacture like commercial vehicles and machinery. Its nonsense and on this i can say confidently that Uhuru Kenyatta has no clue on how to turn around a country. Very little policy change aimed at growing the economy. Very little. And the cost of production will not be brought down by massive infrastructure projects until we change our punitive tax regime

I like!! Lakini hapo kwa taxation of machinery siko sure sana. A pal was importing one recently from the Far East and he had been informed that it’d not attract any taxation. Hebu nitamuuliza ni-confirm. Now, on taxation of vehicles I doubt they care. Do these guys know what (personal) mobility does to an economy? If it was up to me I’d first abolish that excise duty (a sin tax) on vehicle imports.

[Conservative_dude]

@Luther12

I beg to differ. Kwani mwalimu akipewa hiyo pesa ataitumia wapi? Will they not spend it in this very economy?

For a developing country like ours, much of the money should be used on economic enablers. A high wage bill is the surest way to go the way of Greece. Greece borrowed money to pay unsustainable salaries and paid holidays.

[system]

@Wakanyama

wewe unatetea magari na sisi tunatetea sukari?

:) Utahitaji hayo magari at various stages of production: to get cane from farms to factory, to get the finished product from factory to wholesalers, retailers and consumers, to get your raw materials, etc.

[system]

@Conservative dude

For a developing country like ours, much of the money should be used on economic enablers. A high wage bill is the surest way to go the way of Greece. Greece borrowed money to pay unsustainable salaries and paid holidays.

So workers should be underpaid because we are a developing economy? Of what use is producing commodities that we ourselves cannot afford because we are underpaid?

[anon18059438]

@Wakanyama, what if the farmers in western decided to do away with maize, and sugarcane farming uproot plant Napier and ventured into strictly commercial dairy farming? Who will you sell your milk and imported maize to assuming they just plant enough for subsistence use?

[Conservative_dude]

@Dunya

Our taxation regime is simply ridiculous and thoughtless. A country cannot grow on taxes. A country grows on production and trade. Our technocrats at treasury beleive in more taxation so every budget taxes keep going up. More products are included in the vat threshhold. Sin tax is raised. All manner of levies on power and fuel. Prohibitive taxes on vehicles(a product that we do not even produce). All this hinders growth. Im yet to understand why we tax capital goods that we do not manufacture like commercial vehicles and machinery. Its nonsense and on this i can say confidently that Uhuru Kenyatta has no clue on how to turn around a country. Very little policy change aimed at growing the economy. Very little. And the cost of production will not be brought down by massive infrastructure projects until we change our punitive tax regime

I agree with you on the issue of taxation. We are raising the cost of living through taxation. And that money is used on non-priority issues. Our manufacturing sector has not been growing in the last few years and that should be a cause of concern. The government’s appetite for borrowing is another cause of concern. Corruption tena ndio hiyo.

[Wakanyama]

@kijanamrefu

Wakanyama I used to think that you were just playing dumb but now I know that your are.

i am in dairy farming and i know what i am talking, about,many farmers are giving their cattle busaa residue called machicha with no nutrients needed in milk production thus lowering milk yield per cowl

[Wakanyama]

@uncle nyam

@Wakanyama, what if the farmers in western decided to do away with maize, and sugarcane farming uproot plant Napier and ventured into strictly commercial dairy farming? Who will you sell your milk and imported maize to assuming they just plant enough for subsistence use?

what i am saying is this,we need to lower our production cost from the farmer upto the distiribution,i have a friend who once overfeeded his cows using dairy meal for a month and the money he recieved was little than the money he used to buy the dairymeal,nani alifanya aende hasara?

[Supu_don]

woooishe soldier…nampenda huyu mod…si pia wewe umpende…

[Dunya]

@Conservative dude

I agree with you on the issue of taxation. We are raising the cost of living through taxation. And that money is used on non-priority issues. Our manufacturing sector has not been growing in the last few years and that should be a cause of concern. The government’s appetite for borrowing is another cause of concern. Corruption tena ndio hiyo.

Kwanza that borrowing will do us in in a few years. On taxation, its unfortunate the county governments are picking the same model

[WuTang]

Excessive borrowing , high production costs and inappropriate government policies make Kenya uncompetitive.

[Dunya]

@Wakanyama sio overfeeded nawewe. Ni overfed. Hebu jiwekee ile picha ya osungu

[Wakanyama]

@kijanamrefu

Wakanyama I used to think that you were just playing dumb but now I know that your are.

mundu utoi uria ungi amwitiga kamundu,i can teach you a few tricks uriagire ta kothi

[kijanamrefu]

@Wakanyama

i am in dairy farming and i know what i am talking, about,many farmers are giving their cattle busaa residue called machicha with no nutrients needed in milk production thus lowering milk yield per cowl

I was speaking in reference to your comment on blanket importation of foodstuffs.

Props on the farming lakini.

[kijanamrefu]

@Wakanyama

mundu utoi uria ungi amwitiga kamundu,i can teach you a few tricks uriagire ta kothi

Kamundu ndagihota kugura hacienda New Mexico muthee.

[Web_Dev]

@Wakanyama

what i am saying is this,we need to lower our production cost from the farmer upto the distiribution,i have a friend who once overfeeded his cows using dairy meal for a month and the money he recieved was little than the money he used to buy the dairymeal,nani alifanya aende hasara?

Wakameat anza kusoma hio gazeti @highschooler huweka daily, usungu ita improve within no time.
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