
19 Sep
2009
19 Sep
'09
12:11 p.m.
Dear Friends I agree with Aki, my perspective is that once again we are on the wrong end of the stick. It is cheaper to import goods then manufacture them in Kenya. Now it will be cheaper to get Kenyan content from a foreign land then create it from within the country. And the viscous cycle continues. I ask you one question, Africa is rich in resources yet afflicted with poverty. Why? we are a net importer and have the fallacy of importing what we produce. We then are subjected to tax regimes that ensure that we do not dare produce to compete with the rest of the world. Truth is bitter... Adeu