It’s not easy to be optimistic in Kenya these days,and most conversations about the future are laced with gloom

He is right... @flywhisk are you a diasporan?

I face the problems he talks/writes of... It is easy for those who have it (money,peace,security) to be 'positive'... bindra also offers solutions but in 1/2 a page???

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB

@ Flywhisk i totally agree with you. That article was not well thought out. The service mkokoteni carts provide are reaped by everybody. If the mkokoteni was to phased out as he suggest the perosn feeling the most pain will be the poorest. The price of the tomatoes being transported from marigiti to ngara will treble or quadruple overnight. We all know when this food prices rise inflation goes up and the first and hardest hit are the poor then the middle and upper class who are complaining that the traffic is too congested with mkokoteni on the road.
The argument of that it is an inhumane act is hog wash. This is a man earning a living and fending for his family. Do not belittle the mkokoteni guy he is doing his part in cost control and building the economy.
Using sunny arguments we should also get rid of stone masons because there machines that can do that,we should also get rid of KYM at factories and other place unloading cargo because there are fork lifts.
Safaricom is a technology company and as such is not labour intensive. But they hire so many more people indirectly through there distribution network,mpesa agents etc. So safaricom is also a very big employer and so is EABL. All the farmers on contract for EABL and the farm hand who inturn work there!! We need labour intensive methods period.

SK A.L.U.M.N.I (Alcoholic Liason and Undergarments Manager of Nakedness Internationally)

Here is how Sunny responded to the same criticism recently..........

Moses Otieno said:
Sunny,I have wanted to say this for a long time: many of your posts and articles on this website and the Sunday Nation appear to be very negative.

Sunny Bindra said:
Moses Thanks for the challenge - appreciated.

Negative - no. Provocative - yes. I am deliberately in the face of those who take us backwards,for they do not want to face the reality. And this is a country very good at not facing up to issues: I recall very well some CEOs I know playing golf when the country was up in flames last year!

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@ Muhika,
I doubt KEPSA are right. How do they define jua kali artisan? I also thought agriculture is still the main employer in kenya because at 65% jua kali seems to be leading.If they did include agricultural workers well it wont be 15% of the GDP contributuion. How did they calculate the economic output of this sector. I know it is a challenge and they therefore probably used statistical imputation technique,but until i know where there primary data was from and where the imputation was done i have to doubt the 15% of the GDP. I cant seem to find the report on there website,though.

The jua kali sector is very progressive. They will quickly take up technology that is appropriate and affordable. The natural evolution of jua kali will force them to become efficient and take up technology.

Sunny bindra did not even provide a reasonable solution. Get all mkokoteni out and put in tuk tuk?? Mkokoteni costs 2500. Which is a large investment for a large number of kenyans. Tuk Tuk would cost 200000 at least dont count registration,insurance,etc. Is that not elitist.

SK A.L.U.M.N.I (Alcoholic Liason and Undergarments Manager of Nakedness Internationally)

@eduu;

anecdotal evidence to support a preferred position,perhaps.

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