I have found myself feeling pity for Uhuru, a man I refused to vote for in 2013 and campaigned against in 2017.

When you interact with the people who form the bedrock of his political support, you come across anger and frustration that is almost reaching scary levels.

The economy has tanked badly and I doubt Uhuru knows this. His big 4 is dead even before it starts. Even if he fires all corrupt guys in government and hires clean guys, there is no money to finance the big 4.

For every 100 bob KRA collects debt servicing takes 38 bob. Salaries, pension and counties take the rest. We have maxed out on borrowing. actually we have to restructure some facilities.

In my home county Nyeri, milk prices have dropped from a high of 38 to around 28 bob. And this is the dry season. Farmers are scared stiff what will happen after the rains when we have a milk glut. Broiler and poultry farmers have seen their investments go up in flames. Coffee is history. The new goldmine is macadamia and the prices are stuck at 140 from a high of 220 last season.

Uhuru doesn't have a chance to leave an economic legacy. He doesn't have the willingness or moral authority to fight corruption. He spent the first term undermining the new constitution so he can't leave a legacy of setting a constitutional foundation for Kenya. From where shall he craft his legacy ?

When historians finally write about his term in office, it is doubtful Kenya will ever have a worse presidency than this.

Unconfirmed hearsay goes like; Note competition for raw material is what was making milk prices goes up especially around Kiambu, Limuru areas. Then throw in a spin off strategy; a family purchase most of the dairy processing firms. Merge them with their own. Having obtained a monopoly, dictates the price they want to buy from farmers and make a kill in retail!

Same thing might happen to banks; reduce interest rate to make sure you curtail profits. Small banks drown in operation costs etc and sell out to you at your terms. Marshall all the struggling banks into your portfolio. Then abolish interest caps citing unworkable policies and swim in crazy profits for the rest of your life!

Huko blue section people(myself to be precise) have been waiting for the bull lakini everyday it is doom and gloom as far as economy is concerned. Todays newspapers says cement consumption has gone down.The papers are also reporting that 38% of KRA revenues are going to pay debts for money that has been stolen. Njiraini now wants to tax Lipa na Mpesa paybill after taxing airtime and Mpesa 2018/2019. Saccos are also a big tax target going forward. NSSF statutory reduction is now up to 2000 bob from 200 bob. This is money Atwoli and friends at NSSF are going to fatten-up with proper.They painted thika rd. pink..They even introduced NYS buses for public transport.etcc...i think we need a new thread of Uhuru's flat failure.
Meanwhile big 4 now sounds like a tired line. I said it here that big 4 is another hot air. Hata ground breaking ya nyumba za mabati has not happened.Uhuru should just go back to Ruto and together continue insulting Baba in matangas and stop pretending to be looking for legacy. Legacy to me is money in my pocket. Hiyo ingine ni yao


Let kumira kumira thurakus eat their jeuri...wacha okuyo na kaleos wakule jeuri yao ya 2017

Trade PS (Dr. Kiptoo) was in the media explaining why they cannot do anything to help poultry farmers who are under attack from EAC farmers.

The end result, poultry farming and supporting business will close shop leading to massive job loses especially in Kiambu (Thika & Wangige will be worst hit).

When govt does not protect few available commercial activities, then it must deal with less tax, unemployed youths,increased insecurity, etc.

My sis did this for some time (poultry farming for eggs in Rongo/Migori county). It is the high costs of maintaining the layers - feeds, electricity, worker's negligence etc . Nowadays she imports eggs from Uganda (Canter lorry - full .... fuel/accomodation/driver&loader/'police') and she makes more money doing the latter. Kenya we are on our own.

In kenya whatever you grow has to go through like 3 brokers to reach its destination. My bro has a pawpaw farm whereby a broker buys per piece to take them to marikiti, once there mama mboga buys it for her kibanda then i go there and buy@80/100 bob yet my bro had sold a piece @ 20bob, then i sit on my keyboard to complain how the govt is not helping farmers

If feed is expensive in Kenya would importing feed make egg production cheaper? What is causing the feed cost to go up in Kenya? Assuming chickens are all being fed on the same?

Me thinks the Kenyan farmer doesn't want to evolve.

Murchr the njumbiree you voted for is the cause for all this.

I am happy the farmers are going through this. We told them.

A gov't fiscal and monetary policy is more important than sijui raira charo nefa mbee.

The cost of fuel has increased, electricity, effferiting that a farmer needs to produce. And I mean each and every item even busfare.

In Ug in the meantime, items are cheaper.

Here our monetary policy is to construct dams that require towels. And our fiscal policy is to add more and more tax to every thing including Mpesa.

Na bado my frens.

Poultry farmers started complaining when the price was ksh.310 last year. They have given up. Right now its pig farmers who have started.

Anyway...Kumira Kumira.

Murchr. Stop pushing that narrative. Talk to farmers. Not the CS of agriculture. Poultry farmers are crying and it's all coz of njumbiree taxes that make absolutely no sense other than to them.

Next up...8 year old cars.

Instead of reducing taxes and ensuring that they get what they are owed, they increase taxes willy nilly whenever they buy new towels.