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The story of Mountex, Nanyuki.
simonkabz
#1 Posted : Monday, December 12, 2011 9:25:20 PM
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Location: Cameroon
In the last one month, I have witnessed Mount Kenya textiles located in Nanyuki looted to the ground with utmost impunity.....guys were falling over themselves as they grabbed everything metallic including the entire roof, tanks, boilers, building stones....yes-even trees! Nairobi scrap dealers must be laughing all the way to the bank. Strangely, the police just watched, probably helplessly as the site had been abandoned. Is somebody playing games to get insurance to pay? Is there a hopeless court case? Politics? So far, about 5 deaths have been reported: falls frm the roof, some slipped into containers with highly reactive substances....
TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
mukiha
#2 Posted : Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:46:42 AM
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What will we do to this scrap metal trade? It has become a social menace: manhole covers, telephone & electricity cables, guard rails on the roads (have you seen the newly completed section from Mazeras to Mombasa?), street-light poles..... and now Mount Kenya textiles.

If we are not careful, they will start stealing car-panels (especially doors)!

What would be the economic impact of placing an immediate and total ban on this trade?
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simonkabz
#3 Posted : Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:49:23 AM
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Location: Cameroon
In total support. Ban. Ban. Ban.
TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
Burning Spear
#4 Posted : Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:23:56 PM
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Joined: 7/22/2008
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mukiha wrote:
What will we do to this scrap metal trade? It has become a social menace: manhole covers, telephone & electricity cables, guard rails on the roads (have you seen the newly completed section from Mazeras to Mombasa?), street-light poles..... and now Mount Kenya textiles.

If we are not careful, they will start stealing car-panels (especially doors)!

What would be the economic impact of placing an immediate and total ban on this trade?
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I support the ban. I think the damage to public property also private causes more economic impact.
"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it". Malcolm X
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