[kictanet] Ndemo's Presidential Debate Final Report?

[Andrea Bohnstedt]

Speak for yourself, Phares - I'm a loyal five-year-plus client of Dorman's
ground coffee :)

(but it drives me demented that KICC et al serve crappy instant coffee when
this country grows some of the best coffee in the world)

On 1 November 2011 17:34, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:19 PM,  <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
> > Before we go into complex matters like bonds there are other
> opportunitities.
> > Ghana imports 90% of its chicken consumption from Brazil.  Gabon Imports
> 100% of eggs from France.  Congo with its diamonds and Uranium imports its
> supplies including soap and cooking oil from France.  When I say we must
> start fighting Europe for Africa I do not mean arms.  Let us wake and
> compete.  If we have no planes to fly supplies into Congo let us carry them
> on our heads to Congo.
> >
> > KQ goes to Djibouti without any horticulture yet Djibouti buys its food
> supplies from France.  Sometimes a re-shipment of Kenya's horticulture into
> Djibouti.  We send flowers to Nethwerlands then they are re-shipped into
> Africa.  We export coffee beens into UK then we inport Nescaffe.  Can we
> wake up and fight a fair and simple was on Africa's resources.
> >
>
> Agreed. We need to find simple efficient ways of trading. My point on
> bonds was on raising capital reserves to shore up such trading, within
> Africa, eliminating the need for donor funding. Just as a further
> illustration http://www.starbucksstore.com/Kenya/011009408,default,pd.html.
> 1 KG of Kenyan coffee is roughly 2900 KES. We will happily re-import the
> Starbucks/Nescafe/Nespresso etc and ignore Dormans on our supermarket
> shelves.
>
> --
> Warm Regards,
>
> Phares Kaboro Kariuki
>
>
>
>
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