[kictanet] Ndemo's Presidential Debate Final Report?

[Harry Delano]

Hey,
 
Isn't it strange that we from this resourceful continent have some nerve to
go shopping for eggs and chicken
soup across the Atlantic.., including Oil...?
 
I just had a thought, that we activate some lively lobbying by our High
commissioners, Commerce/Trade attaches 
etc in these countries, to do us the needful and establish new trade
routes/destinations for us here on this continent.
Do we summon them back again for some briefing or, Bw Ps..?
 
Harry

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From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
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Behalf Of Andrea Bohnstedt
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:39 PM
To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Ndemo's Presidential Debate Final Report?


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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