[kictanet] Who will buy this Sh1.8m TV?

[Phares Kariuki]

Explained to some extent in the book 'Why Nations Fail' by Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson. Nations with leadership that's elitist, extractive and self-centred leads to increased poverty.  

Sadly, such leadership seems to be the norm, rather than the exception in Sub Saharan Africa. 

True and sustainable wealth will be achieved when the norm is to have equal property rights, affordable access to justice, education etc. Make it easier for people to be included in production/wealth generation not more difficult. 

If we have such a nation (as has sort of been in the US for the last two centuries) it will be easier to build and sustain wealth. 


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On 25 Nov 2012, at 20:39, Warigia Bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that it is actually a crime that our ministers and MPs get paid this much. 
> 
> According to the World Bank, Kenya is a low income country, and 45.9 percent of the country lives in poverty, and the GNI per capita is $820 dollars. 
> 
> That means that this TV is worth almost 20 times (TWENTY TIMES) than the average annual pay of the average Mwananchi. 
> 
> People, am I the only one who thinks it is shocking that our Ministers get paid 20 times more than the national average pay for a YEAR in one month? 
> 
> Warigia
> 
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:20 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> Samsung on Friday launched a 84" LED 3D monitor worth Kes. 1.8 M which is equivalent to a Ministers 1 month pay and a MP's 2 months pay.
>>  
>> Robert Yawe
>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> Kenya
>> 
>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>> From: luke mulunda <lmulunda at yahoo.com>
>> To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk 
>> Cc: "kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
>> Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2012, 12:51
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Who will buy this Sh1m TV?
>> 
>> guys,
>> Sharp just launched an 80-inch LED TV in Kenya and the prize is tagged at Sh1 million ( see link http://businesstoday.co.ke/news/2012/11/22/sharp-returns-kenya-crazy-deal-sh1-million-tv-0 ) Just who's going to buy this monster?
>> 
>> Luke M.
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