indeed @kioko is right on the fundamentals which ill hasten to add that in the ideal scenario should be the case. the dynamics of this however are affected by a coctail of consequences including poor leadership at the national level to local family politics that affects decision in agronomy of things like coconut. (that said there is totally no excuse why no coconut regeneration program has been in place since independence which explains why coconut production is on the decline since we already hit the 40 year production window and are now gradually decellerating in the production). <br>
<br>On the issue of churches, "Sadaka" is a form of voluntary tax. I suspect that by "regulate" daktari implies something in the realms of tax, which would amount to taxing tax. That said, how many universities are offering training in theology? administration and finance management? do these church administrators go to these schools ? shouldnt these schools be censored for the quality of their output? maybe we should censor the lecturers via UASU, or maybe their lecturers.... its a vicious cycle. Additionally, oversight role introduces an issue of moral authority. current government leadership and current church leadership (used lightly in both cases) are a lost lot of which none has moral authority over the other. <br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Dennis Kioko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmbuvi@gmail.com">dmbuvi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
BTW, Dr. Ndemo's official car is a mild consuming VW Passat and not a Mercedes.
<div><br></div><div>I would like to raise some issues which might deviate from the main list content. </div><div><br></div><div>My Economics for Engineers class taught me this as a basic. International trade is a result of the factors of production: Countries export what they can produce efficiently and import what they cant produce efficiently but is produced efficiently by other countries. Kenya produces maize with lesser resources than Japan would (theoretically) while Japan produces cars at lesser resources than Kenya would. </div>
<div><br></div><div><b>Electricity: </b>Why do we use diesel to produce electricity, talk about Nuclear while Geothermal potential in the country is yet to be fully exploited?</div><div><b>Petroleum: </b>Why don't we let oil marketers import their own oil, rather than but from a bid winner? Why must oil be processed at a very inefficent refinery with high costs while we can import refined oil at cheaper costs?</div>
<div><b>Sugar: </b>Why does our sugar cost twice as much as the sugar from our COMESA neighbours? Shall we be able to protect our sugar industry for long from cheaper imports?</div><div><b>Coffee: </b>Why is our coffee processed outside the country? Is it true that a farmer willing to process his own coffee must first auction it at the Nairobi auction where he must be the highest bidder? Do the jobless in Kiambu County know that hand roasted coffee is sold at a premium?</div>
<div><b>Coconut Milk</b>: Why is this imported from Indonesia while the cost watches?</div><div><b>Manual vs Mechanised labour: </b>Does this need debate? refer to <a href="http://the-star.co.ke/business/andrea-bohnstedt/22002-labour-activists-keeping-kenya-port-inefficient" target="_blank">http://the-star.co.ke/business/andrea-bohnstedt/22002-labour-activists-keeping-kenya-port-inefficient</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>End of Rant: </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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