I was in Uganda for a while and noticed how things have become expensive over there. Prices change almost daily, apart from the habit of Ugandan traders to inflate prices when it comes to foreigners - even Kenyans. When you ask the traders why the price has changed they say one word: Chibachi (Kibaki!). End of story.
Well back in Kenya fertiliser prices have reached Ksh. 6000 for a 50kg bag. This is enough for about an acre of land and it is about double the price of what it was last year. With the number of displaced farmers from Rift Valley plus the high fertiliser prices the chances are that by August this year Kenya will have serious food shortages or if available then at exorbitant prices.
Note that food riots in the past months have taken place all over the world from countries like in Mexico, India, Morocco, Egypt, China, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Yemen, Guinea, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Senegal. Haiti's food riot has been the deadliest so far. Well now that Ruto has been made minister of Agriculture, let us hope he will do something about the food prices.
Isn't Austria a first world country?! I'm shocked that peeps there would riot over food! I think at this point in time Im going to start stock piling dry foods ie rice and beans.
ReplyDeleteI do hope things in that area improve for Kenya too!
I'm actualy surprised it hasn't happened yet here. The resilience of citizens is amazing whereas other countries have given up and taken to the streets (where they have actualy made some governments intervene in pricing)
ReplyDeleteacolyte - there are poor people in rich countries too
ReplyDeletebankelele - I seriously pray that our government will at least reduce the fertiliser prices as a first step.