@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang Subsidy yes but this time directed to production rather than consumption.

@StarNjosh @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang Isn't fuel used in production and transpory of many goods?

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang Here’s my thoughts on this. I think this isn’t a subsidy. Aliko Dangote was present yesterday. He has a fertilizer manufacturing business. My thinking is this was part of a deal agreed with him on his investment path into Kenya. Just my thoughts though

@MwangoCapital @coldtusker @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang Subsidies aren't all bad, the question is where to apply them for maximum multiplier effect. We we had with maize and fuel at the consumer level had zero multiplier effect.

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang It's a subsidy.

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang I think it's better to subsidize a factor of production rather than the final product. That said, I wish we could find structural ways of reducing reliance on fertilizer for farming in total or cheapen the inherent cost without subsidy. But kina @DavidNdii know better than me

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang I think subsidy increases production hence supply. The cost of subsidy for fertilizer is much lower than for Unga. They are also thinking longer term solution

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang I told u he is a conman

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang Honestly there are so many questions to asked moving forward, seems like opposition imeanza kazi officially.

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang An expensive fuel subsidy is being replaced by a cheaper more sensible one. Point is that money will be saved.

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang For once as a country, we need to have very candid discussions on the real issues affecting us. Any cosmetic remedy will be short-lived and only postpone the agony. Just like a cancerous growth, we need to deal with it at the source and not only tinkering with the symptoms.

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang Availing fertilizer is not enough, we must get the right fertilizer, not the one size fits all by prioritizing soil tests, tailor making fertilizer and teaching farmers on how to correctly use fertilizer using the 4R fertilizer stewardship. Time to make fertilizer work for us

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang It is not rocket science, change supplier. NPK fertiliser in Nigeria is approximately 3200/= for 50kg, where we are going the new shipment.

@MwangoCapital It's a "cheap" subsidy at only KSh. 4.5 billion. It's for a limited number of bags. Not clear what happens once they are exhausted.

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang Production subsidy vs. consumption subsidy

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang What is the framework for cutting down on taxes on the fertilizer?

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang I think subsidizing consumer costs is less sustainable than producer costs for this case farming input so food is cheaper for all

@MwangoCapital @RAbdiAnalyst @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang Hii ni ndoto. Mara Unga, Port, fuel... Eeeeish. Kwani yeye ndiye supplier?

@MwangoCapital @DavidNdii @WehliyeMohamed @ill_dduor @alykhansatchu @nderi_j @coldtusker @IEAKwame @LeoKemboi @Ramah_Nyang Sensible query, what's about doing away with fuel subsidy