When the political heat dies down , the leadership of the hour will need to urgently address the most important issue after National Security …
FOOD SECURITY …
At Independence in 1963 , with minimum Infrastructure and a population of 19 million , Kenya was a net Exporter of Grain and Food Products …
Today , in 2022 , we are one of the countries held hostage by Putin due to the War in Ukraine …
Apparently , Ukraine produces grain that feeds 400 million around the Globe ( … That’s right , 1 country feeding 400 million around the world…).
So , now countries who did not give a damn about what Putin was doing in Ukraine ( … particularly here in Africa…) are now wondering how they will feed their populations over the coming 6 months…
Wachana na propaganda ya the west. Kenyas staple food is maize. And most kenyans, over 90%, grind their maize kwa posho mill, maize they have grown themselves. If there are any shortfalls maize is imported from uganda or tanzania, and when the worst comes to the worst from mexico or brazil. For rice, we get most from mwea or ahero or TZ and worst case from Pakistan. Sukuma, beef, chicken, fish, milk, potatoes, onions, mangoes, pineapples, bananas, watermelons and other fruits are all locally sourced. Cooking oil is sourced from malaysia and indonesia. Wheat from narok, timau or imports from india, pakistan etc. Basically ukraine and russia can fight for ever and we dont care. But western propaganda wants to whip emotions against russia that its the cause of high food prices in the world including hapa kenya.