[SIZE=6]Tanzania’s chicken imports ban coming home to roost[/SIZE] SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30 2018
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Big firms have stopped production of day-old chicks, leading to a shortage of broilers and layers. PHOTO | NMG In Summary
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[li]Big hotels and food shops across the country, mostly in Dar es Salaam and Arusha cities, are feeling the impact of the shortage.[/li][li]Some big firms had stopped production of day-old chicks, leading to a shortage of broilers and layers.[/li][li]Owing to the shortage, the price of a kilogramme of a broiler has risen from $2.8 to $ 4.5.[/li][li]Tanzania declined to ratify a regional agreement that came into force in 2016 which allows East Africa Community partner states to share veterinary services. This has made it difficult for other EAC member states to export chicken to Tanzania.[/li][/ul]
EAC is useless, let’s concentrate on the new Africa trade federation. Tz will always drag us down. We make more money and trade on comes a than EAC and that has been swallowed up by the new Africa trade agreement.
But, @spear, I think we hurtling towards oblivion in matters of trade. Tanzania has managed to effectively brick wall all goods and services from Kenya. At the same time, they have done all they can to sell as much goods to Kenya as possible. Meanwhile, even with little protectionism and government manipulations, Uganda is selling more goods to Kenya than vise versa. Can’t you see that we are headed for an uncertain future?
Uganda only sold more goods to Kenya in year 2017 because we experienced a drought and poor harvest in that year. Its not the same this year. Same to Tanzania. They sell us fresh produce and we sell to them manufactured or processed products. Besides over 60% of those who handle goods between the nations are Kenyans. Yes Uganda manufacturing has improved steadily for the last decade which was expected but we are still ahead and growing. What we need is more markets like Ethiopia opening up trade imports and transport corridor is more important.
I have always said we need to advance the type of goods we produce,
in the near future all 3 nations of UG,TZ n KE will be producing the same type of goods…
1.raw farm produce
2.processed farm produce
3.simple manufactured home use products like soap, earbuds …plastic cups etc
Kenya needs to move a step higher to more complex goods, assembled electronics and machinery, spare parts and machine parts, …that way we will still be relevant in the next half-a-century… before they catch up we will be casting engines and fabricating computer processors.
This is the only way out., this competition of selling onions and cabbages is no good