President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive has seen the Department of Fisheries lifting a ban on fish imports following a biting shortage after against Chinese catch that had flooded the market.
The ban was lifted in January, barely three months after the restrictions took effect in November.
Mr Kenyatta, in ordering the ban, had said it was inappropriate to bring in the fish when local sources could well satisfy the demand.
Kenya imports approximately 1.8 million kilogramme of fish every month. It produces about 135,000 tonnes annual against an annual demand of 500,000 tonnes. Fish imports from China hit Sh1.7 billion last year as Kenya’s appetite for Chinese fish continued to grow with the country seeking to bridge a deficit.
Most factories that import fish cite unreliable supply from the local market, which affects their customers.
Farmers Choice, one of the local processors, said it currently imports frozen tilapia fillets, normally boneless and skinless, owing to the limited supply locally.
Anonymous says
HERE COMES TOXIC FARMED TILAPIA LOADED WITH LEAD WILL BE FLOODING THE KENYAN FISH MARKETS! LEAD IS A HEAVY POISONOUS METAL, PARTICULARLY TO THE DEVELOPING BRAIN OF CHILDREN!
I WONDER WHAT THE KENYAN ELITES WILL BE DOING WITH FRESH WATER LAKE VICTORIA! HAND IT OVER TO HIGHEST FOREIGN BRIBERS OR WORD BANK GROUP OF INVESTORS??
WHY ARE THE LUO YOUTHS STUCK IN THE SLUMS OF BIG CITIES WITH ZERO JOB OPPORTUNITIES?
ARE THEY HOPING THE CHINESE WILL EMPLOY THEM IN THEIR FISH FARMS??
Anonymous says
Why are Kenya elites turning their young population into perpetual consumers by:
(a) confining them in slums
(b) loading them educational student loan debts from banks with no jobs opportunities at the end of of their education
(c) forcing them to be the cheap labor supply for their foreign partners to whom they hand over the Kenyan resources
The major question is: SINCE 12/12/1963, WHY HAVE THE RULING CARTELS sworn to DISMANTLE THE KENYAN POPULATION BY TURNING KENYANS INTO PERPETUAL CONSUMERS OF PRODUCTS THAT ARE MANUFACTURED ABROAD or DRUG ADDICTS??
For example:
(a) Killing the sugar farmers in order to import sugar from the Caribbean and other countries
(b) Killing the maize farmers so that they import maize from Mexico in support of Mexican and other farmers
(c) Trading in illicit drugs grown and manufactured in Afghanistan and Colombia so that they can turn their youths into addicted useless zombies
WHY ARE KENYA RULING ELITES WAGING THE DESTRUCTIVE ECONOMIC WAR AGAINST KENYAN YOUTHS???