Kenyans on twitter do not seem impressed with the announcement of President Kenyatta’s visit to China. The announcement was made on Thursday during a Cabinet meeting.
President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to lead a delegation of horticultural farmers and traders to China in November this year for the 1st Shanghai Import Expo during which a number of trade deals will be negotiated and sealed.
Main agenda of this visit (as captured by citizen digital)
The signing of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary deal between Kenya and China that will open doors for over 40 percent of Kenya’s fresh produce including avocado, mangoes and cashew nuts into the expansive Chinese market.
The Agreement will also allow for the export of stevia, a sweetener largely grown in the Rift Valley, into the Chinese market.
Signing of an MOU for the establishment of a trade negotiation working group whose mandate will be to negotiate trade tariffs especially on Kenya’s tea and coffee exports to China as well as explore additional market for the country’s cash crops.
Kenyans have complained about this visit saying that Kenya is already in debt and this move raises a lot of concern. Have a look at the reactions.
This is too much wastage of money that we don’t have
— Mwitikithinji ?? (@Mwitikithinji) October 18, 2018
— Petro (@PrinzPetro) October 18, 2018
And he spoke badly about chinese fish the other day? Or they arent farmers…someone is playing with our minds
— Kitz Moses (@KitzMoses) October 18, 2018
Kuomba mbolea ama mbegu?
— Prof.Dr.ENG. Nanguti (@nangutikevin) October 18, 2018
Another trip to your sponsors funded by the tax payers!!
— Ms.Wanjiru (@MsWanjiruN) October 18, 2018
Aki hii ujinga itaisha lini…are they going to cultivate there??? These guys have made countless trips to Israel to benchmark and even set up the galana-kulalu white elephant project. Btw, tell us how much it’s going to cost the taxpayer ???
— Opande Machuka (@machukanett) October 18, 2018
Uhuru himself should represent Kenyan farmers and the remaining money be paid to farmers here at home. Farmers can attend conferences and video about the Expo can be played on screens
— VICTOR (@VctrVik) October 18, 2018