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mzeiya

mzeiya

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It's a tale of two very different tributes to the late Chris Kirubi.
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The DN has sanitised him completely buy the standard is unforgiving.
how KENATCO used to transport Uganda coffee and Kenya got overnight billionaires in the Magendo business, he was obviously a big player.
 
mzeiya said:
Thinking hard about it as I sip some cappuccino
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Did you know that KENATCO was once the largest road transport hauling firm in the country with exclusive rights to transport coffee for export, they had offices in Uganda, Tanzania ,Zambia and Burundi plus a fleet of Mercedes benz taxis before it was mismanaged.
1976 to 1979 were good years for the Kenyan smuggler. US President Jimmy Carter banned US importation of Ugandan coffee. This followed the abduction of Archbishop Janaan Luwuum by the Idi Amin regime when the man of God, and fierce critic, was delivering his Sunday sermon. He was never to be seen alive again. As a result of the embargo, the coffee sector in Ebukanda, Uganda, was hit. As is often the case, in the midst of chaos and gloom, there are those who thrive. Every tiff/war has its profiteers. In this case, there was a Ugandan coffee slump which, thanks to smuggling, manifested itself as a Kenyan coffee boom. As a result, a hitherto unknown border town seeded and blossomed. Embargoed from a key market, most of the trade in Ugandan coffee occurred in the dusty border town of Chepkube, or Chebukube, as the locals called it.
For the life and the money all manner of profiteers, all the way from Nairobi and beyond, migrated to cash in on the windfall at Chepkube. The illicit trade in coffee beans was booming. From Luwakhakha to Mombasa, Kisumu and Nairobi, new millionaires were minted.
Crossing the dangerous waters of river Luwakhakha with bags of coffee on their backs was the remit in the dead of the night. With margins in excess of 100%, the day was for making merry. Back in the villages, the children suffered.

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So With Kirubi as Head of KENATCO imagine how much he made
 
Meria said:
Did you know that KENATCO was once the largest road transport hauling firm in the country with exclusive rights to transport coffee for export, they had offices in Uganda, Tanzania ,Zambia and Burundi plus a fleet of Mercedes benz taxis before it was mismanaged.
1976 to 1979 were good years for the Kenyan smuggler. US President Jimmy Carter banned US importation of Ugandan coffee. This followed the abduction of Archbishop Janaan Luwuum by the Idi Amin regime when the man of God, and fierce critic, was delivering his Sunday sermon. He was never to be seen alive again. As a result of the embargo, the coffee sector in Ebukanda, Uganda, was hit. As is often the case, in the midst of chaos and gloom, there are those who thrive. Every tiff/war has its profiteers. In this case, there was a Ugandan coffee slump which, thanks to smuggling, manifested itself as a Kenyan coffee boom. As a result, a hitherto unknown border town seeded and blossomed. Embargoed from a key market, most of the trade in Ugandan coffee occurred in the dusty border town of Chepkube, or Chebukube, as the locals called it.
For the life and the money all manner of profiteers, all the way from Nairobi and beyond, migrated to cash in on the windfall at Chepkube. The illicit trade in coffee beans was booming. From Luwakhakha to Mombasa, Kisumu and Nairobi, new millionaires were minted.
Crossing the dangerous waters of river Luwakhakha with bags of coffee on their backs was the remit in the dead of the night. With margins in excess of 100%, the day was for making merry. Back in the villages, the children suffered.

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So With Kirubi as Head of KENATCO imagine how much he made
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Wow. U ter us more.
 
mzeiya said:
Gloves off!
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if UDA hacks kiambaa, it will usher era of resigning from government to campaign on a UDA ticket, open defiance by politicians will start ,hata parliamentary grouping summons by jubilee will be ignored. Governors looking for a second term will start serious alignments particularly in mt kenya region. Ule mama wa laikipia atakunja mkia.
 
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