Bring down production cost to boost export competitiveness

The fact that an egg from neighbouring Uganda can land in Kenya at a price as low as Sh1 betrays a hugely unfair common market. It demonstrates Kenya’s fast dwindling competitiveness. 

For long, Kenyan farmers have decried unprecedented flow of cheap eggs from Uganda. Indeed, most poultry farmers have given up on rearing chicken for eggs, selling them for meat instead. A fraction of the egg traders from Wangige market, one of the largest marketplaces for eggs, took to the streets recently, protesting against the cheap Kampala produce.