Numbers in Kenya's trade deal with Uganda do not add up

First it giveth, and then it taketh away. These are the only words that can aptly describe the recent deal reportedly cut by the government on importation of sugar from Uganda.

Against the backdrop of the much touted “bailout” of Mumias Sugar, the analogy of a man who tends to his lamb by day but allows a hyena to interact with the lamb at night is apt. There can only be one result and the supposed good intentions, by day, of such a man must be put into question.