KOT decry rising food prices
Kenyans have shared their frustrations on Twitter with what they say is the consistent increase in the price of food.
Via the hashtag #lowerthefoodprices, a majority of those who contributed to the debate asked the government to intervene and tame the sky-high prices.
Kenyans have had to deal with an increase in the price of almost every commodity, from food to fuel to gas to fertilizer, with inflation initially linked to the rise in fuel prices.
Here are some of the reactions.
#LowerFoodPrices
Affording 3meals a day is seemingly difficult. Every Kenyan has a right to this basic necessity. How will you convince empty stomachs to vote ?— Racheal Gichuka (@wagakiracheal) February 20, 2022
Families are going through hell,mara sio Rent, food, clothing hata fare,Kenya maisha imekuwa ngumu sana,if you come across this Just Retweet , Government should
#lowerfoodprices— Evans Miloo Rutto?? (@Evans_miloo) February 20, 2022
I don't think prices of Food can be lowered down as you are protesting via #lowerfoodprices until prices of farm products are lowered….i.e fertilizers, chemicals to spray, and animal Feeds…. Hapo Ndio hii language should start …. pic.twitter.com/TWXL4ACYGm
— Mike Sonko (@MikeSonko) February 20, 2022
We should conduct a nation wide strike, twitter trend isn't enough. we can't be buying 1kg of cooking oil at ksh290 and Sugar at ksh250 bana. Kenya isn't a country.
There is no equality in this country. The poor are starving ?
#lowerfoodprices Nakumatt Stanley Livondo
— Ja Loka (@fels3_) February 20, 2022
Regardless of who seats at the helm of the country leadership, food as a basic necessity should remain affordable in a country with conducive environment for farming. Lower Taxes for raw materials/farm inputs, CBOs, Saccos, flexible trade agreements,industries..#lowerfoodprices pic.twitter.com/j8SaYsCJox
— Hon. Kimaningunjiri (@kimaningunjiri) February 20, 2022
Schools are closing soon and kids are coming home for almost 7 weeks. It's quite a challenge providing for the family with these overrated food prices#lowerfoodprices
— Petrah Mokeira (@PetrahMokeira) February 20, 2022
I can't vote while hungry.Why even vote when you can't be assured of affordable basic needs? #lowerfoodprices
— winnie rutto (@winnie_rutto) February 19, 2022
Beef is at 500 per kg,from 180 .????what has changed with the cattle that are being slaughtered,are they smart,jabbed or fed on artificial intelligence?u are even selling cholesterol at exhorbitant prices.since olive oil is a preserve of a few.#lowerfoodprices ?
— Magdaline Muranda (@murandamag) February 20, 2022
In Jan 2021 ,20L of cooking oil was costing Kes 2300 ,today that goes for 4,400. 10kg of vegetable fat was kes 980, today it cost 2,200. Hata kama ni global prices zimepanda, it is not by this margins. State capture by cartels is alive and well in this Republic. #lowerfoodprices
— wilson (@ndarafufwa) February 20, 2022
Kenyans are really struggling to put food on their tables. To have food prices continue to escalate creates a great deal of pressure for families who have to feed their kids. We are asking the Kenyan government for nothing but#lowerfoodprices
— Laurence Wainaina (@LaurenceWakili) February 19, 2022
Sugar from 80 bob to 150bob
Wheat flour from 95 to 150bob
Cooking oil 3L from 380 to 710
Corn flour from 90bob to 120
Kenyans are not ready to understand inflation shenanigans, just #lowerfoodprices— Ndirangu (@samndirangu10) February 20, 2022
Development must be balanced. We can't have hungry people and beautiful roads. Some system somewhere is broken. So the roads are just used a measure. We are saying that if you can do beautiful roads, surely you can feed your people better #lowerfoodprices
— Flora (@jadesea) February 20, 2022
We can't breath #lowerfoodprices, Kenyans are suffering most people can't be able to put a meal on the table and everytime one gets a mic the leaders have their eyes on 2022 only.
Who will vote for you, Hungry Angry Kenyans???NO!
Act Now!.— Octoh Kamaah (@Octoh031) February 20, 2022
A government which never minds having supplementary budgets for voting and electoral processes but won't subsidize basic commodity prices, using this as a bait and assure its citizens of a better (bitter) future or what!? #lowerfoodprices
— Mathews ?? (@onyimatts) February 20, 2022
The cry comes six months before August 9th polls.