https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/analysis/editorials/Restrain-from-loading-taxes-on-primary-goods/4259378-4532146-93l6x7/index.html This is apparent from the fall in patronage at restaurants in the CBD, and other businesses across the city. Yet our labour costs are driving some businesses to close shop or relocate to other countries. https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/jobs-at-risk-as-James-Finlay-closes-Kericho-flower-farms/539546-4532308-g06rtn/index.html How does one resolve this paradox? Is our inflation higher than the levels reported, and perhaps the cause of this situation? Are recent Tax reforms (Excise, VAT etc) the cause?

I'm of the opinion that people are finally getting their priorities right. That, devolution and an improved infrastructure. Take for instance in construction. Kenyan's are all about stone and mortar when we are blessed with much cheaper and lasting alternatives. Mud huts have stood the test of time, why do we subject ourselves to destructive quarries and very expensive stone? Devolution is making other counties more attractive prompting a reversal of the rural-urban migration as is improved infrastructure like roads and rail, making people shun the crowded and overly inflated apartments for suburbans... your Rongai and Kitengela. Moreover, restaurants are all about junk food and unhealthy oils.. about time people carried packed lunches and used the savings to get out of the rat-race

I first noted the trend of missing customers in eateries at one of the suburbs. I figured this was a byproduct of the cash crunch affecting the informal workers after the rate caps. When I saw the same trend in the CBD, I was baffled. The patrons here are presumed to be formal workers, whose salaries are normally adjusted for inflation annually. And i don't buy the argument that they all suddenly woke up and decided to adopt healthier lives by carrying home-cooked packed lunch.

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https://www.businessdail...41602-8evg9wz/index.html GoK is still planning to raise excise taxes once again