Nairobi Market

[LadhaYaKenya]

Visit LadhaYaKenya here on youtube to see the GOOD coming out of Kenya versus what these Wazungus have to say about our people.

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[ladybirdkenya]

shame on them selling cloths that are meant to be given free to the poor

[glo85ria]

donation to help the poor? yeah right

[casan20007]

After watching this, you see why so many whites have that common disdain towards Africans.

African governments do you have a gene that makes you immune to shame? Save the dignity of your people!

Close this down! How are African industries going to perfect their trade if they are aborted while still in the womb?

This is an econimic subotage dressed as "helping Africans", there is a Somali saying that goes: "Give your enemy sweet milk"

[solivoid]

0157jo RESPECT!

[crissy771]

i used to wear better when i was in kenya than now that am in europe kikomba for life!!!!

[crosskuIIed]

could be any third world city in Canaduh

[kakaz357]

second hand clothes 'mitumba'dependancy does not help kenya compete in the world market. But more important is when ppl in the 1st world countries give. They give blindly. People in beatiful countries like kenya dont need help with clothes. if there is starvation give food not bloody clothes. some even send ties and stilletos. what a waste!!!

[africanbeauty84]

think again how can u say it's a waste....think about this if those rich ppl in da western world send their unwanted clothes to kenya then they r helping someone open up a business of selling second hand clothes, and allowing that young man/woman get their first job in a bank becoz they r yet to afford a brand new suit. hence in turn they r helping themselves.

[suluhiya]

Well lets ask ourselves when will it end? I will tell you this that do you know that people who benefit most in 'mitumba' business are the very rich!?

Did u know that "mitumba" is meant to be for free distribution?

Talk about quality?Rivatex did produce best quality of khangas....What happened? Someone allowed china and India cheap quality khangas in kenya. Its policy not wananchi. something like this would not happen in the so called first world

[kakaz357]

This is all true mate. It was a candid report without a pinch of salt in it. I lived in Pumwani and Gikomba market was in my back yard. I do not support the trade. I think it just doesnt undermine kenyan economy but also it is degrading for kenyans to wear canadian second hand underwear, bra and bikinis from UK and America. Some of them are not even washed properly and have excrament mark on them.

[mami4ka]

AHAHAHAHHH. That is a total shit. Excrament mark? WTF?

Well, the man sad - they closed 20 factories - that means thousands of people went unemployed. That fucks up your own economy and it is a political matter. People aways go the easy way. Countries like this need organization and hard order to survive among the strong economics of the world.

[kakaz357]

Well the issue is even more complicated. Roughly 20 factories were closed and thousands lost their jobs. But on the other hand, selling of second hand clothes (mitumba)has help employ thousands more. Infact even more than the 20 factories would employ. Selling of this items has spread all over the Kenya. a country which has over 52 districts.

[kakaz357]

To be clear i meant skid marks. It is true and am not fibbing. shirts and blouses with sweat marks as well. it is revolting

[mami4ka]

It is fucked up and sad. Not only becouse of the level of poorness, but because of the instability of the economic, of this country. I see the same thing in my country, not in this proportions, but still. I believe, that the poverty and economical insufficiency are matters only of orgaization, ability of creating working sistem and capability of granting the order. And most of all - the will of the people to do so.

[0157jo]

your talking through ignorance, have you seen the conditions under which these people survive?

try finding out about slums like kibera and it might just dawn on you that sweat marks on a shirt is the least of their worries!

They are grateful to even have a shirt on their back!

[kakaz357]

i know how hard it is to live in slums like kibera , mathare, korogocho or even Pumwani. However this does not mean we should loose our integrity and humanity. in 1980s and 70s kenyans still got dressed decently even though there was little or no mitumbas. Kenya is not a dumping place for used stelletos . Go see yourself at the gikomba market and and how nairobi river has turned to be a dumping place for all these rubbish. used thongs, caps and ties the least a poor man wud worry about

[0157jo]

I would not compare Kenya today with that of 1980s and 70s. I believe people were far better off then and they could afford to earn a decent living.

Poverty is a human tragedy and it robs one their integrity and humanity. Thus, i still insist that having used clothes is the least of their worries.

see your point though, definitely not a case of black and white.

[slytheron]

I wonder what you mean by Kenyans dressed decently. Were you there? If Kenyan companies sold quality clothes at a reasonable price, it would be great. But wishes aren't horses. Have you worn Bata shoes? Made in Kenya but last about 3 months! Consumers go for better value for their money; that's just common sense.

[casan20007]

Didn't other companies in western world go through the same product evolution? in industry it is called the "Experience curve effect" google it. African industries will forever lag behind under these circumstances. For Africa to develop it has to protect its industries!

That is why IMF doesn't allow them to do it because they are a racist organization hell bent on keeping Africa in the stone age knowing that billions worth of raw materials from Africa nourish Europe. Google NSSM 200

[slytheron]

Inasmuch as that may be true, and I agree with you, the fact is there exists technology to improve production. But because we have a jinga govt, that wants to charge duty on every little thing even those things that will help the economy, we cannot grow.

Energy prices in Kenya are four times that of South Africa, a much larger economy than ours. Why? The cotton industry that was once lively and financed the education of many of our parents, what happened? Moi just to hurt a few Luos destroyed

[casan20007]

Obama and African friendly western intellectuals keep repeating: "Hold your gov'ts accountable!" Most effort should be directed towards education, it wasn't long ago that many Africans belived white men are immortal as comedic as it sounds, going from that level of ignorance to a population that challenges its leaders is a big leap, effort on educating the young should be where the battle is fought, most of the population is so ignorant that they are more a hinderance to revolution than help.

[suluhiya]

true consumers go for better value for their money. But its our governments policy that make consumers behave in certain ways. Rivatex had better quality khangas(lesos) a little bit dear but long lasting. Then someone allowed cheap and fake chinese and Indian khangas in the country. Look what happened to

Rivatex. Like you said just common sense!?

[casan20007]

As the man says it in 2:30, this is an economic subotage. I say it is much like food aid that are brought in by force under U.N protection.

Basically Africa will never develop under these circumstances. Farmers that would have perfected their modern agriculture techniques have been choked by surplus grains dumbed on African ports, just as the clothing industry.

The part of the world that rejects these form of AIDS are developing their industries in leaps and bounds....this is subotage!

[kevnjenga]

kubaff

[casan20007]

Kubaff? what do you mean?

[ccjero05]

so true, living in kibera after growing up in connecticut gave me such a sense of grace for kiberans. markets like this are so green, they recycle clothing but they also offer people a means by which to survive. kenyans of every lifestyle shop there. i love those markets!!

[striker058]

They can dress better than me with 5 dollars!

[tupac662]

I can understand the argument's against the 2nd hand stalls (cotton industry suffering / clothing shops suffering), but these 2nd hand clothes probablly came from Kenyan / Chinese cotton! We need to mass produce the cotton at cheap prices, and let young pple come up with classy brands. Maybe one day Canadians will be dying to buy some Nairo-Prada!

[TangoCanada]

Very interesting, I always loved to watch CBC documentary programs.

[kimlea69]

and is all this made in china?