Kenya earns $400 to $450 thousand each day from Khat export South Somalia

[baala xoofto]

A farmer in Meru region Kenya, smiling all the way to the bank. 

 

"According to the 2019 data from Anti-khat campaign initiatives spearheaded by Abukar Awale, on average, 3,330 large sacs (Some 15 cargo planes) full of fresh khat arrive daily from Kenya are distributed to 11 cities in Somalia by direct flights excluding Somaliland region (which is mainly supplied by Ethiopia). The net benefit to the Kenyan (drug) dealers is $450,000 US dollars per day. Annually, it is $1 642,500,000 billion US dollars in revenue for Kenya. There is minimal tax revenue gained, $85,000, nor are these gains sufficient for reinvestment into the impacted communities. There are also no legislations in place to regulate khat in Somalia for harm reduction purposes. There is a high cost for the society, such as food insecurities, decreased productivity, and poor health outcomes. The money used to buy khat could have circulated within the country, improve the Somali citizens' quality of life, and provide economic stimulus desperately needed. This is just a cost-effective glimpse of khat coming from Kenya. The Ethiopia khat has more severe psychosis and has deeper detrimental health effects due to harmful pesticide use."

That's according to Ex-Somalia Minister.

Petition · Ban All khat Flights from All Sources to Somalia · Change.org

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[baala xoofto]

Institute for Security Studies, based in Nairobi, also wrote the following research artcle:

 

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Khat, a plant-based stimulant drug, is legal in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Djibouti. It is a source of livelihoods and has become a major cash crop, earning countries tidy sums of revenue. Kenya earns a minimum of US$400 000 a day in export value from trading it as a cash crop, with Somalia as a key trading partner.

Regulating khat could disrupt East Africa’s illegal drug economy - ISS Africa

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[Xaaji Xunjuf]

these qat deal will  bankrupt the koonfurians poor souls

 

[Dhagax-Tuur]

^like you lot fare better!

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

no that amount of money atleast

dhagaxtuur u lot love misery loves company 

[Dhagax-Tuur]

Haha.  

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

12 hours ago, baala xoofto said:

A farmer in Meru region Kenya, smiling all the way to the bank. 

 

"According to the 2019 data from Anti-khat campaign initiatives spearheaded by Abukar Awale, on average, 3,330 large sacs (Some 15 cargo planes) full of fresh khat arrive daily from Kenya are distributed to 11 cities in Somalia by direct flights excluding Somaliland region (which is mainly supplied by Ethiopia). The net benefit to the Kenyan (drug) dealers is $450,000 US dollars per day. Annually, it is $1 642,500,000 billion US dollars in revenue for Kenya. There is minimal tax revenue gained, $85,000, nor are these gains sufficient for reinvestment into the impacted communities. There are also no legislations in place to regulate khat in Somalia for harm reduction purposes. There is a high cost for the society, such as food insecurities, decreased productivity, and poor health outcomes. The money used to buy khat could have circulated within the country, improve the Somali citizens' quality of life, and provide economic stimulus desperately needed. This is just a cost-effective glimpse of khat coming from Kenya. The Ethiopia khat has more severe psychosis and has deeper detrimental health effects due to harmful pesticide use."

That's according to Ex-Somalia Minister.

Petition · Ban All khat Flights from All Sources to Somalia · Change.org

WWW.CHANGE.ORG

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Updated: August 3rd, 2022 Ban All khat Flights from All Sources to Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud& Health Minister Dr. Fawziya Abikar Nur Jamhuria Road, Mogadishu – SomaliaP.O. Box...

 

Old news. Waqooyiga ayaaba ugu daran maanta after Uhuru's little ciyaarsiis of Muuse Muqayil. It is the sole reason u soo qaadatay warkaan, thinking Waqooyiga kuma jiraan. Wrong again.

Dowladii Farmaajo laba sano ayee lacagtaan u baaqaneysay ummadda Soomaaliyeed. 

[baala xoofto]

6 hours ago, Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar said:

Dowladii Farmaajo laba sano ayee lacagtaan u baaqaneysay ummadda Soomaaliyeed. 

You felt for Farmaajo's "bait-and-switch", replacing Merru with Oromo's Hararaghe. There was no penny saved. In fact, establishing new flight routes, new market is more expensive than the already established and well calibrated market that existed between Kenya and South Somalia. 

 

[baala xoofto]

10 hours ago, Xaaji Xunjuf said:

these qat deal will  bankrupt the koonfurians poor souls

 

My point about this topic is that, some folks here actually think that Khat is a Somaliland problem. Like @galbeeditried to argue in another thread. My argument is that, Khat is a Somali Problem whether they are in the diaspora, in the Horn of Africa. 

The amount of dollars the Meru farmers earn is no less than the amount of dollars the Oromos get from Somaliland. Full stop. 

 

[galbeedi]

6 hours ago, baala xoofto said:

The amount of dollars the Meru farmers earn is no less than the amount of dollars the Oromos get from Somaliland. Full stop. 

$400,000, that is a daylight robery of Somalia. 

Why not put 25% tax on that and make $100,000 a day and fill the state coffers?

sometjing must be done. you can let this continue if you are a decent leader