Kenya MPs start push for price controls

The matter is very simple. We have seen what an uncontrolled market can do to Mwananchi. Its a disaster and we need change.

Price controls? How about control the cost of production? Power accounts for over 30% of production costs in certain companies. Lower tax or give incentives, Improve infastructure,Improve security.

they shld first put their undeserveable astronomical wages on a tight leash.only they cld go to supermarkets n afford a bundle of maize meal n other luxuries lke holidayz to the moon.

Price control is not the long term solution. it will lead to hoarding and even higher prices, black market and so on.Kenyans may not be aware that taxes on fuel are one of the highest in the world. the govt needs to face the situation squarely. reduce taxes on fuel to make the cost of production cheaper, subsidize farm inputs e.g fertilizers, like it happens in other countries( s. africa). our leaders are taking a short-cut by treating the symptoms. Face the illness head-on.

For once our MPs seem to be living in the same planet as everybody else! They are genuinely concerned with the plight of ordinary Kenyans, and are doing something about it. Well done Hon Maina and all the other MPs who contributed. I hope the good MPs also address the downside to price controls such a shortages with their attendant corruption, and disappearance of goods to the black market, which hurt the very people the Bill is meant to protect. This Bill should however be a temporary interim measure while our leaders address the causes of the current situation.