according to kfc these kenyan potatoes are not good for their brand
welcome to trina chekis africa in the news i'm akimoshi and this is the show where we look
at how western media covers africa where we go through all the prejudice racism misinformation
and in today we will cover the kfc potato gate saga in kenya
and show you how western media has been manufacturing africa's food crisis on purpose
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what is potatogate kenyans are calling for boycott of the fast food giant kfc in kenya after a crazy
announcement that they ran out of potatoes in the country where potatoes are kenya's second most
produced cash crop so this is the crux of the issue uh kfc saying that of potatoes because they
usually get their potatoes from the united states suppliers or european suppliers meaning that these
potatoes these beautiful african potatoes these beautiful kenyan potatoes are not considered as
potatoes to kfc this is not a matter of them not wanting our potatoes but it's such a deeper issue
that we will talk through and why a european or an american company would rather import raw materials
and support their own industries than supporting local farmers and local producers this is by
design it's not a mistake it's how the system is built to further put africa down to further
enable them to control africa further enable them to exploit africa so what's the issue exactly so
this casey potato gate saga has opened the eyes of kenyans to show them how these international multi
multinational farms treat kenyans so uh as a [ __ ] this is what kenyans in authority have to say so
rashid raka gongo ceo of the national potato council in kenya which works with local farmers
stated it was not sustainable for kfc to continue sourcing its potatoes from abroad
he stated that kenyans are offering a market for their food and expect that they should also
offer a market for kenyan farmers however the kfc east africa both told local media that the
approval procedure could not be said stepped to bring local farmers on global quality standards
so what this guy is saying is that they've got super standards that kenyan farmers cannot achieve
basically is that but the issue is not about them not being able to source potatoes locally
the issue is about the system that they've created so kenya produces approximately two million tons
of potatoes annually and engages approximately three million canyons across the valley chain so
what what does this tell you like you see these potatoes right
the system right when i'm in the system it's all this world trade organization all these
free trade deals all this agua the system is made that africans african farmers african producers
are not being treated fairly when it comes to trading with these uh international companies
trading with this european or like our western countries right so here is a clip
we did of a documentary about how these western african countries have been manufacturing africa's
food crisis since colonialism africa is able to produce so much food if africa is technically
able to feed its population without needing foreign aid without needing donations right but
they have made africa not be able to do this so that they could use aid to control africa so that
they could use aid to steal from africa so we did this documentary i will just uh share a snippet of
it here another relic from the colonial era to suppress local food production continues today
through structural adjustment programs imposed on african countries by the imf and world bank
the offer from the financial institutions was simple we'll pay off your debt inherited
from the colonial period if you make certain adjustments to your economy
the adjustments were classically neo-liberal
as well as opening up access to african markets for american and european food producers
they forced african governments to eliminate subsidies for their own farmers
many farmers have gone out of business as a result of these policies after imports became cheaper
than the food they produce important we recommend you watch the whole 15 minute documentary it will
change your mind of how food is sourced and produced in africa you'd think
africa is a fatter place a farmer would just go out plant the food that's enough no no no no no no
they make it almost impossible for farmers to create their own industry right because you
cannot compete with people who keep pushing unfair rules and fair systems on you right so conclusion
what is happening this kfc potato gate saga is by design in the international system is designed
to put african farmers african producers offering african manufacturers down to put
them at a disadvantages when competing with like with their international peers and what can we do
so my best way of fighting this big corporation is boycott right you can protest you can go
on twitter you can complain but the best way is hey just stop going to kfc if you're in
kenya stop going to kfc simple as that it will hurt them where it matters right being angry
being going to twitter making memes it's cute it's fun but if you really want them to hurt heart
completely so that they change their behaviors you boycott them and this seems to have worked because
we just got word that after a lot of public pressures kenyans especially on twitter and
countrywide who said they will become kc mid kc to agree to purchase potatoes from
local kenyan farmers but with a big big caveat so we will follow this story to
let you know what happens right the big big caveat is that they'll put so many restrictions on these
kenyan farmers it will not even be what they are like what they're wild uh the west has a
lot of food waste problems because of these uh standards that don't make any sense food is food
as long as it's healthy it does not have pests and it tastes good natural right no no this gmos
artificial food that looks perfect like it's been modeled or oh that's not the african way uh we
try to do things the natural way we grow our food from the ground we we keep with mother nature
we try to use as little pesticides or if we use pesticides or fertilizers we try to use natural
options first before we go to the chemical uh disastrous ones like they did they usually do
in the west so this is the potatoes of the matter this is the crux of the mata uh africa needs to
get out of this food crisis that has been manufactured and manufactured for it africa
needs to start producing its own food make sure to watch the documentary that we've linked below it's
really important how the west has manufactured africa's food crisis okay so with that said uh
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