Somali Investors/Business Owners leave Kenya for Somalia

[Octavius]

My question wasn't clear?... then your reading comprehension must be as bad as your attitude.

You seem like an angry petty person, and there is nothing more irritating than an angry petty person throwing a tantrum. You made a few ill conceived assertions, the purpose of which, it seems, waobjectionse the Somali businesses in Kenya. You are a fool if you actually believe what you typed about Somali businesses, but unfortunately I dont have the time to rebutt all of your remarks.

Suffice it to say that businesses, including Somali businesses, work on the basis of supply and demand and their ability to beat their competition, clearly they would not continue to operate without sufficient demand for their products or if they were not competitive. Somali owned businesses would not continue to thrive if their products (whether Chinese-made or not) were not desirable, as you seem to insinuate, and they were not viable businesses.

Restaurants, shops, hotels, hawalas and other services oriented businesses are most certainly not the only types of businesses that Somalis in Kenya own, Somalis own manufacturing companies, petrol distributors, construction companies and many more. In spite of your bizarre and nonsensical objections, all the aforementioned businesses in general and service oriented ones in particular are perfectly valid, legitimate and often profitable businesses. Indeed, Kenya's lucrative and important tourism industry is heavily reliant on and intricated with these businesses about which you speak so disparagingly.

Lastly, as tax payers, emploers citizens and , members of society, Somali and Kenyan-Somali entrepreneurs have the right to make use of the infrastructure which is funded with taxes, levies and duties they pay. And even if Somali businesses relocated to Somalia, and in particular the safer regions, there would still be ample potential, scope and opportunity to do business, in spite of the infrastructure being comparatively worse.

[cashmere]

My question wasn't clear?... then your reading comprehension must be as bad as your attitude.

You seem like an angry petty person, and there is nothing more irritating than an angry petty person throwing a tantrum. You made a few ill conceived assertions, the purpose of which, it seems, was to belittle the Somali businesses in Kenya. You are a fool if you actually believe what you typed about Somali businesses, but unfortunately I dont have the time to rebutt all of your remarks. Suffice it to say that businesses, including Somali businesses, work on the basis of supply and demand and their ability to beat their competition,; they would not continue to operate without sufficient demand for their products or if they were not competitive. Somali owned businesses would not continue to thrive if their products were not desirable, as you seem to insinuate, and they were not viable businesses. Restaurants, shops, hotels, hawalas and other services oriented businesses are most certainly not the only types of businesses that Somalis in Kenya own, though they are perfectly valid, legitimate and often profitable businesses. Indeed, Kenya's lucrative and important tourism industry is heavily reliant on and intricated with these businesses about which you speak so disparagingly. Lastly, as tax payers, emploers citizens and , members of society, Somali and Kenyan-Somali entrepreneurs have the right to make use of the infrastructure which is funded with taxes, levies and duties they pay.

Nuff said. You are insane.

[Octavius]

Resigned to gifs have you My job here is done.

[cashmere]

You are arguing with yourself. No one has said these businesses are not legitimate, or even profitable. My comment was just in response to the many Somali's (including yourself) who are surely convinced that the Kenyan economy would crash if those Somali mom and pop shops abandon Eastleigh for Mogadishu. The idea that Somali owned businesses are vital to Kenya's multibillion tourism industry is just preposterous lol you are kidding yourself. Over half of those businesses operate in tin shacks and another quarter in malls that would have been long closed and evacuated in any other developed country.

[Octavius]

Whatever you want to believe...

[LiquidHYDROGEN]

You are arguing with yourself. No one has said these businesses are not legitimate, or even profitable. My comment was just in response to the many Somali's (including yourself) who are surely convinced that the Kenyan economy would crash if those Somali mom and pop shops abandon Eastleigh for Mogadishu. The idea that Somali owned businesses are vital to Kenya's multibillion tourism industry is just preposterous lol you are kidding yourself. Over half of those businesses operate in tin shacks and another quarter in malls that would have been long closed and evacuated in any other developed country.

Let me explain it so your monkey brain will understand: Kenya, like all african countries, is a shithole. As a shithole it is not a huge industrial/manufacturing country and produces nothing of worth. Therefore it survives largely through small to medium sized businesses which operate, for the most part, in the service industry. A lot of these small to medium sized businesses are owned by somalis who, despite your nonsensical ramblings, contribute into the Kenyan economy. If these small businesses decided to fck off elsewhere, you would suffer as a consequence, because there are so many of them and not many native-owned businesses to replace them. And let's not even get into the larger companies owned by Somalis.

But please by all means, shot yourselves in your monkey feet and get your machetes out. I actually want Somalis out of Nairobbery and investing in NFD and Somalia. Do us all a favour and show the world what monkeys you are.

[DANGIRL]

The chickens have come home to roost, I see. Because back in 2008, Kenya and Nigeria were ranked in the top 20 failed countries.

[LobsterUnit]

Most Somalis will stay. Most would rather die than go back to their country of origin.

[BlackVelvet]

Most Somalis will stay. Most would rather die than go back to their country of origin.

The only Somalis who are that attached to Kenya are the ones whose country of origin is Kenya

[LobsterUnit]

Most Somalis will stay. Most would rather die than go back to their country of origin.

The only Somalis who are that attached to Kenya are the ones whose country of origin is Kenya

thousands have settled there since the war and they will not go back. I am baasto we must defend our interests in Kenya otherwise they will star doing the same in kismaayo.

[Octavius]

Tourism was down 20% over the past year. And it will go down further still. As a result the Kenyan Shilling has been depreciating in value against the dollar, which has prompted the Kenyan central bank to intervene, but there is only so much that it can do.

Tourist arrivals fell to 1.4 million last year from 1.7 million in 2012. Foreign governments including the U.S. and U.K. have this month warned their nationals about elevated security risks in Nairobi and Mombasa.

[zulaika]

Moses Kuria called for Kenyans to "start killing Somalis". He's an aide of the President, Uhuru Kenyatta. His Facebook friends responded: "please give us AK47's".

That's scary, I don't know why Somalis are not taking these kinds of chilling forewarning more seriously before a Rwanda like situation emerges. It's quite possible they start killing Somalia in mass with machetes, God forbid..