Audio By Vocalize A few weeks ago, a debate about foreign nationals engaging in small-scale trade quickly became something much bigger, a national conversation about immigration, economic competition and the place of foreign nationals in Kenya. There is a point at which a policy question stops being merely administrative and becomes a question of social cohesion. The current debate over foreign nationals and small-scale trade shows how quickly the two can become connected. The concerns of Kenyan traders are legitimate. Small businesses are under pressure, the cost of doing business is high, access to finance is difficult and competition is…
Author: By Ramla Abbas Sheikh
Audio By Vocalize A few weeks ago, a debate about foreign nationals engaging in small-scale trade quickly became something much bigger, a national conversation about immigration, economic competition and the place of foreign nationals in Kenya. There is a point at which a policy question stops being merely administrative and becomes a question of social cohesion. The current debate over foreign nationals and small-scale trade shows how quickly the two can become connected. The concerns of Kenyan traders are legitimate. Small businesses are under pressure, the cost of doing business is high, access to finance is difficult and competition is…