RAIS MAGUFULI WA TANZANIA ABAMBA MAGAZETI YA KENYA

Tanzania President Magufuli BLASTS Uhuru, BLOCKS Brookside Dairy from exploiting Tanzanians

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has highlighted ‘unfriendly’ business practices by a company associated with his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta.

Magufuli, while addressing Tanzania Private Sector Foundation on Thursday, December 3, said it was not fair for Brookside Dairy Limited to collect milk from Tanzania, process it in Kenya and then sell back to them.

“How many dairy firms do we have that are operational? Do you remember the Brookside company in Arusha? It used to collect milk from the Maasais in northern parts of Tanzania, take it to Kenya for processing then bring it back to us to drink… Enough is enough,” he told the business people.

The statement has dimmed hopes of the Kenyatta family business’ plans to re-enter the market after forced exit in 2009. Tanzania banned Brookside’s milk collection and directed that all milk produced must be processed locally.
John Gethi, the general manager of milk procurement and extension services, had disclosed that the company has plans to resume the collection in order to supplement to erratic supply from Kenya.

Brookside, the largest dairy processing company in East Africa, is co-owned by the Kenyatta family and a French company – Danone. The Kenyatta’s sold 40% of their shares to the French in 2014 at an undisclosed amount.