Nandi senator Samson Cherargei believes the monopoly enjoyed by Brookside Dairy in the milk industry is soon coming to a halt after reports of losses the company is enduring in Uganda.
According to sources, Brookside, which is owned by the Kenyatta family, is experiencing a tough economic season in Uganda following the disruption of its market in Kenya.
The company says Nairobi has refused to give permits for it to export to the Kenyan market.
This led to the dwindling of revenue thus the decision to retrench 50% of its workforce.
"The company has been trying to mitigate the effects of these adverse developments by trying to grow local sales and also source alternative markets for its products in replacement of the blocked Kenyan market.
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Having worked on these initiatives for the last three months, it is apparent that we are unlikely to realize tangible results from the initiatives in the short run. We have also engaged the relevant authorities in government to intervene but without any success,” partly read a letter Brookside had addressed to the Ugandan government.
Reacting to this development, Cherargei asserted that Brookside's glory was diminishing and soon competition will run over it.
"The era of milk monopoly of the market by Brookside co. Ltd is now over as farmers this is sweet music to our ears," he said on Twitter.
The senator further asserted that the lack of market for Brookside products had not augured well with retired president Uhuru Kenyatta and that is why he was supposedly funding the anti-government protests.
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