Call to revamp anti-competitive poultry industry
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Unfair dominance: The poultry industry is dominated by a few players
The study, carried out under the Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP), says although the poultry industry in Botswana is self-sufficient in local production, it is anti-competitive.
It says the introduction of an import substitution policy in the poultry sector has led to the demise in its competitiveness.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...