Bloomberg News' Ondiro Oganga reports on Kenya's Shilling appreciating 19% this year and inflation marking a 2-year low. She speaks with Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East & Africa.
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@conspirancytheories6 ай бұрын
Good to see Ondiro is reporting live from Kigali, Rwanda & not Nairobi, Kenya🤣!
@DelilahShane6 ай бұрын
Right? At this point, is the info even reliable, is she kenyan based in Rwanda? So many questions
@prosescholar21496 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂 this is laughable
@mourice16696 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@am_theman6 ай бұрын
As I Kenyan, I can say this is just propaganda, the food prices are still high and so are transport prices
@reetijanofficial22846 ай бұрын
Very true, nothing has changed, they raised fuel prices by Ksh.50 and reduced it by Ksh. 12. Its all just games, manipulation, and propaganda
@antonymwangi49866 ай бұрын
Take a bowl and start begging from white people. Food prices have dropped significantly but you just want a white saviour. Go to hell!
@stephanololkinyiei86846 ай бұрын
Currently 90kg maize is 1500/ from 6500/ last year ... Maybe .. your not living in Kenya ...
@aldrinenyongesaw6 ай бұрын
as a Kenyan, prices of food commodities have gone down. Sugar and flour retailing at an all time low
@eldios8316 ай бұрын
Floor was 200 a year ago now for 130...I may not like the government but am not a pessimist all the time
@wayando6 ай бұрын
These guy are playing with our heads ... Increase by 50 then decrease by 20 6 months later ... Then congratulate yourself! 😂😂😂
@MbulathaYao6 ай бұрын
The shilling is still gaining against these currencies, so one can reasonably predict further decreases in commodity prices
@tituskirima46616 ай бұрын
I saw this lady (Ondiro) bashing Gov't steps taken to improve Kenya's economy a few weeks ago! Amazing!😇
@TheTororist6 ай бұрын
she is a good journalist but she is clearly anti ruto. she contributes to many channels and her bias shows clearly. I cant blame her, kenyans are too political. but numbers cant lie. and bloomberg just follows the numbers. personally thats all i care about the regime, gdp numbers, inflation numbers, etc
@daydrobeats64536 ай бұрын
love to see it 😂😂😂😂
@mourice16696 ай бұрын
Lol appreciation of the shilling doesn't mean that the Economy has improved
@sherr0ne.sh1r046 ай бұрын
Pia mimi nikiitwa Bloomberg I will show up, it will def look good on her resume, hebu tumwache apate shingi zake😄🎉
@raquel71236 ай бұрын
As a Kenyan, yes prices of produces have started going down and as a person who was holding USDT. It's not fun anymore. Shilling is strong.
@NPY20246 ай бұрын
Maybe you should sell before the Fed nails it further
@huska_86 ай бұрын
I sold usdt when kes was trading around 169 per 1 usd 4 months ago. Thank God I did that
@OwenKodi6 ай бұрын
Which prices have gone down? Electricity is still up, the decrease in fuel price is negligible. Please respect yourself
@huska_86 ай бұрын
@OwenKodi the reason is the retailers don't know how the exchange market works. Whenever prices increase, that's it. There will be no decrease in price of commodities
@OwenKodi6 ай бұрын
@@huska_8 That's the reason why there is nothing to celebrate or be happy about.
@jaywhoisit48636 ай бұрын
Prices are definitely stabilizing but we have bigger issues than the price of tomatoes or Ugali.
@edwinkaruga48756 ай бұрын
There is absolutely NO "steady decline" in the prices of food, water, transport, electricity, and gas in Kenya. Quite the opposite.
@TheNationalist-w9v6 ай бұрын
There's steady decline I was surprised to buy sugar at 140 down from 220+
@njambizzy6 ай бұрын
@@TheNationalist-w9v cooking oil and unga prices are down by quite a bit as well. I'm buying my unga at 130 down from 240.
@InsightfulBibleExploration6 ай бұрын
@@TheNationalist-w9vnothing has declined, they mentioned on news why sugar price reduced, 1kg of chickpeas was 260 now 420, a sachet of white coffee was 20 not 25-30.
@philipngure70456 ай бұрын
@Wesh997 I am a Kenyan and I live in Central Kenya. I can truthfully say that prices are falling.
@bluekong53376 ай бұрын
Hamko serious ..alafu ondiro umelipwa kuuza jabaaa huko
@village-Dreamer6 ай бұрын
Wow .. im happy for Ondiro Oganga
@alickak83466 ай бұрын
Kenya is a good example to East Africa.. i wish they wont make a mess to Use a single EA Currency with other poor-performing economies like Uganda and Burundi.
@oneCommunitty6 ай бұрын
If that happens Kenya will be the greatest beneficiary of that merger. And in the long run that will sort out currency volatilities
@ring-tone2786 ай бұрын
Playing with currency exchange is playing with fire. You only have to look at the case of Zimbabwe where a loaf of bread costs 1b. Uganda, Somalia (wheel barrow to carry notes), Venezuela. Its a no, no zone. Please don't politicize and muck around with an artificial exchange rate. Let the shilling find its own value.
@No-fluff-Guide6 ай бұрын
Its true food prices have gone down, relatively. Sugar for instance has reduced in price by over 25 per cent in the last 6 months or so
@TheTororist6 ай бұрын
importantly, the staple maize flour has gone down by over 50%
@TheColoumse6 ай бұрын
For the unprocessed maize. It had dropped by 100%
@mv555556 ай бұрын
I remember as a child one USD was about 7/- and 5¢ was the smallest coin.
@eastafrika7286 ай бұрын
The only problem is that the government is doing all that for politicians and government officials and their families, the economy in Kenya has nothing to do with Kenyans outside the government or politics. If you asked the government how each citizen is doing by personal statistics, they don't know because they don't care.
@watulukamedia67246 ай бұрын
Kenyans don’t celebrate because this appreciation is due to Wall Street, they are fooling you, every time an African currency has appreciated it is followed by massive declines, happened to Ghana, happened to Zambia in the last 3 years. Our currencies in Africa should doing better than the US because we are not printing free money like them, and we are not in debt like them and we have more in our ground than them
@njambizzy6 ай бұрын
Massive declines in Zambia and Ghana happened because they defaulted on their loans.
@eacoincmubiru58946 ай бұрын
They can afford to print because their currencies are reserve currencies.
@watulukamedia67246 ай бұрын
@@eacoincmubiru5894 Actually they can’t, they have created fake economies which they are now just controlling by transferring inflation to you. Very soon it’ll gone crumbling
@watulukamedia67246 ай бұрын
@@njambizzy That contributed, but in Zambia currency went up after then it just dropped, its wall at playing with you, every currency in Africa is in continuos depreciation, recently foreign banks in South Africa were caught conniving to bring the rand down through illegal means.
@denniskariuki42156 ай бұрын
when jobless people have data for browsing they will be yapping anything on social media to seem intelligent 😅
@jroccondatrack07836 ай бұрын
Yup most Americans dont understand why our dollar is inflating
@gregorykagoat25906 ай бұрын
Kwani niko nchi nyingine😌
@BensonNyasae6 ай бұрын
World's best performing currency for now. Not world's best. They are playing with our heads somewhere because soon the dollar is going gain against Kenyan currency. We don't manufacture anything, we don't export much, what will make the Shilling hold onto these gains in the long term? Look at the Ghanaian Cedi. It was the best performing currency just a year ago. Where are they now?
@daydrobeats64536 ай бұрын
Utangoja sana😂😂😂
@nicholaskiwanuka44966 ай бұрын
Don't be a naysayer or pessimist all the time. For once, appreciate a good thing about our country.
@ndetokiio35636 ай бұрын
@@nicholaskiwanuka4496 is it kenya affecting the changes or is u.s.a dollar declining
@njambizzy6 ай бұрын
Ghana defaulted on their loan and that affected their Cedi. Also, please go further back on the history of the Cedi. Ghana took several Zeros off their currency to make it trade 1:1 to the $
@BensonNyasae5 ай бұрын
@@nicholaskiwanuka4496 Right now the shilling's trajectory is not based on any economic fundamentals. It was just an event that triggered the gain. We are still doing poorly on matters to do with trade balance. Like i said, It's only a matter of time before the shilling loses whatever it gained. So this is not about pessimism or anything. I am simply stating facts unlike you who is emotional for reasons unknown to us.
@felixmakinda76896 ай бұрын
Nobody appears to understand the magic happening behind the scenes. Anyway, let's hope the shilling continues improving.
@AmazingMania6 ай бұрын
@@wanjohimike6602 don't mind him these are pessimists who are on standby waiting for bad things to become keyboard warriors....not that he knows anything he's just unhappy that it's happening....a typical bitter kenyan
@VictorBash-h3s6 ай бұрын
@@wanjohimike6602 no magic, just artificially propped up by the euro bond.
@kevinochieng64586 ай бұрын
Conducive environment brought by stable political environment.All this started when Raila met with president Ruto in Uganda
@TradeIQ_Profits6 ай бұрын
LOL, mentioning Ruto embarrasses them...they said he would fail miserably🤣😂😂
@decoloniz_afro6 ай бұрын
Unpatriotic Kenyans always comment nonsense
@ring-tone2786 ай бұрын
Diaspora should not send money until the exchange rate is right. They don't get this money for free. They work hard for it, so they should get a fair rate.
@MOGAKANJAMES6 ай бұрын
Which Kenya are you guys talking about?
@daniellouis87226 ай бұрын
Magic by Kenyans!
@sageforce93066 ай бұрын
As someone who earns in dollars this sucks. It's not like that has had any effect on the cost of living things are syill very expensive in the country
@sethrono60136 ай бұрын
Thanks for the coverage Bloomberg. In Swahili we say Ahsante sana.. which means thanks. It's impressive to see that you have a pulse on Africa. Generally Africa doesn't receive enough coverage. Especially regarding positive occurrences. We hope to reinvigorate Kenya.. to be the land of Hakuna Matata it once was. BTW Hakuna Matata means no worries. Ahsante sana. Karibu Kenya. You are welcome to tour our amazing country. Cheers. Y'all.
@RenaissanceBoss6 ай бұрын
Chekeni mkipita..
@deejaybluemoon16 ай бұрын
Which country are you talking about? Coz the Kenya I'm in is bloody expensive.
@mohammedhassan81556 ай бұрын
the KES has definitely gained against the USD in the las 2 to 3 months, thereby easing inflation but we all know what the Kenyan government (CBK) has done and it's not sustainable in the long run. I recon the KES/USD rate will go back to the 160/165 by June this year.
@TheTororist6 ай бұрын
dot put your money on it. it is just now finding its real value
@gideonmuchina92426 ай бұрын
Please explain why you are saying that
@hai.zzzzzz6 ай бұрын
It will take years before you see the 165 again, i wanted to invest 300,000$ in kenya and now I want to play my cool and wait. $ is everywhere in the market, shilling might still gain strength for the next few years. Then the same cycle will restart again.
@nesking31156 ай бұрын
My wife is Kenyan
@jan004berlin6 ай бұрын
Good news for Kenya, keep up.
@bluekenya48256 ай бұрын
What a spin! The dollar must go. That's the international resolve.
@gjwehliye44166 ай бұрын
The price of sugar goes down to 30%. Inflation has eased . Thanks to our government's robust policies.
@fredrickonjiko3916 ай бұрын
Cooking gas is at all time high
@SamuelObierojr6 ай бұрын
The Kenyan govt is taking us for a ride, thinking we are fools. Economics is a common unit in our universities.
@ngari1176 ай бұрын
transport is at its highets,this kenyan presenter is geekin
@ultimatetradingtools1016 ай бұрын
Give it Time.
@katemwithagamedia6 ай бұрын
Is it just me, or are we all lowley pissed that they are using the old notes for brolls? As I Journalist, we should keep up with the new
@AbigaelWanjiru3136 ай бұрын
Just answer the question without the stiff gab🥴
@VictorBash-h3s6 ай бұрын
i know right
@13utt3r5cotch6 ай бұрын
That's not very nice
@jobmbugua72916 ай бұрын
Wamama na wivu, na viombo inakungoja kwa sink
@GKC.7776 ай бұрын
@@jobmbugua7291na bucket 3 za nguo
@AbigaelWanjiru3136 ай бұрын
@@jobmbugua7291 Vyombo za mamako pia zilimngojea. Like as if yeye ndiyo alikuwa the ultimate "attendant of ceramics"...ama ni plastic?🙃
@cheruiyotization6 ай бұрын
William Ruto, the professor of Politics and Economy
@davidpierson49736 ай бұрын
High food prices and people have no money let no one lie to you guys high taxation is the norm here to build houses that people don't want.
@TheNationalist-w9v6 ай бұрын
Look for money us we're enjoying! Have you never heard that one of the qualities of money is it's scarcity
@davidpierson49736 ай бұрын
@@TheNationalist-w9v you and who are enjoying? Who even asked you if you have money stop bragging and i can buy you food.😂
@TheNationalist-w9v6 ай бұрын
@@davidpierson4973 I'm enjoying instead of wasting time here online go look for money
@SamuelObierojr6 ай бұрын
Bloomberg is using our former notes😂😂😂Funny enough
@NjonjoNdehi6 ай бұрын
The reason the KSh has strengthened is because the government has raised billions of dollars that it's yet to spend.
@blasiosefu36056 ай бұрын
The moment we stop trading in Dollars then Kenya can talk as equals
@GHM7916 ай бұрын
Tell as it is: how it plummeted to the worst in its history since last year..
@moussa85126 ай бұрын
When they are saying good things about you, its because they want something from you. Be careful kenyans
@oromosheilkoromo69646 ай бұрын
Good morning congratulations to truth Kenyan dreams watching from Saudi Arabia mecca my name is Rukia Ahmed community led volunteer work in Kayaba slump
@cindyaudy23076 ай бұрын
I could feel the difference, needing less KES to buy the dollar for this past one month
@JoyzMichelles-eh8vs6 ай бұрын
Gulf people just relax and don't send any money for now not unless is emergency remember what you're going through to get that salary just relax and keep eye on coz today you send with lower rate tomorrow goes up then you loose
@AKRGO6 ай бұрын
Food prices hasn't change a bit, government tax going up, things will be mess again in few months.
@Skreept6 ай бұрын
Wow, isn't this well orchestrated! Sounds like an UDA ad. There's no way Oganga collected this data herself, if she did.. She probably read brochures.
@TheTororist6 ай бұрын
you think bloomberg doest do its own research? they are a leading business news outlet worldwide. they dont put out rumours or propaganda. just hard numbers. kenyans are the ones who like to politicize everything
@amoshunja59246 ай бұрын
What is this? Reporting from Rwanda on Kenyan issues? Unbelievable or are hotels very expensive in Kisumu?
@itke6 ай бұрын
Huh🤔, which country are you talking about? Ama mimi niko nchi ingne? It ain't April 1st right? You should perhaps have me as your Kenyan correspondent. Kigali is far.
@mcotton30776 ай бұрын
Nice! Major steps in the right direction!!
@reubenothuol18236 ай бұрын
wapi.. ati you increase it from 118 to 165 then reduce it to 131 and you sing the economy is improving... Ukora tupu.
@fredrickonjiko3916 ай бұрын
Inflation slowing and shops are not responsive😮😮
@Kencan2546 ай бұрын
Ruto economics is working.
@openyard6 ай бұрын
Clearly propaganda. She ahss not mentioned this exchange rate at the time the current government took office and that the exchange rate had been stable for several years before that. I short if you looked at the 5 year trend what do you see. Before commenting, have a look at this time series chart.
@josefduttyreh24096 ай бұрын
Kwa ground mambo ni tofauti
@PecPur6 ай бұрын
wtf where in kenya do I live?
@pittwaymaina47596 ай бұрын
Ondiro from Kigali, Rwanda 😂😂😂
@ShukriGufu-ec3gk6 ай бұрын
How is it helping anyone
@wabuchesam54226 ай бұрын
Am Kenyan and unfortunately you're spreading propaganda
@naphtalndonga54446 ай бұрын
Maybe i live in Uganda and i don't know.
@Djehoo6 ай бұрын
lol, why is the news not from kenya?
@ancientpathssauciety18926 ай бұрын
Textbook theories
@isaaconyach94016 ай бұрын
This has not translated into cost of living at all
@ndukulusudikucho_6 ай бұрын
Majirani haya ni matumizi mabaya ya lugha za Kigeni 😂😂😂 kweli majirani mmeweza kupambana na mfumuko wa bei? Nasikiliza huku nacheka kwa sauti , hizi taarifa waambieni Wazungu tu mana sisi majirani tunajuana vizuri Tena saaana , labda Nairobi pekee mana wakazi wenu waliopaka na sisi karb wote huvuka kununua biadhaa upande mwingine wanasema vitu havishikiki huko
@Eiarlk6 ай бұрын
Asante kwa maoni,,yako rudia ukitumia kimombo ...
@vimtech6 ай бұрын
si ni nyinyi mlikuwa mwang'ang'ania sukari juzi juu ya iukosefu? unacheka nn sasa. Ila sikulaumu, watanzania wapumbavu tu naturally.
@UrbanCraftTv6 ай бұрын
Glory be to Ruto
@eugenekariuki42726 ай бұрын
Are we talking about the same Kenya🇰🇪 👀I'm in guys!!!?? Let's stop jokes 😂😂.... Come live here and then tell me exactly what's actually gone down since this Govt took power... Actually to see just how bad things are, look into the fertilizer saga and stop fake one-sided news.. That will show you exactly how bad things are economically.
@gerg3256 ай бұрын
Based in Rwanda? Using old pics of our money? 😂😂😂 you need someone on the ground!!
@JudeMarchisio6 ай бұрын
Wtf is "Best currency"? Smh.
@franckangira74486 ай бұрын
What is this that you’re reporting and could you share with us your source. This is the real definition of “Propagandist media at it’s best “
@kinuthiamatata60406 ай бұрын
not good for everyone
@lilwicky18196 ай бұрын
Uongoooooooo
@elvismunene11256 ай бұрын
Which Kenya are they talking about😂😂😂 not the one am living in
@tko23026 ай бұрын
Pumping into the Kenyan economy a huge amount borrowed dollar creates a false gain of the Kenyan shilling. The gain is not magic, but as usual, a lie.
@hai.zzzzzz6 ай бұрын
Even that sudden depreciation to 165 wasnt normal too, the currency will float anywhere from 110-140 or 150 foe the next few years. The cycle will start over again soon and this time $ will pass 180
@smkariuki6 ай бұрын
Hehehe... If she was a mzungu from urop guys wouldn't have a problem with her opinion about kenya economy 😅 reverse racism is real!
@desertstormer75566 ай бұрын
That's true, but the mzungu is clearly not African. A Rwandan here is disguising as a Kenyan to speak for us which is why
@TheTororist6 ай бұрын
she is a mjaka from kenya. she was even based in ghana one time@@desertstormer7556
@TheTororist6 ай бұрын
@@desertstormer7556 ni mkenya bro.
@daydrobeats64536 ай бұрын
Dr.Ruto is a Genius 💯best president we ever had.
@samsonokenye41306 ай бұрын
Pure propaganda
@nezargatere47106 ай бұрын
Propaganda- the shilling is still weak, and weaker than before Ruto took office
@kadenyoIII6 ай бұрын
Kumamazenu wazungu
@karoshtracy80506 ай бұрын
Which Kenya are you talking about,the east African one,cause l live in Kenya east Africa,and wat l hear you say ,not this Kenya l live in,l think you got the country wrong
@bluekong53376 ай бұрын
She ain't Kenyan jina Tu 😂😂 story za Kigali .
@OWOH_AVENTURE6 ай бұрын
So what's this world best currency? You should report about kenya while I kenya 😅
@wallacekatini34246 ай бұрын
Why invite some unknown figure from little kigali than invite many economists from the much grandeur from Kenyas capital Nairobi?😂😂 Bloomberg is a BIG JOKE!
@jaywhoisit48636 ай бұрын
Her name and accent suggest she is Luo Kenyan.
@desertstormer75566 ай бұрын
Invite a Kenyan and it will become political
@tituswangira53376 ай бұрын
@@jaywhoisit4863luos are not guaranteed Kenyans.. they might be Ugandan
@wanjalajesse16946 ай бұрын
RUTO🔥🔥🔥
@kachytv2546 ай бұрын
FAKE GAIN COZ OF EUROBOND
@derrickwakhungu97076 ай бұрын
Jaba 😂😂😂
@mayjahomes20216 ай бұрын
Why all this lies? We know we are borrowing like idiots. Payment Grace period upto 2029.
@seasurfer91736 ай бұрын
This is just Market Manipulation! Ondiro Oganga please do your research
@stephanololkinyiei86846 ай бұрын
Our president has beaten the dollar ...
@kevinoduor98416 ай бұрын
hizo vidole kwa avatar?
@techcrypto53016 ай бұрын
All she's saying is not true
@ianmunene6 ай бұрын
fake news ... gas prices, electricity, fuel, and transport are at an all-time high .. why is this reporter capping??
@gseriesProductions6 ай бұрын
Why are you being used to lie, the ground is different
@BornIn826 ай бұрын
Uwongo 😂😂😂
@garlinsk6 ай бұрын
Propaganda....Prices of commodities in Kenya are very High..The dollar has no impact on the local prices of commodities.