Are local manufacturers capitalize on the domestic market and even ask Government to protect them against outside producers?

Namibia Government encouraged development to ensure economic growth. Many local and foreign investors started building plants to produce products like cement,diary products , pastas, chicken and eggs to mention a few. This creates employment, sustain thousands of families, yet many of this local manufactured products ( that created limited wealth for the workers at the plants )  are more expensive than imported products from as far as China, Europe or South Africa. With the ever increasing of fuel and food prices, many high to middle income groups opt to  buy products that are equal or better quality than local manufactured products, but the low income segment have no choice but to buy what they can afford. It seems when investors come to Namibia to develop, their strategy is to promise job creation, to alleviate poverty and at the end when the local manufactured products are in the shops, it offers no significant savings to the local market,  or often is more expensive than imported merchandise. The impression most of us get is 1 those in government approving investment benefit from this transactions 2 retailers selling the products get a slice/kickback from the local manufacturer for a space in his shop, thus limit the variety in my basket. Myself believe in supporting my own, but if I can buy for instance an imported product ( same quality ) for two to three dollar cheaper I will do the obvious. Government introduced a scheme called "Infant Industry Protection" to assist manufactures of certain industries to establish themselves in the market, but again are we as consumers/clients really benefit from this?