Why is the Egyptian military so involved in economic activities?

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Yezid Sayigh explains why Egypt’s President Sisi has ramped up the military’s involvement in civilian agencies and business ventures.

[moho]

The Egyptian people are suffering on all levels:
The rich investors are suffering from lack of challenge (the military is not taxed and even if, they'd still manage and build/take whatever they want for example: the business man Safwan Thabit and his son are jailed for false allegations because they didn't want to give their company to the military.

The middle class are getting close to be poor nowadays, everyone is terrified they'd end up the next month unable to afford necessities like gas or electricity or even somewhat good food.

And the poor are literally lost they can't even afford the basics of nutrition like good protein, even the street food is getting crazy expensive almost 10x the price 7 years ago

Everyone is mad and scared and unable to say no in fear of police and the military.

The military is controlling everything and moving the administration to the new capital near the largest military complex in the region .
People have given up criticism on social media unless they're in a close circle of people and it's pretty normal for everyone to be jailed anytime without a reason but criticism

[grealestate]

Egypt is going down a slippery slope, to a point of no return, like Pakistan. So sad.

[dessertspring]

Fantastic insight, true words. Withdraw of the FDI, lack of investors’ confidence, unstable business operating environment reflect a dysfunctional economy and many serious underlying social problems.

[SayedSayed-mvjp]

How wrong can you be.... I think you do not seem to see the big picture of true economic benefits to the Egyptian economy from the military involvements.

The military is just supervising the progress of the projects being build civilian local companies. This is why all the mega projects in egyot are done on time and on budget. Unlike most projects in most countries.

Stop the negative tone coming from the wrong base... if it happens in egypt then it must be wrong... anyhow, egypt is coming and coming fast and strong

Tahya Misr