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Accidents, What’s the use to travel at night to save a few hours?
Waking up to tragic news of 19 dead on Nakuru Mbaruk road is sad indeed . Just the other day close to 40 people perished on Nbi Mombasa highway . Kenyans no longer cringe when they see these numbers. Several things are common. 1. Most accidents involve a truck and a bus sometimes a Nissan…
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Are we that hopeless against the invasive water hyacinth? I refuse to give up .
I write this post on a sad note . My hotel room at Acacia Premier hotel is supposed to have a great view of Lake Victoria ( its not really about my view ) Sadly the lake is no longer visible thanks to water hyacinth that has rendered the lake almost pretty useless. The…
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Junior Stars Kenya & Watoto Soccer Awards Mombasa is seeking for support !!!
Over the weekend all roads lead to Oshwal Academy Mombasa for the grand opening of the sixth edition of the annual Watoto Africa Soccer Awards, with 57 community teams taking part in the football festival. In Mombasa, 18 tournaments will be played in the months of April and May. Mariam Mpaata, the C.E.O and founder…
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20 Things you need to know about the SGR Project
#WhyILoveKenya This week as Kenya Coast Tourism Association board we met MD Kenya Railways Athanas Maina who gave a brief on Standard Gauge Railway . He spoke for 90 minutes without any notes. We also had a very useful open Q&A. Allow me to share some of the issues . I have managed to put…
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A Truck mounted with blaring speakers is not advertising , it’s NOISE
Allow me to comment about the so called road shows where trucks are mounted with defeaning loud speakers ostensibly to promote a product or a service. Folks we cannot pretend to be a country on the run with such archaic ways of promoting a business. Such trucks are used worldwide but they are stationed at…
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Corrupt officers a big threat to future of JKIA as a hub
Pic: Courtesy Standard Newspaper This morning we woke up to news that Vietnam police seized more than 100kg of rhino horn smuggled into the country from Nairobi. This is not the first time that a third party is doing what we ought to have done. In the past we could have just ignored it but…
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Direct flight US TO Nbi , why is it important ?
Direct flight US to Nairobi presents myriad of opportunities After many years of lobbying by both private sector and the government of Kenya JKIA was finally granted category A status. What does this mean and what are the benefits? Firstly USA is now the leading source of international tourists to Kenya. American tourists are…
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Let Naivasha be , we have Mombasa Special Economic Zone
Matters Mombasa Port , SGR & Naivasha. The untold story of the planned Mombasa Special Economic Zone . While lots of focus is being given to effects of Naivasha inland port with some real and some perceived fears , a key development that will totally change the fortunes of Mombasa & Kwale is being ignored.…
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Nairobi does not need a double decker road , get a light metro
I have always objected to a double decker road as a solution to solve Nairobi traffic gridlock even for Mombasa. It was even laughable when a suggestion was made that to drive on the double decker road you will pay a premium. The source of traffic gridlock is caused by private motorists and of course…
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Tsavo & Mzima Springs facing imminent extinction due to Chyulu Hills destruction
What is going on in Chyulu Hills on the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro is extremely worrying. The amount of logging , charcoal burning and bush meat hunting is something that has not been seen in recent times. The expansive Tsavo East & West includes the Mzima springs which has always been protected and it is…
Mohammed Hersi . A hotelier passionate about Tourism & Governance in Africa 