Mohammed Hersi . A hotelier passionate about Tourism & Governance in Africa

Visionary move by Rwanda and Qatar. For a long time location has been Kenyas biggest competitive edge since Kenya was considered almost the centre of Africa. 4 hours flight to any corner of Africa so KQ was well placed to exploit it. Ethiopia is also in good location but closed economy , military rule and…

Now that the petition against the Mama Ngina Water Front Park board has been thrown out allow me to separate myths from facts . Kenya Tourism Federation Chairman was one of the members appointed to the board. I happen to be the current Chairman of KTF. The rest of the board members are all various…

I rarely do a piece on a weekday but being a Friday please allow me to pen one and join me on a nostalgic trip. A few weeks ago I met a chap who is my agemate but he comes from a rich family where the dad was a very senior goverment official. To this…

Fact. Wilson Airport is a very busy airport in this region from handling tourists to emergencies and cargo notably Miraa the stimulant headed for Somalia and Northern Kenya . The stats on domestic tourism is all bullish hence we can no longer treat Wilson as a small airport. Looking at the domestic tourism says it…

Kenya Ferry Services connecting Mombasa to South Coast & Kwale County and then Tanzania is such a vital link. On a busy day Kenya Ferry can handle 350,000 passengers and 6000 vehicles including oil tankers carrying fuel etc. Sadly a mother and her daughter drowned a few weeks ago and it took 13 days to…

First posted on 9th June 2018 on my Facebook Timeline While we are busy with our micro politics so much is happening around us and mainly driven by 42 year old new Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. In less than 90 days he has been able to achieve the following . 1. Released most of…

To Kenya Railways . I hope my note finds you in good health. Firstly it is indeed quite a while that I wrote anything about Madaraka Express but the few trips I have had with you was nothing but joy. Now I saw this notice and I wonder how you arrived at it, it is…

*Lessons from Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum’s new book ” My Story”* These days I read alot of personal memoirs by leaders who made a difference in the lives of their people and by extension made a huge mark in the world. One such leader in our lifetime is Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.…

I hate to watch any clip that has violence let alone where human beings are clobbered and burnt to death. I opened one such clip I received via WhatsApp. It was shocking, killing others simply because they are from a different country and ” YOU THINK ” they took your imaginary job. What I have…

While we have challenges in Mombasa I don’t entirely agree with the claim that Mombasa is on its death bed. Tourism is doing great after many years of bad times . For the first time we have 21+ scheduled international flights ( Turkish. Qatar. Ethiopian. Rwanda ) into Mombasa and close to 15 charters from…