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

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…

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…

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…

#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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…