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

In our raft of requests to our goverment we made a special appeal for Tourism players to be given a vaccine allocation . Kenya Tourism Federation team truly worked round the clock to knock on all doors and we made all the telephone calls we needed to make. Glad that through Ministry of Tourism And…

Well Her Excellency President Samia Suluhu Hassan wrapped her visit which is certainly going to open a new page between Kenya & TZ. While we remained focused on Madam President one of her nationals was pouring his heart out how investing in Kenya is next to impossible. I have always said it ….Real ease of…

Only fair to commend our goverment ( Kenya ) when they do things right. Vaccinating 141, 146 front line healthcare workers is good progress and 700,000+ total which includes close to 400,000 who are 58+ and people with underlying conditions is highly commendable. Have they done well? yes Can we do better ? Certainly Yes…

Dear Nairobians, I hope my message finds you well . I send you warm easter greetings . Firstly it is said…you only notice something when it is gone. In normal times you would be painting Kenya coast red . This Easter Mombasa and Kenya Coast is dead and lifeless without you good people . I…

Dear Kenyans While we focus on Tanzania and others as a country we need to improve our own behavior here. 17 fatalities on Thursday 28 yesterday and the latter is the highest ever since Covid came calling. Then 17% positivity rate Thursday 17.5% Friday , this is serious even if the sample size is still…

While we always like looking at Uganda and Tanzania , well both enjoy a lower pump price yet the former is even landlocked and their oil has to go through Mombasa where I pay more as a motorist for the same litre of fuel. Now a benchmark that has deliberately been ignored is our northern…

I am sure many of you woke up to demolition of Buxton Estate Mombasa I recall with nostalgia visiting my Aunty as a young boy in the early 80’s and the place looked really nice. Fast forward, due to lack of maintenance the place went to the dogs and it was condemned a couple of…

For many years I was running a leading beach Resort way before we started talking regional balance, no Head Of Department would dare bring me a list of new employees to be contracted for my approval with one community taking more than 30% of the slots. Dont ever buy the crap that others did not…

I have been asked by a few of my Christian brethren about our Muslim burial rites, more so with the demise of our elder Mzee Yusuf Haji. Firstly we rarely transport a body. You get buried where you passed away. You must be wondering Garissa would have been ideal burial place for him being a…

If you want to know that as Africans we have failed what you are about to read is enough testimony. Before you get feelings , emotional and defensive about it here is why . I am very keen when shopping to see where an item has been manufactured. Pepsodnet toothpaste is manufactured in Vietnam yes…