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

Kenyans negative reaction to Naomi Campbell appointment as Magical Kenya International Ambassador is completely misplaced. While each one is entitled to their opinion I also dare say that we are very bitter with everything and anything. Allow me to state a few facts. Naomi Campbell is NOT the first and will NOT be the last…

” The woman who found whales” seriously ?? What a cock and bull story in 2021. How can such crap sneek through editors and producers watchful eyes. While I appreciate positive stories about my country I dont hesitate to express my displeasure when a channel like CNN with a few people who came to Kenya…

Every end year as members of a gated community ( a very nice middle income neighborhood in Mombasa made mainly of professionals) we come together and raise some money to give to our security guards and caretaker. Despite the hard times, once I made the call as their chairman the good neigbours were quick to…

In midst of despair and thieving hands we also have a few Kenyans who can sacrifice it all to make things work. Allan Kilavuka a man who came to meet us at our offices in Mombasa when he was appointed MD Jambojet is one unique person. Since then we have maintained close contact and today…

As we reopened Salt Lick Safari Lodge I bumped into our usual herds of elephants that frequent the water hole that is right opposite the lounge. It is one of the closest close up you will ever get to a wild African elephant. The purpose of my post this morning is to show you the…

While many have been fighting for the continued and very existence of NNP we are also aware that many out there who salivate when they see any open space. They consider every open space occupied by trees , plants and innocent silent creatures as empty land and waste of space. It is clear that they…

This Sunday I would like to focus on reopening of hotels and the new normal that you will encounter. Folks many things have had to change but today I would like to focus on how meal service has changed. We are all used to buffets and until pre-covid lavish buffets where you are spoilt for…

When the Covid 19 virus was first reported by WHO we all thought it will be contained and it will remain in China or at most a few neighbouring countries to China. We became all agitated as Southern China flight continued to ply the Nbi route and our very own national carrier . Can we…

Open Letter to CS Munya. Governor Joho & Major Badi Early this week I posted my usual piece on my FB. I came across loads of feedback . I use FB to gauge the mood of the people on any topic and I decided to focus reports that price of onions have doubled even tripled…

On 31st December 2019 like any end year the world erupted in fireworks as we saw off 2019 to usher in a new year and quite special one for that matter with identical numbers of 2020. The last time such a year was observed was over a century ago as the world marked a year…