With Kenya now back on the road to recovery with the peace agreement now in place between the two warring parties, tourism confidence is now being experienced with hotel bookings on the rise. I have been told that some lodges (Keekorok and Mara Serena) have no rooms available as a result of being fully booked.

In the previous posts i even mentioned that the supermodel Naomi Campbell was in Kenya in the month of March for her holiday! Read the rest of this entry »

Share This

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my Africa travel news feed. I regularly post weired and interesting news articles from Africa!

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister designate honorable Raila Odinga have finally named a Cabinet comprising of 42 members with removal of two ministers in the process. The cabinet is shared equally between PNU and ODM. The president has also named 52 assistant ministers. Its interesting to note that 7 women were named in the Cabinet, the highest since independence.

The Vice President, Kalonzo Musyoka, retained his ministerial docket while Mr Raila Odinga does not have a ministry. To read more info on this issue, visit the Daily Nation website or East African Standard.

Kenya is moving on to greater heights and its the nation’s belief that its image will start shining brightly like never before

Share This

Kenya went through the darkest period as a nation during the post election in Dec 2007 when violence broke out in various parts of the country after disputes arose as to who won the elections between the two main contenders for the presidency. After experiencing levels of violence never seen in the country, Kenya has suprisingly bounced back after 2 months. Normalcy has returned to the country and the two opposing leaders have agreed to share power 50/50 with the creation of a post of the Prime Minister. A new cabinet was named yesterday (3rd April 2008).

Though their are still problems that need to be sorted out, in particular the issue of displaced persons that were affected in areas that encountered violence, I believe Kenya is headed on the right direction.

Towards the end of March 2008, Naomi Campbell spent her holiday in Malindi, Kenya and gave glowing reviews about the country. During her visit in August, Ms Campbell had said she would meet representatives of modelling companies in Nairobi to try and map out strategies on the way forward to establish a modelling college for Kenyan girls.

I also saw a couple from Europe on tv getting married in Mombasa some weeks back..so it seems tourist confidence is slowly rising again

I still have issues with Western media who were quick to show photos and videos of violence in the country but are nowhere to be seen when peace is restored in the country.

Share This

Following Kofin Annan’s arrival in Kenya, he succeeded in quickly bringing the two opposing sides together in talks aimed at solving the current political crisis. The government and opposition sides have each chosen a 3-person team to negotiate a political settlement, with Mr Annan as mediator backed by a team of “Eminent Africans” including Graca Machel and the former President of Tanzania…Read more here

Share This

The security situation in the country has not changed in the last two days with the areas of civil unrest still confined to the western corner of Kenya including districts surrounding Kisumu, Kericho and Eldoret.

There have been reports of inter-ethnic clashes over the last two days in the area between Bomet and Kisii, south of Kericho, with a number of fatalities reported.

In the tourist areas all continues calm and unchanged with no problems reported.. Read more on Magical Kenya Website

Share This

It was reported that an ODM opposition MP, Mr David Kimutai Too, was shot dead in Eldoret this morning. Some international media reports have appeared claiming that Mr Too was shot by police at a road-block….

Read more at Magical Kenya, the official travel and tourism guide by the Kenya Tourist Board

Share This

My country Kenya is one of the most peaceful countries in Africa and is often touted as a model of democracy for Africa. Kenya is also a hot tourist destination with fairly well developed tourism sector. On December 27th Kenyans went to the polls to elect their new president. The general election was hotly contested with two main contenders for the presidency ie, Mwai Kibaki(PNU) and Raila Odinga (ODM)

By 30th Dec the two individuals were neck to neck in the tallying of the results and tensions were rising across the country. Mr Mwai Kibaki was eventually declared the winner which then triggered massive riots and social unrest across the country with the supporters of ODM claiming their was massive rigging.

A lot of people have lost their lives across the country due to the unrest and thousands of families displaced due to tribal instigated clashes. As i write this post the situation has calmed down but a bit and the relief efforts are already underway to help the victims of the unrest get back to their normal lives. Our prayer is that God will restore our peaceful nation to where it was once before.

Share This

The report states that the Masai man was walking home on Saturday evening (17th Nov) when he was confronted by the lion. He struggled with the beast for half an hour before he finally killed it. Unfortunately, hyenas emerged from the bush after he killed the lion and started attacking him. Read the rest of this entry »

Share This