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15May/130

KENYA AND TANZANIAN LOCKED THEIR HORNS N BIG LEGAL TUSSLE OVER CROSS BORDER TOURISTS BETWEEN THE FAMOUS SERENGETI AND THE MASAI MARA

Writes Leo Odera Omolo

REPORTS EMERGING from the Northern Tanzanian town of Arusha say that tourism stakeholders in both Kenya and Tanzania wants the border between the two countries two world famous tourists attraction sites be opened in line with the principles and spirits of the East African Community.

The two world famous tourist sites are the Maasai Mara in Kenya and the Serengeti National game Park in Tanzania.

According to the latest newsletter of the East African Tourism Platform {EATP}, the opening of the Bukologonja border which was closed by Tanzania unilaterally following the collapse of the first East African Community in 1977, would save tourists the five hour drive through the nearest border crossing point and encourage regional tourism.

The border at the Sand River is on the route used by wild bests during their spectacular annual migration that attracts thousands of tourists to both countries. Besides its closure, it was a convenient route for tourist visiting the Serengeti National Game Park-Maasai Mara ecosystem.

Following the collapse of the first EAC in 1977, Tanzania closed all border crossing points with Kenya for nearly seven years.

In the mid 1980, it reopened the main highway border points, but left the Bukologonja one closed.

According to EATP coordinator Wafart Matu, visitor to the Maasai Mara wishing to cross into Serengeti sometimes have to drive to Nairobi for an overnight stopover before proceeding to Arusha via Namanga border post and on to Serengeti.

Some tour operator firms based in the Kenya capital Nairobi have complained of extra distance owing to the closed border ,increased the cost of the Serengeti-Maasai Mara package.

Tanzania National Parks spokesman Pascal Sheleti, was widely quoted last week as having said hat Tanzania would not open the border because the differences between the two countries tourism polices.

“Kenya encourages mass tourism while Tanzania prefers quality tourism for a low volume of tourists, but with higher revenue so we feel that once we open Bukologonja border posts, tourist traffic from Kenya can be extremely high at the expense of the fragile Serengeti ecology.”

On his part Mr. Adrian Akiyo an official of the Natural Resources and Tourism Ministry in Tanzania said his Ministry would not bow to any pressure on the matter.” At the Bukulugonja border notwithstanding the East African Community Common Market Protocol that provides for the free movement of goods, persons, labor, services and capital within the EAC region.

“The EAC arrangement is not everything, Tanzania like other partners states is still a sovereign country. We are only obliged to implement those policies we agree with and not everything. Our orders must be respected,” he said.

In addition to the closed border, the stakeholders have also complained about the requirement for tourists to change vehicles at the border of Namanga, Sirari and Taveta, which they said was not only humiliating for the visitor but veiled bid by Tanzania to keep business competition away from its border crossings.

The stakeholders have called upon the two countries to resolve their differences bilaterally

Ends

15May/130

KENYA: IDLERS INVADE KISUMU GOVERNORS OFFICE.

By Chak Rachar

RESIDENTS of Kisumu County are up in arms against their Governor Jack Ranguma and her Deputy Ruth Odinga for allowing goons to invade their offices under the guise of dubious titles.

Some of the goons call themselves communication officers, assistants, transport officers and consultants together with security officers [...] Continue Reading...

14May/130

Insects source of protein instead of meat are Signs of Difficult Times ahead is here with us – Play Smart and Be Wise

From: Judy Miriga

Good People,

Making a responsible good use in trading with Africa's wealth, resources, land and water should come with Fair Mutual economic advantages where politics and social amenities benefits with ethical responsibilities. We must beware of corporations who engage in secret hidden back door corrupt businesses. They [...] Continue Reading...

14May/130

KENYA: ACADEMIC FRAUDSTERS MADE EXECUTIVE MEMBERS WITHIN KISUMU COUNTY AS THE COUNTY HEAD TO ECONOMICAL ABYSS.

By Our Investiagtive Reporter

Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma the man many considered to be the most inept, ineffective, salient and a non performing Governor among his peers finally managed to announce members of the Executive Committee after area residents had threatened to move to court to compel him to do [...] Continue Reading...

14May/130

POPE FRANCIS SOUNDS ALARM OVER THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS

From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste in images
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013

In his homily during the canonisation ceremony on Sunday, Pope Francis sounded the alarm over the persecution of Christians today, stating: "We ask God to sustain the many Christians who, today, in many parts of the [...] Continue Reading...

14May/130

Exploitation of African Natural Resources should deliver African share of global manufacturing

From: Juma Mzuri

Author: Dr. Antipas T. Massawe/0754653924/massaweantipas@hotmail.com

People and natural resources such as the renewable like fertile lands, lakes, rivers and oceans and the nonrenewable mineral resources like iron, copper, nickel, coal, oil and gas, diamonds, gemstones and rare earths have always been source of the seed capital, raw materials [...] Continue Reading...

14May/131

World & Kenya: Donor Funding to the Kenya Judiciary should be frozen

from: Gordon Teti

To send a message to the lords of impunity and those who aided them, like the Kenya Judiciary and the Electoral Commission (IEBC) in rigging Uhuru Kenyatta to the presidency of the Republic of Kenya, the international community that finances the World Bank and International Monetary Fund [...] Continue Reading...

14May/130

KENYA GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO END FLOODING

By Agwanda Saye

The government has embarked on a 20 year mitigation strategy to end the floods in Kisumu County.

The permanent secretary for special programs, Andrew Mondoh said the strategic plan will be implemented in three phases running through 20 years.

The first phase will be implemented in the first 18 [...] Continue Reading...

14May/130

KENYA: KISUMU CHRISTIAN MINISTRY TO CONSTRUCT HEALTH FACILITY IN SIAYA COUNTY.

By Agwanda Saye

A Christian Organization Ministry is set to construct a health centre which is to cost Kshs 5 million within Siaya County to boost health care within the area.

Salem Orphanage Ministries head Bishop Pheobe Onyango said the clinic sponsored by Unbox Life International and her Kisumu [...] Continue Reading...

14May/130

KENYA: BROTHELS OF KISUMU

By Dickens Wasonga.

It is ten in the morning.

Along a street down town Kisumu, a few cars zoom past.

Apart from the Mpesa shops dotting the place, not much activity is going on along the lonely street near Kamas area.

Being a Monday morning, the street could be deserted [...] Continue Reading...

13May/130

USA: What matters to you?

From: Nita and Shaunna, Ultraviolet

Last week, House Republicans voted on a disastrous bill that would allow employers to demand more work for less pay. It's time to show Congress what a pro-woman economic agenda really looks like. Tell us what matters most to you.

http://act.weareultraviolet.org/go/756?t=2&akid=445.6000.VqfXmr

Dear Readers:

Eric Cantor and House Republicans [...] Continue Reading...

13May/130

KENYA: SCORE OF PEOPLE INJURED FOLLOWING THE FIGHTING FOR THE COMPOSITION OF SEME CONSTITUENCY CDF LOCAL DISBURSING COMMITTEE.

Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu City

Scores of people sustained minor bodily injuries following the fighting which broke out at Manywanda health centre in Seme West Location where the local had gathered to install the new CDF disbursing committee.

Unconfirmed report from the area say, the area MP [...] Continue Reading...

13May/131

KENYA: KISUMU COUNTY, INDEED NYANZA MUST GROW, IT HAS VAST POTENTIAL AND ITS LEADERSHIP MUST JUST GET ITS ACTS RIGHT.

BY DICKENS WASONGA.

WHEN talking about Kisumu County, it is Kisumu City that usually springs to mind.

But it is also difficult to divorce the region commonly referred to as Luo- Nyanza when discussing matters that are dear to Kisumu.

The two are interdependent, so to speak.

Although [...] Continue Reading...

13May/130

KENYA HAS BEEN PUT ON THE INTERNATIONAL MAP FOR SEX HAVEN

From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste in images
MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013

Kenya has been put on the international map for sex with dogs, on the ‘bench', for marks, sex in the cemetery, sex in the parks, sex in brothel pubs, sex in private cars, just to mention [...] Continue Reading...

13May/130

KENYA: HOMA-BAY COUNTY GOVERNOR HAS COMPLETED THE NOMINATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE {CABINET} WITH CLAIMS AND ACCUSATIONS THAT SOME OF THE POSITIONS ARE FILLED BY GIRL FRIENDS OF SENIOR ODM POLITICIANS.

Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Homa-Bay Town

THE Homa-Bay County governor Cyprian Otieno Awiti has completed nomination and vetting of members of the Assembly committee comprising of seven individual talented men and three women.

The governor, however, faced serious accusation and allegations that two of the women nominated to the Assembly [...] Continue Reading...

12May/130

“Plundering of Africa Through Secret Mining Deals,” Kofi Annan

From: Judy Miriga

Good People,

When a problem of multitude involving "Land Grabbing" is looming about to endanger life it is fundamentally right for people to stand up and demand that problem be fixed. In a haste, leaders must be taken to task and they must take full responsibilities and [...] Continue Reading...

5May/130

Kenya: Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and The Supreme Court To Redeem Their Battered Image

From: Gordon Teti

The Judges of the Supreme Court are poised to redeem their badly damaged images following the illegal decision to confirm Uhuru Kenyatta as the 4th president of Kenya against all the evidence to the contrary. Now the six (6) disgraced Judges of the Supreme Court want to [...] Continue Reading...

4May/130

Kenya: THE MUGO REPORT

From: Mugo Muchiri
Los Angeles, CA
May 1, 2013

THE MUGO REPORT – April 2013
Q: Good morning Bwana Mugo, it’s nice to see you. How’ve you been this past month?

Mugo: I’ve been very well, thank you. [...] Continue Reading...

3May/130

KENYA: OMBUDSMAN OFFICE OPENED IN KISUMU.

By Agwanda Saye

The Commission on Administrative of Justice has launched its Kisumu Branch office which , marks the beginning of the Commission’s decentralization process to the Counties to take services closer to the public in line with the constitution.

The CAJ Chair Otiende Amollo says the Commission appreciates [...] Continue Reading...

3May/130

Kenya: Attempt to heckle Francis Atwoli was an act of shame and misguided

Commentaries By Leo Odera Omolo.

A shameful act and politically motivated propaganda against the Secretary General of the Central Organization of Trade Unions {COTUK} during the Labor Day celebrations of the Uhuru Park by a few misguided elements was an act of shame, unwarranted and uncalled for.

The two hecklers, [...] Continue Reading...