Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Stephen Fry in Kenya

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Stephen Fry is in east Africa filming a follow-up to Last Chance to See , the excellent 1980s book (and radio series I think?) that was pres...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Obama-Muslim-conspiracy theorist kicked out of Kenya

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Kenya's record on freedom of speech is improving, so some might see the expulsion from Kenya of American anti-Democrat Jerome Corsi for...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Watching the migration in the Maasai Mara

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It's hard to tell from the President Kibaki story how much he really saw of the drama of the migration itself. Kicheche Camp's alwa...
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"Tourist Number One" (President Kibaki) gets down with the crowds

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The annual wildebeest migration through the Maasai Mara National Reserve has had more than its usual publicity this year. President Mwai Kib...
Friday, August 29, 2008

Nairobi blogs

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Photo: Carnivore Most visitors think of getting out of Nairobi as fast as possible, or enduring the city if they're based there, and mak...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Scrap the lunatic line - here's another of those visions

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Now this is exciting, if it ever happens: Mombasa to Kampala in ten hours . It's part of Kenya Railways Vision 2050 (funny how the targe...

Restaurant prices in Kenya

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Kenya is experiencing the same price rises in fuel and commodities that are hitting all the world's poorest economies hardest – Restaura...

Slum TV in Mathare, Nairobi

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Interesting recent audio report from the BBC World Service about a new TV station in Nairobi's Mathare slum: SlumTV

Roots of the Rift Valley violence - Kalenjin and Kikuyu

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Land and water rights in the Rift Valley lie at the heart of the post-election violence. But there's something deeper and less material ...

Barack Obama slurred by link with Odinga slurred by link with Obama

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It's dig-the-dirt time again in American politics and Barack Obama , part Luo like Raila Odinga (but not Odinga's cousin in the Amer...
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Friday, May 23, 2008

Sustainable Mara

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It's all happening. . . An excellent initiative in the Maasai Mara: "The Mara Conservancy, a not-for-profit conservation management...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Return of tourism also benefits agricultural exporters

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It's not just the tourist industry that will benefit from the return of charter flights. Lake Victoria's Luo fishing communities de...

Mike Wooldridge on the future for Kenya

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Mike Wooldridge's thoughtful, if disturbing two-part series for Radio 4 is being repeated on the BBC World Service. Or is it the other w...

Virgin kicks off the return to Kenya

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Good to see Virgin Atlantic airlines helping to revive the Kenya tourist industry with a big UK press and underground poster campaign featur...
Monday, May 19, 2008

"Behind the Smile: the Tsunami of Tourism"

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Tourism Concern's brilliant photo essay, "Behind the Smile: the Tsunami of Tourism" , is back on the Tourism Concern site once...
Thursday, May 15, 2008

National Museum reopens in Nairobi

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Nairobi's national museum, the city's most important tourist attraction, and a good museum in its own right, has recently re-opened ...
Thursday, April 10, 2008

This is rare. . .

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The trial has started of two policemen accused of murdering two demonstrators in Kisumu in January. It's rare that the police go on tri...
Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Elgon – stay away

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One area of Kenya you don't want to be wandering around in at the moment is Mount Elgon. The Sabaot Land Defence Force are a particularl...
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Castle Forest Lodge and Karen Blixen Camp

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Map detail from Rough Guide Kenya & Northern Tanzania map Castle Forest Lodge up on the southern slopes of Mount Kenya (on p.179) is no...
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Kenya fuel price rises. . .

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. . .and inflation passes 20 percent and ranges up to 30 percent regionally. If you're driving in Kenya, expect to be paying around Ksh1...