Tuesday, May 01, 2012

KWS closes bandas for refurbs

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The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has closed some of its self-service parks accommodation during the current rainy season: KWS will with...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Nanyuki hotel warning - theft from room

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Despite terrorism warnings and the decision of government travel advisories to advise against visiting the Lamu archipelago, it is ordinary ...
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Sunday, January 08, 2012

FCO travel advisory imminent terrorism warning for Kenya

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Hard to know what to make of Saturday morning's tweaked travel advice on Kenya . Was it a response to the sudden successes of the Kenyan...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Current train timetable Nairobi Mombasa

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I photographed this at Nairobi station on 31 October 2011. I can't make any claims for its accuracy - and the landline numbers 2044476 a...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

FCO "trouble abroad" figures: previously unpublished country-by-country details

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On my blog for another book, The Rough Guide to First-Time Africa , I've been posting the results of my chasing up the press office of t...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Letter to the Daily Nation: letter-writer Robert Wainyoke sums it up

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Letters page, Daily Nation, 19th August 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The Lamu Port Corridor: Fantasy or Fraud?

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Kenya’s  Lamu Port Corridor proposal , part of "Vision 2030" , would be Kenya’s biggest ever civil engineering project. It would ...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

KCB Rally 2011 – Nairobi to Namanga

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The KCB Safari Rally happens this weekend and will basically clog up much of the route between Nairobi and Namanga in Kenya – ie the north...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Guest post: "Research that paints a gloomy picture of the Mara"

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Guest post from Dr Joseph Ogutu of the Bioinformatics Unit at Hohenheim University. Richard, thanks for highlighting this issue and tryin...
Thursday, June 09, 2011

The Mara wildlife "crash" - how real is it?

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The BBC's 2 June 2011 story about a “crash” in wildlife numbers in the Maasai Mara region has been widely picked up, in most cases wit...
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Trouble on the Moyale road

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Following clashes between the Borana and Burji around Moyale and Turbo last month, the Kenya-Ethiopia border was closed for several days a...
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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Live music at the Carnivore this weekend

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This sounds fun - two evenings of live music in Nairobi for Ksh1500.  Sawa Sawa 2011 runs over  Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th May. Next We...
Friday, March 25, 2011

"Defecating with the locals" – was Comic Relief's Kibera documentary a cross-cultural blunder?

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Comic Relief ’s Famous, Rich and in the Slums two-part documentary has generated some controversy and confusion in the Kenyan press. Takin...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

African Safari Club has finally ceased trading

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A holiday company has gone under and, just for a change, that's good news. The following is all that's left on African Safari Club...
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