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car no 48 won last years charge

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thika rd

Nice contributions Dere.Keep them coming.

dereWaMatt: some rhino charge photos.love this event.

Yes,an excuse to drink in public and party in the wild.Same as the Safari Rally.LOL Kenyans....

gallivant: Nice contributions Dere.Keep them coming.

no problem.
its great tht we've found gas,sad wats happening in the tana delta though.

The Tana Delta issue is political.Let those idiots in parliament solve it. >:

Sibiloi National Park

Oh my my the Rhino charge. Dare devils.

At times I feel like I could build a tower in Northern Kenya and live there.That place though dry is beautiful.

Love the Masai moran pushing the car and the giraffe crossing.

gallivant: The Tana Delta issue is political.Let those idiots in parliament solve it. >:

Great the president sacked the Assistant Minister for Livestock yesterday and ordered the GSU to go restore peace.

I pity the BALLS of those residents.They will be dealt with Mt.Elgon style.

gallivant:

Yes,an excuse to drink in public and party in the wild.Same as the Safari Rally.LOL Kenyans....

true.

miss the safari rally thrill.

pendo89: Oh my my the Rhino charge. Dare devils.

At times I feel like I could build a tower in Northern Kenya and live there.That place though dry is beautiful.

Love the Masai moran pushing the car and the giraffe crossing.

Northern is really beautiful,once the planned infrastracture takes shape that place will change dramaticaly.They are set to build a resort city in Isiolo and the prospects of that are looking good.

Six thousand acres for Isiolo resort city

DAILY NATION
By KNA
Posted Thursday, January 5 2012 at 22:30

The process of setting up Kenya’s first multi-billion shilling resort city moved a notch higher after the Isiolo county council was asked to set aside land for the project.
The council is required to set aside 6,500 acres of land at Kipsing Gap, about 20 kilometres west of Isiolo town.

Assistant commissioner of Lands Muthoni Ngaruthi says that the land identified would enable the Government to set up the facility while chief economist in the Ministry of Tourism, Mr. Simon Korir, says the project, to be funded through a Public, Private Partnership (PPP), will cost Sh18.9 billion.


Port consultant

A firm from Japan, the Japanese Port Consultant, identified the site for the proposed resort city and developed a conceptual design after a nine-month feasibility study.

Kipsing Gap was picked by the firm ahead of Kulamawe and Archers Post after factors such as security, accessibility, cultural diversity, natural diversity and wildlife attractions, availability of water, electricity and sewerage system, among others, were considered.


The land, which is sandwitched between two gazetted hills — Katim and Oldonyo Degishu — is bordered to the South by the world famous Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, to the north by Buffalo Springs and Shaba National Reserve, and Samburu Game Park and Ewaso Ng’iro River to the west.

The proposed resort will boast of three to six-star hotels, a local art and craft museum, theatres for international festivals and international conference centres.

Other features are golf courses, cultural events like the International Camel Derby and mountaineering, biking and natural walks.




The two government officials appealed to the council, as the custodian of the land on behalf of the community, to hasten the process of land acquisition for the government to move to the next stage.

Mr Ngaruthi said: “Under the old constitution land tenure system was under the Trust-land Act while the new law defines it as community land. It is mandatory for the central government to obtain consent from the locals before getting the land for development of national projects.”

During the two-day sensitisation workshop organised by the government in Isiolo town, the councillors agreed to the request that would entail a resolution giving out the required land through the divisional land board.



The government will compensate residents while the council will benefit through acquiring the land title deed and charging rates and rent from investors who will put up facilities in the resort city.
Tour circuits include national parks that stretch from the Aberdares, Mt Kenya and Meru, archaeological sites, mountaineering and biking trails and natural walks.


The circuit is figuratively known as the Jewel in the Crown for its rich diversity in fauna and flora, as well as wide ranging species of wildlife which include the “big five” — lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino.

Isiolo district development officer Joseph Ng’ang’a said Isiolo resort city is expected to have a centre for education and information, deliver a unique image and effective branding and position itself as a place to visit, live, work rest and invest.



Mr Ng’anga also said the Japanese consultancy firm has come up with more than ten preliminary models of the city, with a clear theme and concept, and has undertaken an adequate infrastructure gap analysis.

“It has also come up with a plan on how the various parts of the land will be used and advised on the private sector involvement and integration of the local community into the project,” he said, adding that the development and growth of the resort city for between 20 and 30 years has also been factored into the plan.

He further pointed out: “A framework for development of infrastructure and investment decisions in housing, transport, industry, water supply, energy and hospitality services among others formed part of the study.”


Mr Korir added: “Isiolo town is identified in the Vision 2030 as one of the three resort cities to be developed as part of flagship projects to be implemented within the tourism sector.”

The other cities are Diani in Kwale and Kilifi. Two others — one in Lamu and Kalokol in Lake Turkana — were added later after the government came up with Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia transport (lapsset) corridor.

Under the economic pillar of Vision 2030, the government intends to develop a resort city that provides sustainable world-class living standards and working environment — a centre for finance, trade, business, services, sports, leisure and entertainment.

To read in full: http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Six+tho...a/-/index.html

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Wiki Loves Monuments started as a photo competition/scavenger hunt that took place throughout the Netherlands between September 1 and September 30, 2010. In 2011 the photo contest drew 172,305 entries from over 5,000 participants in 18 European countries which is now global in 2012.

Members of the public are encouraged to celebrate Kenya's living heritage by taking photographs of heritage sites (including buildings, sites of struggle and memory, graves, monuments, archaeological sites, etc.) and uploading them either via mobile or their computers to the competition website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Nairobi

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International awards

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