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Wamuyu: The Unmarried Gikuyu 10th Daughter.

Story By Mukuyu Gikuyu Documentation Center.

WWamuyu aka Warigia aka Wanjugu was the Gikuyu daughter of Mumbi who according to legend did’t marry. This post speculates on the reasons she did not marry.

According to the existing myths of the tribe, Gikuyu and Mumbi the first parents of the tribe bore nine plus one daughters and no sons. This was at their home at Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga in Muranga. Gikuyu then prayed to God and God asked him to make a burnt offering of a goat under the Mukuyu tree and return in the morning. On return the following morning he found nine young men waiting whom he took to his daughters and each took one for a husband. These nine went on to establish what are the cornerstones of the tribe the nine plus one clans. The clans are ‘nine with the fill’ not because Wamuyu’s clan, the Aicakamuyu was the fill but because the Gikuyu do not count their offspring exactly for fear they might perish. The myth is not clear whether there were actually nine young men or ten. Remember the Gikuyu will not count exact numbers of people or livestock due to superstition. So it is not at all clear whether Wamuyu refused to marry because there was no husband for her or because she had to wait as some people who tell the myth say that she was too young to marry.

I am a great fan of folk tales and myths and I have come to understand that most of them contain a very powerful meaning once deconstructed. Take the story of little Red Riding Hood and the wolf. A mere tale to amuse children? Nay! It is the story of maturation and initiation according to some writers. “Take care little girl, men are wolves” Or take the story of Beauty and the Beast. Isn’t it a teaching to young girls to beware of judging their future spouses by mere externals and looks?

In order to deconstruct the story of Wamuyu, we have to understand the dynamics of family life as presented by the first family. Look at

them. They have nine grown up women who are all married to “goats” They shortly all go away one after another with their husbands to settle elsewhere. This aging couple had no son who could bring a young woman to take care of them. This was a serious matter as there were no old people’s homes then. One of the girls, certainly the one who either loved

them more than she loved herself or was favored of the father and mother must have decided – to hell with the “goat of a husband” and decided to stay and take care of the aging couple. This girl, Wamuyu, as she has been called, rather than being an outcast as some people have suggested was probably the most beloved, the most caring and possibly

the richest of the ten daughters of Mumbi as she would have inherited Gikuyu’s property. That is why even being single she is recognized as the mother of a full clan in its own right, the Aicakamuyu.

Gikuyu

na Mumbi Na Kenda Muiyuru

It is the story of maturation and initiation according to some writers.

Kiambiriria Kia Muhiriga wa agikuyu

PK

is now being seen by all.

By Isaac Newton Kinity

The Deputy President seat was rightfully for Prof. Kithure Kindiki. He is a collected and composed man who would have helped President Ruto to unite the country towards development. However, Rigathi blackmailed Ruto in choosing him.

Who needs to go for Kenya Kwanza government to stand and unite Kenyans?

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President and Gachagua the DP, and a very effective mouthpiece of saying things Ruto will not say.

Ichung’wa and Kuria after they are fat enough for slaughter. Watch this space.

Yesterday I saw a guy spill all his Scrabble letters on the road. I asked him, “What’s the word on the street?”

ONYANGO OTIENO

Have seen some Luo dimwits spewing some uncouth utterances towards the Enigma, Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga over his past and current political demonstrations on his defense to democracy and demand for some pertinent concerns that have been battling and excampering my mother country: Hyper inflation, unemployment, electoral injustice, impunity, ethnocentrism and inclusivity;

Jaluo, Moi used luo leaders to divide luo’s during his 24 years in power; what was the end products? Where are they? What’of their families?

Any development they Left behind? Kidero, Owalo and some few confused Mps who think that they can outsmart Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga will find it hard. They will perish soon while Agwambo will still be relevant and strong both politically, socially and economically..

All the Mt. Kenya Mps and Ruto’s international friends warned Ruto that Rigathi is primitive, hateful, uncultured and still has hangovers of his days as a dictator D.O in Moi’s government. They said that Rigathi will crumble Ruto’s government even before it stands. Ruto chose him anyway. Everything they said about Rigathi

When former President Uhuru Kenyatta was planning a handshake with ODM keader Raila Odinga, he left the country in the hands of his Deputy, then William Ruto, as Baba was planning to swear himself as the People’s President. DP Ruto talked tough but finally Raila was sworn-in at Uhuru Park.

A few days later, Kenyans were shocked to see Baba being received at Harambee House by Uhuru in the absence of his DP and minutes later, they signed a HANDSHAKE agreement.

Just the other day President Ruto went on a foreign trip and left his tough-talking DP Rigathi Gachagua in charge, when Baba had started demonstrations to agitate for an all inclusive approach to reconstituting IEBC among other issues.

PAULINE NJOROGE

Rigathi Gachagua blackmailed Ruto into submission and even went to the extent of stage managing demos in Wamunyoro to say “No Gachagua No Ruto”. Ruto noted and gave in because at that point he needed the Mt. Kenya vote and could not afford such disgruntled voices so close to the elections. They went into elections and whatever happened, happened. He is now the

Gachagua went ahead and even took over CS Kindiki’s job. He can assemble and command the security forces in total disregard of an existing Minister, and tell us that Kindiki is busy dealing with bandits.

Meanwhile in his naivety, Gachagua thinks he was forgiven for arm twisting Ruto. Noo, it does not work like that. It never has.

To cover his insecurity and fears, and in a bid to continue with his blackmail antics, Gachagua recruited in his praise and worship choir; Kimani Ichungwa and Moses Kuria. They pull no stops to demonstrate that their Rutometer is full gauge even when it looks outrightly absurd.

As they preach hatred and incitement between Azimio and Kenya Kwanza, as they invite violence and excessive brutal police action against Kenyans, as they divide the Mt. Kenya region, right in the middle, Ruto knows very very well that the buck stops with him. He has tasted the wrath of ICC and he will not allow himself back there.

So while the war mongers are busy threatening the opposition and breathing fire, Ruto is busy trying to fix the problem. And he will fix it. He will sacrifice the triad assembly of Gachagua,

Talking of which, where has Ichung’wah gone after hopping from media house to media house following the Northlands attack? In the fullness of time because the law will eventually catch up, he will have to tell the country what he knew when he announced at Kianyaga Boys alumni event that Northlands shall be attacked.

D.K GITAU

I agree entirely with Pauline. Ruto has not forgotten how Gachagua blackmailed him. He must have known of the Kenyatta farm attack and never bothered to stop it with a reason. He knew Kikuyus will be annoyed, and the blame goes to no other than the two Ruto cohorts. He is now accepting Baba for only one reason: to frustrate Gachagua until he resigns. By 2027, Gachagua will be in the same box as the late Josephat Karanja...traitor, the name will surface... It will be the end of him as Kikuyus will not even want to support him, ...by then, Ruto will not need Kikuyu votes as Mulembe Nation support is enough..

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Laughter is a pleasant physical reaction and emotion consisting usually of rhythmical, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system. It is a response to certain external or internal stimuli. Laughter can rise from such activities as being tickled, or from humorous stories or thoughts

JOKES Your idea of a hot time is putting a heating pad on your bad back.

You start getting carded again, but now cashiers want to see your senior card to make sure you’re old enough to qualify for the discount.

You save a ton of money on shampoo, not because of your senior discount, but because you now have too little hair to bother with it.

You no longer need a spoon to stir the creamer in your coffee. You just pour the milk in and let your shaky hand do the job.

You start wondering who that old woman/man is looking in your window and realize you’re standing in front of the mirror. Pop rocks and Rice Krispies are a thing of the past when your 60-year-old joints have all the snap, crackle, and pop that you need.

You used to make fun of adult diaper commercials, and now you’re clipping coupons for them “just in case.”

You go from wearing bifocals to wearing trifocals.

Have you submitted your papers to the AKC? Cause those liver spots are starting to make you look like a Dalmatian!

How excited are you to turn 60?

I’ve heard it was one of the coolest decades ever!

Funny 60th Birthday Quotes

I’m hynie the laughing hyena

and Sayings

Although everyone experiences aging, there’s nothing like the post-middle-age milestones to get you feeling a little melancholic. However, whipping out a few funny 60th birthday quotes at the party can be the perfect remedy. At the end of the day, laughter is the world’s best medicine. So, to take the cruel mistress that is aging in stri-

de, humor yourself and those around you with these funny sayings about turning 60:

It’s time that you finally admit that those “character lines” are really just wrinkles.

The phrase zero to 60 means your life is flashing before your eyes.

Before that birthday hits, invest in a multipack set of lighters.

You’ll run out of fluid befo-

re you can light all five-dozen candles on your cake with just one.

Don’t let your 60th birthday get you down…it’ll take a forklift to get you back up.

Instead of adding blueberries to your cornflakes, you just sprinkle them with your morning medications.

Break out your bikinis because 60 is the new sexy.

Trying to remember what you wanted to wish for leaves the candles burning on your cake long enough to set off the smoke detector.

You remember back to when you used to need a booster seat at restaurants and realize that now you could use one to see over the dash on your car. With how popular gray hair is with teens nowadays, your grandkids will be super jealous that your silvery hue is all natural.

Don’t feel bad about turning 60, at least none of your teenage mistakes are immortalized on the internet.

Beware! Your carefully saved nest egg has flown the coop.

When I turned 50, I told myself that at least I wasn’t 60. Now that I’m 60, I just wish I could go back to 50.

I’m laughing all day long (huhuhuhu) because when I kick all my troubles they wiggle awaaay where theeey belong (other voices) He’s happy no matter what happens when singing his happy song so when you get up every mooooorning don’t ever be whiny but make life sun shiny like hynie the laughing hyena I laugh and I laugh and I laugh some more we laugh and we laugh and we laugh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaa ha ha ha ha haaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

“ It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve, and bad things are very easy to get..”

DIASPORA Letters to the editor are souced from Diaspora and Kenyan Whattapp groups and those sent direct to our email.

“He who exercises bygovernment means of his virtue may tocomparedbe the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.”

QUOTES Confucianism are advocating a deeper study of his philosophies

The Secrets We Harbor In Our Hearts

Secrets They are hard to be kept and always leaks

e all have secrets that we harbor in our hearts of hearts thus secrets come in many forms. For other people theirs are worse than others. In the event they are blurted out they will surely cause wars. For that reason, if you know your secret is a weapon that will cause mass destruction never let it out. In fact, never divulge it to anyone lest you want to start and stir trouble. The moment you tag your issue as a secret it is best to keep it to yourself up to your grave.

Sharing it is the root cause that will have the ripple effect. Many people make the mistake of confiding in their close friends and relatives and also swearing them to secrecy. Not many people have the heart to follow instructions to boot. Unwillingly they end up spilling the beans when they find themselves intoxicated or put under pressure. Henceforth always know the character of the person you are opening up to before you bare your soul away.

Have you ever looked at it this way, your secret might be burdening the next person that you would have

Wtold. This is another way to look at things because some have light and faint hearts that cannot keep information to themselves.

Truth be told, it is wise to bear the cross by yourself harboring your secret than divulging it and making the other person your conspirator by association. Even in families there are secrets that are not allowed by any nature to see the light of the day. If you so happen to get wind of such secrets just keep the tradition. One sage men highlighted secrets are best kept hidden. Opening the Pandora’ box will bring many issues that were buried deep in other people’s hearts. Undoubtedly, secrets are hard to deal with yet each and every day one has some that he or she eventually wants to let out through talking.

It is therapeutic to share your thoughts and secrets with others up until that information falls into the wrong ears or hands that is when trouble with a capital T starts. You cannot bend other people to your will, therefore this is the reason why they end up telling others what you would have told them in confidence.

Some although are noted as secrets yet they will be common knowledge just that people won’t talk

Families have secrets they dont disclose

about it in the open. Thus there are categories of secrets for example those which are well known by everyone but people can’t just come outright and say we know about it except yourself. If you happen to eavesdrop on a secret as long as it does not cause war or bodily harm be a sole of discretion and keep it even up to your grave but if your level of thinking believes it will help the next person then do not hesitate to let the cat out of the bag. The end will justify the means. Long kept secrets that you might happen to come by let them be. It’s difficult to handle secrets especially if they are not yours. There is this urge to tell the next person, sort of a fever in your blood to let it out. In a way that is how gossip starts. In life learn to mind your own business so that you won’t get into trouble. The moment you are interested in other people’s affairs or when you are a terrible gossip this will be the start of all hell to break loose. Have the decency to respect other people’s secrets especially if they have taken you into their confidence. People are

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Joseph Odero Jowi.

Secrets

In dire straits

Walking aimlessly in the streets

I let you on my secret as we greet

Joseph OderoJowi (August 15, 1936 –October 17, 2015) was a Kenyan diplomat. He represented Kenya in the United Nations for several years, working to bring the United Nations Environment Programme’s headquarters to Nairobi.

Biography

going on with their lives but are burdened with bag luggage. As a result, do not make it worse by adding salt to injury.

To be frank nobody wants to talk much about secrets because you might be guarding jealously yours that you do not want people to get to know of. However, we cannot dispel the fact the air of secrecy has an appealing effect. Its human nurture to be intrigued by wanting to know more even if it doesn’t concern you. Needless to mention, some secrets have torn families apart. That said, it’s a tricky situation to deal with other people’s secrets. Bottom line is deal with other people’s secrets as if they were yours. When somebody lets you on a secret they will be looking for an avenue to set their burned soul free. In other words, that person trusts you to do the right thing that they would have asked. In fact, nurture your personal relationships that there won’t be bad blood afterwards.

Do not divulge this information even in greed

I kneel down to make a daily Creed

Yes, father I have sinned

Set me free from my transgression I plead

As my confidante please take heed

As I hide, in hindsight I bleed

When secrets enter a family, they can either enhance or undermine that connection.

Benign family secrets that can increase closeness include things like children sharing a “secret” language from their parents or family units sharing inside jokes and traditions.

The secrets are rooted in joy and intimate sharing of knowledge.

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Jowi was born on August 15, 1936 in Sori, Kenya, and attended the village’s primary school, the Kisii School and the Kagumo Teachers College. He also spent several years in India at the universities of Calcutta and New Delhi, studying economics.

He was principal of the African Labour College in Kampala, Uganda, from 1961 to 1963. In 1963 he married Salome and returned to Kenya.

In 1966 Jowi was elected to represent the Ndhiwa

Constituency in the Kenyan National Assembly. He worked in the Ministry of Labour, then the Ministry of Finance.

By Dr. Jean Kamau Excerpts

It was Odero, then serving as Kenya’s Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, who pulled through the unprecedented diplomatic coup in 1972 that saw a major UN agency move – for the first time – outside the United States and Western Europe into the Third World. The feat earned him instant international acclaim.

In 1969 Jowi briefly served as minister for economic planning and development in Kenya’s cabinet after Tom Mboya, who had held the role, was assassinated.He lost reelection later that year, and was appointed Kenya’s ambassador to the United Nations. In that role, Jowi was a key figure in getting the United Nations Environment Programme’s headquarters to be placed in Nairobi in the early 1970s. In 1974 he left the UN to be re-elected to the Kenyan Parliament, representing Ndhiwa. However, three years later Jowi resigned and returned to the United Nations.

In 2007 Jowi was awarded named an Elder of

the Order of the Burning Spear. In 2014 he was described as living in a housing development in Langata, Kenya, with his wife.

He died on October 17, 2015.

“That was something I worked really hard to win,” Odero explains. Today, the once eloquent, imposing and articulate diplomat and Cabinet minister who brought great honour to Kenya and the African continent is alive, but certainly not well.

The super diplomat is nowhere on the radar of the Government he served with so much distinction. Odero, perhaps better known locally by the older generation for his brief stint as Minister for Economic Planning and Development after the assassination of Tom Mboya in 1969 is, sadly, a forgotten giant.

Joseph Odero Jowi

from Wikipedia jean@gmail.com

In 1972, UN Permanent Representatives assembled at the Swedish capital to choose the home of the newly founded United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). To the surprise of his peers, Jowi was there to lead a campaign for Kenya to host the secretariat outside traditional homes America and Europe.

The Late Joseph Odero Jowi

The super diplomat is nowhere on the radar of the Government he served with so much distinction.

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Kamala Harris Announces Tanzania Trade Boost During Africa Tour.

TANZANIA: Under Hassan, Tanzania has returned to international engagement

She has won praise

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Hassan reversed the policies upon coming to power and earlier this month, Tanzania passed the milestone of fully vaccinating 50% of its population against the coronavirus.

Vice President Kamala Harris announced plans to boost trade with and investment in Tanzania during a visit there on Thursday, part of an African tour aimed at strengthening ties with a continent where China and Russia increasingly hold sway.

U.S. Vice President Harris arrives in Tanzania

U.S. Vice President Harris arrives in Tanzania Harris started her trip on Sunday in Ghana before flying late on Wednesday to Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, where she met President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday.

US Vice President Kamala Harris in Tanzania

US Vice President Kama-

la Harris in Tanzania

The two women gave short statements to the media before going into a longer session of private talks.

“Working together, it is our shared goal to increase economic investment in Tanzania and strengthen our economic ties,” Harris said, listing a number of initiatives. They included a new memorandum of understanding between the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and the government of Tanzania.

That will facilitate up to $500 million in financing to help U.S. companies export goods and services to Tanzania in sectors including infrastructure, transportation, digital technology, climate and energy security and power generation.

SULULU: Hassan reversed Magufuli policies upon coming to power.

U.S. Vice President Harris in Tanzania

U.S. Vice President Harris in Tanzania

by Magufuli, Magufuli had banned political rallies by anyone other than elected officials, cracked down on Tanzania’s LGBT community and arrested scores of opposition supporters. .

But human groups say violations continue, including government targeting of online media outlets. Hassan’s education minister also banned a series of children’s books from schools last month for allegedly promoting homosexuality. Harris, the latest of several high-profile figures from the U.S. administration to visit African countries in recent months, is due to stay in Tanzania until Friday, when she will depart for Zambia, the final stop on her tour.

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Diaspora Sunday US Passport Application Delays Surge Amid Much Demand.

US PASSPORT: Ranked among the most powerful

Prayers And who is my neighbor?

As of March 24, travelers waited 10 to 13 weeks for processing of a routine passport application, the State Department said. (A traditional passport — a passport book — costs $130 to renew; there’s an additional $35 acceptance fee for first-time applicants.)

Even an expedited application, which costs an extra $60 plus delivery fees, still takes seven to nine weeks.

The Good Samaritan

PASSPORT: Apply Six Months Before Expiry.

sIf you’re looking to travel abroad and need a passport, you’re not the only one. Currently, the rush of applications has pushed the wait time to several months.

“We’re getting 500,000 applications a week for passports,”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said March 24, calling the renewed demand for travel “unprecedented.”

The State Department warns it is taking 10 to 13 weeks to receive a passport and the expedited process, which costs an extra $60, will take seven to nine weeks. Staffing shortages are being blamed for some of the delays.

Trying to get an appointment at one of the 20 passport centers in Clark County, Nevada is leaving some people frustrated. Applicants say they are being told that an appointment may not be scheduled

for months, and if you plan to walk in to submit an application, be prepared to wait hours.

The Secretary of State reports in the 2022 fiscal year, a record 22 million passport books were issued and the government is on track to break that record in 2023.

Passport demand always increases from March through the summer as travel ramps up but this year is unusual.

The U.S. Travel Association reports 52% of Americans plan to travel in the next six months and with around 500,000 passport applications being submitted weekly, it probably won’t slow down any time soon.

The processing times had been going down for the last couple of months but with the surge again for the seasonal travel it has bumped back up. So the problem is just the backlog of the number of people coming in

For those who apply by mail, the delay will be longer. It might take up to four additional weeks for an office to receive and then mail back a new passport, according to the State Department — meaning the total processing time may be more than four months for a routine application.

Processing times are likely to rise further as the busier travel season approaches, the department said. Since applicants generally must send in their current passports, they’d be unable to travel abroad for that length of time, too, Leocha said.

The department has been hiring staff to boost processing capacity — to ensure customer service phone lines are manned, for example, Blinken said. It has opened satellite offices and authorized overtime pay, and there’s a federal task force to marshal the efforts, he added.

The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. It is about a traveler (implicitly understood to be Jewish) who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First, a Jewish priest and then a Levite come by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler. Although Samaritans and Jews despised each other, the Samaritan helps the injured man. Jesus is described as telling the parable in response to a provocative question from a lawyer, “And who is my neighbor?”, in the context of the Great Commandment. The conclusion is that the neighbor figure in the parable is the one who shows mercy to their fellow man.

Some Christians, such as Augustine, have interpreted the parable allegorically, with the Samaritan representing Jesus Christ, who saves the sinful soul. Others, however, discount this allegory as unrelated to the parable’s original meaning and see the parable as exemplifying the ethics of Jesus.

The parable has inspired painting, sculpture, satire, poetry, photography, and film. The phrase “Good Samaritan”, meaning someone who helps a stranger, derives from this parable, and many hospitals and charitable organizations are named after the Good Samaritan.

Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. By chance

a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he travelled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed,

he took out two denarii, gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’ Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?”

He said, “He who showed mercy on him.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

MORNING AFFIRMATION

PSALM 91:11 NIV

For He will Command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

You were created by God for a purpose. Your creator has the blueprints of how you function. To fulfill your purpose in life, you need to fulfill God’s purpose. God’s purpose is your purpose.

Americans traveling abroad may need to wait more than four months for a new passport — and delays are likely to worsen as the busy summer travel season approaches.

It’s taking as much as four months for a routine passport application .

The Parable has inspired paintings, sculptures, satire and poetry

Tourism Continues To Abolish Poaching Intrepidly.

TOURS TO NATIONAL RESERVES : Our children dont have to rely on computers to enjoy wildlife

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Poaching, defined as illegally taking game (or nongame) animals without regard to seasons and/or bag limits, is seen by most around the world as highly unethical. The consequences for poaching game, especially when that game is federally protected, can be extremely high. In the U.S., many states have joined together in a compact that says if someone is convicted of poaching in one member state, all member states will treat the offender the same. This often results in a ban on legally hunting in those states for a lengthy period of time. In addition, monetary fines are often levied, the amount often determined by an animal’s perceived value and a trophy animal.

Poaching & Conservation

Worldwide, the problem is even more serious. Americans who have never hunted abroad often do not understand just how unique our North American Conservation Model is to our country. This system regulates the take of game animals (and fish) with the goal of making sure that overharvesting does not occur, and that there will be an abundance of fish and wildlife for future generations to enjoy.

Animals in the national reserve .......................................................

lthough it has been a long time coming we are still giving poachers a run for their money.

Tourism is overtly becoming a culpable eye opener for all and sundry as it continues to promote our wildlife. From Zambezi to Limpopo tourism will never be better than this because through edification a lot of people are now eco-friendly. Going down memory lane the immediate community were in the blind especially of tourism hotspots like Rutenga, Kazungula and Mlibizi. As far as comeback is

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Aconcerned the hospitality industry took it upon itself to civic educate the locals about the importance of safari and wildlife. Therefore it became a norm to be up in arms with the incorrigible poachers and to snitch on them without contrition.

Unsavoury characters in the vicinity of a destination were reported to the rightful authorities thus a lot of poachers were vanquished and brought to book. That is the upper hand of tourism dear readers for instead of killing our rhinos, the locals were trained to be belligerent sustainable activists and potent rangers who up to now stand firm in our war against poachers. It’s short of a miracle that with an-

ti-poaching came a lot of tourism jobs that gainfully employed the masses across the country.

Tour guide and ranger training finally registered in the community zeroing to a common ground that exterminated extinction in it’s wake. We are proud as a nation to say that we rely on these lions and cheetahs for the intriguing game watches, game drives and a bit of tracking.

From Gonarezhou up to Chizarira we have designs on our game reserves to withstand the hands of time, by conservation through thriving nurseries so nothing will come between us and our wildlife. Tourism and wildlife coincide thus the animals had us at hello.

To jog your memories treasured readers we boast of the white rhino as part of the big five and hordes of elephants to last us a lifetime. The tourism industry went on to partner with the government plus hefty protectorates which are very hard penalties were put in place.

There is no going around these laws and we won’t give an inch because we need these species. Let’s curtail extinction before our zoos, aquariums

and transfrontier parks capriciously go down the drain.

Lately a bonafide poacher has to think twice about the repercussions of their actions before venturing into the wild. Say no to poaching, preserve, conserve and sustain these wild animals for our future generation.

In simpler terms our children don’t have to rely on documentaries but we want them to experience the real thing.

Save Valley Conservancy is our pride and joy for it lives up to expectation time and again as we have a bountful abundance in giraffes, antelopes, kudus, zebras, buffalos and so forth.

Leaving any stones unturned is unheard of in this battle for what is right. To wrap up this article, it will always be my guilty pleasure as a tourism activist to keep these poachers on their toes.

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“ Pancreatic cancer treatment options are chosen based on the extent of the cancer. ”

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“ We are proud as a nation to say that we rely on these lions and cheetahs for the intriguing game watches, game drives and a bit of tracking. ”

Doctors: They do their best, but it may not be enough.

Poaching, defined as illegally taking game (or nongame) animals without regard to seasons

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