AUGUST 2012 Compiled by Majala Mlagui Founder & Director – Thamani Gems gems@thamani.co +254 722 167 067
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• Biodiversity conservation areas and Bird Areas – The Tsavo National Park – The Taita Hills.
• The Taita Hills are an Endemic Bird Area – part of the Tanzania‐Malawi Mountains Endemic Bird Area ‐ in addition to being part of a Biodiversity Hotspot (Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot) and the Eastern Arc Mountains.
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• The county is also home to the largest herd of elephants and the Black Rhino, both of which are in the IUCN Red List of Threatened species. • The Taita Hills forests, commonly referred to as the “Cloud Mountain Forests”, harbour several endemic plant species (>14) and animal taxa (>10) – the most prominent among them being: – – – –
the birds (Taita Thrush, Taita Apalis, Taita White‐eye) the African violet (Saintpaulia teitensis) the Sagalla Caecilian (Boulengerula niedeni) endemic coffee (Coffea fadenii); and Milletia oblata, Ceropegia verticillata and several other plants also endemic to the eastern arc mountains.
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Mixed Farming Irrigation Formal Employment Mixed Farming Food Crop / Livestock National Park
Casual Waged Labour
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Lack of entrepreneurial drive Communal lack of self esteem Haki Yetu Wait and See Attitude Submissive Unsupportive of others achievements (Wait and Watch them fail)
No community sense
Highly Superstitious Diluted Cultural Values Pessimistic Walk Overs 20
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• National Parks – Tsavo West National Park – Tsavo East National Park
• Fresh water lakes – Lake Jipe – Lake Challa
• Wildlife Sanctuaries – Lumo Wildlife Sanctuary – Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary
• Protected Forests at the hill tops • Msorongo cultural site. 24
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The park has recorded over 600 species of birds. The park also holds an important rhino sanctuary and is famous for elephant. There is a wide variety of wildlife including aardvark , antelopes, gazelles, impalas, buffalos, elephants, giraffes, hippopotamus, hyrax, rhinoceros, warthog, zebras, aardwolf, cheetah, hyena, jackal, leopards, lions, mongoose, baboons, caracal, warthogs, waterbucks , monkeys and rabbits.
• Accommodation – – – –
Budget Hotels Mid Range Hotels Exclusive Boutique Hotels Camps and Lodges
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VIDEO: Vivutio Kwa Wingi Taita Taveta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9BzWTNuz_4
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VIDEO: Lake Chala – The Untapped Tourism Destination http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=‐enRXM‐__R0
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Njama / Waghosi wa Isanga Wadawida & Watuweta Clans History of people and historic events Food Language
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VIDEO: The Burried Culture – Shomoto Caves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_WtEyj1qc w 29
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• Solar Energy – Water Bottle Light
• Bio‐Fuel Production – Animal Waste Management – Human Waste Management
• Renewable Energy • Wind Power Generation • Electricity (Rural Electrification Board) 31
• Voi – Taveta – Holili Road Project
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• Upgrade of Airstrip Infrastructure • • • • • • • • •
Aruba Airport Finch Hattons Airport Kamboyo(Tsavo West) Airport Kangetchwa Airport Kilaguni Airport Lake Jipe Airport Mackinnon Road Airport Maktau Gate Airport Mbirikani Airport
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Mtito Andei Airport Ngulia Lodge Airport Satao Airport Taita Hills Airport Taveta Airport Taveta Sisal Airport Voi Airport Voi Park Airport Ziwani Airport
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• Development of a Dry dock Port and a Car Bazaar “The new mandate of Kenya Railways is management of non‐conceded assets. It has plans to develop a concept which is aimed at establishment of a dry dock port and a car bazaar on a 100 acre piece of land at Voi, 100km from the port of Mombasa. The features of the proposed car bazaar will include: storage and clearing facilities for imported vehicles, facilities to store and sell cars to prospective customers and support facilities/amenities e.g. offices, banks, hotel and restaurants. Investors are welcome to partner with Kenya Railways in this venture.”
• Mombasa – Malaba Railway Project – Voi Station
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• Building Material – Lumber/Timber – Burnt Bricks – Hydrofoam Bricks
• Hostels & Hotels • Housing – For government officials – Education Institute Staff – Hospital Staff
• Construction of Low Cost Houses • Urban Planning – Planning of the County Headquarters 35
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Climate change prediction and adaptation projects Catchment protection projects Conservation of Forests Conservation of Existing Dams – Drying of Mwatate Dam
• Development of Potential Dams • Carbon Trading Schemes • Integrated Waste Management
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VIDEO: The Shrinking Lake Jipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wENLr0‐xmH4 Ziwa Jipe katika hatari ya kuangamia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI‐MSHfN2e4
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• Two Rainy Season – Short Rains : October to December – Long rains : March to May.
• The highlands receive an annual average rainfall of 1,400mm • The lowlands receive about 500mm • The overall average annual rainfall in the region is 650mm.
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Catchment Areas in the Forests Mzima Springs Njukini Springs Njoro Springs
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Kitobo Springs Kitivo Springs Ziwa Serengwa Springs Madulu Springs
Mzima II Pipeline Project “This is a high capital investment project that is intended to deliver about 160,000m3/day of water from Mzima Springs to Mombasa, over a distance of about 220km. The main component is a conveyance system to transport water by gravity. There is an opportunity in this regard for a turnkey arrangement involving provision of financing as well as engineering design and construction services, at terms to be negotiated. There is also potential for Joint Ventures (JV), and Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) arrangements. The estimated investment cost is US$300million. “ 40
• Lake Challa Integrated water Resource project 300 ha of land to be put under intensive irrigation and to provide water supply to 20,000 households
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Water Sanitisation Boreholes Water Harvesting Water Storage Facilities – Dams – Reservoirs
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• Production Infrastructure – Dams – Irrigation Infrastructure
• Market Infrastructure – Grains storage – Cold storage facilities – Warehouse receipting
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Vegetables: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Arrow root Avocado Beans Beetroots Brinjals Cabbage Capsicums Carrots Cassava Cauliflower Chillies Coconut Coffee Cotton
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Cowpeas French beans Green grams Green Leaf Vegetables ‐ Traditional Greengrams Hot pepper Irish potato Kales Leeks Lettuce Macadamia Maize Millet
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Onions Peas Pigeon peas Pumpkins Snow peas/Garden peas Sorghum Spinach Sunflower Sweet pepper, Sweet potato Swiss chard Tomato Yams 43
VIDEO: Ukulima katika eneo la Wundanyi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOmpfzgSYUg 44
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Banana Guava Lemon Loquat Mango Oranges Papaya Passion fruit Paw paw Sugar cane, Tree tomato Water melons Wild passion fruit 45
“Coffee came to Bura in 1892. However, succumbing to the complaints by European settlers on fears that diseases can spread to European coffee farms from African grown coffee, the Kenya government prohibited the growing of Arabica coffee by Africans (Great Britain, 1925; Kenya, 1933). It took as much as half a century, till 1945, when an agriculture officer visiting the area recommended that all the coffee in Wundanyi be uprooted and destroyed and licenses be granted to Natives one year after. As a result areas above contour 4500 ft. were gazetted as a Native coffee area (Kenya, 1945). However, coffee growing by African farmers started very slowly due to fears that it would lead to more land being alienated by the Europeans. Soon after, Land consolidation disrupted coffee growing seriously. Disagreements on ownership of coffee bushes on plots which changed ownership even lead to trees being destroyed out of fear of losing land under coffee.� 46
• Development of fisheries • Certified fish seed breeding facilities to avail quality seed to fish farmers. • Fish feed processing • Fish leather processing • Cooling Storage Facilities • Fish processing plants for fresh water fish mainly for export in Lake Jipe and Lake Challa
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• Construction of Education Institutions – – – –
Primary Schools Secondary Schools Vocational Training Institutes / Polytechnics Universities
• Industrial and Business incubators to strengthen entrepreneurial education • Research Institutions
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• Additional Health Service provision facilities – – – – –
Dispensaries Clinics Hospitals Mortuaries / Funeral Homes X‐Ray Centres
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Banking Facilities ATMs Banking Agents M‐Pesa Financial Management Services Investment Information Storage Vaults within Banks for the Gemstone Sector
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• Multimedia Technology Parks (MTPs) / Digital Villages • E‐Government – Digitizing government services to improve service delivery e.g. land registration
• Avail information online via websites / portals – E.g. Land Board Meeting dates – Forms
• Internet Fibre Linkages from main cables: SeaCom etc. 51
• Development of Industrial Parks including Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Parks • Development of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) • Incentives available: – Tax holidays, – Exemption from duty on machinery, raw materials and intermediate inputs – Removal of restrictions on foreign capital repatriation. “Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Under the AGOA initiative, Kenya’s manufactured products enjoy duty free market access into USA market. Production of textile, leather, horticulture, fish, rubber, iron and steel products can benefit under the AGOA scheme.”
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• Agro processing : Processing of tropical fresh foods, fruits and vegetables. • Processed horticultural produce include: – Frozen e.g. French beans, snow peas, Juice concentrates. – Canned products e.g. Baby corn, Juices, Jams, Marmalade, Pineapple Slices, Pickled Cucumbers, Mango Slices. – Dehydrated products e.g. Cabbages, Onions, Carrots.
• Development of Tanneries “The main shoes factories produce approximately 1,000,000 pairs of shoes annually while the informal sector produces 3,000,000, making a total of 4,000,000 pairs of shoes. However, the national demand for shoes is estimated at 28,000,000 pairs per annum. Therefore, there is a demand gap of 24,000,000 shoes costing the nation Kshs. 12 billion and 10,000 lost jobs and revenue annually.”
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• Textiles and Clothing Sector • Iron and Steel Industry – Setup an Integrated Iron and Steel plant With Billet Casting Facility
• Machine Tool Industry
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• Sustainable exploitation of economically viable mineral resources • Mineral Exploration & Mapping – Government is planning to undertake a KES 16 billion (US$189.9 million) three‐year aerial survey of minerals across the country – Wanjala Mining company recently completed a private aerial survey of 64,000 sq. km of areas including Taita Taveta – Very many opportunities exist for further private or PPP exploration and survey investment ventures
• Minerals Available – Gemstones – Industrial Minerals
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• Some of the main mining areas: – – – – – – – – – –
Werugha Kishushe Wanjala Mwakitau Sangenyi Mlechi‐Mwandongo Chawia‐Dembwa Mwatate Kamtonga Mkuki
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Mwachabo Voi Kasighau Chungaunga Bura Mgeno Mangare Maungu
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• Gemstones found in the county Amethyst Black Tourmaline Blue Tourmaline Chrome Tourmaline (Green) Green Tourmaline Yellow Tourmaline Blue Zoisite (Tanzanite) Emerald Green Grossularite Garnet ‐ Tsavorite – Iolite – Kyanite
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Pyrope Quartz Black Garnet Colour Change Garnet Red Garnet Red Spinel Rhodolite Rubies Sapphire Spessartine Peridot 57
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• Industrial Minerals found in the county – – – – – – – – – – –
Asbestos Blue Marble Calcite Chalk Cobalt Cooper Feldspar (Glass and Ceramic Industry) Graphite Iron Ore Kaolin Limestone
– Magnesite – Marble (Lime, Dimension Stone and aggregate) – Mica – Muscovite – Red and Pinkish Garnet (Abrasives Production) – Sand – Structural Stone
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KENYA: PRODUCTION OF M INERAL COM M ODITIES1 (M etric tons unless otherwise specified) 2006e
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Clays: Kaolin
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Feldspar
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80 290 100 940 6,000 4,100 9,400
60 210 80 700 4,500 3,000 7,000
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50 190 70 630 4,000 2,700 6,300
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1,055 330
2,000 360
210 36,000 130
240 41,000 150
240 42,000 150
220 38,000 140
230 40,000 150
Commodity
Gemstones, precious and semiprecious: Amethyst Aquamarine Cordierite, iolite Green garnet Ruby Sapphire Tourmaline Gold, mine output, Au content Iron ore Stone, sand and gravel: Granite for dimension stone Limestone for dimension stone M arble for dimension stone
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• Mineral Processing Opportunities – Sorting – Lapidary Services ( Cutting) – Jewellery Production – Industrial Mineral Processing
• Skills Development – Sustainable Mining Practices
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• Taita Taveta is a Disease Free Zone as assigned by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Disease Free Zone is termed as being clear of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
• Private Group Ranches • Community Schemes • Membership Requirements – Avail Information
• Case Study – Investing in 100 Cows from Garissa 62
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• Setup Abattoirs and Beef processing units • Setup Dairy Processing units – Milk Pasteurization – Milk Products Manufacturing (Yoghurt, Butter, Cheese)
• Leather Processing ‐ Hides and skins • International marketing of the commodities – Export Markets available for Meat and Milk in Madagascar, Israel, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Iran, South Africa, Malaysia, European Union and India
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• Game Meat Production – Ostrich Farming – Crocodile Farming
• Animal feeds and mineral supplements – Production, purification and packaging of mineral nutrients
• Improved Breeding Programmes
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• None of the opportunities highlighted can be exploited without good governance and a free and fair political environment. • Strategic Plan • Governance – Devolved Government – Accountability – Elections
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• Shared Values • Special Purpose Vehicles – For specific projects
• Investment Groups • Investment Consortiums • Join Ventures between existing member companies
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And I submit that nothing will be done until people of goodwill put their bodies and their souls in motion. And it will be the kind of soul force brought into being as a result of this confrontation that I believe will make the difference. One day we will have to stand before the God of history and we will talk in terms of things we’ve done. Yes, we will be able to say we built gargantuan bridges to span the seas, we built gigantic buildings to kiss the skies. Yes, we made our submarines to penetrate oceanic depths. We brought into being many other things with our scientific and technological power. It seems that I can hear the God of history saying, "That was not enough! But I was hungry, and ye fed me not. I was naked, and ye clothed me not. I was devoid of a decent sanitary house to live in, and ye provided no shelter for me. And consequently, you cannot enter the kingdom of greatness. If ye do it unto the least of these, my brethren, ye do it unto me." 73