A sign of hope for Kenya

The Kenyan economy primarily depends heavily on tourism and exports of horticulture to Europe.

The recent clashes that erupted after the election have put these into trouble.
Tourism brought Kenya a foreign revenue of about $ billion.

The horticulture was sent to Europe by the flights returning after bringing the tourists.

Now with fewer or no tourists coming to Kenya the horticulture products are left to rot in the country.

Around 20,000 people are already laid off since the election violence.

In a high tourist season around 30,000 people visit Kenya. This industry employs half a million people directly and three million indirectly.

Since the violence 20,000 people have already lost their jobs in the tourism sector.

Over a 1000 people lost their lives during the riots after the election in December ’08.

The presence of Former UN secretary General Kofi Annan’s efforts are bearing fruits and that is the only hope for that country.

The visit of UN emergency relief co-ordinator , John Holmes, to some of the key flashpoint areas of violence will bring a sigh of relief to may who are starving.