Zanzibar is a favourite destination for Kenyans, with approximately 23,000 Kenyans visiting the archipelago in 2024. The island received more than 730,000 visitors that year. While some attractions are well known, Zanzibar has much more to offer — and recent changes to its entry requirements might surprise even regular visitors. Mandatory travel insurance When I landed at Sheikh Abeid Karume International Airport in Zanzibar last month, the first surprise was a mandatory travel insurance that all visitors must have. This travel insurance is purchased from the Zanzibar Insurance Corporation. The cost is $44 (or $22 for EAC citizens). Note that…
Author: Ferdinand Mwongela
Zanzibar is a favourite destination for Kenyans, with approximately 23,000 Kenyans visiting the archipelago in 2024. The island received more than 730,000 visitors that year. While some attractions are well known, Zanzibar has much more to offer — and recent changes to its entry requirements might surprise even regular visitors. Mandatory travel insurance When I landed at Sheikh Abeid Karume International Airport in Zanzibar last month, the first surprise was a mandatory travel insurance that all visitors must have. This travel insurance is purchased from the Zanzibar Insurance Corporation. The cost is $44 (or $22 for EAC citizens). Note that…
Actors from the Nairobi Performing Arts Studio rehearse for the performance of ‘The Trial of Dedan Kimathi’ [Courtesy] A play featuring a recorded performance by the late Ngugi wa Thiong’o will start showing on June 19 at the Kenya National Theatre. The show will run up to June 29th, with 12 shows over eight days. The Nairobi Performing Arts Studio will stage The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (Gutuirwo kwa Dedan Kimathi) barely three weeks after the death of the literary legend. Theatre goers will get the chance to hear Ngugi’s distinctive voice on stage, narrating parts of the play. Ngugi was heavily…
This June, Kenyans will have a chance to hear and witness the late literary legend Ngugi wa Thiong’o in action in one of his plays, ‘The Trial of Dedan Kimathi’. The play by the Nairobi Performing Arts Studio will be staged at the Kenya National Theatre from June 19 to 29. In his last days, Ngugi was busy helping bring to life this iconic plays co-written with the late Prof Micere Githae Mugo, another literary firebrand. The show will feature a recording of Ngugi, narrating a part of the script. ‘The Trial of Dedan Kimathi’ is a “powerful play that…
The organisers of the event Victoria Commercial Bank and Shree Visa Oshwal Community officials commemorate Robin Sharma (centre) with a token of appreciation. Robin Sharma’s gift is helping people recognise and make use of their gifts. It is no wonder then that the global leadership guru and bestselling author’s single biggest life lesson is “be an an army of one.” “Believe in yourself even no one believes in you until you create the results where everyone believes in you,” Sharma, who counts CEOs and rockstars among the poeople he has advised, told this writer on the sidelines of an event…
Leonard Mambo Mbotela passed away on February 7. In the last few years of his life, the late veteran broadcaster Leonard Mambo Mbotela spoke a lot about his legacy. He was proud of all he had accomplished and wished to be remembered fondly. In an interview with ‘The Standard’ two years ago, the media icon said he would like his work to be memorialized to let future generations know his contributions to the nation and the field of broadcasting. “I would like to be remembered by the government through a memento about my life and the work that I did…