The road from the Airport Mombasa road is safe to my knowledge I pass close to that road and Ngong road and I can attest to that.
The Hosts family we identified are the best place to say whether they have a problem hosting you guys or not and I will find that out for you. Patience and I are one of the hosts are we are still ok to host,Manaseh and Twity our best couple and nearby Neibours who hosted last time are good to go. Chris and Elizabeth our tour operator will also be hosting and they too are good to go. Pastor Faith has the rest of the Hosts from Chapel and I will call her to find out if the rest are good to go.
Food crisis was greatly caused by shops being closed for days due to the unrest at those 5 days or so and because suppliers had stopped supplying food stuff and other items at that time due to insecurity. Its not the same story now Supermarkets like Uchumi and Nakumatt are well stocked now,we have been shopping well since last week Wednesday.
My view is that there is no need to postpone your trip and my reasons are as follows:
1. Calm has returned to Kenya now as we speak,people are back to work,businesses are fully operational. What's going on now is healing,reconciliation and rebuilding for those whose lives were greatly affected.
2. We have international` mediators who have jetted in from the US and UN President expected soon to assist the two Presidential hopefuls work out a resolution and the two have accepted to work it out that way. Meanwhile the two candidates have been able to calm their supporters to await this process.
3. During the mayhem 2 tribes were being targeted,these were the Kikuyu`s (Kibaki`s tribe) and Luo`s ( Raila opposition,tribe). We have at least 42+ tribes that were not really at war with each other. This tells you that they were not at all targeting Tourists like the Terrorist kind of Insecurity.
4.Your team will be operating at NEGST that's where you guys will spend most of your time,and I believe if nothing else NEGST is a safe place to be.
5.We have Police presence all over the country keeping peace more than ever and this makes it feel safer now that life is back to normal.
6.If we avoid the slum areas and stick to Home stays,NEGST and Masai Mara,I do not foresee any problems.
For donations to victims there are camps for the displaced and we have one close to Nairobi Chapel manned by the International` Red Cross that you guys can visit.
In-road transport we will ensure its limited to only safe areas and we know areas to avoid even though calm has returned to Kenya.
That's my honest feeling on the situation on the ground but if your team still feels some fear, I do not blame them we could also work with September this year. September is not that far we could wait to see you then but for me that's not necessary.
On Saturday I was in town after attending our opening BSF meetings and I could see Tourists walking comfortably in the city center and there were very few people in town then.
I hope this helps you somewhat but the decision will ultimately be yours and your team and we will work with your decision.
Thx
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