After a disputed December 27 vote scared away almost all the foreign holidaymakers who had made the sector the top earner for east Africa's biggest economy it caused riots and ethnic violence that no one saw coming. This has caused a new front line in a conflict between people and wildlife that threatens the revival of Kenya’s $1 billion tourism industry.
It was said that opposition supporters took to the streets again to vent their anger at a deadlock over forming a power-sharing cabinet, a key element of a deal to end the violence that claimed at least 1,200 lives after President Mwai Kibaki's re-election because the disappearance of tourist dollars has disturbed the delicate balance between predators in the reserve and the Maasai tribesmen living next to it, by causing the breakdown of a compensation scheme meant to stop them hunting lions. Many are afraid that these actions can cause long term effects especially after things have gotten so bad that police had to fire tear gas at protestors.
I am not a big fan of animals but I think that in Kenya animals are. They are valuable livestock and they believe that it is very important that they live alongside the animals. I once wanted to visit Kenya to just go and experience it but now that I have been researching about ethnic conflicts Kenya has been at the top of the charts every time so I think I am going to pass on the experience and just read about it in the future.
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