WHAT HAVE WE JUST WITNESSED? 🤯
Sabastian Sawe has just become the first person in history to run a sub two-hour marathon in race conditions.
Yomif Kejelcha was also under two hours for second!
Join us TODAY in a peaceful march to Kenya Wildlife Service headquarters.
Our ask
-Scrap the 8.5% gateway fee—it's daylight robbery!
-Use real forex rate (Ksh129/USD), not 135!
-Bring back bank transfers—Card/M-Pesa only hurts group bookings!
Why impose these without talking to industry players? Let's dialogue for sustainable tourism! #Freethepark #abolishkwsgatewayfee
How can the gateway fees be equivalent to the entry fees of a whole non-resident park fees? How? @KWSKenya you are killing the tourism industry in Kenya. #AbolishKWSGatewayFee#FreeTheGate
Ruto raised wildlife park fees by 30% for some visitors and over 130% for others, depending on the park.
At Nairobi National Park, adult non-resident fees rose 150% from $40 to $100, while East African residents got a 300% increase from KSh 500 to KSh 2,000.
Despite a court order halting the increases, the government ignored it. An 8.5% online gateway fee is added to every payment—money that goes straight to the payment system operators. This is theft and will harm both local and international tourism.
On Monday, November 3rd, tour operators will march to protest Ruto’s latest revenue grab.
Increasing taxes, stealing what’s collected, and defying court orders—that’s what his government does best.