Key lessons for Kwale from mystic Hawaii

Last week, my friend Mwalimu Ochami and his wife Mama Alice Ochami travelled from Kakamega County to South Coast to celebrate their forty two years in marriage. When I spoke to them, it occurred to me that for the one week they spent in South Coast, they contributed substantially to the flourishing of Kwale County’s economy. If just ten thousand Kenyans follow suit every month and flock into Kwale, hundreds of jobs will be created and thousands of livelihoods enhanced.

There is more to Kwale than the world famous Diani beaches. Places like Wasini Island remain largely on the margins of domestic tourism. Equally beneath the radar is The Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary which is run by the local Duruma people.