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Balala woos investors in France

Sunday, December 25, 2011 11:07 8 Comments

www.ntv.co.ke Tourism Minister Najib Balala was in Paris France where he led a high powered Kenyan delegation to sell Kenya as a prime travel destination in this years Kenya France Trade Fair in partnership with MEDEF International France. Balala held a series of meetings with stakeholders from the French Tourism industry where he assured them [...]

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Balala denies Al Shabaab links

Sunday, November 20, 2011 11:07 18 Comments

www.ntv.co.ke Tourism minister Najib Balala is planning to sue the United Nation’s Monitoring Group for linking him with the funding of Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab. Balala, who denied knowingly funding the activities of the militia, says he has already instructed his lawyers to take legal proceedings against the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and [...]

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Al Shabaab war takes toll on Tourism sector

Sunday, November 13, 2011 11:07 No Comments

www.ntv.co.ke The Tourism minister Najib Balala is downplaying the effects of the Al Shabaab threat on the country’s top foreign exchange earner; Tourism. The tourism sector particularly at the coast is feeling the effects of the war on terror with many hotels recording lower bed occupancy levels as compared to the same period last year.

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