Tourism Lobby Group Urges Kibaki and Odinga to Agree on Amnesty

A Kenyan tourism lobby group Wednesday appealed to President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to jointly resolve a raging debate over amnesty for suspected perpetrators of the post-election skirmishes that followed the country’s controversial 2007 presidential election. Mohamed Hersi, Chairman of the Coast Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers (CKAHC), said the debate was emotive and risked dooming the country’s tourism industry, which is slowly resurging after tourist arrivals dipped during the post-election skirmishes.