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Paradise lost? Motorbikes threaten historic Kenyan isle Issued on: 22/04/2021 - 08:18 Old town of Lamu has seen an explosion in the number of noisy motorbike taxis known as boda bodas Tony KARUMBA AFP 4 min Lamu (Kenya) (AFP) In the old town of Lamu, a historic Swahili trading outpost, a motorbike taxi weaves through a crush of donkeys, market hawkers and wooden handcarts. A decade ago, there were only two vehicles on the sleepy island: a motorcycle for the electricity company, and the district commissioner s 4x4. However in the past two years there has been an explosion in the number of noisy motorbike taxis known as boda bodas , with the two-wheelers clogging ancient narrow lanes and threatening Lamu s coveted World Heritage status. ....
Paradise lost? Boda-bodas threaten historic Kenyan isle Thursday April 22 2021 A man packs sand into reed-baskets saddled on his donkeys to transport as a motorcycle taxi operator stops alongside to pick a passenger at the historic town of Lamu on Mach 16, 2021 that is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO) heritage site. PHOTO/AFP Summary The surging number of bodabodas on Lamu island is a growing concern for residents and authorities alike who fear that the increasing use of the motorised scooter transportation over the more bucolic dhow and donkey, that for decades have been emblematic modes of transport. ....
If nothing is done, the World Heritage Committee could add the isle on Kenya s coast to its list of heritage sites in danger at its next meeting in July ....
April 23, 2021 LAMU, KENYA (AFP) – In the old town of Lamu, a historic Swahili trading outpost, a motorbike taxi weaves through a crush of donkeys, market hawkers and wooden handcarts. A decade ago, there were only two vehicles on the sleepy island: a motorcycle for the electricity company, and the district commissioner’s 4×4. However in the past two years there has been an explosion in the number of noisy motorbike taxis known as boda bodas, with the two-wheelers clogging ancient narrow lanes and threatening Lamu’s coveted World Heritage status. “(Their) numbers are surging. Now we have almost 400 boda bodas,” said Deputy Governor of Lamu County Abdulhakim Aboud. ....
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