MAASAI women living near the Maasai Mara Game
Reserve have appealed to the Narok county assembly to develop a law
that will ensure tourists pay them when they take photographs of them.
The women of Memiri Siana Cultural Village say they have been
exploited for a long time by tourists who come and enjoy their culture
and pay only Sh500 per van.
Their chairperson Teresa Mpetti said the women have not benefited
from the millions of shillings that change hands in Maasai Mara. When
tourists visit their manyattas they take photos which are sold abroad yet they get nothing. They want the assembly to pass a law that will compel the
tourists to pay $20 dollars (Sh1,700) per photo.
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