3.  People  Livestock  Curio yards  Manyattas run elders

4.  There are 27 villages in total in the 3 main clusters namely; Talek, Oloolaimutia and Sekenani

5.  Lecture on the masai culture  Traditional songs and dances  Tour of the homestead  Traditional fire making  Buy traditional artifacts  And other activities on request

6.  Tour companies/ driver guides  Camps and lodges  Self drives

7.  Tourist pay $20 each to visit the masai manyatta  Driver guides take all the money and only give kshs 500/= to the village

8.  During high season a Masai village gets an evarage10 vehicles every day.  Cultural village share per year> kshs 500 x 10 vehicles x 30 days x 3 months = shs 450 000/=  Amount collected by driver guides> $20 x 5 clients x 10 vehicles x 30 days x 3 months x kshs 80 = kshs 7 200 000/ =  Amount 7200 000 – 450 000 = 6 750 000 /=

9.  Formed to address the imbalance  Developed a ticketing system  Bring the cultural villages together  Ensure fair distribution of resource  Lobby tour operators and hotels to support local community

10.  Won the support polmans safaris (main)  Other supporters include mara intrepids, origins safarisand rhino safaris  KATO has been supportive

11.  Lack of adequate support from tour operators and hotels

12.  Tour operators and hotels to adopt socially responsible initiatives that improve livelihoods of local communities.  Tour operators and hotels to support the ticketing system in maasai mara other destinations like samburu, amboseli etc

13. Contact details; James Lesaloi 0721 817757 email; jplsemadep@yahoo.com jplsemadep@yahoo.com Jacob sairowua 0723 476083 email; ysairowua@yahoo.com