This is a translation of an article that appeared in one of the Estonian newspapers about the visit of Kenyan Senate delegation to Estonia. Text: Ülo Russak Photos: Ülo Russak
Translation and links added: Kadri
"Your e-government is working and your cows give a lot
of milk. Kenya and Africa should be having stronger links " said Senate
Speaker David Ekwee Ethuro Kenya before leaving Estonia. And he wants to
enhance these linkages in every way, writes Harju Elu .
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| From left: Sen. Ndiema, Speaker Ethuro, Kadri |
22 April to 30 April Kenya a nine-member parliamentary
delegation headed by Speaker of the Kenyan Parliament David Ekwee Ethuro were
visiting Estonian at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry. The delegation
included four other senators and three officers. Estonia's honorary Consul in
Nairobi, Kadri Humal-Ayal had been planning for such visit for years.
"It was difficult to convince high ranking parliamentary
and government officers that many of today's internet solutions in the highly
interactive world have been developed in Estonia , " said the honorary
consul . Kenya’s high -level delegation came to attend an international
conference , but also got to see Estonian life in many areas.
"A were very impressed by Estonian e -business registry
and e-police records. We want to return to have a better understanding of
E-elections, involving a larger delegation and more parliamentary opposition
members. This would ensure support to
e-election transition from both - opposition as well as coalition " said
David Ekwee Ethuro .
Kenyans also visited the University of Tartu .
" Being a university, where currently only one PhD
student from Kenya is studying, it is important that the country supports PHD students coming from abroad. It
could mean that Kenya will soon have more students here . The campus of your
university left a very good impression , " said Sen. Otieno Kajwang . He
asserts that there is a very vital that university research centers and
research relates to the practical economic and productive activities.
Visiting the farm
The delegation visited Jõelähtme area, the municipality
bordering Muuga port, being guests at private limited company Haljava
Tõuloomafarm.
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| Aavo Mooste (center) with Kenyan delegation |
" Muuga port logistics hub is very good, our operators
have a lot to learn here" said Senator Abdi Bule
Farmer and Senator William Lesan was left with a good impression of Haljava
farm with its 240 dairy cows . While the farm is about to undergo major
reconstruction ( in the near future it will have milking robots and
other modern equipment) , the average annual Haljava cows gives 8,300 kilos of
milk , which is a good Estonian average .
"Kenya has farms that are focused on high output .
These, however have very few cows. Farms that have many cows like Haljavas,
give very little milk " said William Lesan . The farmer and senator also
thoroughly investigated local feeding practices and and lüpsitehnoloogiat .
Before leaving the farm the Senators exchanged contacts with
host farmer Aavo Mooste – the sons of the Black Continent want to start
importing the local pedigree dairy cows.
"It 's not impossible , " said Aavo Mooste ,
Holsten - Friesian cows are reared around the world. " Why wouldn't we
sell them in Kenya? "
A simpler endeavour seemed to be Launching in Nairobi,
" Let's Do It " clean up campaign . " Out of 10 of the world’s
fastest growing economines, 7 are located in Africa. And Kenya is at the
forefront , " said Speaker David Ekwee Ethuro . "Yet, we have much to
learn from Estonia and Estonians . More precisely in the field of IT. This is
an economically and politically very stable environment . "
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