[Wantai]

Do we need another forum like this one? not that i attended the first one last year or anything. I mean i thought the goodbye note from there would be put something down asap to protect kikoi fully. Forget kiondo, even though we still know ni yetu...na ni yetu.


"the maasai market empowerment trust in partnership with legal research and advisory centre invites to a public forum “the kiondo & the kikoi”.this is a cooperative effort in the highlighting and development of intellectual property rights in kenya. The forum brings together artisans, designers, producers, legal officers, law enforcers, activists and policy makers to deliberate, trouble shoot and strategizse on how to tackle intellectual property issues specifically in regard to the kiondo and kikoi in an attempt to preserve the kenyan heritage.the maasai market empowerment trust is a non profit making organization whose key objective is to uplift the standards of living of the people in the curio-crafts industry. It is registered as a public charitable trust and is led by a board of trustees drawn from the industry and from other strategic movements with similar ideals.”