The existing office headquarter facilities in the
Mara Triangle are insufficient to support all staff
currently
working in this section of the Reserve. In
addition, all the offices and accommodation located at the
area
headquarters are dependent on the adjacent Mara
Serena lodge for electricity and water, and for a
significant
amount of staff housing. This level of dependence
on another organisation, especially a key tourism
industry
stakeholder in the Reserve, is clearly not
appropriate or desirable in the medium to long-term. To address
the
immediate issue of lack of office space, new
temporary office accommodation will be developed at the
existing
site to meet current needs. On a longer term
basis, however, a new self-contained and self-sufficient
management
headquarters will be built in the CCTM section of
the MMNR, including offices, workshops, and
staff housing. This may be at a new site within or
adjacent to the Reserve. The development of any new
infrastructure
to meet interim office, accommodation and
management requirements will take cognisance of
the proposed longer-term
plans.
