We were deeply shocked to hear of the death of Dr Zahoor Kashmiri on the 2nd September.  He was killed by an elephant whilst darting in Ethiopia. 

We had heavy and widespread rain in the first week of August, followed by scattered showers and storms for the remainder of the month. 

We had a number of rainstorms between the 4-11th and then intermittent, heavy, showers for the remainder of the month, ending with a storm on the 29th. 

We had five days of fairly heavy and widespread rain between the 6-10th, thereafter the month was mainly sunny and dry.

We had sporadic, and light, rain throughout the month.  This was far less than normal for this time of year.

We had ten days of beautiful, sunny weather before the rains returned on the 10th for two weeks. 

The first ten days of March was sunny and dry;  the rains then started in earnest around the middle of the month and continued until the end. 

The security crisis precipitated by the contested election results eased as the two main parties began negotiating a political settlement under the chairmanship of Dr Koffi Annan and his committee of eminent persons. 

There was widespread unrest after the elections at the end of December, started because of allegations of vote rigging in the Presidential election. 

We had some very heavy thunderstorms around the 13th, this was followed by a week of glorious, sunny weather before the rains returned with a vengeance over Christmas, when we had cold, drizzly and overcast days.

The rains started in earnest in the first week of November, with very heavy thunderstorms over most of the Triangle. 

October was one of the driest months for years with a few scattered showers at the beginning and end of the month.

The month started with several days of rain and overcast days.  There was a heavy thunderstorm on the 8th, which was then followed by two weeks of heavy and widespread rain that first brought in the wildebeest and then sent them South again. 

We had heavy drizzle on the 3rd, it was followed by a few days of dry weather before we had a week of heavy rain and drizzle from the 13th.  The river came up a foot as a result of the rain.

The Mara – indeed Kenya as a whole – experienced an exceptionally hot and clear first half of July.  There are major concerns about water levels. 

The heavy rains continued into early June, with exceptionally heavy storms on the 1st and 2nd.  The rains then subsided until the last week of June, when we had one or two storms and a few days of scattered showers. 

The rains started in earnest on the 10th, with the heaviest and most sustained rain we have had in a year.

We had very heavy thunderstorms during the first week of April, these storms continued throughout most of the month, with a little respite in the last week.

There was an exceptionally heavy rainstorm on the 14th, over 100 mm in near Mara Serena.  This completely flooded some areas and washed away sections of road. 

We had heavy thunderstorms for the first week of February, we then had two weeks of beautiful weather before the rains returned for a few days towards the end of the month.