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Kweli Sukari ya Tana ni Tamu? - Is Tana's Sugar Really Sweet?

	Part 1 - Opening sequence (1:37 minutes) The opening sequence of the Tana film shows the strength of feeling of the Orma pastoralists against the sugar projects and the views of Julius Kipng’etich, Head of Kenya Wildlife Service.
	Part 2 - Introducing Joseph Abuje (2:01 minutes) Joseph Abuje, an investigative journalist, decides to examine whether the proposed sugar plantation in the Tana Delta will bring benefits or disaster to the local people.
	Part 3 - The testimony of Prof. Njuguna and Mr. Matiku (4:05 minutes) Joseph Abuje speaks to Professor Steven Njuguna (Dean of Environmental Sciences, Kenyatta University) and Mr. Paul Matiku (Director of Nature Kenya) to hear their views on the proposed sugarcane plantation in the Tana Delta.
	Part 4 - Joseph meets Diwayu (1:33 minutes) Nairobi-based investigative journalist Joseph Abuje goes to the Tana Delta to meet local environmentalist Maulidi Diwayu and learn more about the likely impacts of the sugar project.
	Part 5 - Patakicheko Women's Group (3:06 minutes) The Tana River Delta provides important materials for local communities including firewood, timber and palm fibres. The Patakicheko women's group describes how they use phoenix palms to weave products for export to Nairobi and beyond, generating significant income for themselves. However, the sugar project would threaten both the forests and these traditional ways of life.
	Part 6 - Search for the Red Colobus (1:39 minutes) Joseph Abuje and Maulidi Diwayu search for the Tana River Red Colobus in a gallery forest fragment near the village of Hewani, an area threatened by the proposed sugar cane plantation.
	Part 7 - The Orma pastoralists of Bandi (4:11 minutes) Joseph Abuje talks to Orma pastoralists from Bandi village who strongly oppose the sugar project. The sugar plantation would take away their dry season grazing land, leading to poverty and displacement. However, they say they will fight to protect their land.
	Part 8 - The Biodiversity of the Tana River (2:47 minutes) Joseph and Diwayu travel up the Tana River from Kipini to see for themselves the birds and other wildlife that would be affected by the sugarcane project.
	Part 9 - The Fishermen of Moa (2:33 minutes) Jospeh and Diwayu speak to a fisherman from South Nyanza who now lives in Moa. He says that if the sugarcane plantation lowers water levels he will not be able to catch enough fish to feed his family. Up to a third of the Tana River's discharge will be diverted to cane irrigation.
	Part 10 - The Headman of Hewani (4:07 minutes) Journalist Joseph Abuje talks to Humphrey Garise, the headman of Hewani village in the Tana Delta to find out what he thinks about the proposed sugar cane project. MAT International, a development company has offered title deeds to the village of Hewani in return for cooperation in the project.
	Part 11 - The Sugarcane outgrowers of Mumias (5:48 minutes) Joseph travels to Western Province to talk to sugarcane farmers ('outgrowers') for the Mumias sugar company. Although the sugar plantation has provided some local benefits, the farmers are charged heavily for fertilizers, cane harvesting and transport and many live permanently in debt.
	Part 12 - Broken promises in Busia (5:14 minutes) In Busia, Lambert Ogochi of the Busia Outgrowers Company describes how local people were displaced to make way for a sugar processing plant that never came. The Mumias sugar company took over, and have apparently asked farmers to grow cane, but still no processing factory has been built.
	Part 13 - Joseph's summary of Tana's sugar project (3:42 minutes) Joseph has come back from his travels in the Tana Delta and Western Province's sugar belt and has four main conclusions.
	Part 14 - Final comments from the Kenya Wildlife Service (3:19 minutes) The Kenya Wildlife Service goal and philosophy of sustainable development is diametrically opposed to the proposed sugarcane plantation in the Tana Delta. As the Director, Julius Kipng'etich says, "Conservation comes first, development second". If not, we will soon be paying the costs of the destruction of the Tana Delta.