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Survivor Filming Underway A park ranger at the Shaba Game Reserve in Isiolo turns tourists away at a roadblock. A front loader pours gravel into a dump truck and a generator whirs in the distance. All these are give-aways that this reserve, where the movie Born Free was filmed a generation ago, is being readied for the third edition of CBS television's blockbuster, Survivor. CBS confirmed the location on Tuesday. Two-thirds of the semi-arid reserve, 225 kilometers north of Nairobi, has been closed to everyone but a production crew and the giraffe, zebras and warthogs that wander through. When told that Survivor is a game show in which 16 contestants try to outlast each other in the wilderness to win Dollars 1 million (Sh78 million), the reserve's senior game warden, Abdi Boru, looked puzzled and asked, "Really?" Boru said he had only been told that a film crew called Mwandiga, meaning "to leave one behind," had leased the park. In the show's first two editions, staged on a South Pacific island and in the Australian Outback, the network managed to keep the set off-limits to the public and the game's outcome secret until the show was aired several months after filming. Kenyans involved in the latest Survivor to be aired in the fall said they signed confidentiality agreements. But word has it that crew members soon will be flown in from California and Australia to begin filming. Some Nairobi residents said they were asked to take part in a test run at the Shaba location before the 16 contestants arrive. In past Survivor shows, producers have said, they used body doubles for filler shots. In this case, the extras are being used to test the immunity and reward challenges that producers are preparing, said CBS spokesman, Chris Ender. The reserve is owned and operated by Isiolo County Council. It earns the county about $615,000 a year, which pays for schools, hospitals and other programs, said the County Clerk, Mr. Adnan Racho. Meanwhile, senior Isiolo council officials were yesterday confronted by councilors and residents who demanded to be told the details of the contract with the US television company, add Standard Correspondents. About 26 councilors confronted Racho and chairman Hussein Ali Abduba and demanded to be shown the agreement with CBS. The rowdy councilors forced the clerk to take them to the park to meet officials of Mwandiga production. The councilors were heard saying that they want their share of the money. Some were heard saying they want the Sh500,000 promised to them. Survivor III / Ultimate Africa Safaris
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