Busoga Basin was renowned for its annual ritual of wildlife ‘assembly’ for water, now that’s wiped out by Uganda’s destructive development
If what I see in Busoga to day – destructive development – continues in the future I will not be part of – the future of wildlife in Busoga and Uganda is in total jeopardy. Whatever is being to conserve the environment will have no serious positive impact. Wildlife will continue to disappear and climate change will hit harder within the next 100 years.
Ministry of environment contemplates charcoal licensing to protect forest in central Kenya
Each bag or sack must be clearly labelled with detailed information, including the producer’s name and address, the specific area and county of production, the weight of the charcoal, the tree species used in its production, and the technology employed in its creation.
Distraught residents of Kajiado, home to Kenya’s largest wildlife sanctuaries, call for speedy reparations by KWS
William Tajiri, a resident of Elang’ata Enkima lamented that the elephants also destroy their crops when they come looking for water near their bomas and wants KWS to drill boreholes and water pans for the wildlife far away from their bomas to curb human-wildlife conflicts.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela play explores Black women’s long wait for absent husbands during South African freedom struggle
Madikizela-Mandela, who died in 2018 aged 81, was accused of kidnapping and murdering people she allegedly suspected of being police informants under apartheid. She also faced allegations of being unfaithful to Mandela during his 27 years in prison.
How community policing is silencing guns and banditry in northern Kenya, promoting livestock trade
Speaking during IMPACT community accountability and feedback forum in Juakali, Laikipia County, Rachachore said the two-year campaign has resulted in some 62 moran age group leaders abandoning criminal activities and become peace ambassadors.
Late Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai celebrated by her Green Belt Movement and Conservation Alliance of Kenya
Speaking during the event, the Conservation Alliance of Kenya, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Itela, emphasised the urgent need for environmental stewardship, calling on Kenyans to take personal responsibility for conservation efforts.
Pollution: Environmental court in Kenya’s coastal town of Malindi to deliver verdict on Lamu Coal Power Plant
Save Lamu also filed a cross appeal contesting certain aspects of the NET ruling, including the conclusion that the analysis of alternative technologies was sufficient, which the tribunal did not consider.
Kenya, Egypt, Cameroon and South Sudan implicated again in smuggling of Sudan’s gum Arabic used in manufacture of Coca-Cola
In the year after Sudan’s civil war began, the country’s gum arabic exports to the EU fell, even as exports from countries like Egypt, Kenya, Cameroon and South Sudan rose.
Trump suspends US military aid to Ukraine after angry clash with defiant President Zelenskiy
The Trump administration inherited $3.85 billion worth of Congressionally approved authority to dip into US arms stocks for Ukraine. Monday’s move also appeared to halt deliveries of military equipment approved by former President Joe Biden, including munitions, missiles and other systems.
Kenya’s ombudsman pledges to assist regional government to draft access to information law
Siaya Executive Committee Member for Environment Jacqueline Oduol said that, although the county has grievance and redress mechanisms, there was no policy to guide the same.
