Pastoralists in Wajir County demand wildlife law review to address compensation delays
Participants proposed that claims below Ksh1 million be processed at county level to improve access and reduce backlogs. They further urged that compensation decisions and payments be completed within four months, down from the current six-month period.
Retracing Ugandans’ mental stagnation that hinders personal growth and feeds intellectual fossilisation
The term intellectual death signifies a cessation of critical thinking, resulting in mental stagnation that hinders spiritual and personal growth, ultimately blocking the path to genuine enlightenment and fulfillment. Intellectual death in Uganda’s history signifies a state of mental stagnation that hinders spiritual and personal development. It involves a lack of critical thinking, which thwarts genuine enlightenment and spiritual growth. This concept emphasises the dangers of losing the ability to engage thoughtfully, ultimately leading to a cessation of personal evolution, wisdom, understanding and insights.
Goose that lays golden egg: Kenya working on laws that protect tourism industry from spinoffs of human-wildlife conflicts
According to Museiya the proposed Wildlife Conservation and Management Act 2025 seeks to modernise how the nation governs, conserves, utilises and shares benefits from wildlife resources for the good of all Kenyans.
Upcoming Magical Kenya Travel Expo in Nairobi is billed a game changer for Africa’s tourism industry
Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) Chair Francis Gichaba described the 15th anniversary as a reflective point for Kenya’s tourism leadership.
Emiti Emito N’ekibira: Youth are Uganda’s environmental future but they are being turned into pollutants in foreign lands
Ninety-four per cent of Ugandans rely on unsustainably sourced fuel wood, with gas being prohibitively expensive, the vast majority of Ugandans rely on charcoal or firewood that has been harvested from national forests or the private lands of impoverished farmers. There has been a 180 per cent charcoal price increase in the past six years
As Trump alleges ‘genocide’ in South Africa, Afrikaner farmers at an agricultural fair scoff at the claim
The late President Nelson Mandela – South Africa’s first Black leader – stood in Bothaville over a quarter-century ago and acknowledged the increasing violent attacks on farmers in the first years following the decades-long racial system of apartheid.
Ruth Awuora lost sense of hearing at 12 but Vihiga’s heroine has redefined deafness as a call to duty
Ruth Awuora’s PhD research focuses on helping pre-lingual deaf children and children who are born deaf or became deaf shortly after birth become successful in life.
Cassava is no longer a crop for desperate times, it is transforming lives in Elgeyo Marakwet’s Kerio Valley
While challenges such as lack of irrigation, pests, and limited access to mechanized tools remain, the growing success stories from Kerio Valley offer hope. Experts believe cassava could be the key to building climate resilience not only in Elgeyo Marakwet but across Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands.
Poverty, drug and substance abuse fuelling defilement in Kenya, public tells gender-based violence taskforce
Speaking at the same event, Makueni County Commissioner (CC) Duncan Darusi said that the information the public would give would inform the government on the policy to make in tackling the vices dogging the country.
Arrival of Consolata Missionaries 100 years ago in central Kenya after rejection in Ethiopia changed East African history
The arrival of the first missionaries in the country is arguably one of the most fascinating stories told, written down in history books and passed down from one generation to another, a testament that history is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. Central Kenya’s...
