EAC principal secretaries meeting in Kisumu draws up strategy for Lake Victoria conservation
Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) Executive Secretary Masinde Bwire said pollution, unsustainable agriculture, land degradation, invasive weeds and illegal fishing have drastically affected the lake’s health and the well-being of those who depend on it.
Success of Kenya’s livestock agency credited with creation of jobs in the country
IFAD Country Director Mariatu Kamara said they were in a joint mission to do a midterm review of the project which was being implemented in 10 counties to know the progress and implementation challenges with a view to strengthening the programme.
Communities along Kenya’s largest rivers put on high alert hydropower dams overflow
KenGen Managing Director Engineer Peter Njenga reported that the alert was the second after the largest of the dams and the first in the cascade, Masinga, recorded overflow on April 30.
Kenya’s saving and cooperatives movement hits $14 billion as it registers rapid growth
Co-operative Alliance of Kenya Chair Macloud Malonza said the Sacco movement has registered tremendous growth and needed to advance to the next level. Therefore the movement is advocating for a new law that will allow cooperatives to get into the payment system and start offering other financial services like issuing bankers cheques.
Lock up monkeys and snakes in Kakamega Forest or compensate us for losses of crops and life, farmers tell state
The law lists elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, hyena, crocodiles, hippopotamus and wild dogs as those eligible for compensation under the Act, but excludes monkeys and snakes local people say are equally dangerous.
Regional government in central Kenya pushes up revenue by $ 7.7m after digitising public services
The revenue management module also plays a crucial role by automating and tracking all revenue streams, thereby bolstering transparency and accountability which has seen the county increase its own source revenue collection to Ksh4.6 billion, up from Ksh3.5 billion, without increasing fees and levies, as reported by the Controller of Budget in the 2023/2024 financial year.
Africa: Where an avalanche of ‘honourables’ and ‘excellencies’ do dishonourable things to our environment
Even when they deny others their entitlements such as employment, education, transport, medicines, and various opportunities such serving as soldiers, police officers or business people etc, they retain their titles of honourable, right honourable and excellency. They will retain the tiles even if they are central to generating divisions and conflicts along ethnic lines.
Kenya kicks off wildlife conservation law review to address longstanding human-wildlife conflicts
Decrying what they termed as some “stiff” sections in the current law, the participants said such sections like shoot to kill for those found in gazetted wildlife areas should be dealt away with as they only serve to create more animosity between wildlife and border communities.
While gender-based violence among Kenya’s Samburu tribe is a cultural norm local women want stiffer legal penalties to end it
Sitati urged the TWG to petition the president to move through a cabinet paper and amendment to section 175, section 23, 24, 25 and 26 of the victim procedure act in order to provide a clear procedure for courts to apply whenever they want to make orders of compensation to victims of GBV.
Some relief for victims of human-wildlife conflict as state disburses $30 million compensation
Director General Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Erustus Kanga acknowledged the sacrifices made by communities in wildlife conservation and emphasised the importance of the Amboseli-Kilimanjaro ecosystem in sustaining Kenya’s natural heritage.
