State moots Lower Turkwel Irrigation to put 3,000 hectares under crop in Kenya’s north-western drylands
Speaking during a high-level consultative meeting on the project held at the Hazina Trade Centre in Nairobi, Cabinet Secretary for ASALs and Regional Development Beatrice Askul Moe said irrigation remains central to the government’s strategy of transforming ASAL regions and delivering on the food security pillar of the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda.
Ongoing disarmament of pastoralists in Kenya nets 11 more guns in Tana River in coast region
Speaking after receiving two more guns from the Orma community at Bangali Police Station, area Deputy County Commissioner Joseph Kipkorir thanked the elders from both communities for their continued support in the ongoing disarmament exercise.
African states moot plan to front climate change and conflict during international forums
Common African Positions aren’t normally concerned with this because we understand that things change from time to time, and this is a document that is going to guide the African Union and Africa for the next decade or more. So we can’t base that on particular changes or political issues, temporary political issues around the world, because things change all the time.
