Kenyans urged to establish private forests to achieve target of 15billion trees
Kenyans have been urged to embrace agroforestry in a bid to attain the internationally set forest cover.
Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, ASALS and Regional Development Ms Penina Malonza also called on Kenyans to plant trees when marking special occasions or attending church.
Speaking at Kithoka primary school in Imenti...
EASTERN REGION TARGET 11MILLION TREES ON TREE PLANTING DAY
Residents in Meru county have been urged to come out in large numbers and participate in the national tree planting exercise tomorrow as Eastern region target to plant 11 million trees .
Speaking to the media Meru county forest conservator Williston Ndaka accompanied by community forest association (CFA) officials today said the exercise is...
Two children drown in a dam in unclear circumstances,
A sombre mood engulfed Runyenye village in Kiirua location, Buuri constituency in Meru county after two children drowned in a private dam in unclear circumstances.
The two deceased children who are a boy and girl aged three and four years respectively were playing together when the unfortunate incident occurred.
The incident...
Women who greened Meru town wait for pay, 12 years later
Zipporah Gathoni, 63, the chairperson of Iriene Mazingira women group surveys mature trees at Nteere gardens in Meru town with teary eyes.
She swallows hard and struggles to recount how the group of elderly women were contracted by the defunct Meru Municipal Council to plant trees within Meru town some 11 years ago but never paid...
Deaths, destruction, displacement. Who will save Kenyans?
So many deaths. So much destruction. Displacement of thousands. Postponement of school opening. Roads and bridges are crumbling. What a wasted economy? The sad thing is that the government appears so unprepared in tackling such emergencies.
Elephants in danger as habitats invaded
Encroachment of human beings on elephant corridors and climate change are major threats to survival of jumbos. Stakeholders are worried that elephants may become extinct if environmental conservation and peaceful co-existence between human beings and wildlife is not entrenched among members of the community.
The decline in numbers of elephants has also been associated...
Residents retrieve the body of a grade six pupil from a dam,
Residents of Kairiri village in Timau ward, Buuri constituency in Meru County have retrieved the body of a grade six pupil who drowned in a private dam last evening.
The 12 year old boy reportedly went missing yesterday evening prompting the residents to start a search for him.
A villager, Mwathe...
Kenyans urged to support push for a circular economy in waste management
Kenyans have been urged to embrace waste recycling for economic benefit and protection of the environment.
Kenya Extended Producers Responsibility Organization (KEPRO) officers are leading a two days awareness forum for stakeholders involved in the waste management sector from Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Isiolo, Murang'a, Embu, Kirinyaga and Nyeri.
The sensitisation is...
AFA, Meru University plant over 10,000 trees
The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) and the Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST) on Thursday planted more than 10,000 trees in a campaign aimed at achieving President William Ruto’s 15 billion trees.
Kenya’s environmental conservation efforts is shifting from simply planting trees to ensuring they grow and thrive, following the presidential directive...
50 elephants relocated in landmark conservation drive
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), has has kicked off a landmark translocation of 50 elephants from Mwea National Reserve to Aberdare National Park.
Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano on Mo day oversaw the capture and release of a herd of five elephants as part of the operation that kicked off two...
