Water towers, forests top ministry's list
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-25 13:24:13 -0700 | green-news
The Environment Cabinet Secretary nominee Judi Wakhungu, if approved by Parliament, will have the tough task of spearheading the reclamation of water towers, an issue that has become a political hot potato. The push to reclaim the towers, especially the...
VIDEO: Malaria cases on rise in Nairobi
Source: BBC
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-25 09:28:12 -0700 | green-news
Malaria cases on rise in Nairobi 25 April 2013 Last updated at 12:24 ET Malaria, one of the biggest killers in Sub-Sahara Africa, has recently started spreading to places that were previously known to be free from the disease. Scientists...
11 Kenyans start nuclear training in Korea
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-24 22:25:53 -0700 | green-news
Rating In Summary Besides the 11, six students drawn from the Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board, Kenya Power and Lighting Company and Kenya's Radiation Protection Board admitted last year are now concluding their two year Masters Studies in power generation, power...
Experts sound alarm on waste water crisis
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-24 12:57:20 -0700 | green-news
Most of urban waste in the country is released into water bodies, according to an environment agency. Water Resources Management Authority on Wednesday said most firms lacked the technology to treat effluent, putting water users at risk of water-borne diseases....
Policy gaps in textile sector hurting the production of cotton and job creation
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-24 10:58:15 -0700 | green-news
In January this year, the African Cotton and Textile Industries Federation (Actif), a continental cotton lobby, commissioned a study on the Kenyan textile policy regime. The study, designed to inform the formulation of a new textile policy, came as a...
Governors ban logging amid millers' protests
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-23 15:20:23 -0700 | green-news
Two counties have suspended the harvesting of trees in public forests. Nandi and Elgeyo-Marakwet governors said the decision was intended to stop the destruction of forests. They also said that loggers got the licences to fell trees irregularly. On Tuesday,...
Over 10,000 displaced by floods
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-23 07:07:20 -0700 | green-news
Over 10,000 families have been affected by floods in Central region following heavy rains pounding the area, the Kenya Red Cross has said. Central Kenya Red cross Assistant Secretary General Gerald Bombe added that over 200 acres of land under...
Kenya: Kenyan Jiko Pioneer Finalist At Global Green Awards
Source: Africa Headlines
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-23 03:47:15 -0700 | green-news
Cookswell was the brainchild of the late Dr Maxwell Kinyanjui who was a pioneer in improving the sustainability of charcoal in Kenya, developing the charcoal-saving Kenya Ceramic Jiko and other technologies, and promoting commercial reforestation and efficient charcoal production.
Land dispute halts forest office block
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-22 12:43:57 -0700 | green-news
The construction of the multi-billion Nairobi Business Park a 15,000-square-metre office space has stopped as the investors and the Kenya Forest Service battle in court over ownership of the land. KFS recently obtained an injunction stopping further construction on the...
African Farmers Celebrate Earth Day By Saving The World
Source: Forbes
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-22 08:28:05 -0700 | green-news
Storms are getting more violent, seasonal patterns are shifting, and the weather is seemingly harder to predict...For millions of smallholder farmers in Africa, rain is more than an inconvenience...And changing weather patterns, advancing deserts, and more and more violent weather...
UN-Backed Partnership Helps Kenyans Protect Forests
Source: Scoop
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-21 16:18:58 -0700 | green-news
A United Nations-backed project in Kenya is protecting forests and wildlife, as well as providing alternative livelihoods, and offers valuable lessons on how governments and the private sector can successfully work together for the betterment of communities and the environment....
Families cut off by floods receive aid
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-21 13:19:48 -0700 | green-news
The Red Cross has rescued some 84 families marooned by floods in Coast. The families at Songerako Village of Magarini Constituency were rescued on Saturday after being stranded for five days. The village was submerged by floods, making it impossible...
Tana residents urged to move after Masinga dam spillage
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-21 03:02:22 -0700 | green-news
Residents of Tana Delta have been told to move to higher grounds in anticipations of more floods after Masinga dam spilt over five days ago. Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (Tarda) managing director Abdul Agonga said the spillage is...
Identify areas prone to floods to avoid disasters in future
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-20 11:22:33 -0700 | green-news
It is disheartening that floods are wreaking havoc in the country. However, the Meteorological department had warned on areas likely to flood. So far, it is estimated that over 1,800 people have been rendered homeless and lost of property destroyed...Emergency...
VIDEO: On the trail of rare Kenyan antelope
Source: BBC
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-04-18 10:32:48 -0700 | green-news
Kenya's Mountain Bongo antelope under threat 18 April 2013 Last updated at 13:00 ET The future of Kenya's Mountain, or Eastern, Bongo antelopes is under severe threat. The species is hunted for its striking reddish-brown coat and there are now...
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