Author Archives: Newton Nyambati

CS UNVEILS 5 YEAR MOU PLAN ON CONSERVATION

The CS, Mr. Keriako Tobiko, with the CEO, Insurance Regulatory Authority, Mr. Geoffrey Kiptum, unveiling the plaque to officially launch the partnership at the Tudor Creek The Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Mr. Keriako Tobiko, has hailed the Insurance Regulatory Authority, for heeding the government directive that was issued to all
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GOVT ORDERS RRI ON MANGROVE CONSERVATION

CS, Mr. Keriako Tobiko, with wananchi during the cleaning exercise of the Indian Ocean shoreline at the Tudor Creek, Mikindani, Mombasa County. The Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Mr. Keriako Tobiko, has decried the low acreage of the mangrove forest in Mombasa county, which is at 3,700 hectares, as opposed to
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PLAN TO GUARANTEE COMMUNITIES GAIN FROM THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES

The CS, Mr. Tobiko, presenting copies of the management plan to the chair of KEMFRI, Hon. John Safari, as other officials of the institution look on. The CS called for the total implementation of the plan Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobikohas launched the Vanga, Jimbo&Kiwegu (Vijiki) Mangrove Forest Participatory Management Plan &Vanga Blue
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ACQUIRE DEVICE TO MONITOR SEEDLINGS SURVIVAL RATES – CS TOBIKO

CS, Mr. Tobiko, Kwale Env. Minister, Hon. Ms. Mahaja, CCF, Mr. Kamau and Kwale County Commissioner, Mr. Ngumo, during the mangrove tree planting in Vanga, Kwale. Kenya is losing mangroves at an alarming rate considering that 40% of the 62,000 hectares of the entire mangrove ecosystem at the coast is degraded Environment and Forestry Cabinet
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YOUTHFUL GIRL HELP COMMUNITY TURN WASTE INTO POWER

CS Tobiko congratulates Monique Ntumngia WWFwinner Ms Monique Ntumngia a Cameroonian entrepreneur is the 2019 World Wildlife Fund (WWF) prestigious International President Youth Award winner. Since 2015 the Green Girls Organisation which she established has trained over 772 girls from 30 communities in Cameroon on how to generate renewable energy from the sun and waste
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Right-Tanzania PS for Ministry of Works , Transport and Communication , Dr Leonard Chamarino, middle Uganda PS for Ministry of Works and Transport (The Chairman of the Committee) George Rukara , second Left Environment and Forestry Principal Secretary Dr Ibrahim Mohamed During the signing. Permanent Secretaries from Lake Victoria Region Commit to Regional Project on
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MINISTRY LAUDS JICA FOR SUPPORT.

PS, MEF, Dr, Ibrahim Mohamed during the meeting with the JICA-Kenya team in his office The Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed, has expressed the Ministry appreciation to the Government of Japan for its continued financial support to the Kenya Government in the field of forestry development, through the
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2019 DESERTIFICTION DAY MARKED

Launching the Makueni State of Environment report during the WDCD Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Mr. Keriako Tobiko, has said land degradation and climate change arising from human activities have adversely affected natural resources leading to desertification, and called on Kenyans to ensure proper land management and environmental conservation in a bid to reduce poverty
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STICK TO THE ORIGINAL DEAL WITH NEW IDEAS – CS TOBIKO

CS Tobiko in around table meeting with officials from WWF at their annual meeting (1) Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko has challenged conservation organizations to stick to the original deal for nature to ensure ancient knowledge is used to propagate conservation agenda. The CS was reacting to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Annual conference
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WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVEN-DAY PERIOD VALID 18TH TO 24TH JUNE, 2019

Rainfall continued to be recorded over several parts of the country particularly in theLake Victoria Basin, the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Central and South Rift Valley, the Central Highlands and the Coast as depicted inFigure 1. However, the Northeast and the Southeast Lowlands remained generally dry.A comparison between the previous seven days
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