Author Archives: Newton Nyambati
USE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TO PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES-CS TOBIKO
cs with indiginious people Ministry of Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko has underscored the need for inclusion of indigenous people’s knowledge in the conservation and protection of natural resources. Mr. Tobiko said indigenous people have vital knowledge and stands equal to science in their roles, emphasizing that they play a meaningful and
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CS TOBIKO MEETS WITH HIS ZIMBABWEAN COUNTERPART
Zimbambwen Senator and Minister for Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Hon Prisca Mupfumira meets with CS Tobiko at the sidelines of UNEA 4 (2) (2) Kenya and Zimbabwe are working on a memorandum of understanding to build partnerships in relation to forestry and waste management. The MOU which will be signed in June will focus on
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Kenya and Italy to Collaborate in Waste Management and Training.
CS.K.Tobiko shakes hands with the Italian Environment Land and Sea,Sergio Costa, during the bilateral talks. Kenya and Italy will collaborate in areas of waste management in a bid to improve the environment the two countries environment Ministers have affirmed. Kenya’s Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary KeriakoTobiko and his Italian counterpart for Environment Land and Sea,Sergio
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UHURU OPENS UNEA-4 High Level Segment AT UNEP.
President Uhuru Kenyatta addressing the HLS of UNEA 4 at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi,Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on the Nations to pull together as entities of one planet, to address the challenges of climate change that threatens the livelihoods of mankind. Addressing delegates during the official opening of the High Level Segment
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KENYA TO BORROW LESSONS FROM PAKISTAN TREE PLANTING CAMPAIGN
Environment CS Keriako Tobiko in a bilateral meeting with a delegation from Pakistan government led by Environment Minister Mr. Malik Amin Kenya will borrow concepts from the Pakistan government on how to accelerate and manage the national tree planting project that is aimed at achieving the 10% tree cover. From the programme dubbed the “Billion
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INNOVATIONS AWARDED AT UNEA-4
PS, Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed with Amb. Makena from KMUNEP with recipients of the GIA at UNEP, Nbi. In line with the Fourth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) theme; of ‘’Innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production’’, The National Environment Trust Fund (NETFUND) supported Green Innovations, were recognized during a reception hosted by
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WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVEN-DAY PERIOD VALID 12TH TO 18THMARCH, 2019
A few parts of the country particularly in the Lake Victoria Basin, Highlands West of the Rift Valley, Central and South Rift Valley and the Central Highlands received rainfall.However, a comparison between the previous seven days (25th February to 3rd March, 2019) with the period under review (4th to 10thMarch, 2019) indicatesa slight increase in
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CS TOBIKO VOUCHES FOR POLICIES AIMED AT SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS
Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko has called for utilization of knowledge to make policies that foster creativity in a sustainable context. Speaking today during the opening of the Sustainable Innovation Expo at the sidelines of the Fourth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 4) the CS said securing the financing of eco-innovative business activities
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KENYA TO HOST ENV. ASSEMBLY (UNEA-4)
The Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment’ that addresses the critical environmental challenges facing the world today, will take place from 11th -15th March 2019 at UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry is the focal point Ministry, and under the overall
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