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STAKEHOLDERS URGED TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE COUNTRY’S TREE COVER – PS MAINA
Environment and Forestry Principal Secretary Ms Betty Maina waters a tree she planted at Mt Blankett hill in Londiani she is flanked by Kericho County Commissioner Moses Mbaruku and Community Forest Associations members Environment and Forestry Principal Secretary Ms Betty Maina has called for the revival of county environmental committees to ensure tree growing is
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Regional Commissioner Outlaws grazing in Maasai Mau forest
Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Mr. George Natembeya has banned grazing in Maasai Mau forest with immediate effect as the 60-day eviction notice comes to a close in the next few days. Speaking to the press in Narok town after chairing a multi-sectoral meeting on Mau forest today, Natembeya also banned any movement and human activities
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PLANS TO MIGRATE TO CIRCULAR WASTE MANAGEMENT MODEL NOW AT ADVANCED STAGE
Prospects for the country to migrate from linear to circular model of waste management are in top gear following the collaboration between the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Head of Public Service and the Nairobi City County Government. A meeting chaired by the Environment and Forestry Chief Administrative Secretary Hon. Mohammed Elmi and attended by
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Private lands and public institutions key to raising country’s tree cover
A section of Karatina Vocational Training Center students holding up trees during the launch of a tree planting campaign for this short rainfall season where the government targets to plant 30, 000 trees. The opportunity to raise the country’s tree cover from the current 7.2 to 10 percent by the year 2022 in line with
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COUNTY HOSTS AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION TO BRACE FARMERS FOR HARD TIMES.
Members of public visiting various exhibition stalls during a one day Agricultural education event held at Wamunyu in Mwala sub county Kenya is very vulnerable to climate change with current projections suggesting that its temperature will rise up by 2.5ºC in the near future while rainfall will become more intense and less predictable. Even the slightest increase in
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Mau Forest will be Restored- CS Tobiko
Css from right- Environment Cs Keriako Tobiko,Cs foreign affairs Amb. Dr. Monica Juma, defence Cs Rachel Omamo, and sports Cs amb. Amina Mohamed water a tree they planted during the launch of national tree planting campaign for the short rains, at Mituini, Ngond road forest-Nairobi County. Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko has assured
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PS CALLS FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF E-WASTE
The PS, Betty Maina, flanked by the Diretor, Environmental Awareness, Dr. Ayub Macharia, the DA, Mr. Henry Obino and Mr. Isaiah Maina, during the event. The Principal Secretary Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Betty Maina, has lauded National Environment Management Authority (Nema) for licensing E-waste recyclers; WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Centre) and three
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TOBIKO TOURS NBI TRADE FAIR
The CS, Mr. Keriako Tobiko in a group photo with the staff of KFS, after touring their stand at the Nbi International Trade Fair. The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry, Mr. Keriako Tobiko, has called on Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), to enhance research to ensure quality seed and seedling production in a bid
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CAS Hon MOHAMED ELMI DONOR SECTOR MEETING
Ministry of Environment Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS), Hon. Mohamed Elmi today met representatives of donors partners supporting environmental activities in the country. The meeting for the Environment Conservation and Natural Resources Group is supporting supporting government efforts in addressing the management and conservation of environment and natural resources in Kenya. Speaking during the meeting Hon.
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