Makueni County Assembly’s health committee decries the lack of a public cemetery and dump site in Emali town

Emali town in Makueni County. Despite the town being densely populated it lacks a cemetery and a dump site. Photo:Google Makueni County Assembly Committee o...

Committing to long term climate change goals is crucial for Kenya

Drought striken herds in northern Kenya. Photo courtesy of www.theguardian.com By Caroline Kibii With just three months to the Paris Climate Change Summi...

Climate change is posing tremendous health threats to humans

Dead goats and sheep starved to death due to drought. Photo courtesy of www.newstimeafrica.com   By Caroline Kibii Climate change stopped being a...

Kenya can achieve its 30 percent reduction target in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

By Caroline Kibii Last week, Kenya became only the fourth African country to commit to binding targets to reduce carbon emissions under the UN. Kenya see...

MP David Gikaria conflict with Governor Kinuthia Mbugua replicated in court

By Lorna Abuga. When David Gikaria Mbugua appeared in court to face charges of "disposing solid and liquid waste on a public highway" last week, he made a pl...

Nakuru should work hard to regain her lost glory of the cleanest town in the region

A section of Gioto dumpsite in Nakuru county. Nakuru town is not as clean as it used to be in past years (Photo: Kioko Kivandi). By Njeri Mwangi Nakuru town ...

Obama’s Nairobi visit should unlock funding to tackle climate change

Mithika Mwenda By Mithika Mwenda More than five years ago, in the dark negotiating halls of the Copenhagen climate talks, an agreement was struck that in...

Drought situation in Makueni normal and stable, says report.

A report by the National Drought Management Authority says the drought situation in Makueni is normal and stable The drought situation in Makueni County is ...

Residents in Makueni and Kitui to benefit from Thwake Multipurpose Dam

Thousands of residents from Makueni and Kitui counties are set to reap massive benefits from the establishment of the Thwake Multipurpose Dam, an African De...

New committee to be formed to re-evaluate land compensation rates on Thwake Multipurpose Dam project

Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana and CEO TanaAthi Engineer  Nicholas Muthui and Chair Tanaathi Board Peter Ndwiga at the proposed site of the Thwake Multipurpo...

Tanathi CEO praises Thwake Multipurpose Dam project in Makueni County

  African Development Bank has funded the construction of Thwake Multipurpose Dam in Makueni and Kitui counties at a cost of Sh42BPhoto:Google Thwak...

Irate residents from Kasikeu torch two trucks found ferrying sand

Shells of the two trucks burnt in KasikeuPhoto:Facebook Irate residents of Kasikeu in Mukaa Sub County last night torched two trucks that were found harvest...

Small scale fishermen in Mombasa get boost

Fishing Vessels at the Kenyan Coast (www.lifeinmombasa.com) Efforts by the Mombasa County to register and empower fishermen through Beach Management Units (BM...

Makueni County to hold marathon to sensitize residents on water harvesting

Makueni County is classified as an arid and semiarid land characterized by low and poorly distributed rainfall that ranges between 100-600mm per year. Due t...

Claire Nasike, a 2015 BAKE Awards nominee, wins the Wangari Maathai Award

From left-Janet Mawiyoo CEO KCDF, Mwihaki Muraguri-Kimura Senior Associate Director of Rockefeller Foundation Africa Regional Office, Dr. Isaac Kalua Founder a...