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Empowering Devolution: How President Ruto’s Handover of Amboseli to Kajiado Heralds a New Dawn for Conservation and Community Prosperity

President Ruto’s decision to hand over the management of Amboseli National Park to the Kajiado County Government is a bold affirmation of Kenya’s constitutional promise of devolution, marking a transformative…

Flood Fury: Over 3,000 Families Displaced as River Sabwani Bursts Its Banks in Trans Nzoia

More than 3,000 families in Kapomboi Ward, Kwanza Constituency, have been displaced after River Sabwani overflowed its banks following days of relentless rainfall pounding Trans Nzoia County. The surging waters…

EACC Wins Landmark Case, Reclaims Ksh2.8 Billion Karura Forest Land from Private Developer

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has scored a major legal victory after the Environment and Land Court in Nairobi nullified a fraudulent title deed for prime public land worth…

Conservation Boost as Private Sector Joins Efforts to Restore Mt. Elgon Forest

Nairobi Kenya, 13th October 2025 As Kenya marked Mazingira Day, an annual event dedicated to tree planting and environmental conservation, this year’s theme focused on planting fruit trees to enhance…

WONDERS SHALL NEVER CEASE: Tanzania Minister’s “Curtain on Kilimanjaro” Remark Sparks Online Uproar

A social media post by digital strategist Philip Etale has stirred heated debate across East Africa after claiming that Tanzania’s Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr Pindi Chana, announced…

Bondo Residents Roll Up Sleeves as Municipality Leads World Clean-Up Day Drive

It was not business as usual in Bondo town on Friday morning. Armed with gloves, brooms, and wheelbarrows, residents, students, and traders joined municipal officials in a spirited effort to…

Breaking: NEMA Gives Counties 21 Days to Fix Dumpsites, Enforce Waste Segregation

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to county governments to reorganize existing dumpsites and strictly enforce waste segregation, in line with the Sustainable Waste Management…

Brace for Heavy Rainfall — Met Department Issues Alert

The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has released its latest forecast, outlining rainfall expectations across the country between September 16 and 22, 2025. The outlook points to a mixed pattern, with…

Karura Forest Grab? Political Elites Circle Nairobi’s Green Jewel Amid KFS–FKF Row

The leafy trails of Karura Forest may still be teeming with joggers, cyclists, and birdwatchers, but beneath the calm canopy lies a storm with deep political roots. What began as…

Conservation or Politics? Hard Talk Forum Puts Yala Swamp Debate Back in Focus

The fate of the Yala Swamp — a vast 12,000-acre delta straddling Siaya and Busia Counties — has once again taken center stage after environmental conservationist Alfred Ayiro delivered a…

Siaya: Empowering Grassroots Women Through Climate Action and Indigenous Knowledge

On Wednesday 23rd July 2025, a meeting was held at the Department of Education office under the leadership of Madam Maida Nyawade, director in-charge of Directorate of Youth, Gender, and…

How Counties Are Leading Kenya’s Climate Fight Through the FLLoCA Program

How Counties Are Leading Kenya’s Climate Fight Through the FLLoCA Program (By Abraham Barsosio – Program Manager-County Coordination) Kenya is increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change from unpredictable…

Kenya Met Department Forecasts Heavy Deluge of Rainfall in the Following Areas

For the next four days the Meteorological Department has forecast a continuation of sporadic rainfall in most parts of Kenya with a heavy concentration in the coastal, central Kenya and…

Nigeria: 151 Killed in Flash Floods

Flooding in Nigeria’s Niger State this week has killed 151 people and forced several thousand from their homes, an emergency official told Reuters on Saturday. Ibrahim Audu Hussaini, director of…

Orengo, Ruto, Raila Attend Madaraka Day 2025 Thematic Forum on Blue Economy

Siaya County Government led by Governor James Aggrey Bob Orengo today took part in an ongoing week-long Madaraka Day Thematic Conference on Maritime and Blue Economy. The culmination of the…

Orengo Presses On with Finding Lasting Solution Between Lake Agro, Community at Yala Swamp

Siaya Governor James Aggrey Bob Orengo on Tuesday held a follow-up meeting with the Chairman of the National Land Commission (NLC), Mr. Gershom Otachi, Commissioners Reginald Okumu and Hubbie Hussein…

Mild Earth Tremor Hits Nairobi Causing Confusion and Panic

The city of Nairobi today experienced a series of mild earth tremors that left many residents alarmed. The tremors rippled around buildings between 10:30 and 10:40 am on Wednesday 7th…

Tension As Parasitic Weed Invades Siaya

The Suppression of Noxious Weeds Act 2012 vests removal or destruction of invasive weeds in the hands of County Government through CECM in charge of agriculture @⁨CECM Agriculture Kokoth Sylvester⁩…