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Environment

KIWASCO says continued deforestation could render Kisumu water scarce

Kisumu Water and Sanitation Company (KIWASCO) has called on area residents to join the campaign to plant trees as a way of restoring water...

Only 2.4 per cent of land in Kisumu is under forest cover, KFS reveals

Huge chunks of land under irrigation is the one of the major challenges facing afforestation in Kisumu county. Speaking during the International Day of Forest...

Government introduces Sh2.2 million Mazingira Award for environmentalists

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday launched an award to recognize environmental activists. The accolade christened Mazingira Award will be awarded to person's and institutions leading...

How Nyalenda women make use of wastes to produce clean energy

In the busy Nyalenda slums, elderly women are kneeling down on a white gunny bag, spreading some black substance. This has been their routine, as...

It may be trash to you, but it is cash to us, and lifeline to our environment

Twenty-six-year-old Edwin Bongo is a first year Special Needs Education student. When he is not in class, he is picking plastic bottles within his Manyatta...

Looming demolitions as tough-talking Abala Wanga go for developers encroaching on Dunga wetlands

Kisumu City Manager Abala Wanga has sounded a stern warning to developers invading the Dunga wetlands of Lake Victoria. Speaking during the World Wetlands Day...

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ProSoil: How once abandoned farms are getting back to productivity

Seven years ago, Agnes Wekesa contemplated selling her family piece of land, and use the money to start a...

200, 000 western Kenya farmers impacted as German-supported Pro-soil project folds

After ten years of engaging farmers in western Kenya, the German-government supported Pro-Soil project has finally folded. ProSoil, a...

How communal drug dispensing is suppressing HIV medication defaulting rates in Homa Bay

As the morning sun hits Pala Village in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay County, Fauzia (not her real name) makes...

Agony of Homa Bay teens nursing scars of early motherhood

It is a warm sunny Wednesday afternoon, and over 30 teen mothers are seated under a tree at...

How these Kakamega women are embracing smoke-free kitchens with innovative waste fuels

Its a bright sunny Monday in Emusonga Village in Kakamega, and about 15 women are mixing charcoal dust...

Reprieve for learners with hearing disability following completion of Sh3.6m dormitory

It was a reprieve for learners living with hearing disability following the completion of a Sh3.6 million dormitory...