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Environment

LIBOI: Nairobi artist who sings for Lake Victoria

For ages, Lake Victoria, the world’s second-largest fresh water lake has been choking due to aggravated human-related (anthropogenic) activities thus endangering aquatic life. Spirited efforts...

Community efforts breathing life to Siaya’s Utonga peninsular

A time like this, about a decade ago, thick smoke would be spotted bellowing atop trees in the vast Utonga Peninsular. Men and women...

KISUMU: Climate Change debate devolved to villagers’ doorsteps

In what looks like a classroom set-up, Cardinal Elias Komenya introduces his topic of the day by randomly asking attendees their favourite types of...

UN recommends stricter laws on second-hand vehicle importation

Importation of second-hand vehicles into Africa continent is one of the greatest contributers to air pollution. This is according to  United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-6)...

Kisumu youths turn liquor retailer’s cost-cutting initiative into eco enterprise

It was about a decade ago at Dunga Hill Camp, a popular restaurant at the shores of Lake Victoria, in Kisumu where it all...

How a community in Kisumu is easing fishing pressure on L. Victoria through home farming

It is a calm Saturday morning at Ngege village, in Korando, Kisumu West. Charles Opondo is clutching two bunches of bananas from his farm. “Welcome...

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Innovation hub equips 63 Kisumu youths with digital skills

At least 63 youths have benefit from a digital skill project targeting cyber security and data analytics. The youths...

Investment Conference exposes Nyanza’s development potentials

The government has announced plans to fast-track key development projects in Nyanza in renewed efforts to transform the...

Declare femicide a national crisis, rights groups tell President Ruto

Human Rights Defenders have called on President William Ruto to declare femicide as a national crisis. Through various rights...

Gutted Trade Part 3: A ‘Controlled Market’: Monopolies, corruption and difficulty accessing licenses shut out most Ugandans from the maw trade

This reporting project was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In Uganda, Chinese demand for the Nile perch swim bladder,...

Gutted Trade PART 2: A Smuggling Route Reversed: Uganda no longer the region’s maw processing hub

This reporting project was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In Uganda, the hunt for fish maw is driving depletion...

Gutted Trade: How the hunt for swim bladder to supply Asian markets is failing Uganda’s fishing industry

From medicinal soups to holiday gifts, fish maw from Uganda feeds huge Chinese demand. But the once thriving...