Bernard Gitau

Kenya is on the verge of reintroducing the controversial consumptive utilisation of wildlife law, which flopped in the 1970s following a sharp decrease in wildlife population. On June 25, the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife concluded the public participation on the Wildlife Conservation and Management (Amendment) Bill, 2023, seeking to amend the existing Wildlife Conservation and Management Act (Act No. 47 of 2013).

Former US Vice President and founder of The Climate Reality Project, Al Gore, has presented the Alfredo Sirkis Memorial Green Ring Award to Kenyan climate communicator and grassroots organiser, Risper Asembo, at the conclusion of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps training in Nairobi, Kenya. The Green Ring Award is one of the highest honours given by The Climate Reality Project, recognising Climate Reality Leaders who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to climate education and advocacy.

The Muumandu Forest block has a size of 139.2 hectares, which is approximately 344 acres and is an important water tower in Machakos County. Before 1980, a canopy of various indigenous trees, wildlife, among other biodiversity covered the forest. But after 1980, unscrupulous loggers cleared all indigenous trees in Muumandu Forest; the environmental crime that went on for 40 years unabated as authorities reportedly looked the other way.