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Co-ordinated Water Towers Conservation
Kenya Water Towers Agency (KWTA) is a State Corporation under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry established in 2012 through Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 27, Legal Notice No. 27 of 20th April 2012. The Agency is mandated to coordinate and oversee the protection, rehabilitation, conservation and sustainable management of all the critical water towers in Kenya. Water towers support socio-economic development, which is a major pillar of Vision 2030, specifically by supporting generation of electricity, industrial development, irrigation, agriculture, wildlife, tourism, and health as well as conservation of biodiversity, indigenous knowledge and research.
These water towers continue to face excessive pressure resulting from increased human population and associated demand for natural resources. This manifests in encroachment, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and land degradation. Additionally, Water towers face climate and human related threats including frequent droughts, floods, forest fires and settlements (both legal and illegal). As part of addressing these challenges, the Agency urges all Kenyans, government and Non-Governmental Organizations to partner in conserving water towers by adopting a water tower or a block of forest in a water tower.
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The function of this Department is to establish partnership opportunities in water towers conservation, mobilize resources and develop sustainable nature-based enterprises. Some of the key projects implemented by this Department include installing biogas systems, solar power projects, briquette making machines, water harvesting tanks, beekeeping projects, commercial tree nurseries and hay production.
Enapuiyapui Swamp at Kiptunga Forest Block in East Mau Water Tower will be gazzetted as wetland and enlisted …
On 15th January 2020, Kenya received great news from the United Kingdom Government that the Mau forest Complex …
Outgoing Principal Secretary for Environment and Forestry Ms. Betty Maina earlier today handed over to the incoming Principal …
The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry Mr. Keriako Tobiko spearheaded a tree planting exercise at Kirisia Water …
The Board of Kenya Water Towers Agency has retreated to Naivasha to review the Kenya Water Towers Bill, …
Water towers encompass upland areas with characteristics to support reception, infiltration, percolation and storage of rainfall and gradually releases it into a drainage basin.
Water towers vary in size, shape, drainage pattern and features that are determined by natural processes, particularly geology, soil, climate and vegetation cover. Riparian reserves is an integral part of the water towers ecosystem.
Identification of wetland and biodiversity hotspots -> Reconnaissance -> Mapping of the water tower -> Resource Assessment-Total Economic Valuation -> Preparation of the Management Plan (s) -> Demarcation of boundaries -> Finally, the Gazettement
Floods; Loss of wealth; Successive crop failure; Climatic Change; Diminished Natural Capital
KWTA aims to improve the quality and quantity of ecosystems services provided by Kenya’s water towers. KWTA main objectives is to secure Kenya’s water supply for the present and future generations as there is no life without water. Kenya also focuses on achieving the …
