Kenya Water Towers Agency (KWTA) has planted bamboo on 50-acre farm at Kaptagat forest block in Elgeyo Hills Water Tower. The demonstration site was launched in 2019 to enable farmers across the region to learn how to venture into bamboo…
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Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy Adopts Mau Forest Complex Water Tower
On 15th January 2020, Kenya received great news from the United Kingdom Government that the Mau forest Complex Water Tower had been admitted to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC). The admission means the largest water tower in east Africa…
700 Beehives From Water Towers Agency To Five Groups In Three Counties
Conservation of water towers through beekeeping has been stepped up after the Kenya Water Towers Agency flags off a consignment of 670 beehives and several honey processing equipment. The receiving self-help groups are North Mbooni Liquid Gold Bee Farmers, Tulimani…
Source Of Mara River To Be Gazzetted As Wetland And Exotic Trees Cleared
Enapuiyapui Swamp at Kiptunga Forest Block in East Mau Water Tower will be gazzetted as wetland and enlisted as Ramsar Site following a declaration by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry Mr Keriako Tobiko. In his speech during the…
Dr Chris Kiptoo Takes Over As PS For Environment And Forestry
Outgoing Principal Secretary for Environment and Forestry Ms. Betty Maina earlier today handed over to the incoming Principal Secretary Dr. Chris Kiptoo. Ms Maina was nominated to be Cabinet Secretary for Trade and Industrialization during the recent cabinet reshuffle. Dr…
I Am Committed To Ensuring Full Operation Of The Regional Offices
The Acting Director General Prof. Julius Tanui has confirmed that he is on course in ensuring that the regional offices operate seamlessly. The offices based in Marsabit, Kitui, Mombasa, Nyeri, Narok, Eldoret, Kitale and Kisumu are very key in coordinating…
A Water Tower Is Not Necessarily A Forest
The new Chairman of the Board of Directors for Kenya Water Towers Agency Dr Julius Malombe has clarified that a water tower is not necessarily a forest. “In some instances, a water tower is a swamp, wetland, rock or hill,…
KWTA Launches National Bamboo Demonstration Site at Kaptagat, Elgeiyo-Marakwet County
The Chief Administrative Secretary for Environment and Forestry, Hon. Mohammed Elmi launched a fifty-acre bamboo demonstration site at Kaptagat at the end of July 2019. This is a project sponsored by Kenya Water Towers Agency and jointly implemented by Kenya…
Mt Elgon Water Tower Stakeholders Converged In Kitale
More than fifty stakeholders of Mt Elgon Water Tower gathered at a Hotel in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County on Thursday 2 May 2019 to deliberate on the status of the Water Tower. This important water catchment area serves Trans Nzoia,…
Prof. Tanui Elected Chairperson Of Cohort VII Group Of Accounting Officers
The KWTA Ag. Director General, Prof. Julius G. Tanui (pictured right), was elected chairperson of Cohort VII group of accounting officers from various government agencies. During the five-day training held in Mombasa from Monday 8th to Friday 12th April 2019,…