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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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,…
Kenya Water Towers Agency on the 21st and 22nd of March, 2019 joined other players in the environment and water sectors in celebrating the International Day of Forests (IDF) at Bondo Teachers Training College in Siaya County and World Water…