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Kenya Water Towers Agency > Archive for Recent News

Category: Recent News

National bamboo demonstration site at Kaptagat forest in Elgeyo Marakwet County takes shape

January 21, 2021January 23, 2021 WT Agency

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

September 27, 2020December 15, 2020 Water Towers

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…

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700 Beehives From Water Towers Agency To Five Groups In Three Counties

September 17, 2020January 5, 2021 Water Towers

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…

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Source Of Mara River To Be Gazzetted As Wetland And Exotic Trees Cleared

March 11, 2020December 15, 2020 Water Towers

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…

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Dr Chris Kiptoo Takes Over As PS For Environment And Forestry

January 29, 2020December 10, 2020 Water Towers

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…

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I Am Committed To Ensuring Full Operation Of The Regional Offices

July 25, 2019December 10, 2020 Water Towers

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…

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A Water Tower Is Not Necessarily A Forest

July 25, 2019December 10, 2020 Water Towers

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,…

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KWTA Launches National Bamboo Demonstration Site at Kaptagat, Elgeiyo-Marakwet County

July 19, 2019December 10, 2020 Water Towers

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…

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Mt Elgon Water Tower Stakeholders Converged In Kitale

May 2, 2019December 10, 2020 Water Towers

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,…

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Prof. Tanui Elected Chairperson Of Cohort VII Group Of Accounting Officers

April 12, 2019December 10, 2020 Water Towers

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,…

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Recent Posts

  • National bamboo demonstration site at Kaptagat forest in Elgeyo Marakwet County takes shape January 21, 2021
  • Fencing starts off at Maasai Mau Forest in Narok County January 9, 2021
  • Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy Adopts Mau Forest Complex Water Tower September 27, 2020
  • 700 Beehives From Water Towers Agency To Five Groups In Three Counties September 17, 2020
  • Water Towers Agency completes 50,000 litre water tank in Kwale County September 15, 2020
  • Source Of Mara River To Be Gazzetted As Wetland And Exotic Trees Cleared March 11, 2020
  • Dr Chris Kiptoo Takes Over As PS For Environment And Forestry January 29, 2020

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22 Mar

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