Environment
Nairobi’s Drainage: A Broken Record In A City Of Floods.
A Tale of One Governor and 4,500 Brooms. In a city where navigating flooded streets increasingly resembles an improvised Olympic sport, the debate over Nairobi’s perennial drainage crisis has once again resurfaced. Governor Johnson Sakaja recently offered his perspective during a interview on local tv station, presenting a narrative that blends personal recollection, civic responsibility,…
25 Years Ago: United Nations Climate Summit Ends in Failure.
On November 25, 2000, the United Nations climate summit in the Netherlands collapsed, due to disagreements over implementing the Kyoto Protocol and achieving a 5 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2010. Sharp divisions emerged between the United States, the European Union, and developing nations among the 180 countries represented, exposing…
Ongoing Heavy Rains Along The Kenyan Coast
Heavy rains and strong winds have been experienced along the Indian Ocean Coast counties of Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi, Tana River and Lamu Counties in the past 3 days….