THE FENCE THAT SECURED THE HOMES OF MAN AND BEAST
The black night of January 17, 1990 will forever remain etched in Patrick Njagi’s mind.
It is the night that his father Apiel Njoka alias Karu was trampled to death by a marauding elephant.
The black night of January 17, 1990 will forever remain etched in Patrick Njagi’s mind.
It is the night that his father Apiel Njoka alias Karu was trampled to death by a marauding elephant.
It is a typical hot late-August day in Nkubu, Meru county. Farm owners are busy harvesting the last stock of maize from their farms, the searing sun unrelenting on their backs. Their faces speak of years of hard toil motivated by hopes of a bright future.
The Upper Tana Natural Resources Management project (UTaNRMP) is in its 4th year of implementation and consequently at mid-term. The IFAD/GoK Mid Term Review (MTR) Mission for UTaNRMP was held between 19th June 2017 to upto 28th June 2017.
UTaNRMP engaged a consult to undertake a study to determine causes of low youth participation in development activities and to identify the suitable opportunities to support them through the Project. The Target of the study was youth in the upper Tana catchment area.
Kiamaranga shallow well in Siakago, Mbeere north sub-county is the watering point to the residents of Kiamaranga village and is more or less synonymous with hope. Deeply eroded footpaths meander the open fields coming from the various homesteads and converging at the well.
The Ministry of Water and Irrigation has commissioned a Sh32 million water laboratory in Embu County to ensure that clean water is available for consumption by area residents, Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa has said.
The Upper Tana Natural resources Management Project has been selected as among the top three in the Service Delivery award category in the first ever Devolution Warrior Awards organized by the council of governors.
When a group of 15 women in Embu county entured into making briquettes out of charcoal dust, they were trying to solve an immediate household problem of unaffordable fuel.
The Upper Tana Natural Resources Management project (UTaNRMP) has acquired 39 motor vehicles, 73 motor cycles and 7 tractors at a cost of KSHS.220,609,471/-. These assets are meant to assist the various project implementing ministries, departments and agencies in project implementation.
The promotion of gender equality and women’s rights is not only a crucial goal in itself, as a matter of fundamental human rights and social justice, but is also a must in achieving development goals.
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