In the previous week there was a private sector advert for feasibility consultancy for a natural gas power plant in Lamu County, an indication that prospects for a commercial discovery of natural gas are high. Can the discovery confirmation be accelerated so that the planned
Government agencies appear to be always pulling in the same direction or at least and disagreements never show up publicly. These tend to be sorted behind closed doors and publicly show a unified front. It has however not been the case for the Ministry of
The Government is next week set to start acquisition of close to half a million acres of land for the construction of different infrastructure projects for the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) Corridor. The land will cut across six counties in the north and
With the UN Climate Conference (COP23) taking place this week in Bonn, the Big Shift Global is calling on the World Bank to shift its investments from fossil fuels to clean energy and be more transparent about the impact of its investments. E3G is a
Kitui is perceived as one of the richest counties in Kenya, owing to its immense wealth of large mineral deposits. Among the minerals which the county boasts of is coal, whose discovery in the Mui coal basin several decades ago was a major milestone in
Kenya may find it difficult attracting support for the planned coal plants following a raft of resolutions made at the just ended United Nations Environment Assembly. The delegates, who included ministers of environment, asked countries to take drastic measures to cut mercury pollution, which is
I, OKIYA OMTATAH OKOITI, care of Room 4, Floor B1, Block A, Western Wing, NSSF Building, Bishops Road, P. O. Box 60286-00200, NAIROBI, the Applicant/Petitioner herein, 2 acting in person, DO CERTIFY that this application is extremely urgent and should be heard forthwith on priority
REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI CONSTITUTIONAL & HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION PETITION NO. OF 2017 IN THE MATTER OF: ARTICLES 22(1) & (2)(c), 50(1), AND 258(1) & (2)(c) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA 2010 IN THE MATTER OF: THE ALLEGED
In 2015, the Chinese economy passed a significant milestone. After years of proactively soliciting overseas investment to build large-scale manufacturing and generate jobs, China saw its outbound investments surpass inbound investments for the first time. As the Chinese economy becomes more advanced, the focus of
Samia Omar was born and raised in Lamu County, Kenya, a nature lover’s paradise at the uppermost corner of the country’s coastline, which borders Somalia. She attended college in the U.S. and Canada and traveled to northwest Kenya for work. But, she says, “I always