Ogiek call on Government to Implement the Land marking Ruling
The Ogiek, an indigenous community in Kenya that has for years since pre-colonial- period faced forceful evictions from the Mau Forest now wants the government to fast track the implementation of a ruling by the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights made in...
What land will be left for Isiolo residents?
Back in 2016, Isiolo governor Godana Doyo wanted the LAPSSET corridor that traverses the county to be rerouted to a new route. The idea to reroute was to avoid conflict-prone areas along Meru-Isiolo border. The corridor was originally designed to pass through Garba...
What does the oil sharing agreement by President Uhuru really mean?
In the recent past, Turkana residents have been pushing for a raise in the allocation of the oil share through their leader Josphat Nanok. They needed the raise to 10% saying the 5% suggested was inadequate. The concession came after MPs in the National Assembly's...
NOC explores Oil in Shompole
Shompole is a beautiful pastoralist area around one and half hours’ drive south of Nairobi, Kenya. Shompole has a vast array of largely unspoiled natural resources including forests, grassy plains, the Ewaso Nyiro River, unique volcanic landscapes including alkaline...
Controversy as tests show no gas in Kipeto
News had previously emerged from Kipeto, a location in Kajiado County that some hydrologists had come across a ‘reservoir’ that contained an oduorless gas. The gas upon lighting caught fire, leading to suspicion that it was natural gas. The hydrologists were from a...
Renewed Hope for Justice- Kerio valley Fluorspar Land compensation
After more than 40 years of delayed compensation for residents in the Kerio Valley region, there is now a renewed hope for justice to families who lost about 9070 acres of their land to pave way for Kerio Valley Fluorspar mining company. [author_image...
Artisanal marble mining in Kajiado
Brief introduction Marble is a rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals. In geology the term "marble" refers to metamorphosed limestone, but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone. Marble is commonly used for sculpture and...
Kimwarer Sugutek community compensation trail
In 1973 about 1400 families living Kerio valley, Elgeyo Marakwet County, Keiyo South, were rendered landless, when the Government set apart 9070 acres of their ancestral land to pave way for Fluorspar Mining, upon which the Government would give them full, just and...
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The dangers of fluorspar [CaF2]
Flourite or flouspar is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, a commodity chemical used to produce a wide range of materials. This case study, conducted by Coast Rights Forum (CRF) in collaboration with KeNRA, highlights the impact of the Kenya Fluorspar Company (KFC)...
Global Campaign on People’s Power to Stop Corporate Impunity
The global campaign is a network of over 200 social movements, organizations, networks and affected communities resisting the land grabs, extractive mining, exploitative wages and environmental destruction of transnational corporations in different global regions,...