Pastoralists and other marginalized communities need to closely scrutinize the politics and programmes of the election candidates that are after their vote.
The Community Land Act, No. 27 of 2016 (the Act) came into force on 21 September 2016. The Act gives effect to Article 63 of the...
The Northern Rangelands Trust has been active in the pastoralist region, setting up "Community Wildlife." Some have argued that these conservancies are a trojan horse for...
The 2010 constitution, particularly devolution, offered a new hopeful future for the many people in northern Kenya and those in the pastoralist region. Over a decade...
The Pastoralist Parliamentary Group (PPG) is the caucus that pursues the pastoralists' policy agenda inside and outside parliament. In the 12th Parliament, the caucus has registered...
Socially, the pastoralists are patriarchally organized; men take most of the powers, and women are to be seen and not heard. That combined with the climatic...
Past drought mitigation efforts have been largely reactionary and have done little to influence preparedness for future droughts.
In early 1997, a cohort of members of parliament from the long-neglected pastoralist rangelands defied President Daniel arap Moi to hold a meeting that formed the...
The Community Land Act, No. 27 of 2016 (the Act) came into force on 21 September 2016. The Act gives effect to Article 63 of the...
Kenya recorded 15 droughts between 1960 and 2016. The 1970s and 80s were described as decades of drought. Six droughts -40 percent, occurred after 2000—a remarkable...
Rather that jumping from project to project in search of a short-term response, there is a need to embrace practical and proactive long-term solutions to the...
Pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya have an intimate interaction with climate change. Since pastoralism is intrinsically dependent on climate, the community has developed an adaptive set...
