Mau Forest

Ichung’wah re-affirms State commitment to protect Mau Forest

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung’wah has reiterated the government’s commitment to protect the Maasai Mau […]

Wildfire ravages over 1,450 acres of Maasai Mau forest in Narok

Reading Time: 2 minutes Over 1,450 acres of forestland have been destroyed by fire at Maasai Mau forest in Narok County, Narok County Conservator […]

Maasai elders welcome court judgement on Mau forest evictees

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Maasai Council of elders has welcomed the decision by Environment and Land’s Court (ELC) to keep the Maasai Mau […]

Blow to Mau Forest evictees after court upholds removal

Reading Time: 2 minutes A three-judge bench yesterday dealt a big blow to over 500 people challenging their eviction from the Maasai Mau Forest. […]

How politics ruined efforts to conserve Mau ecosystem

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Mau Forest Complex is the largest montane tropical forest in East Africa. This is an ecosystem with rich biodiversity […]

ODM chief Raila Odinga rekindles Mau debate

Reading Time: 2 minutes Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga yesterday revisited the Mau eviction that cost him dearly in the 2013 polls. Raila who […]

Mau forest on the mend two years after eviction of settlers

Reading Time: 3 minutes Two years after the government kicked out more than 10,000 families from the 46,000-hectare Maasai Mau, the forest which was […]

Communities demand chance at forest conservation

Reading Time: 3 minutes Harriet James @harriet86jim As cold weather prevails and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic are felt all across the country, […]

State blamed for deaths and brutality in Mau evictions

Reading Time: 2 minutes Human Rights Watch has condemned violent evictions from Mau Forest by police which have resulted in deaths and desperation to […]

PS: State will rehabilitate Enapuyapui wetland in Mau

Reading Time: < 1 minute The government has pledged to fund rehabilitation and protection of the Enapuyapui Wetland in Kaptunga forest within the Mau Complex, […]