Equipping the youth with the right skills and competencies will enable them to secure high-value jobs in the opening up forestry sector as envisioned in the Kenya Kwanza administration’s Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) and the Ministry’s 2023 to 2027 Strategic Plan. Skilled youth are particularly needed to drive forward the broad landscapes and ecosystem […]
Environment and Climate Change Principal Secretary Eng Festus Ng’eno has rallied non-state actors including the private sector and civil society organizations to support Government’s landscape and ecosystem restoration agenda that includes the ambitious 15bn national tree growing programme. Eng Ng’eno said the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry was applying a wholesome approach in […]
Today, 23 Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officers found culpable for abetting forest crimes have been given marching orders, as directed by H.E President Dr. William Ruto at yesterday’s passing out parade of 2,664 forest rangers. As investigations intensify to net more perpetrators, including illegal timber merchants who collude with KFS officials to destroy our country’s […]
Guided by the Government’s Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda, the Ministry has adopted a3P solution (People, Planet and Profit) approach in the discharge of its broad environment, climate change and forestry management mandate. Cabinet Secretary Hon Soipan Tuya today signed the 2023 to 2024 FY Performance Contracts with the Ministry’s top leadership led by Principal Secretaries […]
Media’s active involvement is a critical success factor for the Africa Climate Summit, because of the important role it plays in informing, educating, and providing reliable information on complex subjects such as climate change. Cabinet Secretary Hon Soipan Tuya this morning hosted newsroom decision-makers including editors, reporters, correspondents and senior media cadres at a media […]
Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has announced Government plans to accelerate tree growing activities across the country during the short rains season predicted to run from September to February next year. “The ministry is already putting in place a robust plan for tree growing with the coming short rains. We will […]
As a Ministry we are aware of the critical role played by the environment, climate action and forestry sector in sustaining life, supporting livelihoods, and driving Kenya’s economic transformation agenda. The Ministry’s 2023-2027 Strategic Plan launched today embodies Kenya’s shared vision of a world where the environment is protected, climate stable, and forests thriving. It […]
Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has said the September 4th to 6th Africa Climate Summit (ACS) in Nairobi will be a platform for the continent to showcase its climate action potential in niche sectors such as renewable energy, carbon sinks, sustainable agriculture and critical minerals “His Excellency the President of Kenya, […]
Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has reiterated that the lifting of a logging moratorium announced recently by the Government only applies to commercial plantations and not indigenous forests as misconstrued by a section Kenyans. She said the lifting of the ban imposed by the Government in 2018 following a spike in […]
In line with the Government’s Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), that seeks to open up various value chains for wealth and employment creation, the Ministry through Kenya Forest Service (KFS), is in the process of recruiting 4,000 youth to support the 15 billion national tree growing and ecosystem restoration programme. The youth, working in the […]
