Conc Writes

Plantation Establishment and Livelihood Improvement System (PELIS) was introduced in 2007 after enactment of Forest Act, 2005       Photo: A section of Marmanet Forest  His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua is on the right path.  PELIS(Shamba System) was so helpful to many people living around the forests.  Logging and timber harvesting was also banned in 2018. This left saw millers high and dry.  The trees they were supposed to harvest rotted long ago.  Why should a country with good soils and climate import wood from China, Egypt, Arab Rep., India, Tanzania and United Kingdom yet we can grow fast growing trees like Cypress using PELIS?  Cypress tree takes at least 5 years to mature. It has a rotational age of 28 years and within this time thinning is done 4 times before final crop. "The shamba system is a way to afforest land where exotic trees have been cut for timber. The community benefits from being able to plant crops in exc...

Highway Secondary School qualified for the boys Final in the East African Secondary School Ball Games currently going on in Arusha, Tanzania.    Highway Chief Principal, Irungu Nduati Highway Secondary School has been partnering with F.C Kariobangi Sharks as their Talent Academy. This was a long term investment.  Their Principal Irungu Nduati who was once in Kagema Boys is so passionate about sports. His Deputy Eric Wandambusi is also a sportsmans. The school still excels in academics and other fields. A leader who is so passionate about something will always deliver results.  Look at The Nanyuki School, Rugby 7's team qualified for Eastern Games after investment by the current Principal Olive Minishi. The school received 156,003 applications against a capacity of 480 students in 2022. Oliver believes in creativity and innovation.  You reap what you sow. Other schools should embrace this model. Tapping and harnessing talents at their tender age in pa...

Insecurity in Laikipia has been a real issue since independence. Many people have lost their properties and others have lost lives through the perennial conflicts within this region. Banditry is an ancient ordeal but it has to be dealt with once and for all for the sake of humanity Missing Cow in Rumuruti, Laikipia County  Why do pastoral communities in Laikipia County always dwell in conflicts? Who is behind all this? Some of the predisposing factors:- BEEF CARTELS:- Beef is gold.The cost of 1 kg of beef is five times higher than 1 litre of petrol. There is high demand for beef due to population increase. The beef cartels will always wish to access the beef at throw away prices . They will always capitalize on the inter communal conflicts to get the beef through cattle rustling. The big question is who are these beef cartels? Where are they? Just ask yourself how cows are stolen in herds and you can never trace them, how ? GUN MERCHANTS:- This is one very sensitive iss...

  African countries have been always on the lame light over megalomaniacs who cling to power for decades. Kenya has set a good example to the whole world on that Africans are maturing democratically.         A photo of Mt. Kenya East Africa The country went into heated campaigns for several months as each candidate tried to hawk his or her agendas. It was a historic exercise that oversaw the election of leaders peacefully across the nation without any sort of conflicts. The leaders who had issues went to court to protest the outcome. This is commendable to a country that has always been in crisis during the electioneering period.  The deployed of state mercenary by the outgoing president to weaken the support base of his former ally turned futile as the locals stood firm and supported him to the end. This marked the end of the big families in Kenya's politics since independence. It was a big milestone that can be referred to as an eye opener to other Africa...