On Saturday, January 28th, 2023, The Leo Project brought together over 200 community members and a number of organizations to clean up the Jua Kali center. The organizations included Laikipia Wildlife Forum, BATUK, Maiyan, Pathways Policy Institute, Leo Local and El Karama Lodge. The event was a great success and aimed to address the growing…
Ontulili river starts from Mount Kenya and joins the Ewaso Nyiro river, a lifesaving river in the entire North Eastern region. Like many rivers in the metropolitan cities, the river is lined up with different agricultural industries supporting the economy of Nanyuki town and beyond. For a very long-time, rivers have been used as industrial…
Over 2,500 indigenous tree seedlings were planted at Mukogodo forest in Laikipia County, in an effort to conserve and protect the indigenous ecosystem that is the home of thousands of pastoral communities and wildlife within the greater Laikipia region during the Inaugural Walk Wild event. The 10 kilometer walk brought together over 300 people from…
We are excited to share with you some of our major achievements and developments from the past year. LTA Registered and Ready for Growth We are pleased to announce that we are now a registered community-based organization (CBO) in Kenya! This registration gives us added legitimacy and allows us to enter into legally binding partnerships…
Most wildlife photographers will agree that having a long lens is just half of the trick when it comes to capturing amazing wildlife images. The other big part includes field craft and immense amounts of patience in producing stunning imagery, and more often than not, this may include working from a wildlife photography hide. At…
Moran Lounge and Grill is a well-known nightlife destination in Nanyuki, Kenya, and a member of the Laikipia Tourism Association (LTA). In addition to providing entertainment, Moran is also dedicated to giving back to the community through various charitable initiatives. Recently, the lounge took its charitable efforts a step further by visiting Nanyuki Prisons to…
The Kenya Water Act 2016 provides for the establishment of Water Resource Users Associations (WRUA) for the collaborative management of water resources and to manage water use conflicts at sub catchment levels. The Water Act anticipates that WRUAs are supported to have sufficient capacity to play an effective role. The Act therefore places a responsibility on…
The Kenya Water and Sanitation Civil Society Network partnered with the Mount Kenya Ewaso Water partnership to implement the Water Governance Support programme (WGSP II). The key objective of the programme was to support strengthen/establish and harmonize WASH clubs (by WASH CSOs) and other existing coordination mechanisms at the County and National Government. The overall…
Caren Tankard was Vice Chair and Co-Founder of the community based organization Ontulili Primates Protection (OPP). She passed away on Tuesday 1 November 2022. Caren moved to live along the Ontulili River in 2014 and immediately became a champion of protecting the habitat of the primates and wildlife as well as reforesting her own home…
Laikipia County is one of East Africa’s most important areas for wildlife conservation. First, Laikipia contains higher populations of large mammals than any protected or unprotected landscape in Kenya, outside of the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Secondly, Laikipia is rich in biodiversity with over 95 species of mammals, 540 species of birds, over 700 species…