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Kenyans face growing threat of flash floods amidst COVID-19 pandemic
20 April 2020, Nairobi — Floods are back in Kenya and households have been displaced over the last several days, adding to the threats posed by a new swarm of…
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Greenpeace Africa Urges Munya to Prioritise Farmers Amid Pandemic
Nairobi, 8 April 2020 – The Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, Peter Munya recently allowed processors to import four million bags of maize to beat a looming deficit. He further stated that…
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Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic: Coordinated Efforts Needed to Continue the Fight Against Locusts
Nairobi, 24 March 2020 – Responding to reports that Kenya’s government has abandoned the fight against locusts which are still ravaging many parts of the country, Greenpeace Africa’s Food Campaigner,…
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Government’s Plan to Import Maize, a Slap on the Face for Local Farmers
Nairobi, 13 March 2020- The Strategic Food Reserve Oversight Board (SFR) has issued an advisory for the importation of 2 million bags of white maize before May to curb a…
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Global call on International Women’s Day: Stop fishmeal and fish oil factories!
Dakar, Senegal, 8 March 2020 – On International Women’s Day, opinion leading women and activists from the continent and Greenpeace Africa, stand united with a rapidly growing movement of female…
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Kenyans Sleeping Hungry While Food is Rotting: Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 22 January 2020 – Kenya has been ranked at position 86 out of 117 countries in a Global Hunger Index Report. This puts Kenya among 50 hungriest countries in…
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Greenpeace Hopes for More Accountability and Transparency In the Agriculture Sector
Nairobi, 16 January 2020- Responding to the cabinet reshuffle by President Uhuru Kenyatta, Greenpeace Africa’s Senior Political Advisor, Fredrick Njehu has said: “The appointment of Hon. John Munya as the…
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Locust invasion requires ecological solution: Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 7 January 2019 – Responding to the news of locust invasions in Kenya , Greenpeace Africa’s Food for Life Campaigner Claire Nasike has said: “It is commendable that the…
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Support the petition to ban harmful pesticides to safeguard our health and environment
Increasingly, many Kenyan families have experienced the loss of a loved one to cancer or know someone who has succumbed to the illness. In 2019, we have seen several prominent…
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World Food Day 2019: Activists Deliver a Statement to Prof Boga Demanding A Ban on Harmful Chemicals in Kenya’s Food
Makueni, 16th October 2019 – Activists from Greenpeace Africa and Smallholder farmers from Makueni county brought the world food day celebrations to a stand still when they delivered a statement…