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Nestlé, Unilever, Coca Cola and Diageo double-down on recycling myth across Africa
Nairobi, 27 March 2019 – Nestlé, Unilever, The Coca Cola Company and Diageo announced plans today to improve the collection and recycling of plastics across Africa by launching the Africa Plastics…
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Address Food Chain Inadequacies to Ensure Food Security in Kenya – Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 19 March 2019 – Following reports that several people have died of hunger in Baringo and Turkana Counties, while thousands of others face starvation due to the ongoing drought…
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Greenpeace: Embrace Organic Techniques to Control The Fall Armyworm
Nairobi, 25 January 2019 – The Ministry of Agriculture has warned of a recurrence of the fall armyworm in the North Rift Region of Kenya. Responding to this news, Greenpeace…
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Greenpeace Africa in Solidarity with the People of Kenya
Nairobi, 16 January 2019 – Following the unfortunate terror attacks on Dusit D2 Hotel on 14 Riverside Drive, Greenpeace Africa Executive Director Njeri Kabeberi has said: “We condemn in the…
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Greenpeace Africa Calls on China to Maintain the Ban on Rhino Horns
Nairobi, 2nd November 2018 – Conservationists in Kenya are worried by China’s decision to reverse the ban on trade in tiger bones and rhino horns. Experts have also condemned the…
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World Food Day 2018: Kenyans Demand Healthy Food
Nairobi, 16th October 2018 – Consumers and small scale farmers have today handed over a petition to Parliament and the Ministry of Agriculture calling for an overhaul of Kenya’s food…
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Tighten Border Control to Prevent Re-entry of Banned Plastic Bags into Kenya: Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 19th September 2018 – Reacting to the news that 80% of single use plastic carrier bags are still in circulation in most parts of the country despite being outlawed…
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Checking the boxes one year after the Kenya single-use plastic bags ban
Last year the National Environment Complaints committee released a report which indicated that every month an average of 24 million plastic bags were being used in Kenya. This led to…
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Food Safety Should be Prioritised in Kenyatta’s Big Four Agenda: Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 23rd August 2018: The past few months have seen increased cases of sub standard food imports into Kenya. From sugar that contains mercury to expired rice, to oil that…
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Poisoned Sugar Exposes Kenya’s Broken Food System
The worsening impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity in most natural-resource dependent countries like Kenya is introducing a new form of vulnerability that is often overlooked. Increasingly, food safety…