KENYA MOJA

  There is a quiet transformation taking place across Kenya. It is not always visible from the highways that connect our towns or from the headlines that dominate daily conversation. It is unfolding where rivers meet farms, where reservoirs sustain communities, and where engineers, planners, and policymakers are asking a different question about climate change . Instead of asking only how Kenya can survive a changing climate, they are asking how the country can build prosperity within it. That shift in thinking matters because climate change has altered the rhythm of Kenyan agriculture. Rainfall has become less predictable. Droughts are more frequent in some regions, while floods and rising water levels threaten livelihoods in others. Farmers who once relied on seasonal rains increasingly face uncertainty that affects household incomes, national food production, and economic stability. Against this backdrop, the State Department for Irrigation has embraced an approach that treats ...

Every leadership appointment attracts headlines. Every reappointment attracts speculation. Yet some decisions deserve to be viewed through a wider lens because they reveal what an institution values and where a country intends to go. The reappointment of Eng. Gilbert Maluki as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) is one such decision. At first glance, it appears to be another routine Gazette Notice extending the tenure of a board chair. Look a little closer, however, and it becomes clear that the real story is not about one individual. It is about the value of institutional continuity at a time when Kenya is betting heavily on irrigation to secure its agricultural future. President William Ruto reappointed Eng. Maluki for a second three-year term effective July 24, 2026, allowing him to continue leading the Authority's board as it oversees programmes aimed at expanding irrigation infrastructure and strengthening food production.  Kenya's fo...

  Every generation has its storytellers. Some write books. Others command theatre stages. A growing number simply pick up a phone, press record and remind millions that the funniest stories often come from ordinary life. That is exactly where Kenyan content creator ZEDOM has found his voice. Known online as @zedomke, ZEDOM has become one of Kenya's recognizable creators in the high school comedy niche. His skits recreate the unforgettable characters, traditions and absurd moments that defined life in Kenyan boarding schools. Instead of chasing flashy trends, he mines a place almost every Kenyan knows well: the dining hall, the dormitory, the parade ground and the principal's office. That familiar setting has transformed his TikTok page into a destination for laughter, nostalgia and shared memories. Publicly available information shows that his TikTok account has attracted tens of thousands of followers and millions of likes, with additional audiences on Facebook and YouTube. A ...

  Climate change has altered the rhythm of farming in Kenya. The rains no longer arrive with the predictability that generations of farmers once relied upon. Seasons have become shorter in some places, longer in others, and increasingly defined by extremes. One county struggles through prolonged drought while another grapples with destructive floods. The result is a growing realization that food security can no longer depend solely on rainfall. Against this backdrop, irrigation has become more than an agricultural intervention. It is emerging as one of Kenya's most important climate adaptation strategies. At the centre of this shift is Mr Joel Tanui , the Irrigation Secretary responsible for Land Reclamation, Climate Resilience and Irrigation Water Management in the State Department for Irrigation. His portfolio places him at the intersection of water security, environmental restoration and sustainable agricultural development, three issues that increasingly determine Kenya's...

The twenty-first century will not divide nations simply between those that possess natural resources and those that do not. Instead, it will increasingly separate countries that understand the invisible economic architecture sustaining those resources from those that mistake abundance for permanence. Kenya's greatest strategic asset is therefore not merely its fertile soils or entrepreneurial people, but the ecological systems that quietly manufacture every river feeding farms, industries and households. The State Department for Irrigation occupies a uniquely important position within this equation because it sits at the point where environmental stewardship becomes measurable economic productivity, transforming rainfall into reliable infrastructure that underwrites national food security and rural prosperity. That reality explains why the Tenth Kaptagat Integrated Conservation Initiative deserves to be understood less as another tree-planting exercise than as a sophisticated inves...

There was a time when geography determined destiny. Nations blessed with predictable rainfall harvested abundance while those trapped in the uncertainty of seasonal skies learned to live with scarcity. That world no longer exists. Climate change has flattened the old certainties just as globalization flattened markets. A drought in one grain-producing region now ricochets through international commodity exchanges before it reaches the dinner table of an ordinary Kenyan family. Volatile fertilizer prices, disrupted food supply chains, erratic rainfall patterns and rising temperatures have combined to expose a hard truth: rain-fed agriculture is no longer merely vulnerable; it has become an increasingly obsolete economic model for a nation seeking sustainable growth. This is why the conversation around sustainable irrigation in Kenya deserves to move beyond engineering diagrams and construction statistics. The State Department for Irrigation is not simply excavating dams or laying pipes ...