New alliance to scale up rain water harvesting launched

Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa speaking during the signing and launch of the Kenyan Chapter of Billion Dollar Business Alliance(BDBA) at World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi on Tuesday April 11,2017.The alliance consists of Government,private organisations and development partners aim to bring resources together to harvest rain water which will be used for farming and also to tame floods and drought.(James Wanazala,Standard)

New initiative to scale up rain water harvesting launched. The Kenyan Chapter of the Billion Dollar Business Alliance (BDBA) has been launched in Nairobi to help improve food security and tame floods.

The Kenyan chapter, launched by Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa, comes after the Addis Ababa meeting declaration in 2015.