Wangari Maathai Institute opens amid rife in the environmental sector

Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya, during the opening of Wangari Mathaai institute at UON. [Mactilda Mbenywe, Standard]

Kenya is still facing environmental governance and conservation challenges that the late Prof Wangari Maathai battled throughout her professional life, including illegal logging of public forests.

"The obstacles of governance in the environment sector are still rife, as it was during her time. We have seen illegal logging spiral in the forestry sector, forest fires, pollution, and failure in the waste management sector amongst others," Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya outlined.