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Flame Tree Group makes Roto and Jojo water tanks. The firm also makes and distributes cosmetics, snacks, spices and playground equipment. Covid-19 gave the firm new business ideas. The firm’s profit after tax for the first six months of the year increased five times from Sh9.5 million in June 2019 …

The ocean is facing a perfect storm of pollution, overfishing, and climate change. These threats have pushed ecosystems such as coral reefs to the tipping point of collapse. UNEP is inspiring nations and individuals to take action. In Kenya, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Institute is leading in restoring degraded coral. …

Unprecedented increase in sea-surface temperature in 1998 destroyed Kenya’s coral reefs. This reduced Kenya’s coral cover by 50-90 per cent with some sites losing all coral cover. Kenya Marine and Fisheries Institute is working on a community based reef restoration project. Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute is helping protect …

Water services firms are under financial pressure since March when revenues started falling following closure of businesses and education institutions because of Covid-19. In addition, the government ordered water firms not to cut water supply to customers for unpaid bills. As a result, firms are finding it difficult to pay …

Water sector has a financing gap of Sh2.2 trillion. The sector is unable to generate enough money internally to extend coverage and improve service quality. Kenya’s National Water Master Plan 2030 estimates investment of Sh1.2 trillion to finance water and Sh477 billion for sanitation. But the government is able to …

Sanitising booth was for quickly disinfecting people in places with high flow of people such as supermarkets and hospitals. This power led Kenya Bureau of Standards’ to give rules on how make and run them. Now, Kebs has stopped approving the booths. Health ministry says it does not recommend the …

Water Services Regulatory Board (Wasreb) is a government firm that sets standards for licensed water services providers. It measures quality of drinking water supplied by water firms. This is a critical performance indicator because it has a direct impact on health of consumers. A study by water sector regulator has …

Water loss, also known as non-revenue water, is the percentage of water losses from illegal connections, meter reading inaccuracies and leakages divided by volume of water produced. Water Services Regulatory Board (Wasreb) allows a water loss below 20%. In its latest report, Impact Report 2020, the regulator says water firms …

Water Services Regulatory Board (Wasreb) is a government firm that sets standards for licensed water services firms. It monitors their work and publishes results in its annual Impact Report. Firms gets grades on nine key performance areas. Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company has emerged number one in a performance assessment …

Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company has been the overall best performing water company for eight years in a row. This was until 2017/2018 when the company tied in top position with Ruiru-Juja Water and Sewerage Company. Mr Peter Gichaaga, managing director, Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company, tells us about the …