Kenya has signed a new policy that will protect water and other natural resources straddling across the country's borders. The policy will mostly recognise the shared resources, including landscapes, between Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. Some proposals of the report are currently being tested in three demonstration sites – between Djibouti and Ethiopia, between Ethiopia and South Sudan and between Kenya and Somalia. The police was signed by environment cabinet secretary Prof Judi Wakhungu and other ministers in charge of Environment and Natural Resources from each of the IGAD member states in Nairobi. Prof Wakhungu said the set of regulations provide an opportunity towards harmonisation of national legal frameworks for effective protection and conservation of biodiversity.

Source: The Star June 06, 2016 19:30 UTC