Yesterday mountains were moved. Mountains of food – 150 tonnes of maize, beans and vegetable oil was delivered to the AA warehouse in Mwinge, courtesy of the WFP and was immediately being despatched...
At the other end of the Tana River lies Mount Kenya, and that’s where I was today. But not on the lush, sodden windward side of the mountain which feeds the Tana. I was in the rain shadow of this...
Today I saw a shocking sight. After endless dry river beds, I was shown the Tana River. It runs from Mount Kenya in the centre of Kenya, right through the Mwinge district and out to the Indian Ocean...
Power of the people comes in the form of hard labour here. Whether it’s a year’s work clearing the silt in a colonial-era rock water catchment or a year of digging to create an earth pan to collect...
The end of a long day. My supper has just squawked it’s way past my window in this little guesthouse in Kyuso, over an hour’s drive from Mwingi. We managed to corner the regional manager of the...
This is my first working day in Kenya and I’ve come to Mwingi in East Kenya to talk to the local ActionAid International team about the plan for the next few days. My brief is clear – I am making a...