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KENYA: GCM returns for a follow up regional training
August 2nd, 2010
Regional Trainer Shweta Narayan provides a daily glimpse of our training in Kenya

Kenya: Pan Paper plans to expand its polluting operations
December 5th, 2007
Earlier this year, in an attempt to discourage the use of plastic bags, the Kenyan government slapped a 120 per cent tax on plastic. While the tax may look like an environmentally friendly decision, it could result in severe impacts on the environment. One of the beneficiaries of the decision will be the partly government-owned Pan African Paper Mills.

KENYA: Independent Tests Confirm Pan Paper Neighbors in Webuye Breathing Dangerously Toxic Air and Suffering from Nzoia River Pollution
December 4th, 2007
For the first time in Kenya, independent air samples taken in Webuye town reveal that people living near Pan African Paper Mills are breathing highly toxic air.

Tales of the Toxic Tourists Western Kenya
by Ruth & Denny
October 27th, 2007
Arriving in Nairobi felt like a completely different world to Zambia’s airport at Lusaka. This international hub had people of every walk of life milling around walking from gate to gate. Nairobi’s airport reflected the fact that we were now in Eastern Africa.

Field Report: Pan African Paper – Webuye, Kenya
October 10th, 2007
On September 22, a team of environmental and human rights investigators from Global Community Monitor and the Resource Conflict Institute (RECONCILE) drove from Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria to Webuye.





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