#FixingTheNationNTV on #ToxicHarvest.

Dr. Harun Warui joins the hosts of  NTV Kenya's #FixingTheNationNTV on a follow-up discussion after the #ToxicHarvest documentary.  He unpacked why 202-restricted pesticides still pose a threat. 

Toxic-Free Farming in Kenya: From Farm to Fork | Your World
Harun Warui joined the Health Diary show on NTV to share how soil health directly impacts human health — and the quality of the food on our plates.

Toxic Business: Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Kenya

The report “Toxic Business: Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Kenya” presents analyses on actual data of pesticides used in 2020 in Kenya. It shows that immediate action is necessary to protect human health, the environment, and the right to healthy food in Kenya.

Report reveal half of the pesticides used by farmers are toxic

Kenyans could be consuming food laced with harmful pesticides. In a report released by by Heinrich Boll Foundation almost half of the pesticides used by farmers in Kenya have been banned in the European Union due to their harmful risks to human health. Stakeholders have called for global regulation to avoid double standards and urged the government to impose a ban on highly hazardous pesticides

The EAST African Food Basket 

This three-part series was in collaboration with Citizen TV, led by Mashirima Kapombe. This special feature the challenges in food security, the right to food, and Agroecology in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The feature will investigate the food security dynamics of the three countries and the gaps that exist.

#EndPlasticPollution

Together with the Centre for Environment Justice and Development (CEJAD), we hosted a joint media breakfast ahead of INC5.0 on plastic pollution.

We called on African nations to push for the adoption of a legally binding treaty addressing the entire life cycle of plastics — from production to disposal.

At the #NxtHerSummit, our Gender Justice Programme Coordinator, Akinyi Odera, joined a panel discussion on how emerging technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), are reshaping the world of work for women in Africa. She highlighted key concerns from a gender justice perspective, including how patriarchal norms risk being replicated within AI systems and future-of-work structures. She also emphasised the critical role of civil society and feminist movements in holding tech actors accountable to ensure inclusivity, equity, and fairness.

Kenya’s ban on single-use plastics

Fredrick Njau, Programme Coordinator for Sustainable Development at the Heinrich Böll Foundation, talking to Doreen Arange Okello on Good Morning Kenya (KBC) about Kenya’s ban on single-use plastics