On my road trip, I have seen little improvement on road infrastructure. The roads were rough, dusty and usual bumpy. It's hard to resist the potholes and dust. There's nothing like driving to really see everything a NEP has to offer. When I thought about it, I could hardly believe this but I tried so hard to stick to the established plan.
One key area, I have observed is the environmental issues, our development activities intertwined and the changing climatic patterns.
a) Due to lack of consideration for environmental sustainability, most road contractors have contributed immensely to environmental degradation by insignificantly cutting of trees on the pretext of Bush clearing activities. This has excercibated the harshness of the weather, low rain yields and unpredictable climate conditions.
b)The excavation by quarry workers on hilly sites. According to religious teachings, mountains and Hills are nails strengthening the earth positioning. Contrary to most affected areas of Mandera County have exhausted the hills due quarry activities, bush clearing and depletion of wildlife as a result of this man-made environmental destruction.
c) In Garissa, it's common to find charcoal trade, this means there is excessive cutting of Trees for charcoal production. Mandera and Wajir country is no exception, the practice is causing similar environmental effects.
I would like to thank the NEP County governments, for their ongoing development programs. They did everything within their powers or means to ensure that their projects move forward in areas of high needs. NGBM is working exceptionally hard to inform the public about the danger caused by human fatalities as a result of wanton environmental degradation. We are bound to educate the public on this retrogressive aspects and enforce the law against enemies of our environments.
#StandUpForEnvironmentalJustice
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