The case of Mombasa airport was baffling – a JICA geological expert on the Dongo Kundu road construction site noticed what looked like sinkholes on the slopes rising up the airport hill brow. Staff at the airport had also found holes in the grassy berm along the runway and even filled some with rubble. They became worried because the holes…
With the construction of the Kenyan Standard Gauge Railway through residential neighbourhoods, it was only a matter of time before issues identified in the ESIA would surface. Some of the crushed aggregate quarries and cut-and-fill sections were located in residential areas; furthermore, the cut-and-fill areas on the track required vibration compaction. Buildings started developing cracks and people complained of human…
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a leader in elephant conservation and goes on its way to give the best care to orphaned animals. In its quest to provide water for young elephants at the Ithumba Stockade, DSWT drilled a number of boreholes at various localities and all were dry, except one that yielded very limited amounts of brackish water.…