How one man is changing the face of Chepyuk by planting trees

Chepyuk is a well-known farming region in Mt. Elgon. Initially, it was set up as a settlement scheme for the Ogiek/Ndorobo community to grow food but subsequent creation of farm lands resulted to the loss of tree cover. However, one man is making a difference and changing the landscape through his passion for tree planting. …

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Mt Elgon Ogiek Ndorobo Council of Elders Association (MEONCE) Receives Certificate of Registration

The Ogiek community in Mt.Elgon have received some good news as the Mt Elgon Ogiek Ndorobo Council of Elders Association (MEONCE) was formally registered on 31st October 2022. MEONCE is a legal entity composed of clan chairmen from the 32 clans of the Ogiek community of Mt Elgon. Its main objective is to promote cultural …

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Celebrating the Contribution of Women

Women have made significant contributions in helping us achieve our mission. From participating in the fight for land rights to advocating for the promotion of indigenous livelihoods like basketry and ensuring people embrace indigenous foods, women have been at the forefront of our efforts. They have been passing on culture to young generations, preserving traditional …

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Chepkitale Ogiek Thanksgiving Day

Commemorating community’s landmark victory in land struggle Chepkitale Ogiek’s first Thanksgiving Day was held at Laboot on 18th November 2022 to celebrate 20 years of peace, biodiversity enhancement and land rights achievements. Court case victory The celebration was about the community’s legal victory on 26th September 2022 when Bungoma court ruled that the gazettement of …

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Film: Using maps to preserve indigenous knowledge, monitor sustainable use of lands and advocate for resource and tenure rights

This short film explores how the Ogiek community of Mount Elgon, Kenya is using mapping technology to preserve indigenous knowledge, monitor sustainable use of their lands and advocate for resource and tenure rights and in effect preserving and protecting their lands. The community has been the victim of multiple evictions from their ancestral lands that …

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Peter Kitelo and Others v County Government of Bungoma and Another ELC Bungoma Civil Case No. 10 of 2020 (formerly ELC 109 of 2008)

The Mt. Elgon Ogiek community filed this case in the Environment and Land Court in 2008 to challenge the then Mt. Elgon County Council’s decision to convert part of their ancestral lands, that is the North Kavirondo Native Land (ii) (Chepkitale Trust Land), into Chepkitale National Reserve through Legal Notice No. 88 of 2000. The …

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Job alert: Expression Of Interest To Carry Out Baseline Survey

CIPDP intends to carry out a baseline survey to establish the level of participation of communities in biodiversity conservation disaggregated to men, women, youth, children and any other user groups and identifying any existing relevant governance structures, in Chepkitale and areas adjacent to Mt. Elgon Forests Reserves and Mt. Elgon National Park, in both Trans …

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FIGHTING FOR ALL OUR TOMORROWS: A VIEW FROM KENYA

Fighting for all our tomorrows: a view from Kenya   The Elgon Ogiek are struggling to stop being evicted from their ancestral community lands by government and international ‘conservation’ agencies. These agencies are intent on securing carbon finance and profit through claiming to protect (while exploiting) Ogiek forestlands, rather than supporting the Ogiek to sustain …

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