2020
JANUARY
KDRTV - High Alert as Al Shabaab Terrorists are Arrested in Laikipia, Eastleigh Airbases
Evening Standard - Three 'terror suspects' arrested in Kenya after trying to force way into British Army camp
KDRTV - BREAKING! Police Shoot two Terrorists after Killing 4 People
The Star - Six held for spying in Nairobi, Ruiru and Laikipia
The Independent - Three Americans killed in al-Shabaab attack on Kenyan military base
Standard Digital - Why conservancies are clashing with villagers
The Star - Laikipia county on high alert over possible locust invasion
Daily Nation - Aerial spraying of desert locusts in Isiolo County begins
Standard Digital - Destructive desert locusts now invade Meru and Isiolo
Daily Nation - Locust invasion: Aerial spraying begins in Isiolo, Meru
The Star - Desert locusts ravage eight counties
The Star - Mt Kenya governors plan meeting over BBI
Daily Nation - Alarm over food security and economy as locusts spread
The Star - Ten counties and counting: Locusts munching to Baringo, Turkana
Standard Media - Actionable solution to locust invasion in Kenya
All Africa - Kenya: Fears Grow as Aerial Locust Spraying Fails
Daily Nation - Challenges and object lessons in reporting the invasion of locusts
Daily Nation - Fears grow as aerial locust spraying fails
The Star - Pesticides being sprayed to control locusts are safe - expert
dw.com - Living Planet: Acrobatics and grass banks
Daily Nation - Locust invasion: Lack of proper pesticides a major challenge
Hivisasa - It is the high time government declares locusts' invasion as a national disaster — Wajir CEC
The Conversation - Lessons on how to effectively tackle insect invasions
Phys.org - Black rhino population shows steady growth
Daily Nation - Locust invasion: Another swarm in Wajir despite spraying
The Star - Birds and bees: locust breeding to start next week
Daily Nation - Munya upbeat about locust elimination despite setbacks
Daily Nation - Wind may blow locusts away from Kenya’s bread basket: UN
Hivisasa - CS Munya exudes confidence in war against locust invasion
The Star - Locusts invasion to worsen food insecurity
Reliefweb - Desert Locust situation update - 20 January 2020
KBC - Laikipia farmers receive Ksh 40 million for sustainable farming
Daily Nation - Kenya grapples with limited resources as locusts wreak havoc
The Star - Weight to decide price of Marsabit livestock for sale
The Star - Desert locusts have invaded 10 counties - Munya
Daily Nation - How to effectively tackle locust invasion
Hivisasa - Embu joins the list of counties invaded by locusts
Standard Digital - Government embarks on upgrading two towns in Laikipia County
Daily Nation - Section of Laikipia leaders urge politicians not to politicise BBI report to avoid dividing Kenyans
All Africa - Kenya: Survey Shows Laikipia County Has Iron Ore Deposits
Daily Nation - Locust invasion could get worse if control efforts not stepped up
FEBRUARY
Business Daily - Citizen scientists get out to save Grevy’s zebra
Standard Digital - Kenya says it is on top of things as locusts spread to 15 counties
Standard Digital - Police officer shot in Laikipia banditry attack
Citizen TV - Three former Laikipia CDF officers arrested by EACC detectives
National Zoo - Growing Livestock Numbers Threaten One of the Last Refuges for Large Wild Herbivores in Kenya
Daily Nation - Governor Ndiritu Muriithi sacks over 172 staff
Daily Nation - Locust invasion: Kenya hires experts to assess damage in counties
KBC - Laikipia Leaders Decry Rising Cases of Insecurity in the Region
Kenya News - Laikipia Politicians Warned Against Inciting Locals
Capital FM - Ruto Warns Politicians Against Weaponizing BBI To Drive Ethnic Divisions
KDRTV - Swarm Of Locusts Arrives In Nyandarua, Nakuru Counties
Standard Digital - Fireworks as Raila and Ruto camps clash over BBI report proposals
Daily Nation - Let BBI rallies not be platforms for spewing ethnic hate, violence
KDRTV - 3 People Dead After Fresh Attacks in Laikipia - Isiolo border
Daily Nation - Locusts population in Samburu 'up 100 times' as they hatch
Standard Digital - Five killed as rangers battle bandits in Laikipia
Daily Nation - Rift widens in Mt Kenya as BBI row divides its leaders
Standard Digital - Police deployed as security teams meet elders over banditry attacks
MARCH
Standard Digital - Mt Kenya leaders tear into Raila over BBI rallies
The Star - Isiolo-Laikipia border tense after 4 slain at Naibung’a conservancy
The Star - 27 counties affected by locust invasion - Oparanya
DW.com - In Kenya, herders turn an invasive cactus into biofuel
KBC - Two dead, three injured in fresh banditry attacks in Laikipia
Daily Nation - Isiolo police recover stolen cows in gun fight with bandits
Daily Nation - Italy donates Sh140m to women groups in Laikipia to improve opuntia, aloe and honey value chains
Daily Nation - Farmers suffer as locusts and virus outbreak threaten harvests
Standard Digital - Farmers brace for return of the desert locusts
Africa Intelligence - British army withdraws on health grounds
KBC - Govt to continue aerial spraying of locust infested counties
The Star - Aerial spraying of desert locusts to continue – official
APRIL
Reuters - With tourists gone, Africa's conservationists brace for the worst
VOA News - Locusts, COVID-19 Combination Pose Dire Threat to East Africa
The Elephant - Laikipia – Tradition, Tourism and Distancing
Daily Nation - Covid -19: Laikipia MCAs to approve funds, cautions Governor Ndiritu against embezzlement
Nation News - Safari dollars dry up for wildlife reserves
Travel and Leisure - In Kenya, an Epic Photographic Safari Through Some of Africa's Most Dramatic Landscapes
Standard Media - I’ve been through fire but I’m still standing
Standard Media - Eighteen vultures die in Laikipia after feeding on poisonous carcasses
Daily Nation - God will judge you for pretending to be needy to get relief food - Laikipia Governor
Daily Nation - Camel owner arrested over vulture deaths
The Star - 40,000 Laikipia families to get relief food
China.org - Kenyan lobby urge action to stem loss of vultures through poisoning
The Standard - DPP okays murder charges against nine police officers after IPOA probe
The Standard - KWS clashes with community after poisoning of 18 birds and jackal
Daily Nation - EACC raids Waiguru's homes, offices - VIDEO
EureAlert - Biocontrol most cost-effective in fight against common pest pear Opuntia stricta
The Star - Tough terrains a challenge in locust control, says FAO
Financial Times - Poaching fears rise after coronavirus empties Kenya’s national parks
KBC - EACC launches investigations on grabbed Govt land in Nanyuki
The Standard - Nanyuki’s expansive land draws thirsty property developers
Nation - Live-streamed escapes to bush
MAY
Daily Nation - Three nabbed in Laikipia while trying to sell elephant tusks
Business Daily - Why maize is giving way to oat farming in Laikipia
KBC - Employees of British Army camp placed on quarantine in Nanyuki
The Star - A sanctuary for a stressful time
RTE.ie - Pandemic poachers aim to make a killing
The Star - Mandera, Wajir, Marsabit top risk of desert locust invasion
KBC - Two nabbed with game trophies as KWS decries increased poaching cases
Tuko - Laikipia man found with elephant tusk jailed for 5 years
The Standard - Government should save dairy sector sector threatened by the coronavirus
Eve - The unsung heroines of community health work
The Star - Three suspected cattle thieves gunned down in Laikipia
Nation - KAELO & LALAMPAA: Invest more in complementary conservation
JUNE
Daily Nation - Waruguru rallies behind Uhuru, Raila, backs BBI
KDRTV - OPINIONThe untold story and Mystery of Laikipia County becoming a British Colony
The Guardian - My land is now owned by lions': Maasai farmers offer Kenya's wildlife a lifeline
Daily Nation - In Laikipia North pupils seek to quench education thirst, but…
Daily Nation - Unfair sharing of public resources to blame for Laikipia’s low literacy
KBC - Ksh 140m Solio water project in Laikipia County nears completion
The Elephant - Why Black Lives Don’t Matter in Kenya’s Colonial ‘Conservancies’
JULY
Nation - Killer cactus
Daily Nation - Laikipia County allocates Sh10m to kick start mining as prospects rise
Medical Press - Grassroots dog vaccinations can help stop rabies, but not alone
The Standard - Wild Dogs Return Years after Disease Almost Wiped Them Out
The Standard - Teacher Killed in Laikipia Bandit Attack
The Standard - Laikipia Residents Protest Over Insecurity
Kahawatungu - Wildlife Conservationist Mordecai Ogada Accuses Laikipia Foreign Ranch Guards Of Threatening To Shoot Him
Business Daily - Kenyans to pay Sh1bn for private wildlife rangers
Citizen TV - CS Balala orders probe after Kenyan was harassed by gun-totting rangers in Laikipia
Kenyans.co.ke - Mordecai Ogada Threatened at Gunpoint During Game Drive
Survival International - Noted Kenyan conservationist falsely accused of “poaching”
Daily Nation - Officials probe harassment claim at Ol Jogi Conservancy
The Standard - Balala orders inquiry after ranch official threatens Kenyan family at gunpoint
Daily Nation - Officials probe harassment claim at Ol Jogi Conservancy
The Independent - The crash in tourism has jeopardised decades of wildlife conservation efforts in Kenya
The Star - Bandits invade Laikipia village, steal 90 cattle and donkeys
AUGUST
Daily Nation - Guns are silent, but Laikipia locals want police reservists back
Daily Nation - Isiolo leaders accuse police of bias after cows seized from locals
The Standard - Joy as Mau Mau veterans are allocated land in Laikipia
Standard Media - Samburu county, nine conservancies and NRT sign MOU
The Star - 10 eggs harvested to save northern white rhino
Africa Science News - Kenya’s community conservancies stay afloat amid COVID-19
KBC - Railway revival to boost counties economy says Kimemia
The Independent - Kenya wildlife conservancies need rescue from coronavirus impact
The Standard - Revival of old railway line to spring new life in counties
The Standard - University to make ventilators
Intelligentcio - Connected Conservation expands to Kenya to protect local species
The Standard - Norwegian fund burns fingers second time in Kenya’s power sector
The Standard - Whites are ‘animal lovers,’ but Africans dismissed as witches\
Daily Nation - Kenya: Stolen Cows Recovered in Samburu Returned to Owners
SEPTEMBER
The Standard - Met predicts depressed short rains for 3 months
All Africa - Kenya: Samburu, Maasai Elders Help Recover 47 Stolen Cows
Eurekalert - First assessment of naturalized, invasive and potentially invasive plan
Standard Media - Ol Pejeta Bush Camp introduces noiseless safari electric vehicles
All Africa - Kenya: Magistrate Puts Brakes on Herders' Claim to Laikipia Farm
KBC - Over 60 families in Laikipia County benefit from free modern housing
The Standard - Laikipia County aims to revamp tourism after being ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic
The Standard - Study shows African cattle's unique traits
OCTOBER
Wild Cru - The Laikipia Lion Rangers take part in the Wildlife Ranger Challenge
KTN/Standard - Laikipia residents decry rising insecurity in the area, 6 people killed in recent months
All Africa - Kenya: British Troops to Return for Training in January
France 24 - Kenya's fight against poaching pays off as elephant population doubles
The Star - State abandons us to bandits — Laikipia residents
KTN/Standard - Residents of Laikipia challenged to embrace co-operatives, Muriithi assures them of his support
SBS News - An Australian initiative is helping these Kenyan women to support the next generation
Kenya News - Communities Encouraged To Promote Local Tourism
KBC - Over 3,000 families cry for justice over grabbed land in Laikipia
NOVEMBER
The East African - DISCOVERY: Safari in search of elusive black leopard
KBC - Laikipia County commences residents engagement program on BBI
Kenya News - Nanyuki Marks 100 Years Of Existence Since It Was Declared A Town By Colonial Governor
All Africa - Kenya: How Investors Sabotage Themselves in Nanyuki
The Standard - Joy as Nanyuki celebrates 100 years
The Street Journal - Kenya: Worst Locust Invasion May Hit Country Mid-December
Kenya News - Laikipia Waives Land Rates Penalties To Mark 100 Years Of Nanyuki Town
DECEMBER
The Star - Two arrested with 10 pieces of ivory in Nanyuki town
All Africa- Kenya: The Changing Fortunes of Maasai Women
The Standard - Kenya’s vast range lands and the conservancy question
KBC - Govt warns of another wave of desert locust invasion
Kenya News - Environment CS Warns Illegal Grazers In Forests In Laikipia
KBC - Tobiko condemns illegal grazing in Mukogodo Forest
The Star - Breeding sanctuary to shore up mountain bongo numbers
Business Daily - Laikipia tuk-tuk’s rocky road to getting approval
Kenya News - County Kicks Off Mass Vaccination Of Dogs