Green Belt Movement Stories

Green Belt Movement threatens legal action over Ngong Forest hotel project
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 27, 2025

The project, described as an “eco-tourism” initiative, involves building 11 luxury cottages, two restaurants, and other upscale facilities, which GBM...

Kenya Forest Service reveals company behind controversial hotel project in Ngong Road Forest
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 27, 2025

While KFS said Konyon Company Ltd won the tender to construct the 11 cottages, the National Environment Management Authority said that it did not issu...

Green Belt Movement demands probe into hotel construction in Ngong Road Forest
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 16, 2025

The organisation has now demanded that the KFS disclose the identity of the developer undertaking construction within the forest.

Why environmentalists are casting doubts on Ruto’s Nairobi River cleanup efforts
Barack Oduor  |  Mar 12, 2025

The Green Belt Movement, founded by the late Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof Wangari Maathai, while celebrating Wangari Maathai Day, cast doubt on the...

Green Belt Movement seeks answers over developments near Karura Forest
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 21, 2025

GBM has also called for accountability, transparency, and adherence to the rule of law in managing Kenya's forests, urging an immediate investigation...

Court orders Sakaja to immediately reopen Central Park
Amina Wako  |  Dec 16, 2024

The lobby group argued that the closure of Central Park and the intermittent opening and closing of Uhuru Park infringed on the rights of Nairobi resi...

Uhuru Park: City’s green space that has survived developers' appetite for decades
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 15, 2024

Uhuru is Swahili for freedom, and Uhuru Park embodies freedom in the most unlikely way. 

Green Belt Movement sues to halt annexation of Karura Forest for road expansion
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 11, 2024

The environmental organisation has urged Kenyans to take action and protect Karura, describing it as a vital part of the nation’s heritage.

Wangari Maathai lobby vows to fight Sakaja’s Uhuru Park leasing plan in court
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 05, 2024

The group's fresh protest comes a day after Sakaja's cabinet approved the leasing and renting of designated places within Uhuru and Central Parks as p...

Green Belt Movement calls for county's protection of Uhuru and Central Parks
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 07, 2024

The governor had promised to set up a board dedicated to the two parks within 30 days of the reopening of Uhuru Park but has failed to do so.

Sakaja agrees to halt further development at Uhuru Park after uproar
Hanifa Adan  |  Apr 20, 2024

The meeting, held at Uhuru Park, followed a demand letter issued to Sakaja by the Green Belt Movement and LSK demanding that the governor immediately...

Sakaja given ultimatum over proposed nightclub construction at Uhuru Park
Hanifa Adan  |  Apr 19, 2024

In addition to the county's plans for the creation, preservation, and promotion of non-commercialized open green spaces in at least every sub-county i...

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