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Rosalia Omungo
Rosalia Omungo works as a TV journalist for the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation(KBC). She specializes in reporting science, environment, agriculture and technology and holds a BSc from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from University of Nairobi, School of Journalism. Rosalia is responsible for producing ‘Earth Watch’, a weekly environment segment in the news, and also host a weekly one hour show on environment, ‘Eco Show’. This programme engages politicians, researchers and NGO workers , as well as communities, on various environmental issues concerning them.
Posts by Rosalia Omungo
Green energy strategy to deal with climate change
No commentsThe Kenyan government is seeking international financial support as it prepares to embrace green energy. Kenyan Evironment Minister John Michuki says geothermal steam reserves (powering in at an estimated at 7000 megawatts) are amongst the resources Kenya hopes to exploit in order to reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels. The minister spoke at the launch of the Kenya Climate Change Response Strategy in Copenhagen, on the sidelines of the COP15 climate change negotiations.
»Maathai calls for eucalyptus ban
No commentsA leading campaigner’s call for an end to the planting of eucalyptus trees in Kenya has prompted some scientists to disagree.
»Kenya: New laws to safeguard environment
No commentsKenya’s Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka says environmental protection should be entrenched in constititution to help end forest destruction that is blamed for plunging the country into famine.
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