Lake Naivasha Birds of Wetland.

Lake Naivasha is a freshwater Lake in the rift valley. Situated in Nakuru county in Kenya.

The name Naivasha derives from the Maasai community that means "Naiposha" or the rough water in the Maa dialect, Due to the sudden rise of storms frequently in the Lake.

Lake Naivasha is the highest point above sea level of the Kenyan Rift valley, it is at 1,880 metres (6,180 ft) on volcanic rocks and sedimentary deposits from a larger Pleistocene era Lake. The Lake is fed by perennial Malewa and Gilgil rivers with no visible outlets, but since the Lake water is relatively fresh, it is assumed to have an underground outflow.

Kenyans Hip Hop singer Juda King visited the Lake recently and got to spot the following birds roaming the Lake; African Hoopoe, Egyptian Geese, Hadada Ibis and Superb Starling.

Juda knowing that I am a professional nature guide, I challenge my ornithology knowledge by naming all the above birds without a reference and I actually got them all correct.

Egyptian Geese photo credit: Juda King.

Superb Starling photo by Juda King.

Hadada Ibis photo by Juda King.

African Hoopoe photo by Juda King.

Artfest in the Wild 2 edition

Many today joins their hands in the day of fun as many talented Kenyans showcase their arts in the wild.
Nairobi National park Kenya Wildlife Service headquarters was today a booming place, where many witnessed the great work of arts like clothing, gravitas, carving and soft stones shaping in the artfest in the wild event.

Models got a chance to showcase their good work and their passions courtesy of Mash-autos, where many youths were optimistic and happy in the event when they appear in the red carpet with Kenya made African clothing of all types and different sizes.

In the children corner, Kids got to play unlimited games provided by 24/7 Entertainments, as kids feel the wild art day out of hustle and bustle of the busy Kenyans city of beauties and rich diversity of flora and fauna in the wild.

Everyone who got an opportunity to visit the Safari walk or a game drive in the Nairobi National Park. Comes out smiling as a day of memories in the wild arts event second edition 2016.

The main message of every Kenyan is let's protect our rich heritage. Artists and Artistes all sung and presented spoken words of conservation of our ecosystems.

Pygmy Hippos in Nairobi Safari Walk.

Common Zebra under shade.

Soft Stone arts.

Beads work in the event is amazing.

Model with African clothing.

Conservation message.

Migration of Wildebeests

You might have heard about the spectacular migration of mammals on earth. Do you? which only take place in East Africa Kenya Tanzania ecosystem. The Wildebeests circle occurred throughout annually, at the moment the circle is in the greater Maasai Mara national reserve. That's our pride as Kenyan having this magnificent spectacular wildlife event, which is one of the world wonders.

This migration of wildebeest as a term used mostly by the Maa Silver research of flora and fauna volunteers is a really rare phenomenon event. Only takes place every year in the Mara river when they battle for their life with hungry reptiles called Nile crocodiles, when they focus crossing to the great ecosystem of Mara in search of plenty of their delicacy red oath grass in the savannah grassland.

At the moment its their high season to roamed around from July - Oct mating in Kenya territories, then the circle continued to southern part of Tanzania spending December - February, where they breed and rear their calfs before the journey starts back to the toughest crossing of Mara river with a focus "Cross or die in the land of plenty Maasai Mara".

Picture taken by Maa silver research volunteer

It is an event that occurred with obstacles like human encroachment, where lots of camps now are situated right on their crossing points and also burning of the pastures on their routes to stop them coming. But all in vain to stop the mission and their vision that every year must be a reality.

Another obstacle is the predators targeting to celebrate the feast, but less cared by the population of 1.3 million wildebeests, 250,000 Thomsons Gazelles and 200,000 Common Zebras.
latest videos from the field
Maasai Mara Predators

Tunapanda Team Building in Ngong Hills

After a successful two days team building, we went for a hike in Ngong Hills Kajiado county the peak is 2460 metres above sea level.
Ngong is a Maasai phrase means Engong emuny Rhinoceros Spring this name derives from a spring located near Ngong town.

Our team of thirty IT trainers with same goal to conquer the hills bear the fruits, when we all reach at the peak of the hills with the led of our professional safari guides who have locally knowledge and rich in fauna and flora experience.

At the peak of Ngong Hills

It was not an easy task as obstacles like fog making most of the people shivering as we take time to accustomed by performing some warm up practices. Another obstacle is forest soldiers nick name in our hiking as juzi juzi those are Safari ants that attacked us while walking a long the steep hills.
We spotted the Bush buck, lots of birds for instance the Augur Buzzard and Rock Python at the edge of thick Sickle Acacia trees.
We all make it and successfully conquers and went back to our Kisame Giraffe Camp located in the Rift valley.

Ngong Hills view at Kisame Dam

Rock climbing for funs

Humanitarian OpenStreetMapping

When I started contributing to OpenStreet mapping community. I volunteered to map my local area and make the invisible visible. By tracing and place schools, buildings and villages onto a global world map, this is one of the achievement I did to give back to the community.

Volunteers from Tunapanda Institute and Map Kibera in Nairobi Kenya

On May 2016, we started joining the Humanitarian OpenStreetMapping community when the task of mapping Tanzania development trust in Serengeti district begun. Where we contributed with them to map the mugumo localities.

Joining HOT Tanzania Mapping Project.

On July 2016, we have also participated project #1988 task for Milange district of Mozambique with Purpose to help indoor residual malaria spraying programs.

Data created from this mapping effort, will help Indoor Residual Spraying programs in Mozambique plan for the upcoming spray campaign. On completion of the base map by remote mappers, Peace Corps Volunteers in Zambezia Province will work with their Mozambican counterparts to complete Field Papers in key villages and towns then add local knowledge to OSM.

Mozambique Project for eradicating Malaria.

Ololchurra is one of the areas in Maasai Mara that before the Openstreet map, Schools and villages were no where to be seen in global maps but thanks to the OSM community for not restricting who and where can volunteers be to contribute to Humanitarians OpenStreet Mapping tasks (HOT).

Mapping My local Area in Maasai Mara.

Nairobi National Park

The day in search of the rare Bongo antelope species in The wetland and forest ecosystem. We started early morning in the Nairobi safari walk where we found the Bongo in a devasting state. But has received treatment from the Kenya wildlife service veterinaries. Nairobi National Park established in 1946 has been a home to the endangered black Rhinos due to the rich ecosystem as they fed on the mega fauna found in the park.
Rare Bongo inhabited forested places in the Aberdares ranges and other forested areas in the country. More effort and a combine conservation consent between the communities living around forested areas and the Kenya Wildlife Service has been a key to survival of the Bongo species.


On our safari we stop as we clarify that what done by our president on 30th April 2016 in the Ivory burning has a mark and legacy in our conservation of our heritage.
The ashes is what welcome us to the site, where 105 tons of Ivories which worth much before turning to Ivories from Tusks in our magnificent Elephants.

Nairobi National Park

The day in search of the rare Bongo antelope species in The wetland and forest ecosystem. We started early morning in the Nairobi safari walk where we found the Bongo in a devasting state. But has received treatment from the Kenya wildlife service veterinaries. Nairobi National Park established in 1946 has been a home to the endangered black Rhinos due to the rich ecosystem as they fed on the mega fauna found in the park.
Rare Bongo inhabited forested places in the Aberdares ranges and other forested areas in the country. More effort and a combine conservation consent between the communities living around forested areas and the Kenya Wildlife Service has been a key to survival of the Bongo species.


On our safari we stop as we clarify that what done by our president on 30th April 2016 in the Ivory burning has a mark and legacy in our conservation of our heritage.
The ashes is what welcome us to the site, where 105 tons of Ivories which worth much before turning to Ivories from Tusks in our magnificent Elephants.

Youth skills helps Kenya

It was an amazing weekend where aspiring entrepreneurs join their effort as they compete for the best idea for the Nairobi startups weekend. The 40 hrs event took place in the Strathmore university school in Nairobi County.

The business third month for Tunapanda Institute on its peak but the crew of trainees represent the institute by being involved and showcasing their expertise together with their trainers.

The mission was lets revolutionize the education in social entrepreneurship, This was proven when Nairobi takes the crown at the global awards 2016 out of 49 other countries. We all agree that the startup weekend was productive and awesome.

The winner of this year startup weekend is team Guardian congratulations to all in the team.
Second place winners is Yoyo Kids team and Third place winner is Outbox Ed team.

Get more about the Nairobi startup weekend from the article in the link below!
Good work never in vain

Endangered Rothschild Giraffes.

On Monday, the talk about endangered species of Giraffes started before noon, to passed the message to the congregation of visitors on the labor day holiday, who pay their visit to the wildlife sanctuary called the Giraffes center in Karen Nairobi county Kenya.

Benjamin who is the education officer gave us a brief history of the center which was started for the conservation of these endangered species of wildlife, due to human encroachment and poaching for bush meat in the western parts of Kenya, The founders conceived a unique idea on how to conserved the few remain Rothschild giraffes by creating a safe haven for them in 1979.

They rehabilitated young giraffes and reintroduced them back to the wild after every three years of every individual being in the center.

He elaborated more about the species.
Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis Rothschildi) is one of the most endangered giraffe subspecies, with only a few hundred members in the wild. Also known as the Baringo giraffe, after the Lake Baringo area of Kenya, or as the Ugandan giraffe. All of those living in the wild are in protected areas in Kenya and Uganda.

What was amazing is that the giraffes were keeping on visit the balcony for their nutrition food called pellets, that gives us the conservationists a feel of what we love most by coming closer to these iconic animals of our heritage.

Benjamin Briefing about the Giraffes Declines causes

After greetings he decided to go back and reunion with others.

Can I have some pellets for taste.

East Africa cloud Summit (Nairobi County)

Our future is in our hands, so we need to revolutionize cloud services in rural areas to enhance technology to the society.

On 22nd, April, 2016 in #eaCloudsummit which was held in Inter Continental hotel Nairobi.
Session 4: Enhancing innovation by utilizing cloud services.
Thought leadership presentation by Prof. Bitange Ndemo.
keys points mentioned;

• Servers now in use may not work next two years due to rapidly changing technology, lets all be the change we want as a society in the this digital era.
• We need regulations to better guidelines of how to use the cloud services.
• The government need now to have population profile of every individual in regardless of where they live by use of cloud services power.
• We need to be trustworthy in the use of cloud services.
• We as technology hub country, lets keep pushing cloud services to accelerate societal transformation and economic.
• Cloud services indiscriminate communities from northern and coast parts it brings us all together.

Advantages of cloud services.

• Allows use of already created resources online.
• We can leverage technology to overcome people deprivations so to eradicate poverty in the globe. 
• 20 millions  Kenyan population are children recent deprivations research from UNICEF shows that;

             15.8 millions deprived sanitation

             13.1 millions inadequate shelter

             1.1 millions deprived health

            7.8 millions deprived safe water

            5.3 millions deprived education

Research by Minu Limbu UNICEF Kenya country office.

Solution is sharing cloud services and other infrastructures like electricity, schools and roads with the less fortune.

Everybody collect public data, must share free to everybody or disseminate equally to all.

It was a great meetup and to share ideas on how to improve on use of cloud services, with a mission in the globe to change the situation to benefit humanity on the planet.

Panel discussion