Save Nairobi National Park
Environmentalists and conservationists have in recent times come out strongly to oppose the government's plan to construct the SGR through the Nairobi National Park. There is an argument that this will create a dangerous precedent for our country as infrastructure development is likely to be put on the fore front at the expense of environmental protection. The same project is also believed to cause destruction of the wildlife habitat. However, some like President Uhuru Kenyatta and Dr. Richard Leakey have supported the proposal claiming the impacts won't be adverse. I came across the EIA report for this project and decided to share a portion of it regarding the expected impacts and mitigation measures to be put in place. Going through it we can all draw our conclusions on whether the project is justified to pass through the park or not. Read for yourselves below an excerpt of the same. Personally, i believe the best option would be to re-route the path that the construction