Using gabions as climate-resilient solution to flooding, soil erosion

A man constructs a gabion after water washed off a section of the road in Rongai on May 6, 2024.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

With the onset of the long rains, Kenya is about to enter another cycle of flooding and soil erosion. As history has shown, these challenges threaten infrastructure, food security, biodiversity, and livelihoods.

However, we can learn much from President Daniel arap Moi’s administration, where building gabions and planting trees were taken seriously as part of an environmental conservation strategy.

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