PROJECTS
1: "Transforming Tenure Rights: Community-Driven Change in Northern Kenya’s Obbu Region"
A participatory community workshop on land tenure changes was organized by the Gaadisa
Gummi Foundation at its centre at the Maddo Korma in Sololo-sub county of the Obbu region on
30th October 2024. The facilitating modelling workshop engaged participants from the Obbu
region, the Sololo sub-county, for their collective efforts to address pressing land tenure issues.
GGF executive director professor Gufu Oba leading in discussions with the participants from the obbu region. Findings show risks from unclear land use, government projects, and commercialization threaten progress. Recommendations emphasize inclusive policies, legal clarity, and education to empower local communities.
Photo courtesy of GGF@2024
Participants airing their views on issues on land tenure in the obbu region. Indigenous knowledge and collaboration among stakeholders are key to sustainable resource management.
Adapting to Change: A study of semiprivate range enclosures in Kenya's Obbu region reveals a shift toward pasture preservation driven by community innovation.
2:"A Community-Led Resource Mapping and Land Registration: Challenges, Opportunities, and Advocacy for Customary Land Rights in Northern Kenya" . A participatory community workshop (14-17 December 2024) engaged local herders in resource mapping, covering 62 km of the Ambalo rangelands. The study identified six key vegetation and soil types, using indigenous and ecological assessments. Herders provided historical insights into grazing patterns and land use changes.
The herder range scouts and ecologists discussing the ecology and management of a Commiphora mixed woodland landscape. Note the characteristic red soils for the Wayama landscape.
Mapped 62 km of the Ambalo rangelands using a combined ecological and indigenous knowledge approach.
Local herder scouts together with ecologist describing vegetation types during the road transect to ambalo.
Cognitive mapping of the grazing lands of the Moyale and Sololo sub-county communities. The Abbreviations for the border markers are the geographical place names (KI = Koora Idda, BM = Bulle Marma, WA = Wachu Aranqesa, BA = Basiri, and Arbajan where all the borders of Marsabit, Isiolo, Wajir and Moyale meet