Oldonyo Nyoke Update on our engagements with the community

Olodonyo Nyoke was one of the first communities that SftFA engaged with – which resulted in a signed MOU in late December 2021.  Over the next two years we met with community on many occasions following our Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) process.  Our engagements with the community and its members are well documented – including with its grazing committee.  From our perspective these engagements have always been positive and mutually supportive of joining the Kajiado Rangelands Carbon Project (KRCP).  It was out of the community’s clear request for more direct support for grazing management that we helped facilitate a Rapid Rotational Grazing Plan (RRG) in March 2025.

However, also in March of this year, we unfortunately had to inform the leadership that we could no longer continue our engagement.  By this time our original MOU had expired, and we had not been able to sign the necessary agreements needed to carry the project forward. This was due to political disagreements within the community that were not directly related to our proposed carbon project but did influence community governance.  The recent protests are testimony to the civil unrest that persists. 

SftFA is still very interested to continue our constructive dialogue with the community of Oldonyo Nyoke and is prepared to welcome Oldonyo Nyoke into the KRCP.  We patiently await a time when the community is able to resolve its political conflicts and can proceed with full support to join the KRCP.

For more information about the KRCP and what a soil carbon project is, please click here

For more information on the science behind grazing management-based soil carbon projects with evidence of how to document success, please click here to see the manuscript - for tracking benefits to rangeland health. We are in the process of submitting it for publication – and that will involve third party independent review.