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URBAN FLOODING

Many Kenyans have attributed the current flooding in most urban areas to "encroachment of developers into riparian land". I find this escapist and bordering on ignorance. And this is my argument:

Nairobi, the land of cool waters, was always a riparian land. This city was built on a swamp where nomadic pastoralists would bring their livestock only during dry seasons. But we made it into a city and constructed skyscrapers.

Human civilisation has always been about utilising natural forces to serve our interests. That's why planes fly. It is how we generate electricity through various systems. But that's to digress...

In urbanizing our lifestyles, we've had to construct hundreds of thousands of square kilometres of pavements. We've had to build many hactares of road surfaces. We've built houses and homes in hundreds of thousands of hactares of land. We have made all these surfaces, which were otherwise pervious, impervious! The only infrastructure we haven't build are drains! So, where did we expect all that water from the large impervious surfaces to go? To continue flowing through it's "natural channels"? No. We've generated much more runoff that natural flow systems can carry safely.

The solution to our actions should be to invest similar efforts in evacuating the run off through modern engineering interventions. No moving away from "riparian land" will guarantee our safety, unless we can continue expanding the so called riparian land to accommodate the increased runoff. But this is not possible. We must now resort to technology to be able to evacuate more water though narrower spaces.

The above is possible given that under such designed channels, we can, to a greater extent, determine flow through such channels by working around gradients and other flow parameters.

Cities of the future must prepare to evacuate more water through narrower and denser pathways. We must consider underground evacuation channels to save space for our developmental demands. We must re-engineer existing waterways to make them more efficient. We must reduce the undulations and meanderings in some of our city channels. We must create additional drains where none existed and balance these with the need for other infrastructure. We must invest in large water storage infrastructures to trap and conserve these seasonal flows.

Urban flooding is a failure of engineering and planning than simply "encroachment into riparian land". Let's think harder and avoid simplified escapist theories.

Finally, an agreement to "transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly, and equitable manner".

This in itself is a huge leap at the global level. We support.

Day2 was great at the PASAE -KeSEBAE 2023 conference with our very senior Engineers on stage.

It was a wonderful evening at the PASAE-KeSEBAE Annual international conference. And we had some special guests. Thanks to EBK-CEO for gracing the cocktail.

5th PASAE-KESEBAE Conference underway at the University of Nairobi Towers.

What to expect at the PASAE-KeSEBAE Conference 2023:

Wednesday 6 December 2023, 9:00am - Opening Ceremony at the Chandaria Conference Centre, University of Nairobi

Wednesday 6 December 2023, 11:00am - Keynote speeches and Paper presentations

Wednesday 6 December 2023, 5:30pm - PASAE Council Meeting

Wednesday 6 December 2023, 6:30pm - Cocktail Dinner

Thursday 7 December 2023, 8:30am - Sponsors and Key note presentations

Thursday 7 December 2023, 2:00pm - PASAE General Assembly Meeting

Thursday 7 December 2023, 2:00pm - KeSEBAE Annual General Meeting

Friday 8 December 2023, 7:00am - Field excursions at the KenGen-Olkaria Geothermal Power plant, Naivasha

Have you booked your space at the PASAE-KeSEBAE Conference 2023? Visit our website or call the secretariat.

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As part of the preparations for the forthcoming KeSEBAE/PASAE conference, 2023, the Local Organising Committee met with the top management of Technical University of Kenya led by the DVC, Institutional Advancement and Enterprise, Prof. (Eng.) P. M. Wambua. The LOC was led by the Chairperson Prof. (Eng.) L. Gumbe.

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This year, 2023, KeSEBAE is partnering with the Pan African Society of Agricultural Engineers (PASAE) to host the 5th PASAE Conference at the Univerity of Nairobi, Kenya. Find more details at www.kesebae.or.ke and book your space.

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KeSEBAE – Kenya Society of Environmental, Biological and Agricultural Engineers Advancing the development of our members' profession THE VOICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS IN KENYA Our Location Nairobi-Kenya Enquiry +254 788 712 156 Professional and Experienced Discover who we are Kenya Society of Environmental, Biological and Agricult...

Upcoming event: Webinar on industrial and medical uses of h**p on Wednesday 31 May 2023, 11:00am EAT. Register for the event at www.kesebae.or.ke

KeSEBAE team held discussions earlier today with Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) earlier today. The Chairperson presented a copy of the Journal of Engineering in Agriculture and the Environment to the Chief Manager, Renewable Energy at REREC, Eng. Ephantus Kamweru.

KeSEBAE Executive Committee earlier today held a very constructive meeting with the UNEP Acting Deputy Executive Director Ms Sonja Leighton-Kone and her team at the UNEP offices in Nairobi. The discussions focused on how the two institutions can collaborate in common areas of interest. KeSEBAE team was led by the Chairperson, Eng. Prof. Lawrence Gumbe.

Last night, NASA and NOAA announced 2022 as the 5th hottest year on record since 1880. Global warming is real and it has serious consequences on particularly the poor and vulnerable. These are five ways YOU can help address this problem:
1. Use less energy. Switch off energy gadgets you don't need. Don't drive if you don't have to, check on the energy rating of appliances you use, etc.
2. Watch what you eat. Reduce meat intake. Take less processed foods.
3. Adopt green energy and maximise use of natural light.
4. Properly and regularly maintain energy gadgets in your home. These include fridges, taps, cookers, washing machines, iron boxes, etc.
5. Ask your institution to conduct regular energy audits and act on recommendations of such audits.

Thank you.

Thanks all for a very successful 2022 Conference. Has been our greatest pleasure hosting so many. Much love.

Annual conference 2022 opens in a few hours. Take your seat. Proceedings available both in-person and virtual. We are at the UoN Towers, Nairobi.

KeSEBAE annual conference opens tomorrow 7 December 2022 at the University of Nairobi Towers. To participate, register at www.kesebae.or.ke or email us at [email protected].

KeSEBAE – Kenya Society of Environmental, Biological and Agricultural Engineers Advancing the development of our members' profession THE VOICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS IN KENYA Our Location Nairobi-Kenya Enquiry +254 788 712 156 Professional and Experienced Discover who we are Kenya Society of Environmental, Biological and Agricult...

KeSEBAE annual international conference 7-9 December 2022 at the University of Nairobi Towers. Registration ongoing at www.kesebae.or.ke

Join KeSEBAE webinar on Forest Management on 25/10/2022 from 11:00am

To book your space, visit our website www.kesebae.or.ke and register and pay for the virtual conference.

Kenya Society of Environmental, Biological and Agricultural Engineers Kenya society of Environmental, Biological and Agricultural Engineers (KeSEBAE) (formerly the Kenya Society of Agricultural Engineers) is a professional society dedicated to the advancement of science and art of engineering in environment, biology based production processing and management systems a...

KeSEBAE Annual Conference and AGM begins this morning from 8:30am.

If you haven't booked your space yet, get in touch ASAP.

KeSEBAE specialists conducting training for Ministry of Agriculture projects staff at KALRO facilities in Naivasha, Kenya. The main theme of the training was procurement and contract management for engineering projects.

Training session on procurement and contract management offered by KeSEBAE to staff of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives Development, SIVAP and DRSLP at KALRO, Naivasha:8-12 February 2021.

Thanks to all our members and well wishers for a very successful virtual conference held on 17 December 2020. KeSEBAE is committed to encouraging professional discourse among it's members and the wider society on topical issues affecting engineering interventions in the environmental, biological and agricultural disciplines. Let's keep talking and acting.

The theme of this year's conference is Engineering the Future.