Based on the field trip experience, I observed the people were faced with a lot of climate uncertainties ” extreme weather events” leading to the occurrence of drought and flood interchangeable over years. The decline of natural resources within rift could be as a result of climate and environmental change which have been intensify by human activities. Other identify problems were as follows;

1. The Maasai pastoralist lived with their cattle’s within the rift which gave room for water contamination and other related sanitation issues resulting to water related illness among the populace which could affect their productivities (output).
2. The increasing population (human and animals) over the years could cause conflict between the farmers and pastoralist due to shrinking land for farming (rain fed agriculture) and grazing over the years.
3. There evidence of sheet and rill erosion process which could affect the fertility and condition of arable land for rain fed agriculture.
4. Depreciation of the ecological services within the Maasai conservation area of the rift was observe and needs urgent attention.
5. Drought and flood have affected the livelihood, health and well begin of the Massai people of the rift.
6. The people are living in hamlet and in dispersed form of settlement which could be difficult for the Narok government to provide preventive measures against diseases like malaria and water relate problems to the people.
7. There is need to understand the past climate before the development of the rift, present micro climate and predict what the future micro climate will be within the rift system. These will give more light on the implications

Climate Variability and Change ; pluviometry.

Kenya and Burundi’s rich biodiversity and diverse ecosystems are crucial for the well-being of its people and the global community. The countries have made significant strides in conversation efforts, exemplified by their commitment to several international conventions and developing comprehensive policy frameworks.

Yet, the challenge remains in effectively integrating conversation goals with broader sustainable development objectives. The “EcoPulse Alliance Project – Bridging Primary Education, Tech, and Conversation in Kenya and Burundi”, rooted in the Kenyan and Burundian contexts, aims to explore how knowledge-driven policy integration, with a specific focus on primary education and mentorship efforts and the role of technology (including artificial intelligence), is achieved, and how political power dynamics influence the prioritization of these objectives.

I am interested in understanding the mechanisms behind the evolution of climate over the last 100 million years. At the continental scale, I am interested in the interactions between atmosphere and vegetation, and the impact of orographic barriers such as the Rift shoulders on atmospheric dynamics.

Climate and “Earth system” models are my daily tools, but I am particularly interested in interdisciplinary approaches, one of the fundamental questions of my research being to understand the interactions between paleogeography, climate and the evolution of biodiversity over geological time.