International Organizations Issues President Uhuru with Demands over Joannah Stutchbury's Death
International NGO organizations comprising environmentalists, conservationists, civil society organizations and advocates have issued President Uhuru Kenyatta with four demands following the death of environmentalist Joannah Stutchbury.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
Through a press statement dated Friday, July 16, the 44 NGOs asked President Uhuru to direct the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to investigate the matter and bring perpetrators to book.
The international bodies also wanted the president to direct the Ministry of Environment and the Kenya Forestry Service to develop a plan on how to protect all forests from land grabbers.
"This includes nurturing, protecting, and enhancing the capacity of forest-dwelling and indigenous communities including the Ogiek and Sengwer to protect forests, lakes, and rivers.
"Nurture, protect and enhance the capacity of forest-dwelling and indigenous communities, like the Ogiek and Sengwer, to defend and protect our forests, lakes, and rivers. To direct, with immediate effect, environmental activists’ to stop being labeled as anti-development, nay-sayers, disruptors, or a nuisance," they demanded.
They gave a 14-day ultimatum to the DCI to thoroughly investigate Joannah’s murder and make public their status report by July 30.
The NGOs included Amnesty International Kenya, Wildlife Direct, Greenpeace Africa, and the Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI).
Environmentalist and activist Joannah Stutchbury was shot dead by unknown criminals outside her Kiambu house, on Thursday, July 15. According to conservationist Dr. Paula Kahumbu, he alleged that the murder was related to the activist's fight for the environmental conservancy.
President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned the late Kenyan environmentalist and ordered security agencies to track down and apprehend the assailants.
