Kenya: Maathai seeks laws on resource sharing

Parliamentarians must introduce legislation to address inadequate distribution of resources to minimise conflicts, participants at the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference were told yesterday (May 8). "We must legislate laws that protect environment rather than dwell on politics," said Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof Wangari Maathai. She said most conflicts worldwide stem from greed and selfishness in which some disregard the rule of law and take more resources than others. "There is an inevitable linkage between peace, sustainable management of resources and good governance," said Mathaai.