mazingira-mcp
Why This Exists
Kenyan projects stall or get fined because NEMA's permit thresholds, EIA requirements and environmental rights are hard to establish up front. Operating without an EIA carries serious penalties, so knowing which category a project falls into is worth more than knowing the law in general.
Install
pip install mazingira-mcp
Tools (5)
nema_permit_guide— Return Kenya NEMA (National Environment Management Authority) permit requirements and application process.
args: activity_type, countyclimate_data_guide— Return Kenya climate data, rainfall patterns, and temperature ranges by region.
args: data_type, countyconservation_areas— Return information on Kenya national parks, game reserves, and conservation areas.
args: county, area_typeenvironmental_rights_query— Return Kenya citizen environmental rights and violation reporting procedures.
args: topicclimate_adaptation_guide—
args: region, sector
Example
from mazingira_mcp.server import nema_permit_guide
result = nema_permit_guide(project_type='construction')
# permit type, threshold, fee basis, timeline, penalty exposure
Claude Desktop Integration
Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mazingira-mcp": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "mazingira_mcp.server"]
}
}
}
Data & Disclaimers
Thresholds, fees and penalties reflect NEMA guidance and the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act. Verify current figures at nema.go.ke before budgeting or filing.
Every tool response carries a source field. Responses labelled DEMO are
illustrative reference data, not a live feed — verify against the authority
named in the response before acting on it.
Part of the East Africa Coordination Stack
This MCP server is one of 32 tools in the Kenya coordination infrastructure.
Connect it to africa-coord-bus —
the coordination event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.
pip install africa-coord-bus
All 32 servers: pypi.org/user/gmahia Live demo: coord-cascade-demo
IP & Collaboration
MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only — pull requests are not accepted. Demo data is labeled DEMO and is not suitable for operational decisions. Full policy: docs/architecture/IP_POLICY.md. Security reports: see SECURITY.md.
Part of the East Africa coordination stack
- Install & run:
pip install reli-cli && reli list— 33 MCP servers on the official MCP Registry underio.github.gabrielmahia - Evaluate any model on Swahili agent tasks: kipimo · dataset · leaderboard
- Coordinate across servers: africa-coord-bus — offline-first event bus with a built-in Kenya routing table
- Datasets: huggingface.co/gmahia · Docs hub: nairobi-stack
Model-agnostic by design: closed APIs, open-weight models, and small distilled models are all first-class citizens.