Natural Organic Fert Program at Lake OB

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NATURAL ORGANIC FERTILIZER PROGRAM AT LAKE OL' BOLOSSAT, CENTRAL PROVINCE, KENYA

NOVEMBER 2022

This program would take place on a lake which has been presently dehydrating (=
dying up) because of low water input from the nearby Abadares Mountains and Satima
Escarpment coupled with high levels of evaporation. Actually, there is low to zero
overland water flowing into the lake but, luckily, water still comes through
groundwater seepage. The reason for the lack of overland surface water, which
would be seen in the local streams and rivers, is that these waters are presently
being diverted illegally by local land owners using the water mainly for irrigating
their crops. It seems that the local government is not willing to resolve this
issue. It is highly unlikely that this situation would change in the near future,
so groundwater is the only means of refreshing and replenishing the lake's water.

Lake Ol’ Bolossat is alkaline in the southern basin and is composed of freshwater
in the northern basin…it used to occupy about 10,000 ha of land area but now it is
about 3,000 ha. It is the only lake in the Central Province (Nyandarua County) and
the Governor is totally committed to its preservation. Water exiting the lake
flows north to the Ewaso Nyiro River and over the Thompson Falls, then eventually
into the Tana River which empties into the Indian Ocean about 60 km sount of Lamu,
Kenya. Historically, the water depth of the lake has been reported as being about
0.5 to 1 m deep. When Professor Adams was sampling the bottom sediments on 28
March 2019 the water depth of the lake was about 0.5 m or less at all sampling
locations.

From historical evidence it has been observed that all dredging projects proposed
to the Governor have been turned down. When Professor Adams gave his power point
presentation on 27 March 2019 at the Governor's offices, along with all of His
Honorable Ministers, the room was filled to overflowing. Afterwards, the Governor
pulled Professor Adams aside and said emphatically “when will you start your
project” and “I insist on you doing this project and want to know when you can
start?? Today? or Yesterday?” For sure we have observed total 100% support from
him. Earlier, he has kept wanting to know, through my Kenyan team, how everthing
was progressing along with wishing to know about the chemical analysis of the
sediments submitted to KARI on 25 April 2019 (Kenya Agricultural Research
Institute). This information is now available and will be attached to the bottom
of this report. The Kenya Team has been pushed the program and Professor Adams has
felt, along with them, that we should proceed with our program at the lake because
of the overwhelming verbal support by the Government and the Governor. The team is
led by Miseur Nimrod Waweru an engineer who has been working in all directions to
make the project successful. Another colleague, Miseur Gabriel Kimotho, an
important member of the Kenyan team, is in contact constantly. He is both a
teacher and a writer of children's books as well as working within the Central
Province beauracacy; he seems to be very close to the government. In fact he is
Professor Adams' major contact. A business colleague of Nimrod’s whose name is
Johnston Kimathi, Director of Universal Solutions, has said as soon as we get a
letter of support from the Governor and have a supported Feasibility Study, he will
come forward with appoximately $20 million. However, it is unknown what his
requirements will be in providing such financial support. Professor Adams wishes
to keep control (51%) of the company along with the Board of Directors. Afterall,
it is his knowledge and determination which have instituted and developed this
program along with Miseur Ilgonis Upitis, CEO and owner of UNI ORGANIC, a Latvian
factory which is producing a similar natural organic fertilizer.

So if a letter from the new Governor of the Central Province and an approved
Feasibility Study are brought forward, funding would be approved. From evalution
of the KARI data, the lake sediments exhibit extremely good chemical quality which
were shown and approved by the overnor’s Fertilizer Subcommittee. The last
requirement would be obtaining an approved Feasibility Study; once accomplished the
funding will come automatically from Johnston Kimathi. This will provide the
necessary finances to purchase the land on the northern freshwater basin of the
lake and also authorizing and providing funding for tarmacking the road to the
factory, which will be a stringent requirement. It is calculated that if 300,000
tons of fertilizer per year are produced, this is 870 tons/day for a 345 day year
(20 days for repairs and holidays etc.). With 27-ton trucks there would be
approximately 32 trucks on this road each day, so it must be tarmacked.

The closest peat deposits will need to be determined and Azolla algae will be
skimmed from the lake and grown and harvested from large shallow ponds near the
factory. This alga is a nitrogen-fixer so it will be an important source for
carbon, organic matter and nitrogen. This alga has been used in China for thousand
of years as a fertilizer and an important blocking agent for mosquitoes entering or
leaving rice paddy water.

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SAPRO AGRO CONTENT - PRODUCED IN LATVIA BY IIGONIS UPITIS

 Nitrogen-fixing and nitrifying bacteria;


 Saprophytic, sugarand and mycorrhizal fungi;
 Natural water-soluble vitamins: carotene (provitamin A), B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12,
E, C, D, P and folic acid;
 Natural water-soluble amino acids: histidine, glutamic acid, glycine, valine,
arginine, aspartic acid, alanine,
serine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, lysine, methionine,
threonine, cystine;
 Natural enzymes: catalase, peroxidase, reductase, protease;
 Humic complex: Humic Acids, Fulvic Acid;
 Organic Matter (OM) not less 82%;
 Nitrogen (N) not less 12 000 mg/kg;
 Phosphorous (P) not less 1000 mg/kg;
 Potassium (K) not less 600 mg/kg;
 Organic Carbon (C) not less than 40%;
 Major mineral elements - Si, Ca, Al, Fe;
 PH 5.5 - 6.5 (according client requirement);
 Microelements: Mn, Cu, B, Zn, I, Mg, Cr, Ag, Sn, Ba, Ti, Br, Mo, V, Be and
others.

The above data is what the Natural Organic Fertilizer from Lake Ol' Bolossat should
eventually emulate.

Lake Sediment DATA for making a natural fertilizer is shown below:

Nitrogen Phosphorus P lcium Magnesium Manganese Copper Iron Zinc

Total N Total P K Ca Mg Mn Cu
Fe Zn
% ppm me% me% me% me%
ppm ppm
0.4967 70 4.2883 44.667 5.113 0.592
0.808 307.43 9.058

LATVIAN SOLID FERTILIZER AS COMPARISON FOR GOOD CROP PRODUCTION

1.42 2200 0.25 0.21 0.86 0.0055 8 1670 27


Lake Sediment DATA for making a natural fertilizer
Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium Calcium Magnesium Manganese Copper
Iron Zinc
Total N Total P K Ca Mg Mn Cu Fe Zn
% Ppm me% me% me% me% Ppm ppm Ppm
0.4967 70 4.2883 44.667 5.113 0.592 0.808
307.43 9.058

LATVIAN SOLID FERTILIZER AS COMPARISON FOR GOOD CROP PRODUCTION


1.42 2200 0.25 0.21 0.86 0.0055 8 1670 27

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