Sitatunga Kitale is located in the rural Sitatunga Village in the Trans-Nzoia County of Western Kenya, 800m from Saiwa Swamp National Park. This restoration community takes its name from the rare, endangered Sitatunga Antelope (or marshbuck) that is found in the park. Sitatunga Kitale was created by Community Alliance for Change, a grassroots non profit organisation with a vision of fostering harmonious coexistence for posterity, working in partnership with communities to redress critical environmental and socio-economic challenges affecting our societies now and for future generations. Sitatunga’s close proximity to Saiwa Swamp National Park, as well as the Kapolet Forest on Cherangani Hills (one of the five key water towers in Kenya), key rivers, Mount Elgon Forest and Mount Elgon National Park, makes it a vital location for ecosystem restoration and management in Western Kenya. Restoration efforts are therefore focussed on the Kapulet Forest (1551 ha of degraded government forest), and Wiyeta Wetlands on River Kapenguria, located NW of Saiwa Swamp National Park.​

Trans-Nzoia County is considered the food basket of Kenya. Overdependence on farming and bad farming habits coupled with excessive use of artificial fertilizer have greatly and negatively impacted on the ecosystem. Soils from surrounding farmlands have in excess found their way to the park through erosion and lack of interventions to control it. This has led to increased siltation of the park. The eutrophication from toxic fertilizers rich soils have led to a decline in the quality of waters finding their way to the park as well as encouraged alien plants to grow in the park. At the moment, the park is struggling to root out elephant grass, an alien grass that was colonizing the parks swamps threatening the existence of the endangered Sitatunga. By mobilizing communities living and farming around the Saiwa swamp, Sitatunga is working to sensitize them on the dangers of degradation, as well providing information on regenerative farming methods and helping improve local livelihoods through introducing them to nature-based enterprises. An environmental resource centre has been built for the communities in Cherangani Hills, and the team is currently working to restore Saiwa Swamp National Park and its ecosystem though recovery and restoration of riverbanks of rivers entering to the park.