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Kenya wildlife Service has acquired a fleet of 26 vehicles to be used for rapid response to human-wildlife conflicts and parks management. Twenty one of these will be used to facilitate officers address human wildlife conflict, four for security operations, while one will be used by researchers.
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Public prosecutors have been challenged to exercise diligence in their work as they represent society and public interest in criminal cases.
Kenya Wildlife Service acting Director General, Prof. Charles Musyoki gave the challenge at the close of a course for public prosecutors at the Kenya School of Government. Prof. Musyoki asked the prosecutors to always take into account both the rights of individuals and the need for an effective criminal justice system.
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Kenya’s ministry of Tourism and Wildlife is seeking a budgetary allocation of fifteen billion shillings from the National Treasury to enable it compensate families of people killed by wildlife, those injured or whose property has been destroyed by the animals.
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Kenya Wildlife Service in collaboration with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on June 26, 2018 commenced translocation of eight black rhinos from the Nairobi National Park to Tsavo East National Park (TENP).
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One hundred and forty-seven Kenya Wildlife Service Institute trainees graduated on June 23, 2018 at a colourful ceremony president over by Kenya Wildlife Service Board of Trustees chairman, Dr. John Waithaka on behalf of Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary, Najib Balala.
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Three people have been fined one million shillings each or serve five years imprisonment in default for being in illegal possession of four pieces of raw elephant tusks weighing a total of five kilogrammes.
The three Joseph Kimanzi Musyoki, Samwel Githonga, and Peter Kimathi appeared before a Maua court in Meru County and pleaded guilty to the charge of being in possession of wildlife trophy contrary to section 95 of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013.
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Kenya Wildlife Service ranger, Quresh Abdi Guyo has won the 2018 African Ranger Award, in recognition of exceptional passion, commitment and dedication
Making the announcement, Alibaba Foundation said Guyo has demonstrated excellence as a wildlife ranger.
Guyo is an investigation assistant based in Isiolo in Kenya’s Eastern Conservation area.
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Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia County was the venue for the launch of commemorative Posta Kenya stamps. Three stamps were launched featuring images of Sudan - the last male northern white rhino which died earlier this year - as well as Najin and Fatu, both females.
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Kenya continues to enjoy leadership in wildlife conservation as demonstrated by increased wildlife populations – elephants at over 34,000 individuals and rhinos at more than 1,000 individuals: because of this, it is with a heavy heart that we announce the poaching of three (3) rhinos yester night, May 02, 2018 at the Rhino Sanctuary in Meru National Park, where we lost two black rhinos and a calf.
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Kenya Wildlife Service staff held a tree planting drive on the morning of April 27, 2018 at the organization’s headquarters along Lang’ata Road, with a view to making the office complex a greener, healthier and happier place to live and work.
