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PRINCIPAL SECRETARY PRESIDES OVER COMMUNITY RANGERS PASSOUT

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Monday, December 19, 2022 - 12:15

The Principal Secretary, State Department of Wildlife, Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, Hon Sylvia Museiya, on Friday 16th December, 2022, presided over a Community Rangers passing out parade at the Kenya Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Academy in Manyani.

CABINET SECRETARY SPEARHEADS TREE-PLANTING AT KWS HEADQUARTERS

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Sunday, December 11, 2022 - 11:30

KWS headquarters was a beehive of activity, Friday 9th December, 2022, with the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, Hon. Penina Malonza leading management and staff in a tree-planting exercise.

The CS said that KWS staff were the first group of workers under her docket she was interacting with since her appointment, noting that Kenya was just recovering from a severe drought which had impacted greatly on wildlife populations in the country.

TRIBUTE TO ONE OF TSAVOs SUPER TUSKERS – “LUGARD”

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Thursday, December 1, 2022 - 15:15

It is with a heavy heart that the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) joins the conservation fraternity to bid ‘fare thee well,’ to one of Tsavo’s Super Tuskers; the majestic, iconic Lugard, whose life’s candle was snuffed out by advanced age, exacerbated by debilitating drought.

KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE’S CSR PROGRAM EXTENDS TO CHAVAKALI HIGH SCHOOL

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Monday, November 21, 2022 - 15:30

Top-ranking Chavakali Boys High School in Vihiga County was the beneficiary of a used Aircraft Engine donation, courtesy of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), at the Service’s headquarters, Monday 21st November, 2022.

KWS HOSTS ROTAX TRAINING CLOSING CEREMONY AT CLUB HOUSE

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Monday, September 12, 2022 - 15:15

The KWS Club House in Nairobi National Park was the venue for the closing ceremony and cocktail reception for the Rotax iRMT training on Friday, September 2nd, 2022, hosted by KWS Director of partnerships and Enterprise, Mr Edwin Wanyonyi.

KENYA NATIONAL PARK: SHOWCASED THROUGH AN EXHIBITION

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022 - 15:15

The Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has launched a one month-long photo exhibition at the National Museum of Kenya aimed at raising the awareness of Mt Kenya as a prime adventure tourism destination.

The exhibition christened “Mt. Kenya Photography exhibition” will allow the public to interact and purchase amazing pictures of the incongruous Mount Kenya topography as well as showcase adventurers scaling the mountain’s rough terrain.

KWS COMMEMORATES WORLD RANGER DAY

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022 - 15:00

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) commemorated this year’s World Ranger day at a colourful ceremony presided over by the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife Hon. Najib Balala at her Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) located inside the expansive Tsavo Conservation Area.

KWS HOSTS HONORARY WARDENS CONFERENCE

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Thursday, July 28, 2022 - 15:00

Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Hon. Najib Balala, was the chief guest during the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) second Honorary Wardens Conference held at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, July 27, 2022.

KENYA JOINS REST OF THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE WWD

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Friday, March 4, 2022 - 09:00

Kenya joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Wildlife Day (WWD) at a colourful ceremony held at the iconic Ivory Burning Site inside Nairobi National Park on March 3, 2022.

World Wildlife Day was mooted during the United Nations General Assembly’s 68th session that proclaimed 3rd March as a UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.

KENYA’S PRESIDENT H.E. UHURU KENYATTA GRACES THE NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

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Friday, December 17, 2021 - 12:30

Pomp and stateliness underlined the Kenya Wildlife Service’s commemoration of the Nairobi National Park’s 75th birthday on 16 December, 2021, with the occasion being led by Kenya’s fourth president, His Excellency, President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, at the Kisembe Site in the park.

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