Director General

DR. ERUSTUS KANGA (HSC) Dr. Erustus Kanga is the Director General of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). Dr. Kanga has over 20 years’ experience in biodiversity conservation, climate change vulnerability assessment and mapping, bio-enterprises, and community livelihood support. He has a long trajectory in biodiversity conservation, including (five) 5 years of service as the Secretary for Wildlife at the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife & Heritage, and 16 years of extensive work experience with the Kenya Wildlife Service, where he was responsible for Biodiversity Research and Monitoring across the Protected Areas. In 2017, he was awarded the Head of State Commendation (HSC) in recognition for his outstanding and distinguished services in the field of biodiversity conservation.

Dr. Kanga attained his PhD in Natural Resources Conservation from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands in the year 2011. He has authored over 30 publications, and is driven by the passion to work towards the core purpose of biodiversity conservation.

Deputy Director and Head of Investigation

Mr. Elema W. Saru, HSC, ‘ndc’ (K)

Director - Wildlife & Community Service

Deputy Director Human Resource & Administration

Valentain Kanani

Deputy Director Wildlife Protection Division

Deputy Director Infrastructure & Facilities Management

Director Wildlife Security

He was seconded to KWS as the Director Wildlife Security from National Police Service where he rose through the ranks and was serving as Staff Officer Operations at KPS headquarters. He holds Master of Arts in Leadership and Security Management (KU) and Bachelor of Arts in Security Management and Policing Studies (KU). He has attended various managerial and leadership courses both locally and abroad including Large Scale Infrastructure Project Security management course at PPSU (China), Training Building course at CoESPU (Italy), Conflict Analysis and Prevention course at HPSS, Regional Senior Mission Leaders Course at IPSTC, and Strategic Leadership and Command course by College of Policing (UK).

His experience in security sector span over 3 decades and he initially served in GSU, later as an instructor at National Police College, Kiganjo, County Police Commander in various counties and on secondment as Head of Operations at National Counter Terrorism Centre for 7 years.

Ag. Corporation Secretary