Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)

Human, wildlife conflicts leave 787 dead in 3 years

Reading Time: 2 minutes Noah Cheploen @cheploennoah   Some 787 people were killed by wild animals between March 2014 and 2017, a report presented to […]

Insatiable appetites driving sea turtles to extinction

Reading Time: 4 minutes Marine conservation groups have raised concern over illegal harvesting of sea turtles in the Kenyan coast and are worried the […]

Kenyans will soon adopt, name wildlife for a charge

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenyans can now adopt and name new-born rhinos and elephants  at a cost of Sh100,000.  Speaking on Monday at Kenya […]

Poachers take advantage of Corona to encroach on parks

Reading Time: 4 minutes Fears by tour guides that Kenya’s valuable wildlife in parks and conservancies are under threat from poachers during the Coronavirus […]

Nakuru bans night fishing in Lake Naivasha, ferrying fish in matatus

Reading Time: < 1 minute Nakuru county government has banned night fishing in Lake Naivasha following reports that tens of fishermen were spending the night […]

Conservancy communities face cash crunch

Reading Time: 2 minutes Communities in conservancies have been adversely affected by closures of hotels in game reserves and national parks. The lodges usually […]

What it means to have a night curfew

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuben Mwambingu @reubenmwambingu While the announcement of dusk-to-dawn curfew by President Uhuru Kenyatta as part of government’s response to the […]

How fencing Aberdare forest changed lives

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kenna Claude Almost crashed by poverty, Maina Kibuka, a conservationist popularly referred to as the “fence man” by fellow villagers, […]

Meet Kentice Tikolo: Woman tasked with midwifing FKF polls

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Rodgers Ndegwa Communications expert Kentice Tikolo is the person  tasked to ensure Football Kenya Federation (FKF) elections are above board. […]

Iconic elephant, Big Tusker, dies at 50

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Irene Githinji @gitshee Tim-the Big Tusker, one of the largest and celebrated elephant in Africa has died. The iconic elephant, […]