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3 Chinese charged with possession of Ksh.4M wildlife trophies
By Dzuya Walter, 1901, January 14, 2019 (EAT)
Three Chinese nationals arrested in Kilimani area, Nairobi, for being in possession of decomposing meat were on Monday arraigned at the Milimani Law C...

Decomposing meat , Kilimani police station , Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot , Milimani Law courts , wildlife trophies
396 elephants died in 2018 as poaching declined by 50%, says KWS
By Ian Omondi, 1306, December 27, 2018 (EAT)
Kenya lost at least 396 elephants in 2018 alone even as Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) says that is a significant decrease from the year before as cases...

Elephant deaths , kws , Maasai Mara , Poaching , Prof. Charles Musyoki.
Two arrested with Ksh.2M elephant tusks in Kibwezi
By Michael Mutinda, 1207, December 13, 2018 (EAT)
Officers from the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) arrested two people said to be in possession of elephant tusks worth Ksh.2million in Kibwezi. The s...

Kenya Wildlife Services(KWS)
Gun holders have 3 months to undergo fresh vetting
By Citizen Reporter, 1307, December 5, 2018 (EAT)
The government will tighten gun ownership laws as it seeks to to seal loopholes that have led to the misuse of firearms in the country. For the nex...

Firearms and Licensing Board , kenyan gun holders
Man nabbed with 200kg zebra meat arraigned in Nakuru court
By Robert Wa Maina, 1658, November 22, 2018 (EAT)
A middle-aged man was on Thursday afternoon arraigned in a Nakuru court and charged with being in possession of zebra meat contrary to the Wildlife Co...

Chief Magistrate Josephat Kalo , kws , Nakuru County , Wildlife Conservation Act , Zebra meat
Rhino deaths under investigation, may not be linked to poaching – KWS
By Wendy Abdallah, 1505, November 22, 2018 (EAT)
The recent deaths of three black rhinos may not have been as a result of poaching, the the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) has said. According to a ...

kws , Mara , Poaching , rhino deaths
Three black rhinos die in Maasai Mara
By Reuben Motochi, 1847, November 21, 2018 (EAT)
Three endangered black rhinos were on Wednesday reported dead in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Speaking to Citizen Digital, Narok County Commis...

black rhinos , Kenya Wildlife Service , Maasai Mara National Reserve , Narok County Commissioner George Natembeya
Isiolo: Man arrested in possession of elephant tusks
By Wendy Abdallah, 1535, November 8, 2018 (EAT)
Police on Wednesday arrested a man in possession of elephant tusks weighing 12 kilograms in Isiolo County. James Muriuki, 43, was apprehended in I...

DCI , Elephant Tusks , Isiolo town , Poaching
Two charged with trafficking ivory worth Ksh2.6M
By Simon Ngure, 1445, November 7, 2018 (EAT)
Two suspects were on Wednesday charged with trafficking ivory worth Ksh.2.6 million in Nakuru town. The suspects; Samuel Wahome and Hillary Kiplaga...

Chief Magistrate Josephat Kalo
Njoro residents living in fear after lions escaped from Lake Nakuru
By Robert Wa Maina, 1648, October 27, 2018 (EAT)
Residents of Njoro are living in fear of being attacked by wild animals that escaped from the neighbouring Lake Nakuru Game Park. Marauding lions f...

Lake Nakuru Game Park , NJORO
KWS officers kill hippo in Masinga dam
By Alphonse Mbithi, 1819, September 11, 2018 (EAT)
Officers from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Tuesday morning killed one hippopotamus in an ongoing crackdown on rogue hippopotamuses in Masinga D...

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) , masinga dam , Masinga MP Joshua Mwalyo
Two suspects arrested with 36kg elephant tusks, KWS says
By Michael Mutinda, 1257, September 7, 2018 (EAT)
Two suspects have been arrested after Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers found them with 36kilograms of elephant tusks in Makueni. Also Read: O...

kws , Poaching
Chinese tourist killed by hippo at Lake Naivasha
By Benjamin Muriuki, 1409, August 12, 2018 (EAT)
A Chinese tourist died on Saturday evening after he was attacked by a hippo on the shores of Lake Naivasha in Nakuru County. According to the Kenya...

Chinese tourist , Hippo , hippo attack
Tanzanian nationals arrested with Ksh.3.8M ivory in Migori
By George Juma, 2022, August 8, 2018 (EAT)
Police in Migori are holding two Tanzanian nationals who were allegedly arrested with elephant tusks worth Ksh.3.8 million at Komwoma village along th...

Contraband ivory seized , Kenya-Tanzania border , Migori County , Poaching
Balala accuses ex-KWS boss Leakey of intimidating board
By Mbuthia Bashir, 1809, July 31, 2018 (EAT)
Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has accused former Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) chairperson Dr. Richard Leakey of intimidating officials of the...

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) , KWS Chairman Dr. Richard Leakey , KWS Director General Julius Kimani , Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala , Translocated rhinos dead
CS Balala now regrets his ‘Go to hell’ comments, blames emotions
By Philip Mwaniki, 1716, July 31, 2018 (EAT)
Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has been forced to eat humble pie and apologise for his comments following a vicious backlash from the public. ...

go to hell , Najib Balala , rhino deaths
CS Balala suspends KWS officials over death of 10 rhinos
By Ian Omondi, 1847, July 26, 2018 (EAT)
Tourism CS Najib Balala has suspended six officials of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) following the death of 10 black rhinos that were translocated ...

Kenya Wildlife Service , KWS Board , Tourism CS Najib Balala , Translocation of rhinos
KWS bosses told to resign as last relocated rhino dies
By Mbuthia Bashir, 1459, July 26, 2018 (EAT)
Tourism CS Najib Balala has ordered that four senior Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officials resign. This comes even as reports indicate that the la...

black rhinos , Charles Musyoki , kws
Another rhino dies at Tsavo, death toll rises to 9
By Citizen Reporter, 1015, July 18, 2018 (EAT)
Another black rhino has died raising the death toll to nine out of the eleven that were translocated from Nairobi and Nakuru National Parks to a new s...

Kenya Wildlife Service , Nakuru National Parks , Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala , Tsavo East National Park
Alarm after seven rhinos die at Tsavo National Park
By Philip Mwaniki, 1405, July 13, 2018 (EAT)
Seven black rhinos are reported to have died shortly after they were relocated from Nairobi and Nakuru National Parks to the Tsavo East National Park...

black rhinos , nairobi national park , Nakuru National Park , Tsavo East National Park