Gov’t pays 12 Isiolo wildlife attack victims Ksh.6.7M compensation fee

By Moses Mwenda,

The government has paid 12 Isiolo residents who were injured by wild animals between 2014 and 2017 a total of Ksh.6.7 million as compensation fee. ...

CS Najib Balala , Isiolo County , kws

KWS dismisses reports of road being constructed through Nairobi National Park

By Ian Omondi,

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has come out to refute reports that a new road is being constructed through the Nairobi National Park. KWS Corpora...

Kenya Wildlife Service , nairobi national park , SGR

The silent extinction: Less than 100,000 giraffes left in the wild

By Moses Ngugi,

As the World celebrated World Giraffe Day on June 21, 2020, there remains growing concern over the endangered status of the world's tallest animal. ...

giraffe meat , somali girafe , white giraffe

Ex-MCA Lesalaon ole Seki to face more charges – KWS

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Matapato North MCA Lesalaon ole Seki is likely to face more charges after he was arrested for allegedly inciting local residents to kill lions....

kws , Lesalaon ole Seki , lions

We’ll be ready to host Safari Rally, expect sports action soon: Amina

By Citizen Team,

Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed says Kenya will be ready to host the Safari Rally next year, while also giving a hint that sports action will ...

Amina Mohamed , Safari Rally , World Championship Rally

Tour van driver collapses, dies at Nairobi National Park

By Citizen Reporter,

A tour van driver collapsed and died at the Nairobi National Park on Sunday morning. A statement from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said he coll...

kws , nairobi national park

Uhuru, Treasury line up Ksh.54 billion economic rescue package

By Kepha Muiruri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has given Treasury the green light to resubmit its ministerial budget appropriations to include a Ksh.53.7 billion economic r...

Covid-19 pandemic , National Treasury , Post Covid-19 Economic Stimulus Package (PC-ESP)

25 endangered Grevy’s zebra translocated from Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

By Agencies,

Twenty-five endangered Grevy’s zebra have successfully been translocated from Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to Sera Wildlife Community Conservancy; the...

Grevy’s zebra , Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

Black rhino, Akinyi, gives birth to 4th calf at Meru National Park

By Citizen Reporter,

A black rhino known as Akinyi has given birth at the Meru National Park in Kenya. Tourism and Wildlife CS Najib Balala said this is the black rhino...

Rhino

Rare white Kenyan giraffe, calf killed by poachers

By Tonny Ndungu,

A rare white giraffe that had gripped headlines in 2017 has been killed at the Ishaqbini Hirola Community Conservancy in Garissa County, reports say. ...

rare white giraffe

KWS marks World Wildlife Day, decry Roan antelope as most endangered

By Agencies,

As the world marked the Word Wildlife Day on Tuesday, it has now emerged that the Roan antelope is now the most endangered species with only 12 of the...

Roan antelope , Word Wildlife Day

Police nab Prado ferrying sandalwood worth KSh.850,000

By Johnston Keti,

Three people were on Friday arrested and 1.7 tons of sandalwood seized by a joint security team at Lpus area along Maralal-Wamba road in Samburu Count...

sandalwood

Mombasa: Man caught trafficking a Python wrapped like a baby handed a 2-year jail term

By Tonny Ndungu,

A Kenyan man in Mombasa who was arrested on Wednesday in possession of a 2.3-meter long python has been fined KSh.2M or serve a 2-year jail term In...

Iconic Tim, one of Africa’s biggest elephants, dies at Amboseli National Park

By Citizen Reporter,

One of Africa's largest elephants which was at the Amboseli National Park in Kenya has died. The celebrated elephant named Tim died early Tuesday m...

Iconic Tim , kws

Luo Elders want to conduct special rituals, funeral for Osprey that flew to Siaya from Finland

By George Amolo,

Elders from Yimbo clan in Siaya County now want the government to allow them conduct a special ritual for the migratory Osprey which died due to long-...

Osprey

Rare bird flew 6,948KMs from Finland to Kenya, only to die under KWS care

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The rare migratory bird that flew all the way from Finland to Kenya has died under the care of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) veterinarians. In a st...

kws

Rare migratory bird flies 6,948 kilometres from Finland to land in Kenya

By Ian Omondi,

A rare migratory bird known as Osprey has flown to Kenya, covering a distance of 6,948 kilometres or 4,317 miles to land in West Imbo in Bondo, Siaya ...

Kenya Wildlife Services , Osprey , SIAYA COUNTY

Four KWS officers arrested for robbing relatives from a dowry function

By Paul Ombati,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday arrested four Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers for allegedly robbing r...

Baawa Kenya Wildlife Services , Coast Regional DCI boss Joseph Nganga , Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) , Samburu

Amboseli Airstrip still closed even as waters recede inside national park

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Operations at the Amboseli Airstrip remained suspended on Saturday morning following heavy rains that caused flooding. The Kenya Wildlife Service (...

floods , larsens camp , Samburu National Reserve

KWS on the spot after lion mauls man in Tuala

By Elphas Lagat,

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is on the spot yet again after a  lion mauled a man on Monday in Tuala. This comes a day after a lion mauled a ca...

kws , Tuala