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...

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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

KWS responds to video of hyena at Lang’ata estate in Nairobi

By Girlie Kendi,

A hyena was spotted in Nairobi's Lang'ata estate on Friday evening. The wild animal was reportedly sighted at around 11pm near Deliverance Church w...

Hyena , kws

Alarm after pride of lions spotted in Ongata Rongai

By Paul Ombati,

A pride of lions was spotted in Ongata Rongai on Wednesday sending Kenyans online into a frenzy. The lions were seen walking past the Africa Nazare...

Kenya Wildlife Service , lions , nairobi national park

WWF says it did not push for rhino relocation process where 11 died

By Reuters,

The World Wildlife Fund has rejected the findings of a Kenyan parliamentary inquiry that said the conservation group pushed Kenyan authorities to spee...

Rhino , WWF

Family still living with remains of loved one three years after attack

By Moses Ngige,

It has now emerged that a family from Komo village in Thika has been living with the remains of their loved one for three years. Joseph Njuguna was...

Hyena , kws

Hell’s Gate gorge closed indefinitely as all 7 flash floods victims confirmed dead

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Ol-Jorowa gorge at Hell’s Gate National Park in Naivasha has been closed down indefinitely following the death of seven people on Sunday. In ...

Hells Gate

Six tourists confirmed dead in Hell’s Gate flash floods tragedy

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) says six people have so far been confirmed dead after they were swept away by flash floods at Hell's Gate National Pa...

Hells Gate , kws

Government shuts down 15 schools in Mau Forest phase 2 evictions

By Stephen Letoo,

The government has shut down 15 schools set up in areas targeted in the second phase of evictions in the Mau Forest. In a press briefing on Wednesd...

George Natembeya , Mau forest

Govt issues 60-day notice in Mau eviction Phase Two

By Stephen Letoo,

The government has given over ten 10,000 people in the Mau forest 60 days to voluntarily vacate the area or be evicted. A 10-member task-force has ...

mau eviction

Chaos as Kieni residents scramble for dead elephant meat, tell off KWS officers

By Sharon Nkonge,

Nyeri residents were on Saturday scrambling to get elephant meat after the animal was found dead in Kieni area. Armed with knives and a machete, th...

elephant meat , kws

Spanish woman arrested at JKIA with ivory bangle

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A Spanish national was Monday morning arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) for allegedly being in possession of an ivory bangle....

Ivory , jkia

Pay family of man trampled to death by elephant, KWS told

By Bernadine Tiemoi,

A section of Baringo leaders are demanding that Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) pay compensation after a primary school teacher was trampled to death by ...

Baringo County , elephant , Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)