Govt allocates Ksh 1.4 billion to anti-poaching campaigns

Govt allocates Ksh 1.4 billion to anti-poaching campaigns

The war against poaching has received a boost after the National Treasury allocated Ksh 1.4 billion to anti-poaching efforts.

While presenting the 2015/16 Financial Year budget estimates in Parliament, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich said that the government had allocated the amount to help in the war against poaching in the country.

This is after Kenya registered increasing cases of poaching that has affected tourism.

Rotich’s statement came amid a directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta to have all customs officers suspected of perpetrating transport of animal parts prosecuted and charged immediately.

On Wednesday last week, security officers arrested most wanted poacher and recovered a firearm and several rounds of ammunition in the Tana River County.

 

Consignment seized in Singapore

A combined team of Kenya Defense Force, National Intelligence Service and the police were involved in the arrest of Mohammed Bulle, alias Gosi Garsen.

Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) said Bulle was on radar over series of poaching in Tsavo, Taita, Maasai Mara national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the country.

Late last month, Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery said intelligence by the police shows that proceeds from poaching are being used to finance terrorism.

Nkaiserry linked a latest consignment seized in Singapore and Thailand to the outlawed Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), adding that it was meant to finance and facilitate their criminal activities.

Poaching has robbed the country of thousands of wildlife including elephants and rhinos which are hunted for their valuable tusks and horns respectively.

 

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