The government has cited drought as a key threat to wildlife conservation efforts in the country.
The Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Tourism and Wildlife Peninah Malonza, said adverse effects of climate change have cascaded into the conservation sector and thereby presenting a major challenge to the gains made by the government in conservation of wildlife in protected and non-protected areas.
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Speaking at Tsavo National Park in Manyani, during her one day visit in the conservancy, the CS said the government had devised robust measures to curb the deaths of wildlife ochestrated by the current drought.
The CS noted the country was losing more wildlife to drought and climate change related issues than to poaching,describing it as the new threat to conservation efforts.
Addressing the recent deaths of wildlife as a result of drought, Ms malonza revealed to the press that several interventions were underway to cushion wildlife in Tsavo National Park and other conservancies against drought.
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The CS disclosed that more water pans would be constructed at strategic areas inside the protected areas. This will bolster activities towards harvesting rain and floodwaters.
The project would see thousands of elephants across the expansive landscape get water during the dry seasons.
The CS was accompanied by the Director-General KWS Brigadier (Rtd) John Waweru.