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KWS COMMEMORATES WORLD RANGER DAY

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022 - 15:00

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) commemorated this year’s World Ranger day at a colourful ceremony presided over by the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife Hon. Najib Balala at her Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) located inside the expansive Tsavo Conservation Area.

KWS HOSTS HONORARY WARDENS CONFERENCE

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Thursday, July 28, 2022 - 15:00

Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Hon. Najib Balala, was the chief guest during the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) second Honorary Wardens Conference held at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, July 27, 2022.

KENYA JOINS REST OF THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE WWD

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Friday, March 4, 2022 - 09:00

Kenya joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Wildlife Day (WWD) at a colourful ceremony held at the iconic Ivory Burning Site inside Nairobi National Park on March 3, 2022.

World Wildlife Day was mooted during the United Nations General Assembly’s 68th session that proclaimed 3rd March as a UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.

KENYA’S PRESIDENT H.E. UHURU KENYATTA GRACES THE NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

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Friday, December 17, 2021 - 12:30

Pomp and stateliness underlined the Kenya Wildlife Service’s commemoration of the Nairobi National Park’s 75th birthday on 16 December, 2021, with the occasion being led by Kenya’s fourth president, His Excellency, President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, at the Kisembe Site in the park.

KWS SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN TIES WITH SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE ON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

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Monday, December 13, 2021 - 11:30

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance welcomed delegates from Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, the Kenya Wildlife Service and the Wildlife Training Research Institute, to the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park, as the international nonprofit conservation organization seeks to strengthen its ongoing collaboration with Kenya’s leading wildlife conservation organisation.

KISITE-MPUNGUTI MARINE PARK AND RESERVE RECEIVES BLUE PARK AWARD

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Monday, December 13, 2021 - 11:30

Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park and Reserve makes history as Kenya’s first Blue Park.

VICTIMS OF HWC IN ELGEYIO MARAKWET PAID Sh. 28m COMPENSATION

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Thursday, December 2, 2021 - 23:00

Victims of human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in Elgeyio Marakwet County have been paid Sh. 28, 510,000, released by the National government through the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). KWS, the country’s lead wildlife conservation body receives and documents claims filed by HWC victims for the compensation process to commence.

NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK SET TO CELEBRATE ITS 75th ANNIVERSARY

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Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 22:00

Nairobi National Park (NNP), the first born in Kenya’s national park system is set to mark its 75th anniversary on December 16, 2021. The Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, Hon. Najib Balala today (November, 17, 2021) kicked off activities lined up ahead of the anniversary next month.

KWS ACQUIRES Sh.140 MILLION ROAD GRADERS AND VEHICLES

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Friday, October 29, 2021 - 12:45

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has acquired road graders and vehicles through savings of funds allocated to it by the Kenya Roads Board (KRB). The three motor graders and seven supervision vehicles will enhance KWS internal capacity to maintain its road network in parks and reserves.

FUNDS RAISED FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ELEPHANTS IN KENYA

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Monday, October 11, 2021 - 22:15

The conservation of Elephants in Kenya has received a major boost after the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife announced that it had mobilised 16.5 Million shillings towards this initiative against the target of 100 million within the financial year 2021 – 2022.

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