KWS to extend Nairobi National Park management plan

Kenya Wildlife Service says the review of the Nairobi National Park (NNP) Management Plan 2020-2030 has been extended to the end of June 2020.

This is in line with the directive by Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala so as to give more time for public participation.

” The public participation shall be extended for the public to raise their concerns or support, so that analyses and improvement of the plan can be undertaken for public interest.”  Said the CS.

Conservationists have been opposing plans by the KWS to put up new hotel building in the Nairobi National Park.

The activists had also wanted the conservation agency to postpone the plan until after the Covid-19 pandemic is dealt with to allow proper civic engagement.

In its new 10-year management plan for the Nairobi National Park, the KWS intends to construct an eco-lodge, a high-end restaurant and an amphitheatre, which could threaten the park.

The institution also plans to fence the park citing numerous cases of human-wildlife conflicts and increasing amounts of unpaid bills for human-wildlife compensations.

Cambridge University Wildlife Conservation Society in their twitter handled noted it is sad little sustainable action has been taken by KWS until now to secure dispersal areas and migratory routes for wildlife.