Kenya at the forefront of wildlife protection

Donors and KWS meet to review wildlife status

(Posted 13th November 2015)

Top donors in the wildlife sector yesterday met Dr Richard Leakey, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) chairman, for the second time since his appointment in April.

The meeting to chart the way forward for wildlife in Kenya was held in Nairobi under the aegis of Wildlife Sector Donor Working Group chaired by Ms Juniper Neill, the United States Agency for Development (USAID) Director of Environment.

The meeting reviewed the wildlife projects being supported by international development partners across the country and agreed to develop priority areas of partnership.

Dr Leakey, accompanied by KWS top management, took the donors through the KWS strategic direction for the next couple of years. He noted that the recruitment of the new KWS director general to spearhead the process is well on course and would be concluded by the end of the year.

Other donors present at the meeting included United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), French Development Agency (AFD), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Norwegian Embassy and the European Union.