The government has announced plans to set up water pans at the Tsavo National Park following the death of more than 70 elephants due to drought at the conservancy.
Confirming the death of the elephants, Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala said the installation of the pans is part of the efforts to curb the water crisis and prevent wildlife animals from invading surrounding neighborhoods in search of water.
“More than 70 elephants have died at the Tsavo National park because of drought. But we are now building water pans to prevent them from dying but also preventing them from going out of the park and attacking neighboring citizens,” Balala said on Wednesday.
Balala pointed out that climate change has become a major challenge to conservation efforts as animals continue to be affected by drought.
Young male elephants, pregnant females, and calves are sensitive to water and food depletion and barely survive without the resources for a long period of time. An adult elephant consumes about 225 liters of water and 140kgs of food daily, and is more prone to complications.
Is it the 1st time that…
Is it the 1st time that elephants have died in our game reserves because of water issues? Is it the 1st time that these poor animal have strayed away and roamed into surrounding homesteads because of water issues? Najib Balala has been in the Tourism sector since I started reading the Newspaper and listening to news, that being said, how many water pans has he built or installed as part process to help out on these dying and roaming wildlife?
Shenzi wewe!
Kongo, the bug stops at…
Kongo, the bug stops at state house. If Uhuru did not take away Ruto job and given it to the sleeping Matiangi, these elephants could be alive today. The bug stops at Uhuru via Matiangi, Balala.
70 elephants died under the…
70 elephants died under the watch of Balala and KWS Director, and no one is asking for their resignation. This reminds me of the VC at KU. He was fired for protecting KU assets, while the tourism CS is a hero for not protecting the elephants.
The shedrick elephant place…
The shedrick elephant place in Langata quietly changed rules and now you have to get tickets online at $90. This is pretty much a way to chase off Kenyans because how many Kenyans can afford to pay this to see THEIR wildlife? We need to chase these “white saviors” out of Kenya and manage our own shit. Surely we don’t need these people who wanna cater to a specific demographic anyway.
Biwot, if all that money…
Biwot, if all that money wasn’t used for BBI and now Azimio campaign, all these elephants would be alive today.
They had to die anyway because the Uhuru led Chinese trade were aiming to get the tusks. These was an elaborate scheme to starve them to death just to bring poaching close to home.
This is happening while…
This is happening while Uhuru is busy crabbing state resources with his virtual deputy Raila Amolo.
This might be yet another Chinese syndicate to get the tasks with the help of government.
Let’s not blame the drought. Water can be transported by tankers to these animals easily.
Another scandal.
Leave burning ivory alone…
Leave burning ivory alone. As a treasured prize to Kenyan economy do you mean kws cannot provide water to this poor animals with all the money they bring? Leeave draught alone and let’s blame it on muuaji Ruto as always for killing the tourism sector and killing the elephants overnight.
Wait, it’s all the…
Wait, it’s all the corruption and the the Chinese link that Uhuru has now. Let the elephants die then we blame it on drought then we can harvest the ivory. This same games played to take over the ports as well as the strategic public land. The Uhuru administration is in panic mode and they want to crab as much as they can.
70??? Are you serious for…
70??? Are you serious for real? And you guys are just enjoying easy life in Nairobi after big paycheck? Come on guys. You can do better. Just one jumbo dying should have raised an alarm one would think. Bure kabisa!
Tell Uhuru not to burn ivory…
Tell Uhuru not to burn ivory we need it