Porini Issue No.5 April-May 2012 - Kenya Wildlife Service

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Photo GalleryPHOTOS: COURTESY KWSA KWS ranger reads theManagement InformationSystem (MIST) manual thatwill guide them in datacollection during patrolsand enhance variousmanagement tools inwildlife conservation.Mr. Juma Bakari (left) a warden at the Nairobi Animal Orphanage/NairobiSafari Walk ,receives a mounted lion cub picture from AFP photo journalist,Mr. Tony Karumba. The picture was Mr.Karumba’s gift to KWS.The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director General, Jose da Silva, istaken through KWS fact sheets by the KWS Director, Mr. Julius Kipng’etich,during a courtesy call he paid to KWS.KWS Senior Assistant Director Community Wildlife Service Mr. MichaelKipkeu makes a presentation during an NGO’s partners meeting at theNairobi Safari Walk.Minister for Forestry and Wildlife Hon. Noah Wekesa hands over the NationalElephant Conservation and Management Strategy to the KWS Board ofTrustees Chairman, Hon. David Mwiraria at the Nairobi National Park IvoryBurning site where it was launched.Beach Management Programme personnel collect litter along the beachin Mombasa. The Programme aims at restoring Kenya’s coastal area as atourism destination while ensuring the marineand beach tourism products are preserved.8
PHOTOS: COURTESY KWSPhoto GalleryKWS Board of Trustees Chairman, Hon. David Mwiraria gets acquainted withthe e-Board system launched early this year. With him is the CEO of SoftwareTechnologies Ltd, Ms. Jyoti Mukherjee (left) and the KWS Head of ICT, Mr.Michael Odhiambo.KWS Director, Mr. Julius Kipng’etich receives a laptop from the Born FreeCountry Director, Mr. Iregi Mwenja. Born Free donated laptop computersworth USD 3000 to KWS for use in curbing poaching and bush meat trade.KWS Southern Conservation Area Assistant Director, Ms. Anne Kahihia,addresses the Maasai Community from Kitengela at a human-wildlifeconflict resolution meeting at Muchiriri Valley in Sholinge area early thisyear.Rangers from Tsavo Conservation Area lower the casket of their fallen colleaguewho was killed in an ambush at the Sagala Ranch in Tsavo Conservation Area.KWS veterinary officers attend to a rhino before its translocation to the KisumuImpala Sanctuary. The exercise is aimed towards protection of white rhino.Mr.Ajing Machok Ajing an officer with the Republic of Southern SudanWildlife Service listens to presentations during the course opening of atraining programme on Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservationat the Kenya Wildlife Service Training Institute (KWSTI) in Naivasha.9
Page 1: APRIL - MAY 2012ISSUE NO.5The futur
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Page 6 and 7: Cover StoryThe future is safe forel
Page 12: Know your parkNairobi National Park
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