The Government has set aside Ksh 950 million to compensate Kenyans affected by human-wildlife conflict victims across the country, President William Ruto has said.
Speaking in Murera, Meru County on Monday after he rolled out the third phase of the human-wildlife compensation exercise, the Head of State said that his administration has set its eyes on streamlining compensation of all victims to restore dignity and deliver justice to affected communities.
“We are therefore allocating sufficient resources to pay pending claims, deploying technology to eliminate inefficiencies, and operationalising the Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund; a sustainable financing vehicle supported by innovative funding mechanisms,” said President Ruto.
During the event, Tourism Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano outlined his ministries achievements since the Kenya Kwanza administration took Government.
Some of the achievements she listed include the construction of 200 kilometres of electric fencing around game parks, building of water pans, installation of beehive barriers in high-risk zones and helping communities protect their farms and families.
“We’ve have escalated community based conservation and management efforts by ensuring our local communities play a central role around conservancies,” she said.
At the same time, she stated that the Tourism Ministry is fully committed to resolving wildlife-human interactions that result to clashes and clearing all the pending compensation claims.
