Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

An elephant herd at the Amboseli National Park/FILE

County News

Campaign to drive out elephants from human settlements in Kajiado ongoing – KWS

NAIROBI, Kenya May 17 – Kenya Wildlife Service rangers commenced the process of driving away three elephants from human settlements in Kajiado County on Sunday, the announced announced in a tweet.

The wildlife conservation agency said the jumbos had strayed from a community sanctuary in Mosiro.

Residents reported to have sighted the elephants in Tuala, Rongai and Kitengela areas.

KWS Corporate Communications Officer Ngugi Gecaga confirmed that a response team on the ground will soon be joined by another using a chopper to drive the jumbos back to their sanctuary.

Gecaga in the meantime appealed to members of the public to use a toll free number 0800597000 to report the sighting of the elephants.

Comments

More on Capital News

World

Speaking during a press briefing at a hotel in Murang’a County, KTDA Chairman Chege Kirundi criticized elected leaders for taking the debate around the...

Headlines

"Let us solve the problems of the party by always asking ourselves: what would Baba do under these circumstances?" Mama Ida reflected.

County News

Lands CS Alice Wahome has blamed Nairobi City County for the South C building collapse, saying illegal approval of extra floors and corruption at...

Kenya

With schools reopening, police are zeroing in on accident blackspots and warning drivers, PSV operators and boda boda riders that the road safety rules...

Top stories

The incident involved Tencent’s AI assistant, Yuanbao, which is integrated into WeChat. A user identified only as “Jianghan” shared screenshots showing the chatbot responding...

NATIONAL NEWS

Kenya Police in Uasin Gishu arrest four suspects and seize 139 bottles of illicit alcohol in counterfeit Best Gin and Smart Vodka bottles as...

2027 KENYA ELECTIONS

"I am challenging him to explain what Jose Carmago was doing at State House between July 5 and 7 last year together with Hussein...

Kenya

Gachagua says the war on illicit alcohol was won until politics took over. Now, he claims Mt Kenya is paying the price for a...