Next Members Gathering

June 7, 2009, 11 am

Venue: KWS Guest House!

Guest Speaker: Dr. Joseph Ogutu

Subject: Wildlife Species Decline

Newsletter – May 2009

KWS Strategic Plan 2008-2012

On Wed., 6 May, 2009, at KWS Headquarters, KWS launched its Strategic Plan for 2008-2012, having achieved the majority of its targets from its previous Strategic Plan 2005-2010.  The Strategic Plan 2008-2012 is launched ahead of schedule to be in sync with Vision 2030.

March – April 2009 Newsletter

The prolonged dry season turned into a drought therefore increasing competition between livestock and wildlife for water and pasture both, in and outside the park. A striking influx of livestock into the park was witnessed until Easter when the Park Management finally took action to drive them out. It is noteable that livestock was not just from the communities adjacent to Nairobi National Park but migrating herds from all over Kajiado District.

A great website

Will Knocker has created a very nice website at http://nairobinationalpark.wildlifedirect.org/. It is more up-to-date than this one – which I have not been able to spare the time to update for a long time now. Have a look at Will’s site. It’s great and has lots of pics!

Newsletter – February 2008

MEMBERS GATHERING, SUNDAY, 03/02/08, KWS GUEST HOUSE , MEMBERS PRESENT: 20

The International Livestock Resarch Institute(ILRI) was invited to give a presentation on its ‘Reto-0-Reto Project’, affecting pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation, keeping land open for people, livestock and wildlife. In the Maa language, ‘Reto-o-Reto’ means ‘I help you, you help me.’ A collaborative research programme of over 50 institutions, facilitated by ILRI, Reto-o-Reto is working in five pastoral regions in Kenya and Tanzania to support communities to develop more prosperous and sustainable futures. Reto-o-Reto community facilitators enable the Maasai communities in Kitengela, Amboseli and Mara in Kenya, and Tarangire-Simanjiro in Tanzania, to make better decisions on the use of their land and other resources to safeguard their future.

Newsletter – January 2008

Dear Members,

The recent disturbances affected everyone of us but fortunately not too much our work. Consolation for December was paid in time, 127,500/- Sh, much less than in November when leopards and cheetahs were the main predators. But in January we got already reports of several lion kills, the big lions seem to prey in the third triangle. Identification still outstanding.

Next members gathering

Sunday 2nd March ,2008, 11 A.M.
Venue KWS Guest House inside the park.
The Guest Speaker will be Mr. Wilson Korir – KWS Assistant Director, Southern Area.
You are all Welcome.

KWS to set up task force in bid to conserve country’s lions

Story by ODHIAMBO ORLALE
Daily Nation: 2/19/2008

The Kenya Wildlife Service is to set up a task force to study how to protect, conserve and promote the over 2,000 lions in the country.

Hyena Dam in trouble

At the beginning of the year we made already aware of the threat the construction of the by-pass causes to the inflow into Hyena Dam. A private developer occupied the land from Uhuru Gardens down to the inflow. A perimeter wall has been constructed, foundations for a housing estate are being built.That development has cut off Hyena Dam from its main water catchment area. It is obvious that the dam and its adjacent swamps are suffering already heavily despite the long rainy season. The water level has dropped and water plants occupy a large chunk of the water surface.

Hyena Dam, as one of the most important permanent water sources and tourist attractions in the park, needs urgently attention. We wish to warn about the housing estate which may channel water into the park without any retention by natural vegetation. Such floods would be sudden, cause much damage but would not lead to a constant inflow. The status of ‘Splash’ is not yet known to me. Also the impact of the development at the Army Barracks is unknown.

Hyena Dam may have to be fed by ‘artificial’ means (borehole water) very soon.

Inge

November Game Count Results

Buffalo,	271
Bushbuck,	3
Eland,	105
Grant‘s gazelle,	32
Thomson‘s gazelle,	38
Maasai Giraffe,	136
Coke‘s hartebeest,	286
Waterbuck,	2
Wildebeest,	129
Warthog,	5
Impala,	47
Hippopotamus,	1
Black rhino,	7
Dik dik,	1
Rock Hyrax,	14
Burchell‘s zebra,	1930
Baboon,	33
Vervet Monkey,	1
Spotted Hyena,	2
Klipspringer,	23
Lion,	2
Ostrich,	144
Yellow Necked Spurfowl,	5
Helmeted Guinea fowl,	45
Crowned Crane,	4
Bohor Reedbuck,	3
Suni,	25
Sykes Monkey,	5
Banded Mongoose,	1